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The Master, Jude Kelly CBE, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Events News

12 May 2025

The Master, Jude Kelly CBE, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

This August, the Master will be part of the Women of the World (WOW) Foundation's Fringe debut – a powerful …

Catz Alumnus Launches New Opera-Ballet Project News

12 May 2025

Catz Alumnus Launches New Opera-Ballet Project

Catz alumnus Dr Leo Geyer (2019, DPhil Music) has recently launched the culmination of a 10-year music project: a brand-new …

Catz Fellow Honoured as Companion of Operational Research for Science Communication Excellence News

12 May 2025

Catz Fellow Honoured as Companion of Operational Research for Science Communication Excellence

The Operational Research Society has named Catz Fellow by Special Election in Management, Dr. Duncan Robertson, a Companion of Operational …

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The logo of The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. News

18 November 2022

Catz alum wins the Baillie Gifford Prize

Catz alumna Katherine Rundell (2005, English Language & Literature) has won the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction for her…

Events

28 November, 2022

The Alan Tayler Lecture 2022

Join us for the Alan Tayler Lecture 2022, taking place on Monday 28 November at 5pm in the Bernard Sunley…

Events

29 November, 2022

The Master’s Talk: Enhancing the Student Experience

Join the Master, Professor Kersti Börjars, on Tuesday 29th November at 1pm GMT for the Master’s Update on Zoom. The…

An image taken of the exhibition, showing a row of portraits of Ukrainian women. News

3 November 2022

Exhibition on pioneering women in Ukraine

An exhibition running at Catz this term will tell the stories of a series of pioneering women from Ukraine. The…

The four Catz students sit behind the University Challenge desk. Their surnames are Olive, Laskowski, Spacey and Partis. 'St Catherine's - Oxford' appears on the front of the desk. News

2 November 2022

Catz team on University Challenge

A team from St Catherine’s appeared on the long-running television quiz show University Challenge last night (1 November). The team,…

An image of Donald Perkins sits beside the College crest. News

1 November 2022

Donald Perkins (1925-2022)

St Catherine’s College is saddened to share the news that Professor Donald Perkins CBE FRS, Emeritus Fellow, has died aged…

Events

23 September, 2023

Gaudy for 2003 – 2012 Matriculands

We are deeply saddened to inform you that due to safety concerns around the use of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete…

An image of Sam Wolfe to the right, with the Leverhulme Trust logo to the left. News

21 October 2022

Sam Wolfe awarded Philip Leverhulme Prize

Sam Wolfe, Catz Fellow and Professor of French and Romance Linguistics, has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize from…

Adjoa Andoh stands with her arms apart as she delivers a lecture in front of an audience. News

19 October 2022

‘We and all our stories are worthy’: Adjoa Andoh delivers her inaugural lecture

Actor, director and producer Adjoa Andoh delivered her inaugural lecture as the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre on…

Events

11 June, 2023

Workshop with Adjoa Andoh – June 2023

This workshop is one in a series with Adjoa Andoh, the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre. The workshops…

Events

21 May, 2023

Workshop with Adjoa Andoh – May 2023

This workshop is one in a series with Adjoa Andoh, the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre. The workshops…

Events

22 January, 2023

Workshop with Adjoa Andoh – January 2023

This workshop is one in a series with Adjoa Andoh, the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre. Please join…

Events

15 October, 2022

Swinging the Lens – All Our Stories: Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor inaugural lecture

Adjoa Andoh, the 2022-23 Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre will deliver her inaugural lecture: Swinging the Lens –…

A silhouette of the Oxford skyline, with the University of Oxford and Saïd Business School logos. Text reads: All-Innovate, the University of Oxford's inter-college idea competition. News

20 September 2022

Oxford’s All-Innovate Ideas Competition launches for 2022-23

All-Innovate, the University’s entrepreneurship competition, has launched for the 2022-23 academic year. The competition, based in the University’s Saïd Business…

News

14 September 2022

Memorial fund established in honour of Richard Parish

A memorial fund has been established in memory of the late Richard Parish. Professor Parish was the College’s longest-serving tutorial…

Events

14 May, 2023

Town and Gown 2023

In 2022, St Catz put together a team of runners that included fellows, current staff & students and alumni. After…

The Queen wears a burgundy-coloured hat and smiles News

8 September 2022

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022

St Catherine’s College is deeply saddened by the news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Acceding to the…

A graphic of a stack of books, mini ladders leant against them and the words 'Lit Hits' to the side. News

2 September 2022

Pick your next read with LitHits

An initiative spearheaded by a Catz Fellow is helping to get people reading. LitHits is a digital reading project founded…

Events

16 September, 2022

Meeting Minds: Compromised Space at the UN

Join Professor Fiona McConnell, Professor of Political Geography and Tutorial Fellow at St Catherine’s, as she discusses Compromised Space at…

A 1960s black-and-white photo of the College buildings News

25 August 2022

Catz’s unique architecture features on design programme

The architecture of St Catherine’s, by famed Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, has this week featured on an episode of Monocle…

Events

8 September, 2022

Boston Drinks Reception 2022

We hope you will join us for drinks at the Union Club of Boston in Boston on Thursday 8 September…

Events

12 September, 2022

New York Drinks Reception 2022

We hope you will join us for drinks at the Cosmopolitan Club in New York on Monday 12 September, kindly…

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12 October, 2022

Voices of Collections & Early Photographs: a lecture

Join Catz Research Associate Datin Shalini Ganendra as she gives a lecture, Voices of Collections and Early Photographs. Shalini Ganendra…

An image of Eleanor Stride to the left and the logo of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 to the right. News

21 July 2022

Eleanor Stride appointed Commissioner to 1851 Royal Commission

Catz Fellow Eleanor Stride had been appointed as a Commissioner of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. The…

Byron sits behind a desk with a laptop and books in front of him, and beside a model of a wind turbine. Behind him are bookshelves. News

19 July 2022

Byron Byrne: Oxford Professor, award-winning innovator, cricketer

This ‘Oxford Profile’ on Catz Fellow Byron Byrne discovers more about his Oxford career, his world-changing research and… cricket.  …

Events

19 November, 2022

Professor Richard Parish – Memorial Event

St Catherine’s College will be hosting a memorial event to celebrate the life of Emeritus Fellow Professor Richard Parish (1948-2022),…

Three glass cases containing books and materials for the exhibition. News

1 July, 2022

Exhibition on a Russian-Ukrainian genderqueer hero

An exhibition is running at Catz this month which tells the story of a Russian-Ukrainian genderqueer hero. Aleksandr Aleksandrov (born…

News

22 June 2022

Catz alumni recognised in 2022 Birthday Honours

St Catherine’s College is pleased to share the news that two alumni have been recognised in the 2022 Birthday Honours….

Events

16 October, 2022

Day-long workshop with Adjoa Andoh

Actor and director Adjoa Andoh is the 2022-23 Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at the University and at…

Events

17 November, 2022

Manchester Drinks 2022

Join us for Manchester Drinks at the Lincoln House Chambers on Thursday 17 November, kindly supported by Lisa Roberts KC….

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