The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe (Princeton University Press, 2022) by James Belich (Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History, and Professorial Fellow of Balliol) has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, the UK’s most prestigious history prize.
In a documentary film, four Balliol alumni – Peter Andrews (1976), Stephen Moss (1975), John Foley (1974) and Phillip Bergson (1973) – return to Balliol half a century since they went up to Oxford as undergraduates, and talk about what the experience meant to them and some of the emotions they recall.
On Saturday 5 August Balliol held its largest Degree Day in recent years — possibly ever — at which 109 Balliol graduands had their degrees conferred in one ceremony. Afterwards they returned to College for a drinks reception with their families and friends: a celebration for over 400 people.
With warm thanks to Balliol JCR, we are delighted to present our new undergraduate admissions video, for those considering applying to Oxford for their undergraduate degree.
Dame Helen Ghosh DCB (Master of Balliol) has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Nottingham University.
A report on ‘Automating democracy: Generative AI, journalism, and the future of democracy’ — a symposium held at Balliol and supported by the Balliol Interdisciplinary Institute (BII) — has been published.
Professor Neta Crawford (Montague Burton Professor of International Relations and Professorial Fellow) is one of the 86 new Fellows of the British Academy.
Four Balliol people — Professor Nick Trefethen (Professor of Numerical Analysis and Professorial Fellow of Balliol), Professor Adam Nahum ((Supernumerary Fellow and Research Fellow in the Sciences at Balliol 2017–2020), Dr Graeme Segal (Balliol 1963) and Professor James Maynard (Balliol 2009) — have won Frontiers of Science Awards at the inaugural International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing.
Professor Manuela Zaccolo (Professor of Cell Biology, Fellow and Tutor in Biomedical Sciences) has been awarded the 2023 Ketty Schwartz Award by the International Society for Heart Research European Section; made a Member of the Academia Europaea, and elected a Fellow of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.
We were delighted to welcome Balliol Rhodes Scholars from across the years and around the world back to College, as part of the celebrations marking 120 years of the Rhodes Scholarships.