The Antonian 2018

The Newsletter of St Antony’s College 2018

Border issue: Three Antonian Special Envoys look at Northern Ireland Also in this issue: Ten Years of the Summer School The 1980s Reunion Japan under Abe

4 Former Warden delivers the Reith Lectures

9 Ten Years of the Summer School

16 Student News

The Antonian 2018

Editor: Martyn Rush (MPhil Middle Eastern Studies, 2015)

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22 The 1980s Reunion

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Letter from the Warden t is hard to believe that it is a year since I succeeded Margaret MacMillan as Warden. It has literally rushed by.

At the beginning of the year, we were able to celebrate fully Margaret’s exceptional contributions to the College through the unveiling of her portrait which was conducted by the Chancellor of the University, Lord Patten, who is also, of course an Honorary Fellow of the College. The artist, Ben Sullivan, eloquently explained how he had managed to capture Margaret and her portrait now hangs, along with those of Bill Deakin and Marrack Goulding, in the Senior Common Room.

At the end of the year, we were able to celebrate the 1980s Antonians at an alumni weekend attended by over 140 former students, fellows and members of staff.

Former JCR Presidents, Susan McRae, Julie Curtis and Richard Bolchover, initiated a session of reminiscences; Theodore Zeldin (who first came to the College in 1954, only four years after it was founded) and Paul Collier debated what the College could, should and does contribute to the intellectual state of the world; Bridget Kendall, Honorary Fellow and Master of Peterhouse Cambridge, spoke movingly on behalf of the alumni after dinner about the experience of St Antony’s students in the 1980s. Groups of alumni sat in the Late Bar long past their normal bedtimes debating every issue under the sun as they had done thirty years ago.

In between these two events, the College has embarked on a number of ambitious projects. In terms of academic developments, we have decided to expand into South East Asian studies, an area of research which is scandalously underrepresented not only in Oxford but indeed throughout the UK. We are also seeking funding for a post on the International Relations of East Asia. I hope to be able to report on positive developments on both those fronts in the near future.

Due to Oxford’s great success in securing research funding in recent years and the rapid growth in graduate student numbers, around half of all the academics in the Social Sciences Division are currently on shortterm research or teaching contracts and do not have an automatic entitlement to a college attachment.

This can make them feel alienated from the broader collegiate university. We therefore decided over the summer to invite departments to nominate postdocs and departmental lecturers who do not have an attachment to any other college for affiliation to St Antony’s as Senior Common Room members. I am delighted to say, that in the coming academic year, we look forward to welcoming up to fifty such new SCR members, most of whom have also agreed to be college advisors for our students.

This past year the College admitted 262 new students, the first time we had passed 250. Growth has in no way diluted quality. Indeed, it is, on average, much harder to get into graduate programmes in Oxford than it is to get into undergraduate ones. The courses in which the college admits on average receive six eligible applicants for each place, compared to just three applicants for each place on average across all

undergraduate degrees in the university.

The College is also working with the university to increase the stock of accommodation available to graduate students. One proposal is that there will be accommodation off-site which the college will take responsibility for filling with our own students and where we will work to develop a strong St Antony’s identity so that students living on campus will feel welcome there and vice versa.

At heart, though, St Antony’s remains the same. It is still the most international of Oxford’s colleges, with students from around 70 countries and alumni from around 130. It still hosts seminars and events every week on all aspects of global studies, with as many as 20 events in some weeks. It is still distinctive in having between 80-90 Visiting and Research Fellows every year from all around the world and from all walks of life.

The GCR still organises legendary bops. Lunch at St Antony’s is still the best place to find out what is really happening around the world. It is a huge privilege to be the Warden.

As you will see elsewhere in the newsletter, the College is now embarking on its largest renovation project since it was founded. The Hilda Besse Building is the heart of the college but its infrastructure is decaying after nearly 50 years of constant service. We will have no choice but to decant from the building for around 20 months while it is gutted, refurbished and reinvigorated.

It will look fabulous when it is completed but for such a major project we will need the support of the whole of the St Antony’s community. Please do all that you can to help.

