The Newsletter of St Antony’s College 2016
The Antonian who became President Also in this issue: Free Speech on Campus The Power of Presidents St Antony’s war correspondent A New Warden Antonians go to Calais
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9 St Antony’s Looks at the World
15 Students
The Antonian 2016
18 Notable Antonians:
President Gudni Johannessen
Editor: Martyn Rush (MPhil Middle Eastern Studies, 2015) Contact details: The Development Office St Antony’s College, OX2 6JF david.parker@sant.ox.ac.uk
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Letter from the Warden
s I start my last year as Warden of St Antony’s I am ref lecting on how the College has changed during my years here. Certainly it is physically different. We have a new front entrance with our two elegant new accommodation and off ice buildings; the Middle East Centre’s Investcorp Building designed by Zaha Hadid has given Oxford an outstanding piece of modern architecture; and the Victorian convent which was the College’s original building has been completely refurbished and spruced up. And the College has admitted students from some of Oxford’s newer courses, at the Internet Institute, for example, from the Saïd Business School or the Blavatnik School of Government. We have appointed new Fellows to replace retiring ones and added new posts, most recently in the international relations of the Middle East. Much of course remains the same. We have the same international mix of Fellows, Academic Visitors and students. This year we took in 246 new students who came from 69 different countries and they are evenly split between men and women. The majority – around 80% – are in the social sciences but since many do area studies or international relations, they encounter the humanities as well. The University is discussing its future size and shape (it seems to have been doing so ever since I arrived as Warden) and there is talk of adding even more graduate students. Many colleges, and we share that concern, are wondering how far we can grow in numbers before our amenities such as dining halls and common rooms become over crowded. Perhaps we should be thinking of creating new colleges. On one thing at least, there is fairly general agreement and that is the crucial role college communities play in providing an intellectual and social home to students and to fellows as well. A s a lways t he C ol lege cont inue s to hou se a wonderfully eclectic range of seminars, workshops, conferences and lectures. Over the course of the last academic well over three hundred separate events took place here. In one particularly hectic week we had Secretary of State John Kerry for lunch; Svetlana Alexievich, the Belarussian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, spoke about her work; and Noam Chomsky gave a lecture on the United States and the Middle East. Keeping all this activity going as well as supporting students with scholarships or travel grants has its costs of course. And we get the occasional unpleasant surprise! We have just had a thorough survey done on our Besse Building, which is now nearly half a century old. The news is that we are going to have to do a lot of expensive maintenance work to ensure that it lasts another fifty years. While we manage to balance the books every year we are always looking for ways to raise funds to meet such challenges and to provide more posts and more student support. We rent out College rooms in the summer for conferences and for our very successful summer school but we also, as many of you will have noticed, appeal to our alumni. You respond generously indeed.
We have other things to worry us than College buildings. The result of the referendum on British membership of the European Union came as a shock to many of us at the College and indeed in Oxford as a whole which voted 70% for remain. (It is a matter of some chagrin that Cambridge was 73%.) The debate and the result have unfortunately opened the door to antiimmigrant rhetoric. When Britain leaves the European Union, even if the exit is a ‘soft’ one, it will have serious implications for British education. To date British universities have been notably successful in obtaining research funds from the EU. That will come to an end and there is no guarantee that a British government already strapped for funds will make up the difference. More worrying still is that the links between British and European academics will fray. Researchers and students may no longer be able to move easily among universities in different countries. Oxford, which attracts the best students and teachers from around the world, will be severely damaged if the government, as some of its ministers have suggested, moves to drastically limit visas and insists that British universities hire only British nationals. It is encouraging that our new ViceChancellor, along with other university heads, is making a strong and public case for the British government to step into replace lost research funding and to ensure that universities can continue to recruit the most talented from abroad. Let us hope the vice-chancellors succeed. The alternative, for British education and for this College, is a grim one. The year after this I will watching from the sidelines but I will continue to take a keen interest in what happens to St Antony’s, to Oxford, and to Britain. I will leave knowing that, whatever happens, the College will be in firm and capable hands. When I learned that Roger Goodman, a Fellow of this College, had been appointed as the sixth Warden, I could not have been more pleased. He understands the College and the University and he will provide just the sort of leadership St Antony’s needs in the coming tricky times. Professor Margaret MacMillan
The Warden of St Antony’s College, Professor Margaret MacMillan ©Rob Judges
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St Antony’s Sixth Warden Announced St Antony’s College is delighted to announce the election of Professor Roger Goodman to be the sixth Warden of the College
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rofessor Goodman is well known to the college as both a member of Governing Body and as an alumnus (DPhil Social Anthropology, 1985). He was the Acting Warden of the College in 2006-07. He will take up the Wardenship in October 2017 on Professor Margaret MacMillan’s retirement, and when his current term as Head of the Social Sciences Division of the University of Oxford comes to an end. Professor Goodman was a Junior Research Fellow at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies (1985-88), and was appointed the first University Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of Japan in 1993. He was subsequently elected the Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies in 2003, a position which he will retain while Warden. He became the inaugural Head of Oxford’s newly established School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies in 2004, until his appointment as the Head of the Social Sciences Division in 2008. In 2015, he was elected Chair of the Council of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. His research has been primarily on Japanese education and social policy.
List of St Antony’s Wardens:
Sir William Deakin (1950-1968) Professor Sir Raymond Carr (1968-1987) Professor Lord Dahrendorf (1987-1997) Sir Marrack Goulding (1997-2005) Professor Margaret MacMillan (2007-2017) Professor Roger Goodman (2017-)
Visit from the US Secretary of State
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he College welcomed the visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry in May. Secretary Kerry met students and staff, before dining with the Warden and other guests in the Hilda Besse Building. He was presented with a collection of Fellows’ recent books. He went on to address the Oxford Union that afternoon, commenting that his visit to Oxford reminded him of his alma mater, Yale, before adding that Oxford ‘was the real deal.’ He went on to attend the AntiCorruption Summit hosted by then-Prime Minister David Cameron in London.
Secretary Kerry tweeted that he had ‘enjoyed a great day at the beautiful and historic University of Oxford’ following his visit to St Antony’s. Images courtesy of Luke Hayes.
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St Antony’s Dining Room wins Top Prize
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he Oxfordshire Restaurant Awards 2016 awarded the top prize for Best College Dining Room to St Antony’s College. Head Chef Andrew Tipton and his team beat other finalists Wolfson, Lady Margaret Hall and St Anne’s to take the first prize, with an award-winning menu that included a starter of Seared Scallops, a main course of New Season Lamb and Minted cottage pie, followed by Baked Alaska. The College’s Domestic Bursar, Matthew Morgan, hailed the ‘wonderful achievement,’ adding ‘I am sure that you will all join me in offering our most heartfelt congratulations to Andrew and his team’.
Mastan Ebtehaj, pictured, had revolutionised the Middle East Centre Library during her 19 years at the helm.
St Antony’s Head Chef Andrew Tipton and his award-winning team.
Farewell to Mastan Ebtehaj, Middle East Centre Librarian
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he Middle East Centre bade farewell to its librarian of 19 years, Mastan Ebtehaj, in July 2016. Mastan was not only a popular figure with students and researchers alike, but had overseen key developments in the Middle East Centre’s library including overseeing the relocation to the new, iconic Investcorp building. She leaves with the library being amongst the most technologically advanced in Oxford. Director of the Middle East Centre, Professor Eugene Rogan, and Middle East Centre Archivist Debbie Usher paid warm tribute to her as a professional and as a colleague. Visiting researchers were effusive in their praise for her assistance, making clear just how many books and papers would not have been possible without her support, and consequently how important her legacy is to Middle East scholarship at Oxford.
Grants awarded to Fellows
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he AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) awarded funding to the Director of Asian Studies Centre and Reader in Modern South Asian History, Dr Faisal Devji, as CoInvestigator for a three-year project entitled ‘The First World War and Global Religions.’ Dr Devji will work with Dr Adrian Gregory of Pembroke College to investigate the role religion played in the conflict, focusing on Islam, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism. A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e E u r o p e a n Research Council awarded Professor Miles L a rmer, A ssociate Professor of African History at the School for Interdisciplinary Areas Studies and the History Faculty a Consolidator Grant, for ‘Comparing the Copperbelt: Political Culture and Knowledge Production in Central Africa.’
Dr Matthew Walton, Aung San Suu Kyi Senior Research Fellow in Modern Burmese Studies, St. Antonys College, received an award from the ESRC ( E c onom i c a nd S o c i a l R e s e a r c h C ou nci l) for a projec t ent it led ‘Understanding Buddhist Nationalism in Myanmar: Religion, Identity, and Conflict in a Political Transition’. This research project seeks to critically assess and disaggregate the category of “Buddhist nationalism” in Myanmar. The project started on 1 August 2016 and runs until 31 July 2018. F i n a l l y, t h e U n i v e r s i t y Consortium’s Dr Julie Newton (Visiting Fellow of the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre) received a grant from the Carnegie Foundation to enable study of the relationship between Russia and the West. This unique project brings together graduate students and faculty through joint-teaching, conferences, issue-oriented workshops, and joint publications. The goal is to shed new light on the problems, misperceptions, and sources of mistrust that undermine the Euro-Atlantic community as well as suggest the possible means of overcoming these obstacles. 5
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Podcasts of the lectures organised by the College Centres are available at: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/st-antonys-college-podcasts
Asian Studies Centre Dr Faisal Devji, Director of the Asian Studies Centre, University Reader in Modern South Asian History
African Studies Professor Jonny Steinberg, Academic Director of the African Studies Centre, Professor of African Studies
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, former Prime Minister, President of East Timor and Antonian José Ramos-Horta (SAM 1988) addressed the Asian Studies Centre this year. © Mike DuBose, UMNS Quman Akli, international public lawyer, delivers the African Studies Centre annual lecture in the Investcorp Auditorium.
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ne the most notable events the African Studies Centre held this year was our annual lecture, delivered by Quman Akli, an international public lawyer involved in facilitating negotiations around constitution-making in Somalia. Somalia is famous for having been without a state from the inception of its civil war in January 1991 until well into the 2000s. How does one go about negotiating constitutional principles in a context where levels of trust between protagonists are very low, where bitterness and anger about the recent past are very close to the surface of politics, and where the longevity of agreements reached is uncertain? Akli’s lecture asked these engaging and difficult questions and provided robust and provocative answers. She argued that constitution-writing processes that privilege short-term pragmatism over principle are bound to fail; that pessimism about what is possible becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Hers was an argument that those who leverage hope in building the foundations of a new order are most likely to succeed. In the context of the bleakness of contemporary discussions about Somalia, Akli’s rigorous intellectual defence of optimism was very engaging indeed. And that she is young – Akli turned 30 this year – gave the lecture the flavour of an inter-generational challenge.
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he Centre held three regular and well-attended seminar series, on South, Southeast and East Asia, as well as several special events. The weekly South Asian History seminar served as a lively forum for research, holding discussions on a wide range of topics, from the political thought of prominent thinkers to the study of Adivasi histories; from Pakistani Shia politics to Gandhian entrepreneurship or Mughal musical culture. Scholars spoke on the contemporary politics of most of the ASEAN countries at the bi-weekly Southeast Asia seminar, covering topics of regional and global interest – including education, finance and religion – and making the seminar one of the main spaces for discussion of the region within the University. Notably, current postgraduate students presented their ongoing research at sessions from both these seminars. The Centre hosted talks with Antonian and Nobel laureate José Ramos-Horta and former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri; special lectures were also delivered by the Chief Minister of the State of Perak and the Former Chief Election Commissioner of India. Evan Medeiros, President Obama’s former senior China advisor, gave this year’s Chun-tuHsueh lecture. Many of these events were recorded, and podcasts are available from the Centre website. The Centre is hosting Drs Reshmi Banerjee and Nagamuttu Ravindranathan as Academic visitors and has appointed a new Wai Seng Senior Research Scholar for 2016-18.
Asian Studies Centre Podcasts http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/asian-studies-centre
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European Studies Centre
Latin America Centre
Sarah Moran, European Studies Centre Administrator
Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Director of the Latin American Centre, Associate Professor in the Political Economy of Latin America
Professor Margaret MacMillan, Warden, with Professor Paul Betts, Former ESC director Professor Tony Nicholls and Professor Timothy Garton Ash at the 40th Anniversary Garden Party, 2016.
