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Patience Agbabi (1983) elected to Honorary Fellowship at Pembroke College

We are delighted to announce that renowned poet and novelist Patience Agbabi (1983) has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her distinguished writing career.

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Pembroke Behind the Scenes: Meet the staff who keep the College running

For our 400 Hours series, Lodge Porter Adam Berry undertakes a behind-the-scenes investigation at Pembroke. Hear from Lodge Porter Spencer Solomon, long-serving Scout Mrs Singh and Deputy Butler Jamie Tricker about life behind-the-scenes.

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Recognition of Distinction Awards: Christopher Melchert, Jonathan Rees and Stephen Tuck

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Three Pembroke Fellows have been included in the University of Oxford’s 2014 Recognition of Distinction Awards announcement.  These annual awards of the title of Professor at the University of Oxford are subject to determination by a senior panel that each applicant holds an excellent record in the three specified areas of research, teaching and good citizenship.  

 

Christopher Melchert has been appointed Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies.  Professor Melchert has been a Fellow and Tutor at Pembroke since 2000.  His expertise is focused on the area of Islamic movements and institutions in the ninth and tenth centuries C.E., and current research projects include Sufism and other renunciant movements before the Junaydi synthesis, as well as the life and works of Ahmad ibn Hanbal.  In 2014-15 Professor Melchert is on sabbatical at the National Humanities Center, North Carolina, USA.

 

Jonathan Rees is now Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Science. In 2004 Professor Rees became a Fellow of Pembroke by special election and acts as Clinical Advisor to medical students at the College.  His research programme has the aim of improving patient outcomes and treatment delivery through the domains of (i) orthopaedic simulation and surgical performance and (ii) clinical pathways and treatments for shoulder pain. Professor Rees also runs the shoulder and elbow surgery service at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.

 

Stephen Tuck has had the title Professor of Modern History conferred.  Professor Tuck came to Pembroke as Fellow and Tutor in History in 2003 and is the College's Schools Liaison Fellow. In 2012 he became the first Director of The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities where he has led interdisciplinary projects engaging with contemporary issues. Professor Tuck's own research is in modern social history and his writings on civil rights campaigns include his latest book The Night Malcolm X Spoke at the Oxford Union (UCP, 2014).

(photo of S Tuck by Stuart Bebb)