Dominic Sandbrook (Balliol 1993) is among eight individuals to be awarded an honorary degree by the University of Oxford.
Professor Seamus Perry shares a fascinating reflection on Roger Lonsdale, his predecessor as Massey Fellow in English Literature, and the scholarship that reshaped the study of 18th-century poetry.
Three Balliol Old Members have received awards in the New Year Honours List 2026.
The Hon Bob Rae (Balliol 1969) has been appointed the eighth Visitor of Massey College.
Vincent Cheval (Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in Computer Science) has been awarded a Synergy Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) to investigate the security of probabilistic systems.
The Library’s annual Christmas Quiz returned on 12 December 2025, with teams tackling a series of festive and topical rounds.
Recordings of this year’s Balliol Online Lecture series are available here.
We are greatly saddened to learn of the death of Professor John Carey, MA DPhil Oxf, FBA, FRSL, an Honorary Fellow of Balliol since 1992.
Fabian Reitzug (Balliol 2021) has been selected as Burke Climate & Health Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, supported by the Harvard Global Health Institute, the Harvard Salata Institute, and the Burke Fund.
Professor Stephanie Barclay (Balliol 2022, DPhil Law) recently interviewed US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett at an event hosted by the Georgetown Center for the Constitution on 28 October 2025.