David Vaiani has published his debut biography, Jeremy Catto: The Quintessential Oxford Don (Unicorn Publishing 2024), which offers an account of the remarkable life and career of Jeremy Catto (Balliol 1958), a former Balliol undergraduate and long-serving Oxford don.
Former MPhil student Ana-Diamond Aaba Atach (Balliol 2021) has been named the 2024–2025 recipient of the Alistair Horne Visiting Fellowship at St Antony’s College, Oxford.
Balliol and the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford have appointment of Dr Luciana Basualdo Bonatto as the new Whitehead Lecturer in Mathematics.
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The College is greatly saddened by the passing of Dr Chris Kenyon, who died on 31 August 2024.
John Foley (Balliol 1974) is celebrating 50 years since his matriculation by undertaking a special project: updating the Wikipedia page for Balliol. In doing so, he is reaching out to fellow Old Members to lend a hand.
Congratulations to Derek Wax (Balliol 1980), whose four-part BBC drama, The Sixth Commandment, has won Best Limited Series at both the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and RTS (Royal Television Society) awards this year.
Professor Adam Smyth (A.C. Bradley‑J.C. Maxwell Fellow and Tutor in English Literature) is co-organising a conference at The Huntington Library, Pasadena, California, with Professor Julie Park (Penn State) on ‘extra-illustration’.
Professor Karma Nabulsi (Balliol 1989) has been awarded the 2024 Service Award by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES).
Ciara Garcha (Balliol 2023) has been named one of BBC History Extra’s ‘30 under 30’ young historians for 2024.