2012 News & Events
Dr Faramerz Dabhoiwala, Fellow in History, gave a lecture to members of Exeter College, old and current, at the Sheldonian recently. He was discussing the research behind his debut novel, The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution.
Last Friday evening the Deputy Director of the Bodleian, Dr Richard Ovenden, and Professor Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, Exeter College Fellow in German, launched the Early Modern Festival Books Database in the Divinity School in Oxford.
Philip Pullman (1965, English) has been awarded the Kingdom of Redonda Literary Prize for 2012.
The new series of ITV's popular crime detective series Lewis starts on 16 May with an episode that was partly shot at Exeter College.
Congratulations to Glen Goodman (2004, Latin American Studies) who has been awarded a prestigious German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship to research in Berlin next academic year.
Cat Williams (2005, Engineering) will be performing at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics in London. Miss Williams will be playing the drums and is looking forward to the excitement of the occasions.
Congratulations to Exonian Tansy Castledine (1997, Music) who has led St George's College Chamber Choir to be crowned the BBC Songs of Praise Senior School Choir of the Year 2012.
Congratulations to Charles de Bourcy (2008, Physics) who has won a Fulbright Science and Technology Award.
Dr Helen Spencer, Exeter College Fellow in English, has been installed as Assessor for the proctorial year 2012-13.
The Bennett Boskey Fellow in Politics and International Relations, Christine Cheng, recently gave the keynote speech for the National Women's Liberal Commission at Canada's Liberal Party's biennial convention.
Matthew Tye (2009, Sociology) delivered the keynote speech at a recent British Academy conference which focussed on contemporary challenges in transitional Vietnam.
The Wilberforce Academy has booked conference facilities at Exeter College out of term time. This event has attracted criticism in the student press. The Rector and representatives of Exeter's LGBTQ community have issued statements in response.
Fine Art student Max Mulvany (2009) created a life-sized sculpture of the Rector yesterday, but sadly it has long since melted. The 'Snow Rector' was well positioned in the Front Quad to welcome - and surprise - visitors to the College.
Exeter College was delighted to welcome Magnus Linklater, former editor of The Scotsman, to give the Burns Night address recently, which is now available to read in full.
Dr Faramerz Dabhoiwala's debut book, The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, was the Book of the Week in The Times last weekend. Dr Dabhoiwala was also recently named one of The Observer's new authors to look out for in 2012.
Exeter College is now on Twitter, the popular social networking and microblogging website. You can follow the College's newsfeed at @exetercollegeox.
Congratulations to Daniel Cashman (2008, Jurisprudence) who has helped Oxford to beat Cambridge in a recent mooting competition held at Gray's Inn.
Exeter College Chapel was featured in Channel 4's Restoration Man last week as presenter George Clarke explored the architecture of gothic revival churches.
Dr Faramerz Dabhoiwala, Fellow in History, has been named one of the Observer's new authors to look out for in 2012.
