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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
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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
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November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Wolfson GBF @mmosleh.bsky.social shares his research examining partisan news sharing on social media platforms...
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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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
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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
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September 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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We're thrilled to share two new podcasts from the Wolfson community, on very different subjects!
Firstly, 'The Light Side' - conversations about physics with the people that do it, hosted by graduate student Anjali Waghmare.
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The Light Side - YouTube
Conversations about physics with the people who do it. I'm an Oxford physics graduate student, and I sit down with professors and researchers to talk about t...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Wolfson is delighted to welcome Tom Simpson to College as our newest Governing Body Fellow. Tom is the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy @blavatnikschool.bsky.social where he is also the Co-Chair of Executive Programmes and directs the Military Leadership and Judgment Programme.
September 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Wolfson and @engfac.bsky.social are delighted to announce this year’s Jon Stallworthy poetry competition for Oxford postgraduate students.

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Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize 2026 - Wolfson College
The English Faculty and Wolfson College are delighted to announce this year’s poetry competition for Oxford postgraduate students. This competition was set up in memory of the late Professor Jon Stall...
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September 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Today we gathered in the South Car Park to mark the ‘groundbreaking’ for the new Garden Building. Construction works will commence on Monday, 11th August.⁠ Sir Tim Hitchens marked the occasion by reiterating the College’s long-term goal to provide more on-site accommodation for our students.
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Sir Tim Hitchens, President of Wolfson College and Sara Murray, MD of Benfield & Loxley, stand in front of Wolfson College in hi vis jackets and hard hats, holding a spade, to mark the groundbreaking of the new Garden Building project at the College.
August 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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We are thrilled that @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social has announced its inaugural cohort of Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholars for 2025-26!

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OCLW Announces Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholars - Wolfson College
The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) is proud to introduce its inaugural cohort of Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholars. The scholarships form an integral part of the Centre’s ne...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Wolfson is pleased to announce that Dr Gillian Tett, the author, journalist, and Provost of King’s College Cambridge, will give the College’s inaugural Adams Lecture on 23 October.
August 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Wolfson JRF Dr Katarina Almeida-Warren has co-authored a landmark study on ageing chimpanzee's tool use, revealing parallels with human ageing - read more on our site. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/study-s...
Study shows tool use declines in ageing chimpanzees - Wolfson College
Wolfson JRF Dr Katarina Almeida‑Warren co-authors a landmark study on ageing chimpanzees’ tool use, revealing parallels with human ageing.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Wolfson College is the first zero carbon HEI in the UK and Everything Electric came to see how we did it.
Watch the full video on how we decarbonised a Grade II listed, Oxford college 🌱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS6S...
Zero Gas!? The UK's First All Electric College!
YouTube video by Everything Electric TECH
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July 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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We're excited for the UK release of 'Ice Shock' by Wolfson GBF @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social later this year.
July 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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From the moment you arrive at Wolfson, whether you're a new student, a resident or a visitor, you'll receive a warm welcome. ⁠
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Grab a delicious drink from our cafe, enjoy a walk around our grounds and see what makes Wolfson the natural home for graduates in Oxford.
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July 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Wolfson GBF Prof @mmosleh.bsky.social has co-authored a study revealing that posts made by Republican users on X are more than twice as likely to be flagged for misinformation than those by Democrats. Read more at our website: www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/misinfo...
Republican Tweets More Likely to be Flagged for Misinformation
New study by Wolfson Fellow finds Republicans’ posts are flagged twice as often as Democrats for misinformation on X’s Community Notes.
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July 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Wolfson congratulates Dr Mootaz Salman, Research Fellow, on his appointment as Group Leader with the British Heart Foundation and @ukdri.ac.uk. This role comes with a significant £1.5million award to advance understanding of the blood-brain barrier in vascular dementia.
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Breaking into the brain to deliver treatments for vascular dementia
YouTube video by UK Dementia Research Institute - UK DRI
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June 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Congratulations to GB Fellow Professor Frances Gardner on her recognition in the King's Birthday Honours! Prof. Gardner has been appointed as a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG), in recognition of her services to reducing violence against children.
June 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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petercnstewart.bsky.social Peter Stewart @petercnstewart.bsky.social · Jun 10
From Tristan Gooley’s ‘How to Read a Tree’, I have learned that trees have eyes. I can’t un-see them now. 🌳 👀
June 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Tomorrow - Thursday - evening, 6-7pm in the Levett Room, Wolfson RF Nicole Votruba and AfOx Scholar Sarah Mlambo will be sharing insights into their work on women's mental health in Africa and Asia, and into Oxford-Africa collaborations.
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June 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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📸 Discover the intricate links between photography and memory with Marianne Hirsch and Sara Davidmann on 3 June, 14:00–17:00 at @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & Online. Register: shorturl.at/P7kCg 📸 @oxfordhistory.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social
Jewish Women's Voices Seminar: 'Touching Photographs/Prompting Postmemories: A Conversation with Scholar Marianne Hirsch and Artist Sara Davidmann'
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May 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Wolfson M1 are Head of the River! After an incredible week of Summer Eights, the whole Wolfson Boat Club put on a classy display of strategy, stamina and skill, with M1 bumping Oriel on the last day to take Headship.
Congratulations Wolfson!
June 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Tonight in the LWA, @moudhy.bsky.social will discuss the nightly astrological observations of scholars from ancient Assyria and Babylonia, sometimes interpreted as divine messages about forthcoming events. Hosted by Wolfson AstroClub, not to be missed! 🔭 🌠

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Reading the "Heavenly Writing": Observational astronomy in ancient Assyria and Babylonia - Wolfson College
A Wolfson AstroClub talk offering a survey of the works left behind by early astronomers, followed by telescope observing.
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May 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM