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Professor Wallace-Hadrill
Professor Colin Lizieri
Dr Rebecca Lingwood
Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill OBE takes up the
Mastership of Sidney Sussex College this month, becoming
the 25th Master since the college was founded in 1596.
A Roman social and cultural historian, Professor Wallace-
Hadrill has been for the last 14 years Director of the British
School at Rome. An expert on Pompeii and Herculaneum,
he has directed major projects at both sites, including
the Herculaneum Conservation Project for which he will
continue to take responsibility.
He was awarded the Archaeological Institute of
America’s James R. Wiseman Award in 1995 for his book
Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (1994) and
is currently working on a new book on Herculaneum. He
has written several other books, including Suetonius: the
Scholar and his Caesars (1985), Augustan Rome (1993), and,
most recently, Rome’s Cultural Revolution (2008), published
by Cambridge University Press. Professor Wallace-Hadrill
has held visiting fellowships at Princeton University and the
Getty Museum, and is a frequent contributor to radio and
television broadcasts.
Professor Wallace-Hadrill will be accompanied in his
new role at Sidney Sussex by his wife Josephine, and has
pledged to ensure his role as Master is “at the heart of
college life, generating institutional self-confidence
and promoting and building on a shared vision” .
He succeeds Professor Dame Sandra Dawson who
stood down in August after ten years as Master.
Professor Colin Lizieri has been appointed Grosvenor
Professor of Real Estate Finance at the University. He will
lead the research and teaching in Real Estate Finance
within the Department of Land Economy, building on
the innovations made by his predecessor Professor John
Glascock, particularly in the development of the MPhil in
Real Estate Finance.
Professor Lizieri has a long and distinguished record
of research, publication and teaching, and was most
recently Professor of Real Estate Finance at the University
of Reading.
Dr Rebecca Lingwood has been appointed the
new Director at the Institute of Continuing Education.
Dr Lingwood, who gained her Engineering degree,
MA and PhD at Cambridge, will succeed Professor
Dick Taylor on 1 October 2009.
She is currently Director of Continuing Professional
Development at Oxford University. She said: “I am delighted
to be returning to Cambridge and have the opportunity to
build on the Institute’s traditions, and create a strong and
vibrant future for continuing education.”
Miss Helen Stephens has been appointed Head Porter of
Selwyn, joining the college on 18 August. Helen was Deputy
Head Porter at Trinity College from May 2008 and previously
a gate porter at Jesus for three years.
Selwyn has a small team of dedicated porters including a
Deputy Head Porter, five Day Porters, two Night Porters and
a receptionist.
Professor Graham
Stanton
(1940–2009)
Professor Graham Stanton, Lady
Margaret’s Professor of Divinity at
the University of Cambridge, was
a New Testament scholar whose
studies focused on the Gospels,
particularly Matthew’s Gospel.
Probably his best-known work
was The Gospels and Jesus, while the
collection of essays on Matthew’s
Gospel, A Gospel for a New People,
used a variety of methods to throw
light on the community behind
the text.
In 1996-97, Professor Stanton
served as President of the Society
for New Testament Studies. For
nine years he edited New Testament
Studies and the associated
monograph series, both published
by Cambridge University Press.
During his time in Cambridge
he presided over the celebrations
for the Quincentenary of the
Lady Margaret’s Chair in 2002,
and was involved in securing the
re-endowment of the Chair from
the Kirby Laing Foundation in
October 2007.
As a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College
he secured a key benefaction for
the endowment of the Chaplaincy
in 2008.
As a scholar, a loyal friend
and an encourager of all young
researchers he will be greatly
missed.
12 | september/october 2009 | UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Newsletter