Professor Roger Goodman

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Former Warden Delivers Reith Lectures

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rofessor Margaret MacMillan (Warden 2007-2017, Honorary Fellow) delivered the annual BBC Reith Lectures in 2018, on the theme of war’s place in the human story. Professor MacMillan addressed questions such as whether war is an inevitable part of the human condition, and considered how and why groups and nations decide to go to war. Further lectures analysed representations of war in culture, and humanity’s ambivalence towards conflict.

This was the 70th year of the Reith Lectures, founded in 1948 by Sir John Reith of the BBC to advance the corporation’s mission to educate and inform. Previous lectures have been given

by Bertrand Russell, Arnold Toynbee and Stephen Hawking.

Professor MacMillan became the second St Antony’s Warden to deliver the lectures, after Ralph Dahrendorf in 1974.

The lectures were delivered in London, York, Beirut, Belfast and Ottawa.

T hose i n t he U K c a n l i sten to t he lec t u re s here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b7f390

Credit: CEU, Daniel Vegel

In Memoriam Anthony Hamilton Millard Kirk-Greene, MBE, CMG; remembered here by William Beinart, Emeritus Professor of Race Relations and Governing Body Fellow, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.

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nthony Kirk-Greene (b.1925) died aged 93 on July 8 2018. Above all Tony was an enormously hardworking and committed historian of Africa and of the colonial era. As a young man he served in the army in India, during and immediately after the war, and then followed a successful career in the Colonial Service in Nigeria (1950-60). In the mid-1950s, he set up an innovative and intensive course at the newly-established Institute of Administration in Zaria to train Nigerian civil servants. This developed into Ahmadu Bello University where he taught as a founding member of staff (1961-65). Tony had a lengthy and distinctive experience in Africa that few British-based Africanists now replicate. He learnt Hausa and he saw colonial rule from the inside in an area where it was relatively short-lived and constrained.

One of Tony’s major legacies to the University was his assiduous work on the Colonial Records Project at Rhodes House and on its successor, the Development Records Project, as Director 1980-84. When we established a full African Studies Centre in the University for the first time (2002), with continuing close links to the College, and were eventually able to secure a building, we named a Kirk-Greene seminar room in recognition of Tony’s sustained support for African Studies. That field is thriving at Oxford across many disciplines. Tony’s excellent library has been sent to Kano in Nigeria.

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Further tributes and fuller obituaries can be found on the News section of the College website: sant.ox.ac.uk/about-st-antonys/obituaries

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Antonian Fellows become Professors

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he College is pleased to announce that three Antonian Fellows have been included in the University’s 2018 Recognition of Distinction.

This conferred the title of Professor in recognition of research and teaching excellence upon the following: Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Director of the Latin American Centre and Professor in the Political Economy of Latin America Professor Paul Chaisty, Professor of Russian and East European Politics Professor Faisal Devji, Professor of Indian History

Professor Chigudu and Professor Vlandas join the College this year

New Governing Body Fellows

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he College is delighted to welcome Professor Simukai Chigudu, Associate Professor of African Politics and Professor Tim Vlandas, Associate Professor of Social Policy and Intervention, to the Governing Body of the College.

Professor Chigudu has just completed a monograph on cholera in Zimbabwe, and has written for publications from ‘Feminist Africa’ to ‘The Lancet’. He completed his DPhil at Oxford, having previously worked as a medical doctor in the NHS. Professor Vlandas was a Professor in Comparative Political Economy at the University of Reading, having completed a PhD at the LSE, where he was awarded both teaching and researcher prizes. He is working on sovereign wealth funds, the link between economics and voter behaviour, support for far-right parties in Europe and Universal Basic Income.

Fellow wins Read Russia Prize 2018

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r Oliver Ready (Research Fellow in Russian Literature and Culture) has won the Read Russia Prize 2018 for the best translation into any language of a work of Russian literature published since 1990. The winner was announced at Pashkov House, Moscow, on 8 September.

The award was given for his translation of The Rehearsals by Vladimir Sharov.

