Events at Balliol

Dervorguilla Lecture 2026

26 May 2026, 6.00pm-7.00pm, Balliol Historic Collections Centre, St Cross Church, St Cross Rd, OX1 3TP

Balliol members are warmly invited to this year’s Dervorguilla Lecture, delivered by Professor Heather Sharkey (Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow 2025) on ‘Speaking through Clay: Siddiq el Nigoumi, Sudanese Nubian Art, and British Popular Culture’.


Democracy beyond politics

21 May 2026, 2.00pm-3.00pm, Gillis Lecture Theatre

Balliol members are invited to a lecture on ‘Democracy beyond politics’ by His Excellency the Honourable Jay Weatherill AO, Australian High Commissioner to the UK.




Research Consilium

6 May 2026, 6.00pm, OCR

Professor Sophie Marnette (Professor of Medieval French Studies, Dervorguilla Fellow and Tutor in French), ‘La Chastelaine de Vergi: Encounters in Medieval Literary Space’. Members of the Common Room only.


Oliver Smithies Lecture

14 May 2026, 5.15pm, Gillis Lecture Theatre

Professor Elaine Treharne (Oliver Smithies Visiting Lecturer) will deliver an Oliver Smithies lecture entitled ‘Death of a Nun: Medieval Women Scribes and Networks of Piety’.







Musical Society concert

17 May 2026, 8.30pm, Balliol Hall

Members’ Concert: featuring a variety of works performed by Balliol members and friends.
 


Musical Society concert

3 May 2026, 8.30pm, Hall

Jurij Fedynskyj (Юрій Фединський) and family, a charming family of Ukrainian folk and early music musicians and folklorists.


Chaplain’s Lunch

29 May 2026, 12.45pm, Chaplain's Room (XXI 8)

Discussion and conversation over a free sandwich lunch. Open to Balliol members.


Chaplain’s Lunch

15 May 2026, 12.45pm, Chaplain's Room (XXI 8)

Discussion and conversation over a free sandwich lunch. Open to Balliol members.


Chaplain’s Lunch

1 May 2026, 12.45pm, Chaplain's Room (XXI 8)

Discussion and conversation over a free sandwich lunch. Open to Balliol members.



Choral Evensong

31 May 2026, 5.30pm, Chapel

Preacher: The Revd Dr Michael Ward, C.S. Lewis Scholar, Literary Critic and Theologian



Choral Evensong

17 May 2026, 5.30pm, Chapel

Preacher: The Revd Professor Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative