Events at Balliol


Pint of Sustainability

20 February 2023, 6.00-7.00pm, Balliol College Buttery Bar

Balliol’s Climate and Biodiversity Committee presents ‘Food for Thought: A Discussion on the History, Behaviour, and Practicalities of Food’, with locally sourced beer. To give us an idea of numbers, please let us know if you’re thinking of coming.


Office hours with Gwyneth Lewis

21 February 2023, 11.00-1.00pm, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Do you want to be a writer? Or are you stuck on a piece of creative or academic writing and could you use some help? Come and talk writing with Artist in Residence Gwyneth Lewis during her Office Hours this week. Book an appointment here.


Office hours with Gwyneth Lewis

7 March 2023, 11.00-1.00pm and other times, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Do you want to be a writer? Or are you stuck on a piece of creative or academic writing and could you use some help? Come and talk writing with Artist in Residence Gwyneth Lewis during her Office Hours this week. Book an appointment here.


Office hours with Gwyneth Lewis

28 February 2023, 11.00-1.00pm and other dates, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Do you want to be a writer? Or are you stuck on a piece of creative or academic writing and could you use some help? Come and talk writing with Artist in Residence Gwyneth Lewis during her Office Hours this week. Book an appointment here.


Office hours with Gwyneth Lewis

7 February 2023, 11.00-1.00pm and other dates, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Do you want to be a writer? Or are you stuck on a piece of creative or academic writing and could you use some help? Come and talk writing with Artist in Residence Gwyneth Lewis during her Office Hours this week. Book an appointment here.


Balliol Charity Musical 2023

1-4 March 2023, 7.30pm, Michael Pilch Studio, Jowett Buildings, ​Jowett Walk, Oxford ​OX1 3TS

Tickets for the Balliol Charity Musical 2023, Murder on the Balliol Express, are now available.


A Taste of Balliol

Saturday 11 February, 11.00am-4.00pm, and other dates, Balliol Historic Collections Centre

An exhibition that explores food and dining through Balliol College’s historic collections.


Office hours with poet Gwyneth Lewis

31 January 2023, 11.00am-1.00pm and other times, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Do you want to be a writer? Or are you stuck on a piece of creative or academic writing and could you use some help? Come and talk writing with Artist in Residence Gwyneth Lewis during her Office Hours this week. Book an appointment here.


Office hours with poet Gwyneth Lewis

14 February 2023, 11.00am-1.00pm and other times, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Do you want to be a writer? Or are you stuck on a piece of creative or academic writing and could you use some help? Come and talk writing with Artist in Residence Gwyneth Lewis during her Office Hours this week. Book an appointment here.


Office hours with poet Gwyneth Lewis

24 January 2023, 11.00am-1.00pm and other times, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Do you want to be a writer? Or are you stuck on a piece of creative or academic writing and could you use some help? Come and talk writing with Artist in Residence Gwyneth Lewis during her Office Hours this week. Book an appointment here.


Close Reading Lunch

10 March 2023, 12.30pm lunch, 1.00pm start, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Join the Acting Chaplain and the poet Gwyneth Lewis, Balliol’s Artist in Residence, for a close reading of a poem and lunch. All welcome.


Close Reading Lunch

24 February 2023, 12.30pm lunch, 1.00pm start, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Join the Acting Chaplain and the poet Gwyneth Lewis, Balliol’s Artist in Residence, for a close reading of a poem and lunch. All welcome.


Close Reading Lunch

10 February 2023, 12.30pm lunch, 1.00pm start, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Join the Acting Chaplain and the poet Gwyneth Lewis, Balliol’s Artist in Residence, for a close reading of a poem and lunch. All welcome.


Close Reading Lunch

27 January 2023, 12.30pm lunch, 1.00pm start, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Join the Acting Chaplain and the poet Gwyneth Lewis, Balliol’s Artist in Residence, for a close reading of a poem and lunch. All welcome.


Office hours with poet Gwyneth Lewis

17 January 2023, 11.00am-1.00pm and other times, Staircase 21, Room 8, Balliol College

Do you want to be a writer? Or are you stuck on a piece of creative or academic writing and could you use some help? Come and talk writing with Artist in Residence Gwyneth Lewis during her Office Hours this week.


George Eastman Lecture

20 February 2023, 6.00-7.00pm, Blavatnik School of Government and Zoom

Professor Carolyn Heinrich (George Eastman Visiting Professor): ‘Bad Bets, Bad Apples, or Bad Policy? Should Ordeals Be a Policy Tool of the Twenty-First Century?’ Free event. Please register here.


In Memoriam: Professor Jasper Griffin (19372019)

18 March 2023, 4.00pm, Sheldonian Theatre and Balliol College

A celebration of the life of Jasper Griffin FBA (Balliol 1956, Dyson Junior Research Fellow 19611963, Tutorial Fellow in Classics 19632004, Emeritus Fellow from 2004) is to be celebrated at 4.00pm in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, and afterwards at a reception and dinner in Balliol College. See the event details here.


Evensong

5 March 2023, 5.30pm, Chapel

Preacher: Revd Stephen Coleman, Vicar of St Peter’s Church, Grange Park.


Roman Catholic Mass

8 March 2023, 6.00pm, Chapel

Roman Catholic Mass will be celebrated in Balliol Chapel.