College Record 2022/23

So let me look back on what has been a normal, extraordinary year.
I begin with Emeritus Fellow Ellen Rice, who died in April, having been a member of the
Governing Body, Fellow for Archives, Senior Research Fellow and, earlier in her career,
Domestic Bursar. There is an obituary of her in this Record by another Emeritus Fellow,
her husband Jim Kennedy, and we will be planting a tree in her memory in Tree Quad, just
next to the Nursery to which she devoted so much of her time. There is also an obituary
of the art historian Kiyoko Hanaoka, a long-term Member of Common Room, who died in
January. We were pleased to provide her family from Japan a place in College to grieve and
celebrate her extraordinary life.
Among those Governing Body Fellows who have left their positions is Jeremy Johns, who
deserves special mention since he has been part of the College fabric for many decades. I’m
delighted he is now an Emeritus Fellow, and his wife Nadia also became a Fellow at Wolfson
last year. We also bid a fond farewell to Tarje Nissen-Meyer, who has left us for a wonderful
new opportunity at Exeter University; he too is now Emeritus.
Among our new Governing Body Fellows is Rebecca Nichols who joined us in April as
Professor of Materials Modelling, and Jack Hanson and Frédérique Duyrat who join us as
Professor of Roman Archaeology and the new Keeper of the Collections at the Ashmolean
respectively. Liam McNamara also joins the Governing Body as the Ashmolean’s new
Keeper of Antiquities. We also welcome Meron Piotrkowski who joins us from Princeton
as our new AP in Jewish History. We also welcome our first Isaiah Berlin Junior Research
Fellow, Tania Shew.
INTRODUCTION
Photo: Judith Palmer
The intellectual life of the College has returned to a state of vigorous good health. Three
new Clusters have burst into life, Mind, Brain and Behaviour; Law in Societies; and the
Cross Disciplinary Machine Learning Cluster. The Centre for Life-Writing has gone from
strength to strength, with significant new philanthropy and a growing community of
distinguished visiting scholars. Martin Goodman has overseen an expanding programme
for the Ancient World Research Cluster. Tibetan and Himalayan Studies has benefited
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