College Record 2022/23
The 2023/24 edition of the College Record, the formal record of the academic year at Wolfson College, Oxford. As well as recording the fellowship and membership of the College as it stood in 2023/24, the Record is a chance for members to look back on the previous academic year and take stock of the activities of our many research clusters and societies, to celebrate the achievements of our students, researchers and alumni, and to share news of interest with the whole Wolfson community. This year, alongside updates from members across the world, readers can find reflections on the life of Anders Celsius, Byzantine art, the legal fight for clean rivers in the UK, and Wolfson’s own mysterious Second World War bunker. The Record is edited by Dr Roger Tomlin.
The 2023/24 edition of the College Record, the formal record of the academic year at Wolfson College, Oxford.
As well as recording the fellowship and membership of the College as it stood in 2023/24, the Record is a chance for members to look back on the previous academic year and take stock of the activities of our many research clusters and societies, to celebrate the achievements of our students, researchers and alumni, and to share news of interest with the whole Wolfson community. This year, alongside updates from members across the world, readers can find reflections on the life of Anders Celsius, Byzantine art, the legal fight for clean rivers in the UK, and Wolfson’s own mysterious Second World War bunker. The Record is edited by Dr Roger Tomlin.
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over one hundred people, and concluded with our first Linton Lecture, delivered by Anna<br />
Beer on ‘Eve Bites Back: an Alternative History of English Literature’.<br />
Visiting Scholars and Doctoral Students<br />
During the <strong>2022</strong>–<strong>23</strong> academic year we hosted twenty-three Visiting Scholars from around<br />
the world. Each week in term time our visitors gather for a closed seminar to share work in<br />
progress and reflect on trends in the field. Among our current scholars we are supporting<br />
projects as diverse as a psychological account of lies, lying and liars, and a biography of the<br />
German anti-Nazi political activist Sophie Scholl.<br />
This academic year we welcomed nine Visiting Doctoral Students, and have three new<br />
students arriving in the autumn. Our own doctoral student Freya Marshall-Payne is now in<br />
her third year, working on a life-writing project with Oxford’s homeless women.<br />
Education and outreach activities<br />
We have continued our relationship with the Unicorn School in Abingdon, which caters for<br />
children with special education needs such as autism and dyslexia. We have also developed<br />
partnerships for a new life-writing project with adopted children. In April we ran a five-day<br />
course with Joanna Wheeler of Transformative Story and youth theatre troupe Four-Eyed<br />
Theatre to train the actors in workshop-running skills and to equip them with the tools and<br />
methodologies necessary to work with vulnerable young people to articulate and express<br />
their own stories in different ways.<br />
Supporting writers in our community<br />
Our events are attended by many members of the public as well as by academics and<br />
students. To provide a space for these participants, in September <strong>2022</strong> we hosted a lifewriting<br />
book group and in Hilary term (January–March) we ran a very successful reading<br />
group on the subject of autofiction, focusing on the work of Maurice Blanchot. We have<br />
also run day conferences to support aspiring writers: in January 20<strong>23</strong> we ran a workshop<br />
on ‘Writing about Living People’, partnering with the Society of Authors to discuss legal<br />
issues surrounding copyright; and in April we welcomed author Patrick Gale, editor Richard<br />
Milbank, and creative writing tutor and author Alice Little (who is also our Administrator<br />
at OCLW) to talk about the blurred line between fact and fiction when it comes to lifewriting.<br />
These practical workshops have been a popular addition to our programme and<br />
demonstrate the value of life-writing to a range of audiences.<br />
RESEARCH CLUSTERS<br />
OCLW remains at the forefront of global conversations about life-writing and our work<br />
continues to consolidate our international reputation for excellence. We have achieved a<br />
wide reach working with many audiences, and are able to extend this impact by running<br />
online and hybrid events and outreach programmes.<br />
Kate Kennedy (Co-Director)<br />
Alice Little (Administrator)<br />
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