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016 is the 40th anniversary year for the ESC and on May 26 we organised a day of activities to mark the event. It turned out to be a brilliantly sunny day for which everyone had had their fingers crossed. Two very well attended academic panels took place in the Seminar Room during the day. The proceedings then moved over to St Antony’s for the ESC’s Annual Lecture with Oxford University Chancellor, The Rt. Hon Lord Patten of Barnes. He delivered a heartfelt lecture to a packed Hall on ‘Why Britain Should Stay in the European Union’. The sun stayed out for the ESC Finale Garden Party and everyone was in good spirits. Faces old and new came to enjoy the garden and to toast 40 years of the ESC’s work. One particular highlight for many was the return of the original ESC Director Tony Nicholls giving a stirring speech on the ESC past, present and hopes for the future.
European Studies Centre Podcasts http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/ european-studies-centre
The Latin American DPhil Network brings together Oxford’s DPhil students, Doctoral Visiting students and subject specialists to discuss their research in a constructive forum. More information at http://www.lac.ox.ac. uk/dphil-network
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ollowing our 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Latin American C ent re went f rom st reng t h to strength. The History Seminar showcased the relevance of historical research on Latin America. Eduardo Posada-Carbó continues building new partnerships with other parts of the university and promoting multidisciplinary conversations. The Di Tella lecture – made possible by generous funding from Nelly Di
Tella – brought the former Finance Minister of Guatemala, and current Chair of the Board of Trustees of Oxfam International, Juan Alberto Fuentes K night to discuss ‘state capture’ in the region. The three CAFLAC conferences we have organised in recent years in Lima, Bogotá and Brasília have allowed us to “take the Centre to the region” – a direct engagement we hope to expand in the future. This was also a year of research and publication successes for the Centre. Achievements included winning Newton, Open Society and Fell Fund grants (Leigh Payne and Eduardo Posada-Carbó), publishing articles in top journa ls like the American Political Science Review (David Doyle) and being named Distinguished Researcher in Spain (Timothy Power). We remain one of the leading centres for the study of Latin America and are looking for creative ways to enhance our research projects and bring new post-doctoral researchers to our centre.
Latin American Centre Podcasts https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/units/latin-american-centre
Middle East Centre
Middle East Centre Podcasts https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/middle-east-centre
Professor Eugene Rogan, Director of the Middle East Centre, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History
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he Middle East Centre was delighted to welcome Professor Noam Chomsky to address a College-wide crowd for the 2016 George Antonius Lecture on Thursday 2 June 2016. His lecture, entitled “The US, the Middle East, and Our Collective Fate,” was delivered to a capacity crowd in the Nissan Lecture Theatre, and through video link to an overflow audience in the Investcorp Lecture Theatre. Professor Chomsky, accompanied by his wife Valeria, was in Oxford to receive a major prize from the Kuwaiti AlBabtain Cultural Foundation, celebrating both his pioneering contributions to linguistics and his outspoken support for Palestinian national rights. The day began with a tree planting and award ceremony in the Middle East Centre, with the citation given by Kuwaiti philanthropist Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain, founder of the AlBabtain Cultural Foundation, and an acceptance speech by Professor Chomsky. The event was attended by students, faculty and invited guests. The Antonius Lecture is the Middle East Centre’s flagship event, marking the culmination of the academic year. In the course of his lecture, Professor Chomsky gave a magisterial overview of America’s fateful relationship with Israel
and the Arab world from the Cold War era through the Arab Spring and the regional disorder that has followed 2011. He dwelt on key themes from past writings: the American-Israel relationship, the contradictory place of NATO and of nuclear deterrence in global security, America’s exercise of unipolar power, and the disproportionate inf luence of oil on American Middle Eastern policy. “In such ways as these,” he concluded, “our collective fate depends in no small measure on US relations with the Middle East.” Professor Noam Chomsky (right) addresses a packed Nissan Lecture Theatre as part of the 2016 Antonius Lecture, as chair Professor Eugene Rogan (left) looks on.
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Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
North American Studies Programme
Professor Sho Konishi, Associate Professor in Modern Japanese History
Dr Halbert Jones, Director of the St Antony’s College North American Studies Programme, Senior Research Fellow in North American Studies
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The speakers attended High Table after the ‘Slow Cities’ event. From Left to Right, Professor Sho Konishi, Mr Pier Giorgio Oliveti, Mrs Hirai, Dr Peter Matanle, Professor Taro Hirai, Professor Hirokazu Sakuno, Miss Heuishilja Chang
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e held the workshop ‘Slow Cities? The Revitalisation of Shrinking Communities in Japan’ to discuss shrinking Japanese communities and the idea of the Slow City at large. The term ‘slow city’ may have originated in Europe as a sustainable rural development movement in the 1990’s, but it could be argued that the phenomenon was always a part of the Japanese experience of modernity. This was not a phenomenon that was postmodern or anti-modern, but rather a modern notion of progress that incorporated the idea of ‘slowness’. Here at Oxford, the temporality of slowness drew together participants from multiple disciplines, including environmental studies, economics, geography, history, politics and sociology. Scholars came from Japan, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. The roundtable talk ended the workshop by revealing the multidimensionality and complex nature of shrinkage and modernity itself. The event was funded by the Japanese Embassy/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan in collaboration with the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies.
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Podcasts https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/units/nissan-institute-japanese-studies
n Trinity Term 2016, the North A merican Studies Programme celebrated the publication of Governing the North American Arctic: Sovereignty, Security, and Institutions, a n ed ited volu me resulting from a highly successful international conference convened jointly by the Programme and by Oxford’s Rothermere A merican Institute. With issues arising from climate change drawing increased at tent ion to t he cha l lenge s of governance in the Arctic, this book This volume emerged out of a makes an original contribution highly successful conference by examining the experience of convened jointly by the North American Studies Programme and the Canadian Far North, Alaska, the Rothermere a nd Green la nd – d istinctively American Institute. ‘North American’ Arctic regions bound together by a common Inuit cultural heritage and by their position within national political systems that are both federal and democratic. The volume places contemporary developments into historical context, and it brings together the perspectives of leading scholars, government officials, and the inhabitants of the North American Arctic. The Programme’s termly seminar series on North American regional issues has also continued, covering such topics as USLatin American relations, decolonisation in the Caribbean, and the foreign policy implications of the US presidential elections.
North American Studies Podcasts http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/keywords/north-american-studies
Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Professor Roy Allison, Director of the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, Professor of Russian and Eurasian International Relations
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Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize-winning writer and journalist, addressed the Russian and Eurasian Centre on the ‘The History of the Russian-Soviet soul’. For the podcast of the talk see: http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/ podcast-series/elliot-lecture-the-history-of-the-russiansoviet-soul.html. © Chris Boland - www.chrisboland.com
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he Elliott Lecture by the Belarusian Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, was a clear Centre highlight. Alexievich’s books depict life during and after the Soviet Union through the experience of individuals, using interviews to create a collage of a wide range of voices, in what has sometimes been referred to as ‘documentary novels’, moving in the boundary between reporting and fiction. Her presentation, The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul, insightfully introduced by Oliver Ready, drew on her writings but intermingled literature with history, philosophy, society and politics. It gripped a packed Nissan Lecture Theatre. Another special event was a fascinating
Russian and Eurasian Studies Podcasts https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/keywords/russia
autobiographica l ta lk by St A ntony’s alumna Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick, A Spy in the Archives (a metaphorical spy!). At a time when many find research in Russia more challenging Fitzpatrick reminded us how, even in the years of deep Soviet rule, with perseverance it was possible to carry out original research. As usual the Monday Seminars spanned diverse topics in history, politics, culture and society, beyond the USSR and Russia to other Eurasian states. Professor Archie Brown received in Philadelphia a 2015 Distinguished Contribution to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award from the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies; Professor Robert Service provided extensive expert witness testimony to the Litvinenko Inquiry. Dr Leila Aliyeva’s continued attachment to the Centre also brought valuable expertise on Azerbaijan and the wider South Caucasus region.
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Of Presidents and Power A St Antony’s project uncovers the ‘Presidential toolkit’ Professor Nic Cheeseman, Associate Professor in African Politics, Professor Paul Chaisty, Associate Professor in Russian Government and Professor Timothy J Power, Associate Professor in Brazilian Studies
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ontrary to early predications, many new presidential On this basis, we would argue that the tendency of previous systems in countries such as Brazil, Benin and Russia research to focus on the impact of only one variable on president’s have remained fairly stable. A recent multinational ability to manage their coalitions has significantly limited our £750,000 research project led by a team featuring two understanding of coalitional presidentialism. Work on the project St Antony’s professors and a St Antony’s affiliate is so far also demonstrates the potential for cross-regional analysis trying to understand why. to refine existing theories that are largely based on the experience Six years ago, we started to discuss the relative stability of of a small number of countries, and to develop new theoretical presidential political systems. Early seminal work by Juan Linz had frameworks to advance debates within comparative politics. suggested that the combination of presidentialism and competitive The project’s findings have proved to be of considerable elections was likely to lead to presidential deadlock and, potentially, interest to academics and policy makers alike, demonstrating regime breakdown. Yet although presidential the value of colleges like St Antony’s where systems do breakdown slightly more frequently scholars from different disciplines and regional The choice of tools than parliamentary ones, the pattern identified specializations can come together to share ideas by Linz has failed to materialise - despite the and collaborate. Initial analysis was presented can create negative fact that in many countries presidents appear to audiences comprised of both researchers and to be vulnerable because they lack a majority practitioners in Kenya, Ukraine, Russia and consequences for the in the legislature. Over lunch at St Antony’s we five cities in Brazil. An early article entitled started to discuss was why this was the case. ‘Rethinking the Presidentialism Debate’ won wider political system This raised an interesting set of questions: the GIGA Award for the best paper published Could a theory that had been developed largely in Comparative Area Studies. More recently, on the basis of the Brazilian experience explain some of the project’s findings were summarised developments in very different contexts such as Kenya and Ukraine? in a piece that was carried by the Washington Post’s widely read What are the main strategies that presidents use to manage their Monkey Cage blog. The implications of these findings for politics coalitions, and how do these vary across countries? If building cross in Africa were subsequently discussed in a full-page article that party coalitions enables presidents to maintain political stability, appeared in Kenya popular Sunday Nation newspaper. What does this have any side effects for other important democratic remains is to write up a collaborative book manuscript, and at criteria, such as accountability? These questions are important not present we are currently putting the finishing touches to a volume just because they shine a new light on executive-legislative relations provisionally entitled Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative around the world, but also for our understanding of the process Perspective: Minority Executives in Multiparty Systems, which is of democratisation more broadly. In the 1980s, half of the world’s under contract with Oxford University Press. democracies were parliamentary. Today, two-thirds feature directly Fu r t her updates on t he project c a n be fou nd at elected presidents, and more than half of these leaders cannot form www.area-studies.ox.ac.uk/presidentialism. a majority in the legislature in the absence of a coalition. So far, the ‘Coalitional Presidentialism Project’ (or CPP for short) has gone well. The Ukrainian parliament building Creative Commons Over 350 inter views were carried out with MP in six languages across nine countries (Armenia, Benin, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Kenya, Malawi, Russia, Ukraine). Matching data on the composition of ruling coalitions, and on legislative activity, was also collected for the same cases and time periods. Although the research is ongoing, the early data suggested a number of important findings. The main contribution of the project has been to move the debate on ‘coalitional presidentialism’ forwards by examining how presidents build legislative coalitions in different regional contexts. We have been able to demonstrate that presidents around the world deploy a combination of f ive tools to ma nage their coalitions: agenda power, budgetary authority, cabinet management, partisan powers, and the exchange of favours. 9
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Free Speech Across the World – and at St Antony’s Timothy Garton Ash is the Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s and Professor of European Studies in the University. He assesses the challenges facing free speech in the age of globalisation - and suggests a way forward
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hen, many years ago, I started work on my new book Free Speech: Ten Principles For a Connected World, I assumed I was looking at the world from a safe space for free speech – which is what a university in an open society should be. Little did I imagine that free speech in the university itself would become such a hot topic across the English-speaking world, including my own two academic homes: Oxford and Stanford. Yale, Chicago, Columbia, Manchester, Bristol and Oxford – all have echoed to heated debates about disinviting speakers, ‘safe spaces’, ‘trigger warnings’, ‘no-platforming’ and ‘microaggressions’.
Graffiti in Newton, Australia. Creative Commons.
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Now it should hardly need saying that that, especially seen from Oxford’s most international College, these are by no means the most serious threats to free speech across the world. In my book, I describe the extraordinary apparatus of censorship which the Communist Party of China has developed to try to control the explosion of free expression on the internet. I quote a Harvard study which describes this as the largest censorship apparatus in human history, and I think that is probably right – not because earlier dictatorships were less repressive, but simply because the internet means there is so much more ‘speech’ that an authoritarian regime needs to monitor and control. In the Middle East, Europe and Latin America, people face the threat
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of death for what they say, draw or publish. Most recently, we censorship. No one has a right not to be offended. In universities saw this with the chilling murder of the cartoonists of Charlie we should be ready to confront and argue with opinions that Hebdo magazine in Paris. I call this, by extension of the wellwe find offensive and that make us deeply uncomfortable, in a known idea of the heckler’s veto, the assassin’s veto – a term that framework of what I call robust civility. has received wider circulation since the Charlie Hebdo murders. Yet it’s important to note that the biggest challenge to free These are grave issues to which my book and our 13 speech in British universities has come not from our students language website freespeechdebate.com, based at the College but from the government. The latest rounds of counterand promoting informed discussion of freedom of expression terrorism legislation prepared in the Home Office impose on and information across countries and cultures, are mainly educational institutions a so-called ‘Prevent’ duty which, in devoted. However, free speech begins at home. The challenges the outrageous first version, would have made us monitor and to it in a university are significant precisely because, as the sanction even advocates of non-violent ‘extremism’. (Don’t let classic argument in chapter two of that dangerous Mister Gandhi speak John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty suggests, on campus, let alone that obvious nonYet it’s important to note that it should have a very special place in violent extremist Jesus Christ.) an institution dedicated to the pursuit You do not often get the chance the biggest challenge to free of knowledge. On the website we now to apply your research so directly have a good deal of material exploring to the place where it is done, but speech in British universities the issues around free speech and the in response to these pressures I was university from all points of view. moved to draft, together with Lord has come not from our students Having debated them extensively Ken McDonald, formerly Britain’s with students and colleagues, I don’t Director of Public Prosecutions and but from the government share the easy dismissal of all student now Warden of Wadham College, a demands with the catch-a ll label free speech statement for the University ‘political correctness’. The R hodes of Oxford and its constituent Colleges. Must Fall movement, for example, has opened up an interesting With strong support from our new Vice Chancellor, Louise discussion about Oxford’s history curriculum. In moderation, Richardson, and our own Warden, Margaret MacMillan, a trigger warning – for example, about graphic material on a I’m delighted to say that this statement now appears on the rape case to be used in a law class – is far from unreasonable, University’s website and has been approved by a number of although some of the suggested targets have been ludicrous (a Colleges. St Antony’s Governing Body formally adopted it at trigger warning on Ovid’s Metamorphoses was suggested at the end of Trinity term 2016, and it is printed below. Columbia). However, where any university worth the name must draw the line is when one group of students tries to Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World is published impose a ban on another group of students hearing a speaker by Atlantic Books in the UK and Yale University Press in the the second group actually wants to hear – Germaine Greer, for US (and is featured in our Fellows’ Books section on p12). example, or Marine le Pen. This is, in effect, student-on-student
Free Speech Statement for St Antony’s College
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Free speech is the lifeblood of a university. It enables the pursuit of knowledge. It helps us approach truth. It allows students, teachers and researchers to become better acquainted with the variety of beliefs, theories and opinions in the world. Recognising the vital importance of free expression for the life of the mind, a university may make rules concerning the conduct of debate but should never prevent speech that is lawful.
Inevitably, this will mean that members of the College are confronted with views that some find unsettling, extreme or offensive. The College must therefore foster freedom of expression within a framework of robust civility. Not all theories deserve equal respect. A university values expertise and intellectual achievement as well as openness. But, within the bounds set by law, all voices or views which any member of our community considers relevant should be given the chance of a hearing. Wherever possible, they should also be exposed to evidence, questioning and argument. As an integral part of this commitment to freedom of expression, we will take steps to ensure that all such exchanges happen peacefully. With appropriate regulation of the time, place and manner of events, neither speakers nor listeners should have any reasonable grounds to feel intimidated or censored.
It is this understanding of the central importance and specific roles of free speech in a university that underlies the detailed procedures of St Antony’s College. This Free Speech Statement frames all the activities and policies of the College.
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New books from Fellows Dr Othon Anastasakis, Senior Research Fellow in South European Studies Balkan Legacies of the Great War: The Past is Never Dead Palgrave MacMillan (St Antony’s Series), 2016 The Balkans region underwent seismic shifts as a result of the First World War, and this often overlooked story is brought to life in this fascinating and rich account. Empires collapse, new countries are born. Whilst Bulgaria lies defeated, Greece manages to emerge as both winner and loser. This is all against the backdrop of mass expulsions, collective national traumas – and amnesias – and legacies that are critical for understanding Europe today. Professor Leslie Bethell, Emeritus Fellow (editor) Viva la Revolución. Eric Hobsbawm on Latin America Little, Brown, 2016 Eric Hobsbawm reflected once that, outside of Europe, Latin America was the one place he truly felt he knew. It was both the language and the potential for social revolution that attracted him; indeed, after the Cuban Revolution, ‘there was not an intellectual in Europe or the USA,’ he wrote, ‘who was not under the spell of Latin America.’ Collected here are essays and excerpts from larger works, forming a definitive collection of Hobsbawm’s reflections on the continent. Professor Paul Betts, Professor of Modern European History, (editor, with Professor S. A. Smith, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College) Science, Religion and Communism in Cold War Europe Palgrave MacMillan (St Antony’s Series), 2016 When studying Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, religion and science have often been dealt with as distinct and separate categories. Instead, as this volume demonstrates, they should be viewed as concepts in uneasy dialogue with each other. This pioneering work explores the unique nexus of science, religion and communism in Cold War Europe, through papers on mysticism, the space race, architecture, popular culture and the socialist lifecycle. Professor Cathryn Costello, A ndrew W. Mellon Associate Professor in International Human Rights and Refugee Law The Human Rights of Migrants and Refugees in European Law Oxford University Press, 2015 This volume provides a scholarly analysis of how migration is managed under the overlapping and often complex systems of the European Union (EU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). It analyses refugee law, key EU legislation, major rulings from the Court of Justice, and case law from the ECHR. It is an insightful account of these systems at work and their interactions. 12
Professor Norman Davies, H onorary Fellow Trail of Hope: The Anders Army, an Odyssey across three continents Osprey Publishing, 2015 This accomplished and award-winning work charts the history of the famous ‘Anders Army’, a Polish force in the Second World War, and its’ incredible odyssey from Soviet prisoner camps in Siberia to the Western Front. Along the way, the army travels through Iran, Palestine and into North Africa, where finally hands are joined with Allied forces and the fight taken to Italy. Never before published photographs and firsthand accounts complete this fascinating story. Geoffrey Elliott OBE, H onorary Fellow Dangerous Games: The Tangled Lives of Two Women at War Methuen, 2016 In this compelling biography, Geoffrey Elliott tells the vivid story of two cousins, Lisa Hill and Lily Sergueiew, who were born into prosperity in Tsarist St Petersburg. Following the revolution, Lisa’s family fled to London and Lily’s to Paris. This is a remarkable account of life in Russia, Germany and Western Europe during these tumultuous years, whilst also drawing on the fascinating characters of the two cousins. Professor Timothy Garton Ash, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow, Professor of European Studies Honorary Chair, St Antony’s College European Studies Centre Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World Atlantic Books, 2016 Timothy Garton Ash draws on a thirteenlanguage global project run out of Oxford - at freespeechdebate.com - and his own lifetime of writing about dissidents and dictators to argue for better, smarter - and greater - free speech. In the connected world he labels ‘cosmopolis’, people must work out ways to agree on how we disagree. In this way, across all cultural divides, freedom and diversity can be combined. Professor Dominic Johnson, A lastair Buchan Professor of International Relations God is Watching You: How the Fear of God Makes Us Human Oxford University Press, 2015 Using an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the latest in evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, neuroscience and anthropology, this work aims to put the place of religion and human behaviour into a new, innovative conceptual framework. Fear of punishment, Professor Johnson argues, arose both within and outside religious context and helped shape human cooperation, even society itself.
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Dr Homa Katouzian, I ran Heritage Foundation Research Fellow Sa’ di in Love: An Anthology of Sa’ di’s love lyrics in Persian and English IB Tauris, 2016 Following three former books on Sa’di, one in English and two in Persian, Dr Homa Katouzian’s latest book is made up of 85 ghazals, translated into English published side by side with the Persian originals. It includes a lengthy introduction on Sa’di and his love poetry, including a discussion of the contribution of others, both Iranian and European, in the past to the subject, and substantial new material based on his own studies. Professor Miles Larmer, A ssociate Professor in African History (with Erik Kennes) The Katangese Gendarmes and War in Central Africa: Fighting Their Way Home Indiana University Press, 2016 Erik Kennes and Miles Larmer provide a history of the Katangese gendarmes and their role in military conflict in Central Africa. They explain how the ex-gendarmes, then exiled in Angola, struggled to return ‘home’. They take readers through the complex history of the Katangese engagement Africa’s Cold War. Kennes and Larmer bring new understandings to the challenges that identities pose to the relationship between African nation-states and their citizens. Professor Paola Mattei, A ssociate Professor in Comparative Social Policy (editor) Public Accountability and Health Care Governance: Public Management Reforms Between Austerity and Democracy Palgrave MacMillan, 2016 This book explores the restructuring of healthcare which is taking place in Europe, which has created a void in the empirical study of the field. The pace of change is the theme of the work. Political uncertainty and budgetary pressures are considered, as is the concept of ‘New Public Management’ (NPM), which attempts to balance the finances of public health systems with democratic concerns for social justice. Dr Philip Robins, U niversity Reader in Middle East Politics Middle East Drugs Bazaar: Production, Prevention and Consumption Hurst 2016 This book, the first in any language to focus on illicit drugs in the Middle East, will surprise many readers. Based on extensive research and interaction with law enforcement agencies, the public and private health sectors, drug-centric NGOs, and recovering drug abusers, Middle East Drugs Bazaar focuses on ten of the leading countries of the region. It tells the story of drug-related experiences where they most impinge on the peoples and societies of the region.
Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Director of the Latin American Centre; Associate Professor in the Political Economy of Latin America (with Martínez Franzoni, Juliana) The Quest for Universal Social Policy in the South: Actors, Ideas and Architectures Cambridge University Press, 2016 This work considers case studies from Costa Rica, Mauritius, South Korea and Uruguay to propose a comparative account of how to build universal social policies. In particular, lessons are drawn about how to combine different policy instruments, rather than simply tax-funded citizenship-based progammes. The role of policy architecture is thus highlighted and emphasised, as is the how, the when and the who of access to benefits, with the goal of promoting universalism. Professor Joseph Sassoon, F oundation Fellow Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics Cambridge University Press, 2016 This book seeks to take a thematic approach to studying the resilience of eight autocratic Arab regimes. The book begins in 1952 with the Egyptian Revolution and ends with the Arab uprisings of 2011. It seeks to deepen our understanding of the systems that prevailed in these countries and the difficult process of transition from authoritarianism that began after 2011, by utilizing archives and memoirs of political leaders, ministers, generals, security agency chiefs, party members, and business people. Dr Michael Willis, HM King Mohammed VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies (editor, with Professor Timothy Garton Ash, St Antony’s College, Sir Adam Roberts, Balliol College, Rory McCarthy, DPhil Candidate St Antony’s College) Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring: Triumphs and Disasters Oxford University Press, 2016 This work aims, through rigorous scholarly analysis, to draw challenging conclusions from the tumultuous events of the Arab Spring, particularly focusing on non-violence and civil resistance. Overall, it is shown how civil resistance is not enough, and that building institutions and trust for reforms to be implemented, and for democracy to develop is a longer-term, more difficult but just as crucial task for reformers. Professor Jan Zielonka, R alf Dahrendorf Fellow, Professor of European Politics Media and Politics in New Democracies: Europe in a Comparative Perspective Oxford University Press, 2015 This book analyses the relationship between the media and politics in new democracies in Europe and other parts of the world. It does so from both theoretical and empirical angles. Media and Politics in New Democracies focuses chiefly on new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe, but chapters analysing new democracies in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia are also included. 13
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News from the GCR A message from the GCR President, Azfar bin Anwar (MPhil Islamic Studies and History, 2015)
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t has been a year of hashtags. From #brexit to #Trump, from #ISIS to #Syria, and from the refugee crisis to Oxford’s #Rhodesmustfall campaign. St Antony’s has never been a better platform for robust and respectful discussions to take place on these issues. Everywhere in college - from the dining halls over formal dinners, the late bar after a hard day of working in the library, to the kitchens where sudden culinary interest develops (any excuse to procrastinate from finishing that essay) has become arenas of passionate discussions over these issues, especially that special bench right outside the Buttery, where interesting characters would huddle together, sharing a cigarette, and doing what Antonians do best – opine. Given the variegated backgrounds and rich experiences of the Antonian community, it is not surprising that no issues were left unturned, but addressed in a manner which befits Oxonians. It is high time then that a BME (Black and Minority Ethnicity) officer is introduced to the GCR to further celebrate this diversity which St Antony’s is known for.
Barriers talk, the GCR Academic team continues to come up with great academic-related initiatives for their fellow Antonians. After a week of sleepless nights in the Gulbenkian room, the proactive Welfare Team provides end-of-week mental relief with selections of delicious cakes from Barefoot Bakery, to be moistened with fruit teas, and supplemented with an afternoon of acoustics playing in the background as one takes one deep breath before trudging on to another week of term. And if that is not enough, the Cookie Fairy is here to grant your cookie wishes! An initiative of the Peer Support team, the Cookie Fairy will deliver cookies to those whose friends have felt that they needed some cheering up, thus creating a ‘peer support structure’ and fostering deeper bonds within the Antonian community. However it is not just work and no play. St Antony’s boasts famous bops with unique themes that cater to its international community thanks to the GCR Social team who would plan in advance with the different Oxford societies before the start of every term, and would be the last to leave the party to make
The Late Bar went from strength-to-strength, not least when the Boat Club had victories to toast. Image courtesy of Antonian Moritz Poll.
Beyond this diversity, the GCR works hard to further enrich the ‘Oxford experience’ and to create a holistic college environment for their fellow Antonians. Our Vice-Presidents for academic affairs have left no gaps to provide as many opportunities as they can for members of St Antony’s college to present their researches, whether in-progress (termly Researchin-progress Colloquium) or almost-completed (interdisciplinary Graduate Research Conference), in platforms where fellow colleagues from different disciplines would form the audience, consequently creating an osmosis effect where both speaker and audience benefit from each other. From the Jolly Good Fellows sessions where Antonians could have the chance to have lunch with world-renowned scholars, to the Research Exchange Network Facebook page, and the phenomenal Women Breaking 14
sure the dance floor is converted once again to the Buttery for studying to resume the next day. From the Afrisoc Bop to the Persian Night, one always looks forward to see how the Social team could outmatch the previous bops. One always looks forward to the end of the week when friends could catch up, and dance the deadlines away together to beats from different parts of the world. All of this of course, could not have been possible without the help and support from the college bursar and registry teams, our beloved porters, and the nameless individuals who have volunteered their time for their fellow Antonians. From the bottom of my heart, Thank you very much. It has been a year of hashtags, not merely of #Trump or #ISIS, but also that of #StAntony’s.
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From St Antony’s to Calais Alethea Osborne (MPhil Middle Eastern Studies, 2014)
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n October 2015 I sat in the college bar with a close friend from cover our transport costs had reached £3000 and we were becoming St Antony’s and he mentioned an article he had read about the Decathalon, the outdoor suppliers, favourite customers. Apparently ongoing refugee crisis in Europe. By the time we had finished not many people come in requesting 40 sleeping bags, 20 pairs of our drinks we had decided we should make the short journey boots and 10 tents day after day in mid-November. from Oxford to Calais to deliver supplies to those living in the After our initial trip it was clear that whilst supplies were unofficial camps there. The desire to quieten our consciences about crucial so too were volunteers with specialised skills. We were studying a region in chaos while living in comfort was perhaps a contacted by a medic studying for a DPhil asking if it might be more unseen but, at least for myself, equally driving factor. I was possible to combine efforts. Naïve as ever we thought people might fortunate enough to own a small car, and so travel appeared easy to be easier to organise than donations. Over 120 people showed organise and we left the evening feeling optimistic and focused. It interest and it was only due to practical limitations that we selected is difficult to overestimate our naiveté about how much this project 48 to come. And so - Easter weekend 2016: after more emails than would come to dominate the next six months of our lives. I’d care to remember and another £3300 raised, linguists, lawyers, The camps near Calais are known as ‘the Jungle’ not because, medics and general volunteers, with a local BBC film crew in tow, as I had assumed, Western media outlets had so named them piled into 10 cars, caught the ferry from Dover, and checked into but because their inhabitants had provided the nickname as the hostel in Calais. The following days were a blur: legal and acknowledgement of their status medical teams worked across the a s l it t le m or e t h a n a n i m a l s camp with the help of translators; Organising the trips to Calais has been impromptu English classes popped whilst living there. The Jungle has gained increased attention up in the camp’s cafes and a large one of the most informative things recently, usually as a result of its football match highlighted the disruptive impact upon British universal language of a ball and I have done in the last two years holidaymakers rather than the goal. When interviewed at the end plight of its inhabita nts. The of the trip by the BBC South News Jungle is predominantly f illed team which had been following with people of Kurdish, Afghan, our efforts, I declared that “I really Sudanese or East African descent, need to be writing my thesis!” although the population is hugely My thesis and time at Oxford diverse with increasing numbers of are now complete and my MPhil Iraqis and Syrians. A governmentgained; and, despite the honour of s a nc t i one d r e f u g e e c a mp a t holding such a degree and the hard nearby Sangatte was closed in work that went into achieving it, 2002, and since then refugees I can honestly say that organising have been forced into sheltering the trips to Calais has been one with little or no official support. of the most informative things I Charitable efforts are coordinated have done in the last two years. primarily by volunteers who work A large part of this was due to with a small number of locallythe incredible response from the administered groups. Support college and broader university f rom governmenta l a nd noncommunit y a nd t he privilege governmenta l bodies (e.g. the of or g a n i si n g it a l l w it h my UN) is sporadic at best, despite wonderful friend, inspiration, and reports that there are up to 800 fellow Antonian Jack Clift (MPhil unaccompanied minors amongst Modern South A sian Studies, those living in the camps. 2014). Fu r t hermore, it wa s a Having sent out various emails constant reminder of the events and posted information on the happening so close to us, and that relevant Facebook pages it quickly whilst we may be area ‘experts’ and became clear that the supplies struggling away in libraries late offered far exceeded the capacity into the night we are also some of we had initially planned to take. The Antonians set out; life in the ‘Jungle’ in Calais the luckiest people on the planet. My small Corsa was relegated and Whether you consider the Jungle’s hiring one van turned into two. inhabitants as asylum seekers, Things escalated and soon we refugees, economic migrants, or a had collection representatives in swarm, there are humans living in over 15 colleges. I spent evenings squalor only four hours away from collecting tents, shoes, jackets Oxford and we are all responsible and sleeping bags from Abingdon for decid ing how we wa nt to to Woodstock. Meanwhile, the respond to that fact. justgiving page we had set up to 15
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Historic Rowing Glory
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n this year’s Summer VIIIs competition, the St Antony’s I, St Peter’s I and Wadham II to finish position 6th in Division III, Boat Club achieved unprecedented success with a treble on a par with their historically highest position. blade winning campaign. The club entered two men’s boats, The men’s first team returned to Summer VIIIs after winning two women’s boats and a mixed third boat into this year’s impressive blades last year to a challenging campaign as they regatta and had over 50 rowers and coxes chased Somerville I every day until the participate. finish line, usually with a quarter of a boat This year’s results are as The two women’s teams combined to be length separating the two boats. It wasn’t the most successful women’s crews on the until Day 4 that they finally bumped just much your achievements river as both boats won blades, with a total of past boathouse island, moving to the highest eight ‘bumps’ – catching the boat in front position of a St Antony’s boat ever in any as they are ours combined. The men’s second team won fivebumps competition. bump blades with a double bump on the final Both the men’s and women’s second day. Both the men’s and women’s first teams teams also won blades for the first time in also both ranked at their highest positions in St Antony’s history. This is testimony to how Summer VIIIs history as the club looks to broad SABC’s line-up of rowers is during move up the bump charts. this academic year, allowing the College to In tota l, t he fou r A ntonia n tea ms enter two very competitive boats per gender. registered a combined 14 bumps without Finally, the mixed third boat M3/W3 was being bumped themselves, with the third arguably the happiest boat on the river. boat being bumped twice and avoiding ‘spoons’. The Boat Club hopes to build on its The women’s first team won Summer historic victories, and for more information VIIIs blades for the first time in exactly a on how you can help – see p28 decade after bumping Worcester II, Queen’s
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We are incredibly grateful for having been given the opportunity to row at St Antony’s and wish to thank all the numerous crews who came before us for giving us the best starting positions on the river, the equipment to realise our successes and constant support on and off the river. Our successes this year are of course not a random stroke of luck, but in fact the result of many previous years - and indeed decades - of hard training, commitment to the club, and passion for rowing in a great collegiate community. In this sense, this year’s results are as much your achievements as they are ours. St Antony’s Boat Club President, Paul Brimble
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STAIR: New decade, new developments Marco Moraes (MPhil International Relations, 2015) Managing Editor of St Antony’s International Review
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s the St Antony’s International Review (STAIR) begins its second dec ade, it look s towa rds t he f uture w it h rene wed conf idence in its achievements, its members, and its projects. In its first decade, STAIR grew into a well-respected global affairs journal which over 20 universities around the world subscribe to. With past contributors such as Robert Keohane, John Baylis, and Rosemary Foot, STAIR has attracted a wide readership internationally. Over the past year, STAIR has been busy consolidating its achievements and continuing to produce high quality issues on topical international affairs matters. In short, as Oxford’s peer-reviewed journal of international affairs, STAIR has continued to deliver international analysis of the highest quality while providing graduate students a forum to publish their work alongside established academics, and, since we are student-run, hone their skills in editing a fully-fledged academic journal. It has never missed an edition – not bad for an editorial board of just over 10 students rotating on an annual basis. We are always looking for new submissions – our general section, in particular, accepts papers on a rolling basis. More information about submissions can be found on our website; www.stair-journal.org. STAIR is also always seeking to increase its subscription base. We give Antonians the opportunity to learn about the academic publishing process and contribute to contemporary global debates. If you think your institution could benefit from a subscription, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at info@stair-journal.org.
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Our Warden sampling the homegrown delights of the Gardening Club.
he Gardening Society was started roughly a decade ago by the African Studies department, which wanted their students to learn about agriculture while actually doing agriculture. As such, students were given an allotment in the back of 22 Winchester to build a garden. After a while, the allotment was given to St Antony’s students to tend. Porey Lin (MPhil Comparative Government, 2015) arrived at St Antony’s last year on a two-year program, and immediately took to the garden. By then it spanned the width of two whole houses, complete with plentiful trees and bushes. The ground was covered with fresh fallen apples and rocket growing as weed. The aim of the Gardening Society this year was mainly to clean and restore the garden. The brick paths had gotten matted with weeds and the apple trees needed pruning. Nevertheless, the garden itself already had some impressive plants: a rosemary bush (five feet tall), a bay tree, a sage bush, kale, brocollini, lemon balm, apple trees, cherry tomato vines, artichokes and jasmine plants. In total, the society this year achieved three main goals: first, to clean and organize the garden to the point that residents of the neighbouring house felt inclined to picnic by the garden; second, to plant a new rose garden, brocollini, kale and Dutch tulips (all with the help and resources from the Antonian Fund); and third, to create a composting initiative that recycled used coffee grounds from the St Antony’s cafe and office paper waste from the Registrar’s Office. Lin is most proud this year of connecting people – students and administrators alike – to the garden and to hear stories of how much joy and stress-relief the garden brings. One such example is the Warden herself, who comes to the garden to pick the rosemary. 17
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Boat Club, Bops and Matriculation – the Icelandic President and First Lady’s St Antony’s days.
Nordic Dreams: Antonians take office as President and First Lady of Iceland The Antonian who became President: Interviewed by Adam McCauley
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f Antonian Gudni Johannesson (MSt European Studies, 1998) wrote another book it would likely be titled: How a Historian Woke up as President. Those pages would trace the path of a young Icelandic man, who dabbled in journalism, who left his small Nordic country for the University of Oxford, fell in love with a fellow classmate and rower, finished his PhD, moved home, and – late one spring – put his name on his country’s presidential ballot. The final scene of the book would probably see Gudni with his wife – and fellow Antonian – Eliza Reid (MSt Modern History, 1998) standing on the balcony of the Icelandic Parliament, or Alþingi, in Reykjavik, looking out over a crowd of citizens. Gudni would wear a black tuxedo, crisp white shirt, a white bowtie, and an eightpointed silver star, the Grand Cross, that represented his status as Grand Master of Iceland’s National Order of the Falcon. Eliza, on his left, would wear an Icelandic skautbúningur costume with a headdress, in matching black and white. The closing paragraphs of this chapter might even feature a coy admission, where Gudni might say, ‘Never in my dreams or thoughts, did I think I would one day be the President of Iceland’.
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Like any good historian, Gudni’s book would find shelf the usually ‘Romantic’ rendering of Iceland’s past. Such a space. Not in fiction, but in biography. perspective was potentially divisive, and – unbeknownst to On 1 August, 2016, Gudni Johannesson was sworn in as him – would spark tensions in the years to come. Back then, of the sixth president of Iceland. A professor of history at the course, Gudni was a professor – he taught and advised graduate University of Iceland, Gudni and his wife, Eliza, both graduated students, he devoted his own time to study and writing. from Oxford’s MSt in European Studies, having called St Like many historians, he might go days where his longest Antony’s home for the 1998-1999 academic year. The climb to conversations were with archivists or fellow researchers. While Iceland’s highest office was anything but planned, and at times he studied the machinations of the state, he had no intention of beyond expectation, but their own story showcases the role of taking control of the operation. dedication, love, and the incalculable influence of chance. ‘People had joked for years that Gudni would make such a Any author knows the first line of their story has to be good president, but we never thought about it seriously’, Eliza intriguing. In this case, something like ‘Two pounds. Eight Reid said. But like every good story, there lingers a dramatic tickets’ might be appropriately evocative. That is, after all, what twist. Theirs came with the release of the Panama Papers, whose brought the two Antonians together. revelations and allegations stoked a scandal involving the thenFor a party-turned-fundraiser for St Antony’s Boat Club, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson of Iceland. someone had created a raffle-a-rower scheme. For one pound, Charges that Gunnlaugsson and his wife had hidden funds students could buy five tickets, write their names on the slips, to avoid taxes struck Icelanders as unconscionable, a practice and slip those tickets into styrofoam cups adorned with the tantamount to cheating and in contravention to the desired name of their desired ‘date’. Eliza, then 22, studying 20th qualities of a president. century European history, thought Gudni, 30, was cute. Having Wit h a nat ion i n prote st, cit i z en s t u r ned to t he arrived with only a two-pound note, Eliza decided to ‘splurge’, knowledgeable and informed for guidance. For weeks, one of buying ten tickets and depositing eight in Gudni’s cup. Gudni the most prominent voices was that of the 48-year-old, career inevitably plucked Eliza’s name from his cup, and the date, just academic, Gudni Johannesson whose deft analysis and astute a day later, set the rest in motion. ‘I think we’re the only married commentary kept him on national television and, thus, in couple that’s met as a result of a rowing fundraiser’, Eliza said. people’s living rooms each evening. Gudni became a household First presidential couple, assuredly. name. Looking back, Eliza, also a rower, ‘I built myself a nice academic remembers a year of early mornings career here, but then you’re presented “Never in my dreams or on t he I si s, l ate a nd l i nger i ng with a challenge or an opportunity’. breakfasts with friends, and the Mr Johannesson said. ‘The question thoughts, did I think I would one expected grind of classwork. Gudni, I had to face was, would you like to who eventually left the rowing team become president of your country? If day be the President of Iceland” on account of the early morning you’d like to, the chance is there.’ outings, enjoyed a routine of his own Icela ndic citizens seemed to making: rising early to catch a bus to think the same way, going so far as to archives in London, spending hours in study, riding back to telephone the professor to encourage him to run. In June, in an Oxford in the afternoons, going out to dinner with friends, and interview with The New Yorker, Gudni discussed a phone call pit stops at the Late Bar, before heading back to the library. from a fisherman who – in concert with this fellow seafarers Both Eliza and Gudni credit Oxford, and their time at – thought Gudni should run for office. As Gudni and Eliza St Antony’s, for expanding their expectations, not only of the discussed the costs and benefits of a life lived in public, and potential for study, but the opportunity to build contacts – the responsibilities of the highest office in the country, the tone create bridges – with students of all backgrounds, academics of shifted to one of duty and opportunity. all interests, and soon-to-be professionals whose energies are let ‘I felt that I could make a contribution to society, and, if loose on the wider world. elected, could do good for my country’, Gudni said. ‘I decided ‘I would impress upon [my own children] the pleasure and it would be a nice opportunity for me to shape history instead privilege that comes with becoming an expert in something you of just writing it.’ have a passion for’, Gudni said. For Eliza, who also sang choir Five days into his presidency, Gudni did just that, becoming at Merton College, the memorable experience extended beyond the first sitting president in Iceland to participate in that the classroom alone. ‘It is one of the only times in your life country’s gay pride parade. In part, this was one small part of a where you’ll live among other young people, you’re independent wider program, affirming his vision for a country of inclusion but can have your meals cooked for you if you want, and your and dialogue, a nation that admits the realities of its own history closest friends are just a hop, skip and a jump away. That’s a while recognizing its place in a world in flux. On his first speech unique opportunity in someone’s life.’ as president, Gudni Johanneson highlighted the strengths of They each completed their Masters degrees in 1998, with difference, not merely the difference in strengths. Gudni continuing his studies at Queen Mary University of ‘We follow different religions and some follow none at all; London. Eliza turned her attention to the world of words, we have different skin colors; we are allowed to have foreign working as a journalist and editor. In due course, the couple names; thousands of people now living in Iceland are of foreign was married and returned to Iceland where Gudni accepted a origin and speak little or no Icelandic, yet still make a positive teaching post at the University of Iceland. There, for more than contribution to our country’, Gudni said. ‘We live in a time a decade, he studied the country’s political history, eventually of pluralism: may it flourish so that each and every one of us turning his attention and critical eye on the mythology of is able to develop our individual talents and make our dreams Icelandic national identity. come true.’ In 2013, Gudni published the The History of Iceland, Somewhere, watching intently that day, another historian acclaimed by many as the most comprehensive treatise on the was writing those words down. country published in English. In that book, Gudni challenged 19
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Student Profile: Rory McCarthy When Rory McCarthy (DPhil Oriental Studies, 2010) began his journalistic career on the staff of the Evening Argus in Brighton, he cannot have foreseen that he would become a war correspondent for the Guardian, covering conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine. Still less that it would lead to a Doctorate in the Middle East at St Antony’s. However, there are continuities between interviewing Hezbollah fighters in Beirut to a newspaper deadline, and conducting fieldwork with Ennahda party workers in Tunisia for a doctoral thesis. Both show a desire to widen the often narrow public discourse surrounding a region that is so often misrepresented.
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ory McCarthy arrived in Baghdad in the summer of 2003, a mid a p erc ept ion a mon g s t h i s fe l low journalists that perhaps the story was over. The war, after all, had ended; Saddam had been toppled, and some took their focus elsewhere as the country began what was believed to be a period of transition and reconstruction. Still, it was exhilarating – foreign correspondents could freely walk the streets and talk to Iraqis about their uncertain, but still, it seemed, hopeful futures. Nevertheless, the gaps opening up bet ween Western perceptions and pronouncements – and the reality on the streets of the Iraqi capital began to become increasingly glaring. This was to become a feature of Rory’s career, of the contrast between his daily experience on the front lines of conflict, and the framing and presentation of the same events by Western policy-makers. Yet he was guided by finding the story and presenting it as accurately as he could. This led him, for example, to be the first to write about the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa in British Army custody in September 2003. It led him to prove the US Army had lied about the massacre of a wedding party near Ramadi. Continually, in his dispatches from Iraq, he challenged complacent official narratives, spoke truth to power. It was all a long way from Brighton. Rory had left Cambridge with a degree in History, before beginning as a cub reporter on the south coast. He wanted to switch to being a foreign correspondent, and as soon as he felt able, he left the Argus for Hong Kong, successfully gaining work with the French news agency AFP. After a posting in Tokyo, he found himself in Islamabad. The year was 2001. Little did he know then that the eyes of the world would soon be turned to the Hindu Kush. Rory had reported already on the Taliban, had travelled in Afghanistan. This experience was now to become invaluable, and a career as a war correspondent had begun. Fast forward again to Baghdad – as the invasion became an occupation, as diplomats became viceroys, as embassies became fortresses, the country descended into violence. Rory found himself having to leave his open, rented house in Baghdad and move to a fortified hotel, with armed Iraqi guards. This was the time of Fallujah, of Karbala, of a parallel rising by Sunni and Shi’ite armed groups. Journalists were Rory reported from Baghdad in the summer of 2003, as war turned to occupation. © Gerard Van der Leun
on the front line - Rory had to look on as fellow journalists were kidnapped around him. In the spring of 2005, just after he left Baghdad, a good friend, a humanitarian aid worker, was killed by a random car bomb. The violence had long become arbitrary. Ror y wa s sent to Beirut, t hen to Jerusa lem. He saw f ur t her wa rs a nd occupation, f ur t her cred ibilit y gaps between official narratives and the lives of people on the ground. He knew something was missing in the journalist’s view of the world – a focus on the episodic and fragmentary, the privileging of acts of violence, the lack of time and column inches for ref lection or connecting the dots, of breaking through the noise. In 2010, after ten years at the Guardian, Rory decided to begin an MPhil in Middle Eastern Studies at St Antony’s College. These were heady times for the discipline, as in Rory’s second term, the Arab Spring was under way, from Tahrir to Tunis. Hope was rising in the East. Six years later, supervised by Dr Michael Willis and having conducted extensive fieldwork in Sousse, he completed his doctoral thesis on the Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahda. St Antony’s allowed him the time, the language skills, the community, to delve deeply into rigorous theoretical study of the region. To his joy, his colleagues, from different backgrounds themselves, were just as obsessed with the region. Rory has just completed his DPhil at St Antony’s and has begun work as a Junior Research Fellow at Magdalen College. His next project will grapple with the issue of social justice after the Arab Spring. In many ways, following his career, from Islamabad to Baghdad, Jerusalem to Beirut, the subject is his life’s work.”
Alumni
Antonian events worldwide In 2016, St Antony’s College held Alumni events in Oxford, Washington DC, Toronto, Chicago, Amsterdam, Lima, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong. These reunions involved Antonians of all generations, with opportunities to share memories of the College, their academic and professional interests, and to hear keynote addresses, often by the Warden herself. More events are to come in 2017, see the back cover and our website for more details.
Washington DC
Class of 96
The Class of ’96 enjoyed a 20 year reunion in the College, and pledged to sponsor a room in the Gateway Building. Dr Faisal Devji, St Antony’s Warden Professor Margaret MacMillan and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman (MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 1976) address Antonians in Washington DC earlier this year.
Singapore
Netherlands
The Antonian Lunch, Buko Nero, Singapore, in October 2016. A large Antonian turn-out in Amsterdam. Five decades of alumni from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg heard the Warden, Professor Margaret MacMillan, deliver a talk on her latest work ‘History’s People.’
Lima
Tokyo
Tokyo reunion
Dinner with the British Ambassador to Peru, Anwar Choudhury after a full day of events at Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University in Lima, Peru, September 2016.
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Start-Up College
Goodjudgment, New York City, USA
Celebrating Antonian start-up success worldwide David Hothersall (MPhil Russian and East European Studies, 1993), co-founder of Spottinstyle; founder Kinlan Communications
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successful start-up involves identif ying complex, existing problems and solving them with elegant, turnkey solutions. It is no wonder then that increasing numbers of Antonians are turning their knowledge and talent to this sector. Start-ups are attracting the best and the brightest, as they combine the academic desire to embrace intellectual challenge with the task of building and leading a commercially successful team. Start-up culture requires a global perspective a nd a n open m ind. T h rou g h cont inu a l c onversat ions w it h t he world, St A ntony’s internationalises your thinking patterns. Spottinstyle aims to provide fashionable and sustainable alternatives that are easy for consumers to access, whilst shifting consciousness and behaviour over the long-term. The Antonian network is unique in its diversity and scope, and the flow of ideas and opportunities across it will only continue to develop. The start-up lifestyle is increasingly attractive – the skills honed at St Antony’s mean that it can also be successful. www.spottinstyle.com David can be contacted at david@spottinstyle.com
Christo Thekkel, MSc. Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2013 Startupbootcamp is the leading global network of industry focused startup accelerators. I functioned as an intrapreneur, which involved supporting 10 international early stage startups within the Smart City & Living domain. The startups within this program have created innovative solutions to enable cities, organisations, and homes to become more intelligent, interconnected, and efficient. A lways keen on helping fellow Antonians to launch their business, products, and services. Get in touch via: christo.thekkel@gmail.com, if you have a great idea to share and want feedback.
