400 years ago, Pembroke College was formally opened as the newest college of the University of Oxford. To celebrate the occasion, we invited our OxNet Access Week residential students to join us in 17th century music, dance, and a re-enactment of the original opening ceremony. 

Earlier this year, Professor Lynda Mugglestone, Pembroke Fellow in English Language and Literature, was awarded a Harvard University Houghton Library Visiting Fellowship which will allow her to continue her research into renowned Pembroke alumnus Samuel Johnson, author of the first comprehensive English dictionary. 

Annabel Eyres first learnt to row during her time at Pembroke, where she studied Fine Art between 1984 and 1988. By 1992, she had rowed in two Boat Races and was heading to Barcelona for the Olympic Games that summer. This year, Annabel makes her return to the Games, though in a form more closely related to her degree subject than her extracurricular activities – as an Olympic artist. 

On 29th June, 1624, Pembroke College received its Royal Charter from King James I, declaring Pembroke the newest constituent college of the University of Oxford. Four centuries later, hundreds of guests gathered across our four quads to celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the College’s foundation. Dive into the highlights of the day below.

Seeking to reshape how we think about the law of estoppel, Joel’s article identifies the rationale of this area of law and explores its relationship to other related doctrines. “Starting Afresh: Reformulating and Reconceptualising the Law of Estoppel” was published earlier this month as one of the four Private Law articles in the 13th Edition of the Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal, which can be found here.

On 26th and 27th June, Pembroke opened its doors to hundreds of potential applicants as part of this year’s first Oxford University Undergraduate Open Days.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jacob Ward as Pembroke’s new Development Director, starting in August 2024.

Rowing in the annual Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race is the highest honour an Oxbridge rower can achieve. Other than rowing in two Boat Races, that is.

We were delighted to host the 2024 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture in International Relations with Dr Fareed Zakaria, speaking on 'Towards a Post-American International Order'.