According to the organisers: ‘The Read Russia Prize is the only Russian award that recognizes outstanding translations of works of Russian literature into foreign languages. The Read Russia Prize was established in 2011 by the Institute for Literary Translation, an autonomous nonprofit organization.’

Paul Chaisty, Faisal Devji (Credit: Adam Berry) and Diego Sanchez-Ancochea (Credit: Kellogg Institute of International Studies) all became Professors this year.

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Podcasts of the lectures organised by the College Centres are available at: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/st-antonys-college-podcasts

Asian Studies Centre Professor Faisal Devji, Director of the Asian Studies Centre’

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he Centre hosted the farewell lecture of Dr Matthew Walton, the erstwhile Aung San Suu Kyi Senior Research Fellow in Modern Burmese Studies, who lectured on ‘Burma Studies amongst the Rohingya Crisis.’ This talk considered dynamics within the field of Burma Studies and how recent events have affected scholarly work. Reflecting on the past five years of activities of the Programme on Modern Burmese Studies as well as the work of other scholars, Dr Walton put forward a case for principled, critical engagement.

Such engagement must acknowledge and embrace the inevitable political positioning of any scholarship on Myanmar but simultaneously insist on taking seriously concerns related to intersectionality, collaboration, spaces for collective discussion, the uses of scholarship, and persistent limitations on whose voices are included in the field of Burma Studies.

The Centre also hosted a widely anticipated workshop on the South China sea conflict. Over two days in October 2017, the conflict was assessed from a variety of critical angles and new ways forward suggested.

T he C entre bid fa re wel l to it s ad ministrator, Maxime Dargaud-Fons.

The Ooni presenting a gift to Oxford University which was recieved by Dr Easton, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University

African Studies Professor Wale Adebanwi, Director, African Studies Centre, Rhodes Professor of Race Relations

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he African Centre hosted a number of high-profile visitors from Africa in the year, including the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, who occupies one of the most ancient stools in Africa, and the Governor of Kaduna State of Nigeria, Governor Nasir El-Rufai.

Governor El-Rufai delivered a thought-provoking lecture entitled, “Making Progress Amidst Governance and Security Challenges,” in which he argued that Nigeria required a new elite consensus so she could achieve her greatest potentials. ElRufai, who was the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja before he became the governor of Nigeria’s north-central state, added that “forging elite consensus on [the critical issues in Nigeria] will help raise the tenor of national discourse beyond the pedestrian fixation with ethnic and religious conspiracies.

Reason must displace empty cacophony.”

Before he delivered his lecture, the governor met with the Head of the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, Professor Rachel Murphy.

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The Rohingya conflict has recontextualised Burma Studies.

Credit: UN Women

Asian Studies Centre Podcasts podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/asian-studies-centre

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European Studies Centre

Latin America Centre

Dr Hartmut Mayer, Director of the European Studies Centre

Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Director of the Latin American Centre, Associate Professor in the Political Economy of Latin America

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he European Studies Centre had a particularly busy academic year, running over 80 events covering wideranging topics of European history, politics, economics and cultural life. Our flagship Annual Lecture was given by Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s former Foreign Minister, who spoke on ‘Europe in an Increasingly Uncomfortable World.’

The year saw some staff changes as well. We welcomed a new Director, Dr Hartmut Mayer. Professor Timothee Vlandas, GB Fellow and Associate Professor in Comparative Social Policy, replaced Dr Paola Mattei who took up a position at the University of Milan. Saran Moran, ESC Administrator of the last four years left for a new position, and has been replaced

by Jessica Dancy. Dr Dorian Singh, long-term Dahrendorf Programme Research Manager, was appointed to a new post in the central University.

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Sigmar Gabriel gives the Annual Lecture, as Dr Hartmut Mayer looks on.

Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff gave a highly anticipated lecture at St Antony’s. Credit: Fernando Donasci

European Studies Centre Podcasts podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/european-studies-centre

he celebration of the Latin American Studies Association conference in Europe constituted a great opportunity to reflect on the unique place of our Latin American Centre.