If you have been involved in a start-up or new business in the past five years, we would love to hear from you and celebrate your success. Let the Development Office know at development.officer@sant.ox.ac.uk
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Warren Hatch, (DPhil Politics, 1995) Senior Vice President: ‘Little did I predict five years ago that volunteering to join a US government-run geopolitica l forecasting experiment would turn a pastime into a new business venture. The ‘Good Judgment Project’ tested a variety of research conditions to find optimal combinations of training, teaming, and so forth to boost the forecast accuracy of analysts in the intelligence community on everything from election outcomes in Africa to conflict in the South China Sea.’
DIFFvelopment, New Jersey, USA
A ntonia n E si K . A . Gi l lo (MSc A frican Studies, 2 010) a lon g w it h her husband started their venture ‘DIFFvelopment’ last year. Esi notes that their mission is ‘Re-empowering people of African descent one student at a time’. The programme offers students of African descent the opportunity to participate in Consultrepreneurship. Over a 12-week period, students, referred to as Consultrepreneurs, learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and consulting through African-centered class instruction.
AIRA, Santiago, Chile
Hester Borm (MPhil Latin American Studies, 2012) is a Dutch Co-Founder and Chief Research Off icer (CRO) of A IR A (airavirtual.com), a Dutch-Chilean startup that helps companies in Latin America recruit and screen candidates automatically using Artificial Intelligence: ‘Fortunately, St Antony´s prepared me well for this highly diverse and challenging role. My MPhil in Latin American Studies and extra-curricular activities helped me hone my research, writing and public speaking skills and familiarized me with Latin America.’
Alumni
Langu, London, UK
Langu was founded as a better way to teach and learn languages online. People learn languages for so many different reasons, yet most apps and language schools offer a one-size-fits-all approach. Langu connects eager language students with the right top independent language teacher for them – not just from the student’s hometown, but from around the world. Travis Wentworth (MSc Migration Studies, 2010) credits the highly international nature of St Antony’s for all the contacts he made that were invaluable in building and running Langu and learning how to market Langu in many different countries.
Guidelighter, London, UK
Gu idelig hter is a peer to peer marketplace for career advice and university applications. Co-Founder Oleg Giberstein (MPhil International Relations, 2010) says: ‘We want to make a difference in helping young students and professionals to find their life path and give professionals and students an easy way to give back to the community and gain a second source of income with the possibility to donate to charity’.
SafeBoda, Kampala, Uganda
St Antony’s College is also aware of several other start-ups, some of which are listed below: Game Tomo, Tokyo, Japan Livongo, Mountain View, CA, USA Provio, New York, USA Shoppingmall, Kiev, Ukraine Future Navigator, Denmark Fine Treatment, London, UK Bougeville Consulting, London, UK Guns & Rain, Harare, Zimbabwe Iversity, Berlin, Germany
A lastair Sussock (MSc E conomic s for Development, 2009) is C o -Fou nd e r a nd C o CEO of SafeBoda, a startup offering an innovative and safer motorcycle taxi e x p e r ie nc e i n A f r ic a . Headquartered in Kampala, Uganda, SafeBoda is a community of professional, trained and equipped motorcycle taxis drivers (known as boda-boda in East Africa), providing a trusted experience to passengers via a mobile app. The company is looking to scale the innovation to the 10+ million motorcycle taxis on the continent. Alastair read Development Economics at St Antony’s and the college, in particular, opened him up to the possibility of working opportunities in Africa. 23
Up d ates
In this section you will find a selection of Antonian updates. Due to our limited space, we could not publish all the updates; however, you will receive the complete list in our forthcoming e-newsletter. Dr Paula Alonso DPhil History, 1992 Dr Alonso has been made Associate Professor of History and International Affairs and Director of the Latin American and Hemisphere Studies Program, at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington DC.
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Dr Tim Benbow SA M 20 0 0 - 02 , DPhil International Relations, 1999. Dr Benbow was awarded the 2015 ‘Sir Julian S. Corbett Prize in Modern Naval History’ by the Institute of Historical Research and has been made a Reader in Strategic Studies at King’s College London.
Dr Agustín Basave DPhil Politics 1991, was elected MP or Congressman (diputado federal) in the Mexican Congress for the period 2015-2018, and on the 7th of November 2015 was elected President of the National Executive Committee of the Partido de la Revolución Democrática functioning as leader of the third-largest party in Mexico. He left the Presidency of the party on the 2nd of July 2016 to return to his Parliamentary seat; and write on the future of Social Democracy.
Professor Craig Ca lhoun DPhil Sociology and Economic History, 1980 Professor Calhoun stood down as Director of the LSE and become President of the Berggruen Institute. This is a combined think tank, policy resea rch centre, a nd foundation headquartered in Los Angeles with offices also in New York and Beijing. Courtesy © LSE Library Fellow Antonian Daniel Bell leads the Berggruen Institute’s work on philosophy and culture in China. St. Antony’s Fellow Timothy Garton Ash is on the advisory board of the Governance Centre.
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Afsaneh Beschloss MPhil Economics, 1976 Founder and CEO of The Rock Creek Group, a Washington, DC-based global investment management firm, Dr Beschloss was honored as the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient by Institutional Investor magazine at a dinner and ceremony that took place at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. She also wrote an oped for Institutional Investor on the importance of impact investments, having begun impact investing in the early 1990s at the World Bank. Now she is leading Rock Creek’s impact investment efforts.
Professor Leslie Holmes SAM, 1987, 1993, 1996 The University of Melbourne awarded Professor Holmes the title of Professor Emeritus of Political Science in 2014 - only the second time they have done this since 1940.
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Professor John Hattendorf SAM, 1986 Professor Hattendorf received the Oxford DLitt in history in March 2016 and, in June, at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, was presented with the first copy of a festschrift of essays written in his honour entitled ‘Strategy and the Sea’. The volume is made up of the papers presented at a conference in Hattendorf’s honour held at All Souls College, Oxford, in 2014. Hattendorf will retire from his position at the US Naval War College at the end of September, having serving for 32 years as E. J. King Professor of Maritime History. 24
Professor Michael Ignatieff Alistair Horne Fellow 1993-95, accepted the position of Rector and President of Central European University in Budapest and says he will give an especially warm welcome to fellow Antonians when they visit the city.
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Dr Nino Japaridze DPhil Politics 2012 Dr Japaridze joined Ipsos this Spring as Vice President at Ipsos Public Relations in Washington DC. At Ipsos she is building the media and communications impact practice within the social research space, which was the subject of her dissertation at Oxford University. Dr La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul (MPhil and DPhil Economics, 2008) and Dr Christoph Lakner (DPhil Economics, 2010) Fa h Jirasaveta kul and Christoph Lakner married on 20 August 2016 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. They had a wonderful day with many friends from their time in Oxford, including several Antonians. They celebrated their engagement ceremony in Thailand earlier in August. They now live in Washington, DC, working for international organisations.
Dr Jin Park DPhil Politics, 1990 Dr Park has been made a ‘Distinguished Friend of Oxford’ in a 2016 ceremony. This award recognises exceptional voluntary contributions by alumni for the benefit of the University community. Dr Park has long acted as the University’s facilitator and liaison officer in Korea.
Sabrina Karim MSc in Forced Migration 2007 Ms Karim will be starting a tenure track job as an assistant professor in Government at Cornell University in the fall of 2017 and has been made a Dartmouth Fellow in US Foreign Policy and International Security during 2016-2017 at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Hanover, New Hampshire.
David Passarelli DPhil Education Studies, 2015 is currently Chief of Staff to the UN UnderSecretary-General and Rector of the United Nations University, Dr David M. Malone. From 1 October 2016, he will assume the position of Executive Officer in the organisation (UNU).
Professor Robert Rotberg DPhil Political Science, 1960 Professor Rotberg has been appointed Fulbright Distinguished Professor International Relations, University of Sao Paulo, 2016-2017.
John McKendrick QC MSc Latin American Studies, 2003 Her Majesty the Queen appointed Mr McKendrick Queen’s Counsel this year at the age of 39 and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has appointed him to be Attorney General in the Caribbean island of Anguilla from September 2016. He spoke at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on his new work Daren: A Journey in Seach of an Empire (Birlinn, 2016) about Scottish attempts to found a colony in 17th century Panama.
Professor Dr Ayami Nakatani DPhil Social Anthropology, 1996 Dr Ayami Nakatani has been appointed Vice President of Okayama University, in charge of the Discovery Program for Global Learners at Okayama University, Japan.
Dr Andreas Papatheodorou DPhil Economics, 2000 Dr Papatheodoru has been made Professor in Industrial and Spatial Economics with Emphasis on Tourism at the University of the Aegean. He has also been appointed as Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia.
Dr A lfredo Eduardo T h o r n e Ve t t e r ( D P h i l Economics, 1986) has been appointed as the Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru. Dr Thorne Vetter wa s a s sociated w it h t he Latin American Centre. He previously worked for the World Ba nk, JP Morga n Chase Bank and Scudder Kemper among others. ©PCM Peru
Dr Tanya Zaharchenko MSc Russian and Eastern European Studies, 2006 Tanya Zaharchenko received her PhD in Slavonic Studies from the University of Cambridge in 2014. She was the 2015 Einstein Fellow in Germany, and is now based in Norway as a Research Fellow at the University of Oslo. 25
B o o k s f r o m A nt o n i ans
In this section you will find a selection of the new books published by Antonians. Due to limited space, we could not publish all of the new publications – for journal articles and more books, please see the complete list in our forthcoming e-newsletter.
New books from Antonians Dr Yoav Alon DPhil History, 2000 The Shaykh of Shaykhs: Mithqal al-Fayiz and Tribal Leadership in Modern Jordan Stanford University Press, 2016 Shaykh Mithqal al-Fayiz was born in the 1880s in what was then the Ottoman Empire, but lived through the First and Second World Wars, the advent and decline of direct European imperialism in the region, the establishment of Israel, and the creation of the Jordanian state, to which he gave allegiance. Mithqal’s singular life not only reveals a unique insight into the rapid changes of the modern Middle East but the role of the tribal shaykh more generally during this crucial period.
Dr Martin Bayly MPhil Politics and International Relations, 2007 Taming the Imperial Imagination: Colonial Knowledge, International Relations, and the Anglo-Afghan Encounter 1808-1878 Cambridge University Press, 2016 Extensive archival evidence is drawn on for a unique and innovative contribution to the debate on British imperialism. Dr Bayly draws the links between knowledge and power in the colonial encounter, and specifically how Afghanistan was defined and demarcated, with lessons to be drawn for the role of ‘expertise’ in contemporary interventions.
Professor Peter Burke MPhil History, 1960 What is the History of Knowledge? Wiley, 2015 The History of Knowledge is a new field, and this book powerfully demarcates its conceptual force by drawing on examples from India, the Islamic world, Europe and the Americas. How information becomes knowledge, how ‘knowledges in the plural’ emerge, and solutions to central problems in History of Knowledge are presented in this unique work.
Dr Matthew Eagleton-Pierce DPhil Politics 2009 Neoliberalism: The Key Concepts Routledge, 2016 An extremely important concept for understanding the modern world, neoliberalism is also a contested one. This key introduction sets out the major aspects and genealogies of neoliberal thought, within an expertly written contextual framework.
Professor Ian Goldin DPhil Sociology, 1984 Dr Chris Kutarna DPhil Politics, 2016 Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance St. Martin’s Press, 2016 These award-winning Antonians explore our current world on the brink of a new Renaissance. The authors argue that the same forces that converged 500 years ago to upend social order are present once again.
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Professor Gabriel Gorodetsky DPhil History, 1974 The Maisky Diaries: Red Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, 1932-43 Yale University Press, 2015. This Pushkin Award shortlisted volume publishes, for the first time in English, the secret diary of the Soviet Ambassador to Britain in the crucial pre-war and early war period. New light is thrown on the era of rearmament, appeasement and war through this maverick ambassador’s eyes.
