College News
Fostering the Humanities at Keble
These are exciting times for the Humanities at Oxford and at Keble. The opening of the University’s Schwarzman Centre, slated for 2024, will create a new dynamic hub for the Humanities at Oxford in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, making Keble ideally located to benefit from the centre’s state-of-the-art academic, exhibition and performance spaces. The College is investing in the Humanities through the endowment of two Tutorial Fellowships, and through the support of events, such as the highly successful Poets at Keble series.
Butterfield Visit
On Friday 3 March, we were honoured to welcome into College three descendants of Keble College’s original architect, William Butterfield.
Catering Excellence
The Keble catering team won an Excellence Award after hosting the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Gala Dinner. The evening, which came after a busy summer period of events, private dinners and conferences, was part of the 62nd Great Britain Grand Chapitre.
Introducing: Portrait of Keble II
Three years after the launch of the ‘Portrait of Keble’ photographic exhibition as part of the College’s 150th anniversary, we continue to celebrate the achievements of some of the most influential and successful members of our diverse community through the installation in Hall of ‘Portrait of Keble II’.
Keble Early Music Festival 2023
This February, we had another hugely successful Keble Early Music Festival. It was my first as Artistic Director and I very much enjoyed planning the programme of events around the structure of the previous Festivals, whilst also thinking how we might offer different elements in the future.
Messy Economics
On 17 January 2023, our Keble Conversations series returned to London to a captive audience and a full house at Wallacespace Spitalfields.
Welcome to Imaan and Daisy
We are delighted to welcome two new members of the Alumni & Development and Communications teams at Keble. Daisy Eaton joined this January as Alumni Relations and Events Administrator, and Imaan Ali joined in March as Digital Communications Officer.
Nabila Photography Prize Winner
On the 17 November, we launched the first Nabila Walji Photography Prize, in memory of Nabila Walji (1993-2022).
Featuring Visiting Fellow Deborah Pritchard
It’s been a huge privilege to hold the position of Visiting Fellow at Keble College, Oxford, over the last six months.
Welcome to New Fellows
We would like to welcome the following individuals, who joined the Fellowship in 2022-23.
Keble Giving Day 2023
We are thrilled to announce that our 2023 Giving Day raised a fantastic £251,228 from 312 donors, against a target of £150,000 from 250 donors. This result is a wonderful testament to the commitment of the Keble community. Thank you so much for your support.
Keble in Space
Keblite Aleksander Zagajewski (2018 DPhil) was part of a group of Oxford graduate students who teamed up with the International Space School Educational Trust (ISSET) to help turn the designs of secondary school children into bona fide experiments sent to the International Space Station.
Mooting Champions
In Michaelmas Term of 2022, Keblites Christopher McHugh (2020 Jurisprudence) and Isobel Salzedo (2021 Jurisprudence) won the Oxford Herbert Smith Freehills Disability Mooting Championship, run by the Faculty of Law and Oxford University Disability Law and Policy Project.
KA Report: DRY-CAB
In late 2022, two Geography undergraduate students undertook pioneering climate change research in north-west Zambia, thanks in part to funding received through a Gordon Smith Award from the Keble Association (KA).
Rowing Success
Michaelmas term racing kicked off at Nepthys regatta with Keble College Boat Club (KCBC) competing in a side-by-side knockout tournament against crews entered from the majority of Oxford colleges.
Memory Making
At the beginning of Hilary Term 2023, Keble College hosted the first private screening and commentary of the opening episode of Holy Craft!
JCR Charities Committee
The JCR charities committee is off to a great start this year with charities officers Amber Dansoh (2021 CAAH), Alice Jardine (2021 Geography) and Cecily Broughton (2021 Geography) showing great enthusiasm and commitment to their roles.
Football Cuppers
Victory was so close for both Keble’s women’s and men’s football teams in the inter-collegiate Cuppers football tournament this year. They played extraordinarily well in all their matches, only suffering defeat in the semi-final.