The LASA conference, where we hosted a joint reception for alumni and friends with the Institute of History of the Universidad Pompeu Fabra, capped another great year at the LAC. In October, thanks to Eduardo Posada-Carbó’s initiative, we hosted Jeremy Adelman. The Brazilian Studies Program had its annual conference, ‘Rethinking Brazilian Politics’, and in May received former President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff.

Our students were responsible for some of our most successful events, with funding from the Malcolm Deas Fund.

This Fund, supported by contributions from many alumni, also made possible the Malcolm Deas Annual History Seminar.

Latin American Centre Podcasts podcasts.ox.ac.uk/units/latin-american-centre

Middle East Centre Professor Eugene Rogan, Director of the Middle East Centre, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History

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n the academic year 2017-18, following the tremendous success of the 60th Anniversary reunion held in September 2017, the Middle East Centre hosted over 40 public seminars and welcomed over 50 speakers.

The most notable event of Trinity Term was however, the 2018 George Antonius Annual Lecture, given by Dr Moncef Marzouki, former president of Tunisia on ‘’The Tunisian Revolution: Achievement and Disillusions.” The event was extremely wellattended, ending with a stimulating Q&A session. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki was the first democratically elected president of Tunisia after the January 14th Revolution in 2011. The whole lecture is available as an education podcast on the University of Oxford podcasts page and St Antony’s College soundcloud page soundcloud.com/user-185917539

Middle East Centre Podcasts podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/middle-east-centre Professor Eugene Rogan introduces Dr Moncef Marzouki, former President of Tunisia before the 2018 Antonius Lecture

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Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Professor Hugh Whittaker, Director of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Professor in the Economy and Business of Japan

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apanese-UK relations have been in the spotlight as a result of Brexit.

The Japanese Ambassador to the UK, His Excellency Koji Tsuruoka gave a presentation on November 28 which set out very eloquently the concerns of the Japanese government and Japanese companies, which have invested heavily in the UK over the years on the assumption of the UK’s place in the EU, and which are in the process of making choices about where to place future investments. The discussant was Sir Ivan Rogers, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union until he resigned the position in January 2017 over differences with the government concerning the Brexit negotiations. It was a sobering evening.

Japan and the EU have subsequently signed an Economic Partnership Agreement, under negotiation for four years.

2017-18 saw the launch of the new MSc and MPhil in Japanese Studies, which brought together the previous Nissan Institute MSc and MPhil and Oriental Institute MSt programmes. And we were fortunate to be able to welcome Dr Mateja Kovacic, British Academy Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, whose research highlights Japan’s Robot Revolution Initiative, and the 2017 launch of ‘Society 5.0,’ a vision to transform Japan using emerging technologies, based on social needs such as rapid population ageing, new sources of energy and agricultural revival.

Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Podcasts podcasts.ox.ac.uk/units/nissan-institute-japanese-studies

His Excellency Koji Tsuruoka presented at the College in November 2017 ©: International Maritime Organisation

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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ichael McFaul delivered the Elliott Lecture in Trinity Term 2018. He spoke to a packed auditorium on themes in his new book, From Cold War to Hot Peace.

Professor McFaul, a leading academic Russianist , joined the US National Security Council under President Obama and went on to serve as US Ambassador to Russia during 20122014. He provided fascinating insights into American policymaking, especially the effort to ‘reset’ relations with Russia under President Medvedev and the collapse of that policy as Putin returned to the presidency. His ability to move between scholarly judgement and policy revelation and his sense of humour about high politics was especially appreciated by the audience.

The Centre’s Monday Seminars were convened by Dan Healey on Fresh Perspectives on 1917, by Paul Chaisty and DPIR colleague Stephen Whitefield on Post-Soviet Politics and Society, and by Oliver Ready on Literature, Society and Film. Dan Healey launched his ground-breaking book Russian Homophobia: from Stalin to Sochi; Paul Chaisty with colleagues published a major scholarly work on Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective: Minority Presidents in Multiparty Systems. To cap the year, in September Oliver Ready was awarded the prestigious Read Russia Prize 2018 for his translation of Vladimir Sharov’s The Rehearsals.