Dr Nina Hall DPhil International Relations, 2012 Displacement, Development, and Climate Change - International organizations moving beyond their mandates Routledge, 2016 This book focuses on the institutional challenge represented by the unique and ongoing threat of global climate change. Three organisations – the UN High Commission for Refugees, the International Organisation for Migration and the UN Development Programme – are analysed for their responses.
Dr Lee Jones MPhil International Relations, 2004 Societies Under Siege: Exploring How International Economic Sanctions (Do Not) Work Oxford University Press, October 2015 Drawing on previously unseen archival, diplomatic and internal records, Dr Jones applies a new analytic framework to three infamous cases of International sanctions – including Iraq, South Africa and Myanmar – in order to weigh their efficacy and limitations, offering advice for policy-makers based on the lessons learned.
Professor Adam Komisarof SAM 2012-13 Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities ed. (with Zhu Hua), Routledge, 2016 This book examines how work relations, research, and life inform each other among transnational scholars. The authors give meaning and structure to their own intercultural experiences through frameworks and concepts which they have developed in their own research. They also provide invaluable advice for academics who aspire to work and live abroad.
Professor Robert Lieber Visiting Fellow, 1969; SAM, 1972 Retreat and its Consequences: American Foreign Policy and the Problem of World Order Cambridge University Press, 2016 As foreign policy becomes a key dividing line in US Presidential politics, Professor Lieber argues that recent US retrenchment has led to a loss of credibility with allies and an emboldening of enemies in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia. A call for renewed US leadership is issued in the interests of world stability.
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Professor Laila Parsons DPhil Oriental Studies, 1995 The Commander: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence 1914-1948 Hill and Wang, 2016 This definitive biography charts and evaluates the life of a key figure in early Arab independence struggles. Al-Qawuqji fought the British with the Ottomans, led uprisings in Syria and Palestine, before taking part in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. This is an expert and detailed chronicle of a controversial but crucial figure in Middle Eastern history.
Ms Carla Power MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 1989 If Oceans were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Qur’an Holt, 2015 This book chronicles the dialogue and friendship between Power, a Newsweek journalist, and Sheikh Muhammad Akram Nadwi, an Oxfordbased Islamic scholar, as they aim to break through stereotypes to the heart of the Qur’anic message. A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist.
Professor Peter Slevin MPhil International Relations, 1984 Michelle Obama: A Life Knopf, 2015 This award-winning biography charts the First Lady’s journey from a working-class upbringing in Chicago to the White House, via Princeton and Harvard. Along the way, she meets a young community organiser named Barack. This has been described as an inspirational and compelling account of her story.
Professor Karen Van Dyck DPhil Medieval and Modern Languages, 1990 Austerity Measures, the New Greek Poetry Allen Lane, 2016 This interdisciplinary project combines politics, history and literature in a new anthology of Greek poetry. Emerging out of the Greek financial crisis this work charts a cultural renaissance against economic dislocation and social resistance, translated for the first time into English.
Dr Kieran Williams DPhil Politics, 1994 Václav Havel, Reaktion Books 2016 Part of the ‘Critical Lives’ series, this work is one of the first to pay close attention to the poetic and creative output of Havel, and draw connections to his later political career. Based on a reading of his complete works, including drafts and unpublished editions, Williams’ book is a fully-rounded portrait of Havel the poet, playwright, dissident and President.
Written at St Antony’s Dr Miriam Bradley DPhil International Relations, 2012 Protecting Civilians in War: The ICRC, UNHCR, and Their Limitations in Internal Armed Conflicts Oxford University Press, 2016 Dr Bradley’s work seeks to develop understanding of how two of the largest international humanitarian institutions protect civilians. The book arose out of a Winchester Prize-winning doctoral thesis, and assesses the impact of each organization on the practice of protecting civilians today.
Dr Amy King DPhil International Relations, 2014 China-Japan Relations after World War II: Empire, Industry and War, 1949-1971 Cambridge University Press, 2016 This book details the fascinating story of how Japan became China’s leading economic partner in 1971, despite the then-recent war and rivalry between them. Dr King’s work draws on innovative conceptual frameworks and recently declassified Chinese sources to reconstruct the Chinese leadership’s views on the Japanese model.
Nick McDonell MLitt Politics and International Relations, 2012 The Civilization of Perpetual Movement, Nomads in the Modern World Hurst 2016 This book aims to put nomadism into its modern global political context, rescuing the concept from caricature or stereotype, and aimed at correcting common misunderstandings about this important category. McDonell writes with verve, and with wide critical acclaim, on nomads from Central Asia to the Great Rift Valley.
Professor Hasan Paksoy DPhil Oriental Studies, 1986 Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity under Russian Rule Rounded Globe, 2016 Professor Paksoy takes as his focus the dastan, the oral epic, as a field of contest between Soviet orientalist scholarship and Central Asian cultural preservation. The Alpamysh, one of the great dastans, is here translated for the first time and presented in its cultural and ideological context.
Dr Radoslav A. Yordanov DPhil History, 2012 The Soviet Union and the Horn of Africa during the Cold War, Between Ideology and Pragmatism Lexington Books, 2016 This work draws on extensive declassified documents to assess the relative success or failure of superpower involvement in Ethiopia and Somalia during the Cold War. The US and the Soviet Union found themselves entangled in local conflicts, Dr Yordanov finds, to little geostrategic benefit, with lessons for global power today.
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Alumni Giving Antonian Fund
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hanks to the support from the Antonian community, the College was in the academic year 2015/16 able to award 123 ‘travel and research grants’, six ‘writing-up bursaries’ and one ‘Warden’s Scholarship’. We also funded through the Antonian Fund 20 ‘Academic Initiatives’ and 15 ‘Life at St Antony’s’ projects. All in all £67,477.39 was awarded, none of which would have been possible without the generous and ongoing gifts from Antonians all over the world. The Antonian Fund was launched to ensure that St Antony’s can continue to attract and support students and researchers of the highest calibre from all over the world and to enhance all aspects of academic and student life at the College. The success of the Antonian Fund depends entirely on the generosity of the Antonian community.
Gateway Campaign
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he Gateway Buildings remain the most important funding priority to secure the College’s academic future and financial stability. Significant funds have been raised, particularly through Antonian groups who have donated collectively to name a room in the Gateway Buildings. Antonian communities in Beijing, Hong Kong, the Midwest, New York, Ontario, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo (and/or Japan) and Washington DC, and also the Years 1995 and 1996, have joined forces to raise each group £20k so that a room can be named accordingly. Last summer, a group of Antonians who met each other in 1995, took the initiative and donated enough to name a room. Collectively, they decided to have the following words on a plaque adjourning one of the rooms: Antonian Friendship Room ‘And after all, you’re my wonderwall.’ In honour of the enduring friendships forged in St Antony’s Class of 1995 In September this year, the Class of 1996 met carrying on the tradition of a twenty-year reunion, and have also begun raising funds for a room. Over the course of a weekend, they held a formal meal in St Antony’s, dined in Jericho and enjoyed a specially re-opened Late Bar. If you would like to take a similar initiative, please get in touch with the Development Director: wouter.tekloeze@sant.ox.ac.uk.
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ast year, the Latin American Centre at St Antony’s College launched its 50th Anniversary Fund, in honour of Malcolm Deas. The Director of the Latin American Centre, Professor Diego SanchezAncochea was pleased that the first Malcom Deas History Lecture will be organized and which Professor James Robinson (University of Chicago) will deliver. Other activities supported through the Malcolm Deas Fund are an Andean Conference (to compare recent economic and political trajectories and future challenges in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador), working papers focussing on political economy and history, and the DPhil Latin American Centre Seminar, a termly event which provides an opportunity for doctoral student to present their work and receive feedback. There is much more that the Latin American Centre can do to help its students and to promote research. All donations to the Malcolm Deas Fund, large or small, make a difference towards the Centre’s research, teaching, policy impact and students access. 28
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o build on the success of the past few years SABC want to seize the moment to consolidate and further develop the clubs capacity. The club aims to raise £24k for two new boats, a necessity born from the urgent need for both the men’s and women’s crews. The Club currently has one Men’s VIII racing boat and one Women’s VIII racing boat, plus a novice VIII training boat. The two racing boats are nearing their replacement date of 2017. Former crews can come together and jointly donate £1,500 to have a seat in one of the new boats named after them. It would be fantastic if Antonian rowers across the generations could reunite in this way to support the future of rowing at St Antony’s. Other naming opportunities exist, and individual donations are equally welcomed. If you would like to support the club in this way, please contact the Development Director: wouter.tekloeze@sant.ox.ac.uk
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Scholarships St Antony’s College is pleased to be able to offer the following scholarships and would like to thank the Antonian community, Jusoor, the Scott Family and the University of Oxford for their support.
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t would be much appreciated if the below information could be disseminated as widely as possible to attract the best and most deserving candidates. For further questions about the scholarships, please contact the Deputy Registrar: deputy.registrar@sant.ox.ac.uk
Archie Brown and Alex Pravda Scholarship
St Antony’s is offering one scholarship for a two-year MPhil in Russian and Eurasian studies (each year £5,000) starting in the academic year 2017/18. The scholarship is funded by a small group of Archie’s and Alex’s friends and former students who have the wish to honour two distinguished Emeritus Fellows for their achievements and to show gratitude for what they have done for the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre as well as the College. The aim was to create a permanent scholarship for students who seek a deep understanding of the countries of the former Soviet Union and ex-communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Donations for this scholarship are still coming in, and it is hoped that the sum offered may be higher in future years.
Oxford Jusoor Graduate Scholarship
St Antony’s College and the University of Oxford, in partnership with Jusoor, is offering one scholarship for entry in 2017/18 to a student who is a Syrian citizen or a stateless person residing in Syria to study for a one year Master’s degree at St Antony’s College in the University of Oxford. Jusoor is an NGO of Syrian expatriates supporting the country’s development and helping Syrian youth realize their potential through various programs and initiatives in the fields of Education, Career, and
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he College still welcomes gifts towards the Archie Brown and Alex Pravda Scholarship, the Warden’s Scholarship through the Antonian Fund and the Hourani Scholarship.
Hourani Scholarship
The Middle East Centre anticipates re-launching the Hourani Scholarship at its 60th anniversary festivities in September 2017. The Albert Hourani Scholarship supports outstanding doctoral students studying the modern Middle East at Oxford. To enable the Scholarship to continue, the Middle East Centre aims to raise every year £15,000 and allow two awards of £7,500 to be made to a student for the next academic year. Any contribution to the Scholarship Fund would help achieve this target and ensure that excellent students with limited resources are able to complete their studies. To make a donation, please contact david.parker@sant.ox.ac.uk
Global Community Engagement. The scholarship is open to applicants who are Syrian citizen or a stateless person residing in Syria, and who have applied for a one year Master’s degree in any subject offered at St Antony’s College.
Scott Family Scholarship
The Nissan Institute offers the Scott Family Scholarship for a student to study for a one (MSc) or two-year (MPhil) Master’s degree in Modern Japanese Studies and is valued at £9,000 a year. The candidates’ college in Oxford will be St Antony’s. Special consideration will be given to a student with a disability.
Warden’s Scholarship (Antonian Fund)
In a situation where external funding for graduates is particularly hard to find, especially for the social science and the humanities, St Antony’s is committed to offering scholarships to the brightest and most capable students irrespective of their means. Through the Antonian Fund, St Antony’s offers two Warden’s Scholarships – each £10k for one year and it is open to any student who is studying for a graduate degree offered by the College. The Colleges hopes to f urther a nnounce additiona l scholarship schemes for the academic year 2017/18 – please see www.sant.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/fees-and-funding/ scholarships-new-students
Leavers Society
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y making a donation to the Antonian Fund, you will become a Member of the St Antony’s College Leavers’ Society. Members will be those Antonians who make a gift in the first two years after their graduation. Antonians retain their membership if they continue making a gift each year, no matter the size of the gift. You can see current Members of the Society elsewhere in this issue; all members are listed every year. In recognition of your gift, you will receive a special Leavers’ pin that can be worn at our Alumni events. Under the Student Challenge Fund scheme, launched by the University of Oxford Development Office, any first gifts made by leavers to the College in the first two years after they graduate will also be matched through a “challenge fund” instituted by University major donors. In order to be included in the matched funding scheme for 2106, donations need to be received by 31 December 2016.
