Magazine ST EDMUND HALL 2019-2020 ST EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Editor James Howarth (Librarian) St Edmund Hall With many thanks to all the contributors to Oxford OX1 4AR this year’s edition: especially overwhelming 01865 279000 thanks to the Hall’s Communication Manager Claire Parfitt and Assistant www.seh.ox.ac.uk Librarian Sophie Quantrell for their [email protected] enormous help with the production. The editor and the College also wish to pass on their great thanks to Dr Brian Gasser (1975, DPhil English), Editor of the @StEdmundHall Magazine 2014-2019, for his herculean efforts on behalf of the Hall. The current issue would have been impossible without the legacy of his work and the comprehensiveness of the notes he left for the incoming editor. [email protected] Front cover The Front Quad. Photo Credit John Cairns. Freshers’ Photographs By Gillman & Soame Credits All the photographs in this Magazine are from Hall records unless otherwise stated; the following photos of academics are reproduced with appreciation: Samira Ahmed Foreign and Commonwealth Office Dr Christopher Armitage UNC Dr Jo Ashbourn Oxford Centre for the History of Science Alastair Borthwick University of Edinburgh Keith Bowen science.keithbowen.net Professor Adrian Briggs Oxford Law Faculty Professor Maia Chankseliani University of Oxford Sir David Cooksey Royal Society This SEH Magazine was printed using paper from sustainable sources. VOL. XIX No.2 ST EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE St Edmund Hall Oxford OX1 4AR OCTOBER 2020 01865 279000 Part 1: College List 2019-2020 ...........................................................................1 www.seh.ox.ac.uk [email protected] Section 2: Reports on the Year ...........................................................................11 From the Principal ............................................................................................... 12 News From the Senior Common Room .............................................................. 14 Arrivals in the Senior Common Room .............................................................. 27 @StEdmundHall SCR Obituaries ................................................................................................ 33 From the Finance Bursar..................................................................................... 45 From the Domestic Bursar .................................................................................. 46 From the Library .................................................................................................. 49 Donations 2019-2020 ...................................................................................... 51 From the Chapel Fellow and Chaplain ................................................................ 54 From the Student Recruitment Manager ............................................................. 56 From the Tutor for Visiting Students .................................................................... 59 From the Writer-in-Residence ............................................................................. 60 From the President of the Middle Common Room .............................................. 62 From the President of the Junior Common Room ............................................... 64 From Student Clubs and Societies ...................................................................... 66 Section 3: The Year Gone By ...............................................................................78 Launch of the 10-Year Strategic Plan .................................................................. 79 The Green Wall in The Times .............................................................................. 80 Teddy Hall Research on Covid-19 ....................................................................... 80 Awards and Prizes .............................................................................................. 82 Hall Student Reports on the COP25 UN Climate Change Summit ..................... 87 Graham Hamilton Award Supports Student Travel to Japan ............................... 88 Art in Hall ............................................................................................................. 88 Writing at the Hall 2019/2020 .............................................................................. 91 The Graham Midgely Memorial Prize Poem 2019 .............................................. 92 Geddes Trust 2020 Journalism Prizes, Lecture and Masterclass ....................... 93 Emden Lecture 2020 ........................................................................................... 95 Teddy Hall MPs ................................................................................................... 96 Sport in Trinity Term ............................................................................................ 97 Centre for the Creative Brain............................................................................... 97 Teddy Talks .......................................................................................................... 99 Launch of the St Edmund Hall Law Society ........................................................ 100 Alumni Share Careers Advice with Students ....................................................... 101 Maria Le Donne Retires After 50 Years at Teddy Hall ......................................... 102 Section 4: From the College Office .....................................................................104 The Senior Tutor’s Year ....................................................................................... 105 Student Numbers ................................................................................................ 107 New Students 2019-2020 ................................................................................ 107 Visiting Students 2019-2020 ............................................................................ 114 Student Admissions Exercises ......................................................................... 115 College Awards, Prizes and Grants ..................................................................... 116 College and University Bursaries ..................................................................... 118 University Awards and Prizes ........................................................................... 118 College Graduate Awards and Prizes .............................................................. 118 Partnership Graduate Awards and Prizes ........................................................ 119 Degree Results.................................................................................................... 120 Degree Day Dates 2020-2021 ............................................................................ 124 Section 5: From the Development & Alumni Relations Office .........................125 From the Director of Development ...................................................................... 126 From The St Edmund Hall Association President ............................................... 127 Donors to the Hall................................................................................................ 128 The Floreat Aula Legacy Society ........................................................................ 136 Section 6: The Principal’s Challenges .................................................................137 Section 7: Articles, Poetry & Book Reviews .......................................................146 ‘The Silver of the Hall’s Benefactors’ Book’ by Jonathan Yates .......................... 147 ‘A Caricature of Principal Edward Moore’ by David Phillips ................................ 163 ‘Travels in Uzbekistan’ by Olga Mun ................................................................... 166 ‘George Ramsay: A Postscript’ by David Stone .................................................. 168 ‘Reflections on Economics and Management’ by John Knight ............................ 169 ‘Aularian Poems’ by Chris Armitage .................................................................... 171 Book Reviews...................................................................................................... 172 Section 8: Aularian News ....................................................................................177 De Fortunis Aularium ........................................................................................... 178 Ave Atque Vale .................................................................................................... 189 Obituaries ............................................................................................................ 191 Photograph: St Edmund in Lockdown ...............................................................202 MCR & JCR Freshers’ Photographs: Michaelmas Term 2019 ..........................203 SECTION 1: COLLEGE LIST 9 Photo by Keith Barnes COLLEGETHE COLLEGE LIST SECTION PHOTO LIST 1Part SECTION1: College 1: COLLEGEList 2019-2020 LIST THE COLLEGE LIST GB denotes member of 2019-2020 the Governing Body Visitor The Rt Hon the Lord Patten of Barnes, CH, PC, MA, DCL (Hon DJur Massachusetts, Birmingham, Bath; Hon DCL Newcastle; Hon DLitt Sydney, Exeter, Ulster; DUniv Keele, Stettin; Hon DBA Kingston; Hon DSc S E Europe, Rep of Macedonia), Hon FRCPE Chancellor of the University Principal Willis, Katherine Jane, CBE, MA (BSc S’ton; PhD Cambridge; Hon DSc Bergen) FGS Professor of Biodiversity GB Fellows Briggs,