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5 February 2018

Professor George Garnett speaks to Talk Radio Europe
St Hugh's Fellow Professor George Garnett has been interviewed by Talk Radio Europe. He was speaking to the English-language Spanish station about 'Dare unchaperoned to gaze': A Woman's View of Edwardian Oxford, the diary of Dorothy Hammonds and Margaret Mowll that he edited. They began keeping the diary in Michaelmas Term 1905 and through it the modern reader can see Oxford, and the University, from the perspective ...
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23 January 2018
St Hugh’s College welcomes Distinguished Friends
Governing Body was delighted to welcome four new Distinguished Friends of the College at a special ceremony conducted by the Principal, the Rt Hon Dam...
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18 January 2018
“From Sappho to Suffrage: women who dared”
St Hugh’s Professor Senia Paseta, Tutorial Fellow in History, has been quoted by the
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4 January 2018
Maths outreach from St Hugh’s Dr Tom Crawford
St Hugh’s mathematics tutor and Naked Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford has been very b...
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15 December 2017
St Hugh’s student Olayemi Anifowose-Eso granted prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship
St Hugh’s College offers its warmest congratulations to Olayemi Anifowose-Eso, who has been awarded a highly competitive Schwarzman Scholarship. St...
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22 November 2017
Maria Sibylla Merian, Artist, Scientist, Adventurer
Jeyaraney Kathirithamby has co-authored a book with Sarah Pomeroy, Maria Sibylla Merian, Artist, Scientist, Adventurer (Getty Publications) w...
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14 November 2017
Professor Horst Eidenmüller appointed to advisory council of the German Academy of Science and Engineering
Freshfields Professor of Commercial Law Horst Eidenmüller has been appointed to the emerging technologies advisory council of Acatech, the
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8 November 2017
Alpacas come to St Hugh’s!
There were big crowds to welcome the alpacas to College on Tuesday!
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7 November 2017
Fireworks and chilli!
Finalists enjoyed a cracking fireworks show on Friday night, complete with chilli and jacket potatoes for dinner, and some fine wine and beer.
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6 November 2017
Recent St Hugh’s graduate awarded prestigious dissertation prize
Gonzalo Linares Matas (2014, Archaeology and Anthropology) has
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2 November 2017
Wenda Reynolds, 1914-2017
The College is deeply saddened to write that (Elaine) Wenda Reynolds (English Language & Literature, 1934), our oldest alumna, has passed away at ...
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1 November 2017
Dr Dora Biro finds Chimpanzees ‘taking turns’ to solve puzzle
A new study has found evidence of Chimpanzees spontaneously taking turns to complete a number puzzle. Dr Dora Biro, Tutorial Fellow in Biological Sc...
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31 October 2017
Dame Elish Angiolini’s report on deaths in police custody released
The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC FRSE’s review into deaths in police custody has been published by the government. The report makes 110 recom...
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26 October 2017
Diwali celebration 2017
Hall was packed last night for our (slightly belated) Diwali celebration. We hope you all enjoyed the delicious food and wine!
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16 October 2017
“‘Dare unchaperoned to gaze’ A Woman’s View of Edwardian Oxford,” reviewed
A diary written by two students at St Hugh’s Hall, Oxford – Dorothy Hammonds and Margaret Mowll  – edited by Professor George Garnett and publi...
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9 October 2017
Gaudy 2017
As always, we were delighted to see so many alumni at our celebrations to coincide with the University-wide Alumni Weekend, 15-17 September. On Frida...
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28 September 2017
Artist Yoshihiro Takada presents St Hugh’s with new painting
A new painting by Yoshihiro Takada is being exhibited in the College, following the artist’s generous gift of the work to St Hugh’s. The painting...
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28 September 2017
Mulberry Bush School fundraiser welcomed to St Hugh’s
St Hugh’s was very pleased to welcome the Mulberry Bush School to the College this week for its ‘Oxfordshire Women of the Year’ lunch. Mulberry...
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21 September 2017
Professor David Marshall elected to the Academia Europaea
St Hugh’s is delighted to congratulate David Marshall, Professor of Physical Oceanography, on his election to the prestigious Academia Europaea. Th...
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18 September 2017
Weber and Brenda Lo, and Eddy and Emily Tang honoured and celebrated by St Hugh’s College
St Hugh’s is very pleased to report that Mr Weber Lo and Mrs Brenda Lo, and Mr Eddy Tang and Mrs Emily Tang, were appointed as Elizabeth Wordsworth ...
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14 September 2017
Henry and Joanna Chan of Hong Kong admitted to Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors
Today, in the Convocation House of Oxford University, St Hugh’s Wordsworth Fellow Henry Chan and his wife Joanna Chan were admitted to the Chancello...
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8 September 2017
Paris colloquium to commemorate Charles Baudelaire
Ève Morisi, Associate Professor of French Literature, has organised a three-day international colloquium at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study ...
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29 August 2017
Julia Wood Prize Competition, 2017
This year the number of entries to the Julia Wood Prize rose again to a new record total of 275. The intensity of the competition meant that the judg...
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15 August 2017
News of the passing of alumna Mrs Jeanette Cockshoot
We have received the very sad news that Jeannette Cockshoot née Johnson (English Language and Literature, 1944) passed away on 21st July 2017.
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21 July 2017
St Hugh’s alumna Dame Helen Ghosh appointed new Master of Balliol
Dame Elish Angiolini, Principal of St Hugh’s, has offered her congratulations on behalf of the entire College to our alumna Dame Helen Ghosh (Modern...
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12 July 2017
University Mindfulness Centre returning to St Hugh’s for its Summer School
The University of Oxford’s Mindfulness Centre is again holding its annual week-long Summer School at St Hugh’s College, from 28 August to 1 Septem...
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6 July 2017
Come and find out more about studying at Oxford!
Applications are now open for the Year 13 Oxford Application Information Day, held on Saturday 16th September. The Application Information Day will a...
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5 July 2017
Dame Elish opens new Community Justice Centre
Dame Elish was in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire last week to open a newly refurbished Community Justice Centre. The centre works to reduce re-offending a...
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27 June 2017
Gold for Oxford in Teaching Excellence Framework
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) has awarded Oxford the highest rating of ‘gold’. St Hugh’s College Principal the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angi...
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23 June 2017
Dame Elish awarded honorary degree from St Andrews
St Hugh’s Principal the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of St Andrews. Dame...
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23 June 2017
University Open Days 2017
On Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th St Hugh's will be opening its doors as part of the Universit...
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