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Donors St Antony’s College Donors 2015-2016
We wish to thank all donors for their wonderful generosity; every gift makes a significant difference to the academic and student life at St Antony’s College. The list of names on this page is based on all gifts received by St Antony’s College between 1 August 2015 and 31 July 2016 and includes individuals, companies and foundations. Although we have aimed to produce a list as accurate as possible, we apologise for any errors or omissions. Please note that donations are sometimes received with some delay, especially from the United States, so if you have made a donation recently and your name is not in this list it will be included in the donor roll for next year. Individual Donors Mr Federico Abbasciano Professor Jeremy Adelman Ms Saba Ahmed Dr Kelly Al Dakkak Dr Nike Alkema Ms Joan Alker Professor Roy Allison Professor Charles Ambler Dr Carol Amouyel-Kent Professor Evan Anderson Ms Jennifer Angel Mr Alan Angell Dr Seth Anziska Mr Krzysztof Arciszewski Miss Giselle Aris Dr Jessica Ashooh Mrs Amy Babcock Professor Werner Baer Professor Shaul Bakhash Mr Siddik Bakir Ms Paulina Banasiak Dr Alexandra Barahona de Brito Mr Enrique Bargioni Professor Roger Bartlett Mr Robert Beaman Dr Jonathan Becker Professor Daniel Bell and Ms Bing Song Dr Sarit Bensimhon-Peleg Dr Michael Benson Dr Jaime Bermudez Dr John Besemeres Dr Alexey Bessudnov Professor Leslie Bethell Ms Nalini Biggs Mr Christopher Bishop Dr Laurent Bonnaud Mr Trygve Borsting Dr Clara Botero Mr Levan Bouadze Dr Marie Bourke Ms Gabrielle Bowen Mr Christopher Bredholt Dr Kevin Bucknall Dr Tej Bunnag Mrs Antje Burkhardt Dr Jill Burnett Ms Erin Burns
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Mr Michele Calandrino Professor Craig Calhoun Dr Edric Cane Mr Peter Carter Sir Bryan Cartledge Dr Valerie Caton Dr Nicholas Wai Kit Chan Dr Patty Chang Mr Siu Chun Chau Dr Zhao Chen Mr William Clevenger Ms Stephanie Cohen Ms Sophia Copeman Dr Andrew Crawley Dr William Crawley Mr Rucker Culpepper Dr Sangeeta Dasgupta Dr Teun Dekker Mr Frederick Deknatel Mr Jonathan Dingel Dr Nadia Diuk Ms Natalia Doan Mr Mark Dodsworth Mr Guido Dolara Mr Timothy Dottridge Dr Tobias Dougherty Russell Ms Siobhan Dowling Ms Sheila D’Souza Mr Zapryan Dumbalski Mr Alan Duncan Dr Matthew Eagleton-Pierce Professor Mark Ellyne Dr Robert Elson Ms Elizabete Ernstsone Miss Emma Etheridge Dr Nubia Evertsson Mr Olutayo Fabusuyi Dr Luis Fajardo Professor Brad Faught Ms Cindy Ferrara Mr Stewart Fleming Mr Adrian Fu Ms Elisabeth Fullana Mr Jonathan Fulwell Dr Gilbert Gagné Mr David Gallagher Sir Edward Garnier Professor John Garrard Dr Margarita Garrido Otoya
Mr William Gerry Mr Owen Gibbons Mr Oleg Giberstein Dr Heather Gibson Professor Avner Giladi Mrs Kirsten Gillingham Dr Paul Gillingham Professor Michael Gilsenan Ms Lena Sophie Goergen Professor Paul Gootenberg Mr Wade Goria Professor Nanette Gottlieb Professor Jaime Granados Mr Thomas Green Ms Romina Grinberg Miss Anja Grujovic Dr Joanna Gwozdziowski Dr Richard Haass Professor Shahla Haeri Prof Ruth Hall Dr William Hanaway Mr Issac Hanna Mr Alan Harding Dr Helen Hardman Professor John Hattendorf Dr Karin Heissler Dr Stephen Hickey Dr Marlene Hiller Professor Renée Hirschon Mrs Elizabeth Holt Ms Faye Hopkinson Ms Esther Howard Professor Karl Hufbauer Dr John Humphreys Mr Carlos Humud Dr Syed Husain Professor Takako Imai Mr Thomas Isherwood Professor Daiichi Ito Dr Klaus Jacklein Ms Amrita Jairaj Mr John James Dr Justinian Jampol Professor Martin Jay Professor Stephen Jones Professor Heather Joshi Mr Makoto Kajita Dr Man Yee Kan Mr Sungjoo Kang Professor Ashok Kapur Dr Georgia Kaufmann Emeritus Professor Amarjit Kaur Professor Edmund Keeley Dr Susannah Kennedy Professor Rashid Khalidi Dr Dagmar Kift Professor Christoph Kimmich Ms Leslie Kirkham-Lacin Dr Emilio Klein Dr Sarah Kleinman Mr Jason Klurfeld Dr Bohdan Krawchenko Dr Takamitsu Kurita Dr Katerina Lagos Mr Alvin Lampert
Mr David Landau Mr Martin Landy Dr Patrick Lane Rear Admiral Neil Latham Mrs Seung Yun Lee Oxley Dr Christopher Leuchars Mr Cheuk-Yan Leung Dr Qianhan Lin Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith Rabbi Asher Lopatin Professor Abraham Lowenthal Dr Nancy Lubin Dr Nicholas Ludlow Mrs Monique Maas Gibbons Dr Fiona Macaulay Professor Margaret MacMillan Professor Charles Maier Ms Gertrude Makhaya Mr Yasuhiro Maki Miss Bansi Malde Mr Michael Maltese Ms Anoushka Marashlian Ms Barbara Markel Professor Dr Bernd Martin Ms Alexandra Martins Mr Thomas Mascolo Dr Mervyn Matthews Dr Brian McBeth Dr J. Kenneth McDonald Mr Rory McIver Mrs Karen McLernon Mrs Heather McPhail Sridharan Mr Nicholas Mead Dr Nigel Meir and Ms Shirin Narwani Professor Richard Meyer Mr Nicholas Miller Dr Stephanie Mitchell Dr Isao Miyaoka Mr Sanjay Mody Ms Karen Monaghan Ms Marina Moretti Mr Edward Mortimer Dr F.W. Orde Morton Mr Babak Moussavi Mr Robert Muffly Mr Gustavo Musto Dr Denise Nadeau Dr Martin Needler Mr Quirin Niessen Dr Nurseit Niyazbekov Mr Elchi Nowrojee Mr David Odell Professor Philip Ogden Dr Molly O’Neal Professor Christopher Osakwe Mr Juan Palou Trias Mr Nader Panah-Izadi Dr Hyun Park Mr David Parker Ms Leigh Pasqual Ms Suzette Paullada Valle Commodore Graham Peach Dr Daniel Peris Mr Michael Petrou
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Dr Paul Petzschmann Ms Stephanie K.B. Pfeiffer Dr Gregory Poole Ambassador Joseph Presel Professor Stanley Rabinowitz Dr Liat Radcliffe Ross Dr Ann Radwan Professor Richard Rice Mr Christopher Rickerd Mr Ralph Ricks Professor Paul Robinson Mr Kevin Rosser Dr Henry Ryan Mr Ludek Rychetnik Mr Erik Sabot Dr Joseph Sassoon Ms Jennifer Schmidt Dr Noa Schonmann Dr Philipp Schuller and Ms Andrea Brown Professor John Searle Mr David Shapiro Professor Marshall Shatz Miss Hala Sheikh Al Souk Dr Varda Shiffer Professor Lewis Siegelbaum Mr Nigel Singh Mr Harold Skar Professor Peter Slevin Dr Geoffrey Sloan Professor Peter Sluglett Dr Julie Smith Professor Paul Smith Dr Paul Smith Dr Thomas Soper Ms Elnor Spearing Professor Robert Spencer Ms Jennifer Stanley Professor Alfred and Dr Nancy Stepan Mr Neil Sternthal Mr Hugh Stokes Mr Rajesh Swaminathan Dr Wilfried Swenden Professor Richard Sylla Dr Celia Szusterman Professor Kenzo Takeuchi Mr Mark Tashkovich Mr Charles Taylor Mrs Rosemary Thorp Prof Dr Christian Thorun Dr Diarmuid Torney Dr Piero Tortola Ms Amela Trhulj Mr Robert Trimmer Mr Levent Tuzun Professor Ruel Tyson Ms Janice Ugaki Dr Alison Van der Wateren Mr Jorge Velazquez Roa Mrs Marian Vidaurri Mudd Mr Marco Vonhof Dr Alisa Voznaya Dr Katherine Vyborny Dr Jasmine Waddell
Ms Suzy Wahba Dr Richard Ware Mr Aaron Watanabe Professor Andrew Watson Ms Sharon Waxman Ms Caroline Webb Lt.Col. John Webster Mr Jed Weiner Professor Nira Wickramasinghe Professor Kenneth Wilson Dr Gernot Wittling Dr Leonard Wood Dr Fruma Zachs Mr Andrew Zadel The Hon. Dr Dov Zakheim Ms Ann Zammit Dr David Zaret Miss Marina Zarubin Professor Yongjin Zhang Ms Rachel Ziemba Anonymous Donors and Gifts in Kind We would also like to thank our anonymous donors and those who have given gifts in kind to the College. Leavers’ Society 2015/2016 (Members are those Antonians who make a gift in the two years after their graduation. Antonians retain their membership if they continue making a gift each year, no matter the size of the gift)
Leaving a gift in your will
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bequest is one of the most meaningful ways you can give. Your will is to provide for your family, friends and those organisations that have influenced and shaped your life. Leaving a gift to St Antony’s in your will gives you the opportunity to make a lasting impact and help to provide vital funding for the College. You can choose to support St Antony’s by leaving an unrestricted legacy which can be used where the need is greatest, or by specifying those aspects of College that reflect your own interests and priorities.
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When I was writing my Will some time ago, I thought of people and institutions I had known. St Antony’s obviously came to mind. It was a great experience to be in at the start of a new Oxford foundation, and to know and work with the Founding Fathers and Mme Besse. My time at College was a happy time for me. The College Body and its Library grew rapidly during those years, 1955-74. My modest bequest is an acknowledgment of my gratitude to St Antony’s for what it has meant to me, and of admiration for its position in today’s academic world.
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Dr Kelly Al Dakkak Mr Trygve Borsting Mr Jack Clift Mr Bassam Gergi Mr William Gerry Mr William Ryle-Hodges Mr Thomas Shortland Ms Sumiko Tsutsumi Mr Levent Tuzun Dr Alisa Voznaya Companies, Trusts & Foundations Bank of Greece Donner Canadian Foundation Eni S.p.A. Financial Market Policies Foundation Goldman Sachs Foundation Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs IB Tauris John Howell and Co Swire Educational Trust NATO Nestar Foundation Oxford & Cambridge Society of Kenya
Anne Abley, Librarian, 1955-74 There may be tax advantages to your estate to include a bequest to St Antony’s College in your will, notably if you live in the UK, USA or Canada. Please make sure to contact your solicitor, financial advisor or accountant for further information about tax-advantages, planned giving and leaving a gift in your will. For further information, please contact legacy@sant.ox.ac.uk
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Antonian and the University of Oxford Events We are delighted that St Antony’s College will be hosting various reunions throughout the year in many places around the world. Some of these events still have to be confirmed and invitations will be sent closer to the date.
Oxford – Torpids 1-4 March 2017
St Antony’s Boat Club – There will be an Old Rowers dinner on 4 March in College
Oxford – Summer VIIIs 24-27 May 2017
St Antony’s Boat Club – There will be an Old Rowers dinner on 27 May in College
Hong Kong – University of Oxford’s Alumni Weekend 22-23 March 2017 Activities organised by the University, and open to all alumni
Singapore – University of Oxford’s Alumni Weekend 24-26 March 2017 Activities organised by the University, and open to all alumni
Oxford – Middle East Centre 60th Anniversary (more details to follow)
Oxford – Alumni Weekend 15-17 September 2017 (more details to follow)
The Development Office also hopes to announce events in Boston, New York, London and more in due course. Events information and booking Please visit www.sant.ox.ac.uk/alumni-and-development/antonian-events or contact the Development Office: david.parker@sant.ox.ac.uk +44(0)1865 274496
Telephone campaign
In December 2016 and April 2017 current students will call Antonians to bring you news about the College, update you on alumni events and to seek your support for the Antonian Fund, St Antony’s Boat Club or the Malcolm Deas Fund. We very much hope you will accept the call and decide to make a contribution to the College.