Michael McFaul delivered the Elliott Lecture in Trinity Term 2018

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Russian and Eurasian Studies Podcasts podcasts.ox.ac.uk/keywords/russia

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10 Years of the St Antony’s Summer School in International Politics Paul Chaisty (Director of the St. Antony’s School in International Politics)

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his August, the College held the 10th St. Antony’s The strength of the programme continues to be the diversity Summer School in International Politics. Organised of its student body, attracting around 40 students each year from jointly with the Department of Continuing Education, over 20 different countries. The size of the student body, the the programme has attracted more than 400 students combination of participants from across the globe (we regularly over the last decade. attract students from Africa, Europe, T he Su m mer School Eurasia, the Middle East, Oceania, Latin A significant proportion of draws on the College’s Area Studies America, North America, South and East expertise to provide courses on different Asia) and their diversity of life-experiences the Summer School’s alumni regions of the world. Through daily consistently produces a fascinating mix seminars, students have the opportunity of perspectives. The individual courses have gone on to take MPhil to specialise in the politics of one benefit from this regional expertise, and region and to engage with issues that the daily lectures and discussion groups and DPhil courses in Oxford enable students to make interesting are of global significance. They are also encouraged to draw on their knowledge cross-regional comparisons. in dialogue with students from other The course has attracted students regional seminars. from a wide variety of backgrounds: Over the ten g roup d i s c u s sion s h ave b e en years, this model of enriched by diplomats, government teaching has brought off icials, parliamentary staffers, an interesting regional military personnel, members of perspective to many of non-governmental organisations, the key issues in global journalists, business people, high pol it ic s: t he g loba l school teachers and academics, in financial crisis; the Arab addition to senior graduates and spring and the Syrian undergraduates seeking to augment crisis; Russia’s redux; their existing learning. We welcome African democratisation; any suggestions on ways in which narcopolitics in Latin we could promote such recruitment.

A meric a; leadership A significant proportion of change in China; the Summer School’s alumni populism, Trump and have gone on to take MPhil Brexit. The programme and DPhil courses in Oxford has benefited greatly from and other Universities, and we the involvement of tutors: are always pleased to learn that in particular, Fred Lawson the Summer School experience (Middle East specialist and played an important role in their Emeritus Professor of Mills career decisions. Our alumni also College, USA) and Oxford’s pursue other interesting careers.

E du a rdo Po s a d a- C a rb ó One former student went on to who have been stalwarts become a Dutch MP and Deputy of the programme. We Foreign Minister; others have run are also grateful to St. for electoral office. We take great Antony’s Fellows for their pride in the contribution that the willingness to share their Summer School has made towards research in daily lectures, the personal and professional and to the scholars from development of its former students, other Colleges and UK and look forward to developing the Ten Years of the Int ernational Politics Un i v e r s it i e s w ho h a v e programme over the next decade.

Su mm er School , the class of 20 09 an d the class of 2018 . contributed their expertise Fu l l det a i l s of t he 2019 to enhance the programme. Furthermore, programme are now available at: the Summer School provides useful teaching experience for conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/international-politics-summer-school graduate students.

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Japanese Politics under Abe Shinzo Professor Ian Neary, Professor of Japanese Politics and Director of the Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies, describes Japanese politics under Abe

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Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, with Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister. © European Council President

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be Shinzo became PM in the f inal days of 2012 and very quickly sought to consolidate his position. He has worked ha rd to further strengthen t he posit ion of PM by increasing his ability to control appointments to the most senior posts in the civil service. He also embarked on a series of high profile policies with his name on them most notably ‘Abenomics’. These he now claims to have been an unqualified success.

He has been helped by the fact that the opposition parties have been weak and because of numerous interna l splits getting weaker.

To keep in office a Japanese PM must have the confidence of the elected Diet and also his party.

Having trounced the opposition in the election held in autumn 2017 he can rely on the Diet’s support until 2021 but his tenure as leader of the LDP only lasts for three years and most recently expired on 20 September. In 2015 he was elected unopposed but this time he faced a challenger. The challenger, Ishiba Shigeru, was never likely to win and about 80% of LDP Diet members supported Abe but only 55% of the membership as a whole.

