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Catz Hosts the 8th Annual Henfrey Prize for Composition News

7 July 2025

Catz Hosts the 8th Annual Henfrey Prize for Composition

The final concert of the 2025 Henfrey Prize for Composition took place on Friday, 13th June. The annual Henfrey Prize for …

Catz Honorary Fellow appointed to the Court of Appeal News

7 July 2025

Catz Honorary Fellow appointed to the Court of Appeal

St Catherine's College is delighted to announce that The Honorable Mr Justice Ian Dove (1982, Law) has been appointed to …

Catz featured in New Book about 1960s University Architecture News

4 July 2025

Catz featured in New Book about 1960s University Architecture

St Catherine's College has recently been featured in another architectural book. 1960s University Buildings: The Golden Age of British Modern …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.  …

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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…

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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…

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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….

Kersti Borjars smiles with her arms crossed in front of a wood-panelled College corridor. News

16 June 2022

Master’s round-up of the year

The Master, Professor Kersti Börjars, reflects on the 2021-22 academic year at St Catherine’s: I started as Master of St…

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8 June 2022

Kia Nobre awarded prestigious Heineken Prize

Kia Nobre, Catz Fellow and Professor of Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, has been awarded one of the Netherlands’ most prestigious international…

A view of the college buildings, with the bell tower to the right, green lawns in front and a blue sky above. Events

27 August, 2022

Arne Jacobsen and St Catherine’s College: a conference

On 27 August, St Catherine’s College will be hosting a one-day conference in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the…

Men's boat club rowing on the river News

30 May 2022

Oar-some success at Summer Eights

Niamh Louwman, President of the Catz Boat Club, reports on the Club’s achievements at this year’s Summer Eights: Summer Eights…

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