We were delighted to host our annual Long Service Awards in person again this year to honour and thank staff members that have been with us for ten years or more.

On Tuesday 2 November an event was held in Farthings to unveil the portrait of Peter Farthing and to celebrate and remember the impact of his involvement with Pembroke. The Master was joined by the artist, Jeremy Sutton (1979) and former Bursar and Advisory Fellow John Church, who commissioned the portrait. The former Master Giles Henderson and several current and Emeritus Fellows, together with other guests, were also in attendance.

Many congratulations to Jan Eijking, Stipendiary Lecturer in International Relations at Pembroke, for winning the Best Graduate Paper award for 2021. Given by the European International Studies Association (EISA), this award recognizes and supports the contribution of PhD students to the field of International Relations.

Pembroke Senior Research Fellow in Arabic Dr Elisabeth Kendall recently published her much anticipated Special Issue of CTC Sentinel titled ‘Twenty Years After 9/11.’

Congratulations to Professor Lynda Mugglestone on the launch of her latest book: Writing a War of Words, which is the the first exploration of the war-time work of Andrew Clark—a writer, historian, and volunteer on the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Congratulations to Dr Imen Neffati who has been awarded two research grants this year to fund her research in Tunisia. 

Pembroke College’s annual Scholars’ Lecture and Dinner was held on the 10th of November to celebrate the achievements of our undergraduate students. Academic Director Nancy Braithwaite welcomed the students and introduced Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Senior Research Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies, who delivered this year’s Scholar’s Lecture: ‘The Jihadi Battel for Hearts and Minds: A View from the Ground.’

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Catherine Ashworth (2016, MPhysPhil Physics and Philosophy) recently completed her degree, earning 2nd place in her cohort across the university and was awarded Pembroke’s Levick Prize for Philosophy. She is excited to stay at Pembroke for a BPhil in Philosophy, having won the RG Collingwood Scholarship to continue her studies.