Congratulations to Pembroke alumnus, Dr. Geoffrey Swenson (2012, DPhil International Relations), who has published his first book Contending Orders: Legal Pluralism and the Rule of Law. We asked Geoffrey about his path from Pembroke student to published author.

In May 2023, Pembroke DPhil candidate Juliana Choi (2021, DPhil Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics) used our Melandra Castle Fund to travel to Les Diablerets, Switzerland, to present a research poster at her first international conference.

Congratulations to Pembroke alumnus, Gareth Powell OBE (1994, Biology), who recently featured in The King’s 2023 Birthday Honours List. Gareth was awarded an OBE for exceptional services to Transport in London and to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Following a trip to Mali earlier in the year, Theology and Religion DPhil candidate Yaseen Christian Andrewsen used Pembroke’s Melandra Castle Fund to travel to Morocco to visit two manuscript libraries in Rabat, where he had direct access to primary sources.

Many congratulations to Andrew Ahern (Ó hEachteirn), Pembroke Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, for being awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research with the Living Matter Lab at Stanford University.

Congratulations to Pembroke Lecturer, Dr Molly Grace, for receiving an Outstanding Research Impact commendation. These awards are given by Oxford’s Mathematics, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS).

The Tanaka Symposium plays a crucial role in the promotion & exchange of new knowledge among scholars & students of Japanese studies in the UK. Recently, Pembroke held its 5th symposium: Reconfiguring the Concept of Religion in Modern Japan.

The College was deeply saddened to learn of the recent death of Dr Bill Dorey (1949, Modern History), a Pembroke alumnus, Honorary Fellow and former Advisory Fellow.

Congratulations to our Stanley Ho Junior Research Fellow in Chinese Studies, Dr Xiaojing Miao, for organising and taking part in a successful panel at the 2023 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, the largest gathering in the world for scholars of Asian Studies.