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The Hertford College Magazine 2015-16 The Hertford College Magazine 2015-16 No. 96 No. 2015-16 The Hertford College MagazineNo. 96 HC Cover and spine.indd 1 05/12/2016 13:04 HERTFORD COLLEGE MAGAZINE No. 96 – 2015-16 Editor: Charlotte Brewer Sub-editors: Claire Blake, Anouk Moser Design: www.dougdawson.co.uk Produced by: Development Office Hertford College Oxford OX1 3BW 01865 279428 [email protected] www.hertford.ox.ac.uk The Hertford College Magazine is published for members and friends of the college. The opinions expressed are those of the writers and not necessarily the official views of Hertford College. Hertford College is a registered charity in England and Wales, number 1137527. Contents EDITOR’S NOTE .......................................................................................................... 4 PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME ...........................................................................................6 HERTFORD HIGHLIGHTS .......................................................................................13 Discovering a Shakespeare First Folio – Emma Smith ......................................................................................14 Irish History at Hertford: from Carroll to Foster – Roy Foster ..........................................................................18 HERTFORD RESEARCH .........................................................................................23 Artificial intelligence: past, present, and future – Mike Wooldridge ............................................................ 24 Visions of reform in Carolingian monasteries – Ingrid Rembold ...................................................................27 A short guide to meningitis vaccines – Martin Maiden .....................................................................................31 Governments and the law – Matthew Windsor ...................................................................................................37 HERTFORD YEAR ....................................................................................................39 Refurbishment of Old Hall – Roy Foster, Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe, Christopher Tyerman .................. 40 Maintaining Hertford – Andrew Beaumont, Home Bursar ...............................................................................44 Hertford investments: an overview – Pat Roche, Investments Bursar ........................................................ 46 Hertford development update – Julia Thaxton, Director of Development ............................................... 49 Hertford Library – Oliver Noble Wood, Fellow Librarian ................................................................................. 54 Sylvia Pankhurst’s birthday bash – Dana Mills.................................................................................................... 58 Addendum on admissions – Robin Devenish .................................................................................................... 60 Student life: The Junior Common Room – Ella Drake..........................................................................................................61 The Middle Common Room – Andrew Walker ............................................................................................ 64 Graduate report: Read to Rise – Athol Williams ......................................................................................... 66 Sport – Chantal Paine ...........................................................................................................................................70 Subjects and research .................................................................................................................................................73 AFTER HERTFORD ..................................................................................................93 Mathematics at Oxford – Martin Bridson (1983) ................................................................................................. 94 International law – Rajkiran Barhey (2011) ............................................................................................................ 99 The 50th anniversary gaudy for 1965 matriculands ....................................................................................... .104 Births................................................................................................................................................................................105 Marriages .......................................................................................................................................................................105 News ...............................................................................................................................................................................105 Obituaries .......................................................................................................................................................................110 Editor’s note The Editor thanks all those who have contributed to and advised on this year’s issue, especially Claire Blake and Anouk Moser of the Development Office. 4 Hertford College Magazine Hertford College Magazine 5 Principal’s welcome Principal’s welcome nybody who still thinks the contemporary university remains Aan ivory tower, please think again. Whether over Brexit, attempting to contain the dissemination of incitements to all forms of hatred, or on wider questions of freedom of speech and tolerance, universities have been catapulted into the front line. The principles of openness and academic freedom, so fundamental to our very being, are now at stake. The UK’s EU referendum campaign and result are, I know, both controversial and divisive. Nobody knows what the final settled relationship will be with the European Union—if any. However, British universities in general and Oxford in particular are rightly concerned that an unintended consequence of the vote will be the grievous damaging of our standing as leading European academic Student arts festival, research institutions. The free movement Hartfest of EU researchers and students into the UK, and reciprocal arrangements for our own university members, contribute immeasurably both to the quality of our research and to our intellectual culture more widely. Sixty-four per cent of British scientific research is built on international collaborations, corner-stoned by EU funding—now approaching two in every five research pounds spent in Oxford. Access to the world’s biggest research base and to bidding for its research programmes is central to the university’s academic and financial success. All this is Freshers’ Family Lunch now at risk as a direct result of the Leave vote. Meanwhile, government measures to close down so-called preachers of hate speaking at universities are so sweeping that, literally interpreted, they would prevent open discussion of core aspects of philosophy, politics and religion. On top of this is the new unwillingness among some students even to hear opinions they 6 Hertford College Magazine Principal’s welcome prejudge may give offence; universities should, they believe, facilitate the I was delighted creation of “safe spaces” where they will not be disturbed by what they consider that my fellow heads of unacceptable views on gender, ethnicity, race, sex or even culture. No argument house joined Hertford’s or engagement: just exclusion and lead in welcoming prohibition. The forces of closure are all about us and strengthening, forming the Syrian academic new divide in our politics and culture. Hertford and Oxford have taken and refugees at risk, rather as are taking as robust a line as we can. the university did Jewish The university made it clear during the referendum campaign that Brexit refugees in the 1930s threatened to compromise its academic standing. Already there are harbingers that our fears may have been justified. October last year, I was delighted that my Incidents of racial abuse against some fellow heads of house joined Hertford’s EU nationals have been reported, and lead in welcoming Syrian academic we are being sidelined or altogether refugees at risk, rather as the university omitted from bids for new EU research did Jewish refugees in the 1930s. Every funding. We have to hope that, although college has chipped in in one way or the government says that “Brexit means another. It is taking time to find suitable Brexit”, it is mindful that this encompasses candidates, but Oxford is now hosting six a range of possibilities. Universities need Syrian academics from the camps—and to maintain as close a relationship as that is expected to increase over the next possible with our EU partners: “taking academic year, so that we become the back control”, if it means a weakening of largest host of Syrian academic refugees British universities, will be self-damaging. in Europe. On “Prevent”, Hertford has joined other After our three successive anniversary colleges and the university in insisting that celebrations—the Bridge, admitting the measures it takes should be subject to women and the Tanner scheme—2016 the higher obligation to preserve freedom has been a little calmer. In October of speech, including freedom to debate last year, we handed back a precious and discuss—and should be implemented volume of sixteenth-century maps and with as light a touch as possible. As with cityscapes—the 1573 Ortelius atlas—to its so many of these initiatives, an unthinking
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