Join us for September's Balliol Online Lecture delivered by Conor Kelly, Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies. For more information and book a place: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

What's your favourite Balliol memory? Last Saturday, we asked some of our graduating students to look back on the moments that made their time at Balliol special. Congratulations to all our graduates!

We are looking for a College Nurse (part-time) to join the Balliol community. Grade 7 salary, closing date 31 July 2026. Find out more and apply: isw.changeworknow.co.uk/balliol/vms/...

Our warmest congratulations to five Balliol people: Harry Matovu (1981), Paul Berman (1983), Ashley Ibbett (1989), Sarah Munby (2000), and Wendy Becker (friend of Balliol, member of the Greville Smith Circle), recognised in the King's Birthday Honours. www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/2026/ju...

You are warmly invited to an online talk by Theodosios Famprikis, Malcolm Green Early Career Fellow in Inorganic Chemistry, called: 'One man's mess, another man's material: exploiting disorder in materials chemistry'. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us for the George Malcolm Concert with renowned pianist Sir András Schiff on 20 June, 7pm, at Balliol. No bookings required for general public. www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

Professor Michael Sandel (Balliol 1975) will be delivering the Pharos Summer Lecture 2026 on the subject ‘The Tyranny of Merit: Can We Find the Common Good?’ at the Sheldonian Theatre on 1 June 2026, 5.00pm. For further information and to reserve a ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-sa...

Michael Sandel - The Tyranny of Merit: Can We Find the Common Good?

The Pharos Summer Lecture 2026

eventbrite.co.uk

Join us on 14 May for the Oliver Smithies Lecture with Professor Elaine Treharne (Oliver Smithies Visiting Lecturer) speaking on 'Death of a Nun: Medieval Women Scribes and Networks of Piety'. www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

Balliol alumni and friends are warmly invited to the following upcoming regional drinks. Further details here: www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/balliol/events

Death of a Nun: Medieval Women Scribes & Networks of Piety Prof. Elaine Treharne, @etreharne.bsky.social, will be giving the first of her Smithies Lectures, Thursday 14 May 17.15, Gillis Lecture Theatre @ballioloxford.bsky.social. All welcome! @oxmedstud.bsky.social

Katrina Manson (Balliol 1999) will be talking about her latest book, PROJECT MAVEN: A MARINE COLONEL, HIS TEAM, AND THE DAWN OF AI WARFARE, on 12 May, 4.00pm, at Manor Road Building. All welcome. www.ccw.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare by Katrina Manson — The Changing Character of War Centre

Tuesday 12 May, 16.00 Lecture Theatre, Manor Road Building

ccw.ox.ac.uk

Step back into 1930s Oxfordshire… Balliol Librarians Naomi and Nigel took to the road on a cycle ride inspired by letters in Balliol’s Historic Collections. Discover the story behind their journey in the latest Historic Collections blog: balliollibrary.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/r...

Former Balliol Chemists are warmly invited to the inaugural BACCHUS Alumni Chemistry Dinner on 14 November 2026. www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/balliol/even...

You are warmly invited to the 2026 Bingham Lecture in Constitutional Studies delivered by Professor Alan Renwick. 5 May 2026, 5pm | Gillis Lecture Theatre, Balliol College Register: www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/... @politicsoxford.bsky.social

Join us on 5 March for the Oliver Smithies Lecture with Professor Donna West Brett (Oliver Smithies Visiting Lecturer) speaking on 'Stasi Surveillance: Photography’s Material and Residual Traces'. www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

1/3) Join us on Tuesday 5 May at 5pm at @ballioloxford.bsky.social for the Bingham Lecture in Constitutional Studies. @alanrenwick.bsky.social will explore: 'Competing Visions of the UK Constitution: How Should They Be Assessed, and What Are the Implications for Debates about Democratic Reform?'

Happy Lunar New Year! We wish everyone celebrating a prosperous #yearofthehorse.

Join us on 12 February for the Oliver Smithies Lecture, with Professor Donna West Brett (Oliver Smithies Visiting Lecturer) speaking on 'Disaster, Sensation, and the Zeppelin Sublime'. More info: www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

What can 1,200 index cards tell us about a lifetime of thinking? A new Balliol College Library collection, 'Trefethen's Index Cards', is now available online, offering a unique window onto five decades of ideas and reflections by Professor Nicholas Trefethen. www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

You are invited to an online talk by Professor Manuela Zaccolo tomorrow, 3 February, 5.00pm. Register for free here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us for a talk by Adrian Woolfson (Balliol 1992) on Tuesday 10 February, 5.30pm, at the Gillis Lecture Theatre, Balliol - all Balliol and University members welcome. More info: www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

New year, new beginnings. Wishing everyone a bright and inspiring year ahead!

‘At this time of year, I’m reminded how fortunate we are to belong to a college with such a deep sense of identity and community. I’m grateful for your continuing support and affection for Balliol, which sustain us and enable us to look confidently to the future.' Helen Ghosh, Master

We’re celebrating St Catherine’s Day tonight with the traditional dinner for Senior Members and finalists. St Catherine of Alexandria, Balliol’s patron since the 13th century, is honoured throughout College - look for her in the Old Common Room, Library, Hall, and Chapel.

Job! Associate Prof of Modern European History @ballioloxford.bsky.social and @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social. www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/balliol-peop...

Photographer Stuart Bebb captured this stunning moon dog shining over Balliol. A moon dog (or paraselene) appears when bright moonlight passes through cirrostratus clouds filled with hexagonal ice crystals, creating glowing spots of light on one or both sides of the Moon.

A new statue of Dervorguilla, the founder of @ballioloxford.bsky.social has been erected in Oxford by the marvellous sculptor Alex Wenham. Some of John Milnes' evocative photos of the process of creating it are here: theoxfordsausage.com/a-new-public...

A new statue of Balliol’s co-founder and first benefactor, Dervorguilla of Galloway, now stands at Master's Field! Warm thanks to Jim Rogers (Balliol 1964) for making this commission possible, and to Alex Wenham for his creativity and vision. www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

Matthew Langton and Adrian Kelly have been awarded the title of Professor in this year's Recognition of Distinction initiative by the University of Oxford. Congratulations to our two new professors! www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

Balliol graduate student Conor Muller is cycling across the UK in memory of his mum, raising funds to support charities Solace and The Brain Tumour Charity www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/au...