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Wolfson College Oxford
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The natural home for graduates at Oxford University
Linton Rd, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6UD
Congratulations to GBF @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social on the launch of her new novel ICE SHOCK.
How do we love each other when the planet that we stand on is melting under our feet? Discussion about new novel ICE SHOCK @dauntbookspub.bsky.social Summertown last night. With Richard Beard. Rainy night but a full house. @karavanpress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Wolfson is delighted to announce the establishment of the Bongani Mayosi Scholarship, named in memory of Professor Bongani Mayosi, a Wolfson graduate, and one of the world’s leading cardiologists and most revered doctors in Africa.
www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Today: join Saeed Taji Farouky for a timely talk on life-writing as a battleground for survival and cultural endurance amid genocide. Register by 14:30. 📅 Feb 3 | 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social + Zoom🔗 buff.ly/Jr1gDyr@torc...
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Congratulations to Wolfson member Dr Cooper Malanoski, who has co-authored a study on the link between coastline geometry and orientation, and marine extinction patterns, recently published in the 'Science' journal. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...
Wolfson member authors new study on the link between coastline orientation and extinction risk of shallow marine animals - Wolfson College
Wolfson member Dr Cooper Malanoski, a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Earth Sciences is the lead author in a recently published paper highlighting new scientific findings into ma...
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January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Join Jeanette Winterson and Professor Jane Shaw for a discussion of the craft of life-writing across memoir, fiction, and criticism. @engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @sfu.ca
📅 24 January | ⏰ 18:00
💻 Online via Zoom
Free and open to all 🎟️🔗 rb.gy/yldc3e
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Wolfson GBF Professor Alain George is one of 19
@ox.ac.uk researchers featured in a new series of portraits commissioned by @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and the British Journal of Photography, celebrating leading researchers across the University.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Fantastic to see 2 Wolfson Fellows - Vlatko Vedral and Bob Coecke - included in the Royal Institution's 'Wrapped 2025' - a roundup of the most watched science talks of the year.
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Ri Wrapped 2025: our most-watched science talks
From artificial intelligence to the origins of the Universe, these are the Ri science talks that captivated millions in 2
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December 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Earlier in Dec, we hosted our Alumni Christmas Drinks in London. It was fantastic to see so many of our alumni community connecting and reminiscing. We also discovered that our sister College @darwincollegecam.bsky.social was hosting drinks in the room next door!
December 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Testing the river water @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social in collaboration with @thames21.bsky.social to ensure we have the evidence if the illegal rubbish dumped at Kidlington leaches into our river water.
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has announced the election of 30 new Fellows. Wolfson was thrilled to learn that GBF @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social was elected a Corresponding (non-resident) Fellow in recognition of her outstanding contribution in a humanities discipline.
Wolfson GBF elected to Australian Academy of the Humanities - Wolfson College
The Australian Academy of the Humanities announced that Wolfson GBF Professor Elleke Boehmer was elected a Corresponding Fellow.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Tomorrow, @blackwells.bsky.social Broad Street, join @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social as she discusses her new book, 'Ice Shock'.

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Elleke Boehmer ICE SHOCK with Lara Feigel
Join us for a discussion chaired by Lara Feigel with Elleke Boehmer, author of the new book 'Ice Shock'
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December 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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How does life-writing shape novels, criticism & non-fiction? Olivia Laing (The Lonely City, The Garden Against Time) explores such questions with Charlie Lee-Potter.
1830 on 10 December at Goldsmiths.
An OCLW & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social collaboration.
All welcome. Register: buff.ly/RhA95P4
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social

Wolfson was founded in 1965. Named for Sir Isaac Wolfson, mail order baron, it is one of two pairs of colleges in Oxbridge named for the same person

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December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Congratulations to Wolfson GBF Jesús Lizana who has been awarded the prestigious Emerging Talent Award by SRUK/CERU in recognition of his outstanding contributions to energy efficiency and decarbonisation of buildings.

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Wolfson GBF receives prestigious international Emerging Talent Award for work in decarbonisation - Wolfson College
The SRUK/CERU Emerging Talent Award recognises outstanding contributions to energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of buildings.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congratulations to Wolfson RF, Dr Young Chan Kim, who has been appointed Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Paediatrics. Dr Kim has been part of the department’s academic leadership since 2024.
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Wolfson RF Appointed Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Paediatrics - Wolfson College
Wolfson is delighted to announce that RF, Dr Young Chan Kim, has been appointed Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Paediatrics
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November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Thursday 20th, in the LWA: come and hear @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on mitigating the impacts of global crises in politics, climate and inequality. With @moudhy.bsky.social
www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...
The Polycrisis: political dysfunction, meet ecological collapse - Wolfson College
As global crises in politics, climate, and inequality converge, George Monbiot and Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid discuss ways to mitigate impacts.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Transitioning from PhD to your next professional role? Wolfson has launched Mentor Connect - a new programme connecting JRFs, RFs, and other postdoctoral affiliates with experienced mentors in a relaxed, non-hierarchical College setting. Learn more: www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/study-and-re...
Wolfson Mentor Connect - Wolfson College
The Mentor Connect programme offers early-career researchers an opportunity to speak openly about challenges, solutions and next steps.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
'Slow TV' is the next trend in streaming! Thank you @petercnstewart.bsky.social - we're hooked!
If you like slow TV, the live view of the construction of @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social's wonderful new Garden Building is compelling 👷‍♀️🏗️ www.youtube.com/live/6Ofx0Mi...
Wolfson College Garden Building
YouTube video by Wolfson College, Oxford
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November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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“The biography of the biography.” Zachary Leader reveals how Ellmann shaped Joyce, and how Leader shaped Ellmann.
In conversation with Hermione Lee.
📅 11 Nov | 🕠 17:30 | 📍 Wolfson
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November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Tomorrow! Don’t miss Harvard's Susan Kahn on their brilliant biography, 'Canine Pioneer: The Extraordinary Life of Rudolphina Menzel'.
🗓️ 11 Nov | 🕑 14:00 | 📍 Wolfson College (in person & online)
Register: buff.ly/TKB59bD
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #JewishWomensVoices #LifeWriting #Biography
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Wolfson GBF @mmosleh.bsky.social shares his research examining partisan news sharing on social media platforms...
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Why not come along to one of our College art tours to learn more about Wolfson's exceptional collection of paintings, photographs, sculpture and more? The first tour of the year is tomorrow, 30th Oct at 6pm with @matthewlandrus.bsky.social. Wolfson members only - see our website for more details.
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Job opportunity! ODID and @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social seek applications for an Associate Professor in Development Economics.

⏰ Deadline: 8 December

Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Wolfson is delighted to welcome Adnan Naseemullah as our newest GB Fellow. Adnan is Professor of Comparative & South Asian Politics at the Oxford School of Global & Area Studies. He is researching the multiple meanings of democracy and political violence in the context of domination & subordination.
October 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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In memoir, where does truth end and storytelling begin? Kate Kennedy and Elleke Boehmer explore this question and more 13 Oct, Wolfson. buff.ly/WLdDnBr
#Truth #Narrative @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM