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Pembroke College receives funding to open new interdisciplinary research centre to address challenges in conservation and global security

Pembroke alumnus and philanthropist Dr Thomas S. Kaplan has committed over £4 million to the College to establish the Recanati-Kaplan Minerva Institute — the world’s first-ever interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to tackling urgent global challenges at the intersection of environmental conservation and security.
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Brandon Sanderson delivers 2026 J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature: 'On Fantasy'

We were delighted to welcome award-winning author Brandon Sanderson earlier this term to deliver Pembroke’s 2026 J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature.
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Professor Yimon Aye recognised in Royal Society of Chemistry 2026 Prizes

Professor Yimon Aye has been awarded the Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2026 Prizes for her pioneering contributions to the development of live-cell-based tools that can elucidate, reprogramme and chemically manipulate biological signalling mechanisms.

Upcoming events

Alumni Weekend 2026

18 Sep 2026

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20 Sep 2026 18:00 - 10:00

Join us for our annual Alumni Weekend in conjunction with the Meeting Minds conference across Oxford. 

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Past events

1 Dec 2024

Nine Lessons and Carols 2024

17:00 - 19:00
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Damon Wells Chapel, Pembroke College

Join us at this year's Nine Lessons and Carols Service for readings and music from the Pembroke Community on the 1st of December from 5.30pm GMT. You can join this event in-person in the Damon Wells Chapel, Pembroke College or virtually via a YouTube livestream. 
27 Nov 2024

400 Law Subject Dinner

18:00 - 21:30
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Pembroke College, Oxford

To celebrate our 400th anniversary, Pembrokians are invited to return to College for subject dinners taking place throughout 2024. The Law Subject Dinner will follow this year's Blackstone Lecture.
25 Nov 2024

'Three Summers: A film about Ukraine': Film Screening

20:30 - 22:00
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Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune St., Cowley

Pembroke student Henry Worsley's new feature length documentary about the conflict in Ukraine, shot in Odesa and Kyiv this summer, is being screened at the Ultimate Picture Palace on the 25th of November at 8.30 pm.
29 Oct 2024

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25 Nov 2024

Pembroke 3CR Reading Group MT24

16:00 - 16:00
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SCR Parlour

All members of College are welcome to attend, and there is no expectation that attendees read the books in advance. Do come along to find out more about the research being undertaken at Pembroke!