For the past two years Abe has been dogged by two relatively minor scandals in which he is accused of having intervened in the decision-making process to benefit his friends and supporters. He denies

the charges but the opposition parties have been able to use Diet procedures to demonstrate that he has made some questionable decisions. This resulted in Abe being criticised for being too dominant within Japanese government, even by some of his supporters.

So what next? The opposition party tactics have irritated Abe as they have slowed down the legislative process. He will hope that his re-election as party president will put these scandals behind him and he can concentrate on policy. No

Unless he makes any serious errors he now seems likely to become the longest serving PM in Japanese history innovations in either domestic or foreign policy are likely with one exception.

Throughout his political career he has argued that the revision of the constitution was the main objective of the LDP since it was founded in 1955. In particular along with the right-wing of his party he considers it was imposed on Japan while it was in a position of weakness shortly after defeat. It can only be amended one clause at a time and he has given notice that he gives priority to changing Article 9, the ‘peace clause’, to include direct reference to the existence of the Japanese military, known as the Self-Defence Forces (SDF). In itself this would not make much practical difference to Japan’s foreign or defence strategies but it would secure Abe’s legacy as not only being the longest serving prime minister but also the first to amend the constitution. It is however a high-risk

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strategy and if the proposals are rejected either by the Diet or subsequently by the electorate in a referendum he would feel obliged to resign.

Since 2013 Abe has argued for a strategic policy that would allow Japan to make a ‘pro-active contribution to peace’ moving away from its previous ‘passive pacifism’ that was premised on a heavy reliance on the USA as an ally. Since he took power he has tried to move Japan away from this bilateral dependency and towards a multilateral diplomacy. This has involved increasing ties with India and Australia to create the ‘Quad’ while at the same time establishing trade and security agreements with the EU. He has invested much time and energy into his foreign policy at the time of writing having visited 76 countries. He claims to have established a constructive relationship with Vladimir Putin who is now pressing for negotiations to establish a Peace Treaty without preconditions. Relations with China have been tense at times over the past five years but since mid 2018 Abe seems to have put the bilateral relationship onto a steadier basis. However, as is also the case with links with South Korea, it never takes much to disrupt things. These moves towards multilateralism began at the time of the Obama administration but they have become all the more important since the USA has become a less reliable ally.

Nothing is certain in politics but Abe seems securely in post now until 2021 and will lead Japan through its time in the international spotlight of the 2020 Olympics. He has many critics and has not been as effective on domestic policy as he would like to claim but unless he makes any serious errors he now seems likely to become the longest serving PM in Japanese history.

The second edition of Professor Neary’s textbook on Japanese politics will be published by Polity in February 2019.

Supporting the Gateway Buildings – Japan Floor

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e are very close to being able to unveil a ‘Japan Floor’ in our Gateway Building. The Gateway Buildings provide a worthy entrance to the College and significantly extend our physical resources. They are transforming our finances by giving us a sure stream of income so that we can better support our current students and our academic work as well as undertaking new initiatives. Every donation to the Gateway Campaign brings us closer to those goals.

Your support

Approximately two-thirds of the Gateway Buildings is funded through gifts and the other third is paid from loans.

Rent and conference income is currently covering the loan. Further support is vital and every Pound raised for the Gateway Building will go directly into supporting core activities. If we can pay off the loans – which currently stand at £4.6 million – conference business and student rent will provide an income which means that the College can fund scholarships, travel grants, academic posts and a whole range of research activities.

It will enable St Antony’s to remain a world-renowned centre for research and teaching in global and regional issues. All gifts contribute to the College’s future and academic health; financial security and independence will preserve our extraordinarily diverse student population.

A Japan Floor

There are various na ming opportunities in the Gateway Buildings a nd the a mbition is to have the geographical diversity of the College expressed in the names of the rooms of other spaces.

Naming a whole f loor after Japan would be a fantastic demonstration of how widespread the worldwide Antonian community is. The College has already raised £95,000 in gifts and pledges so there is only £5,000 more needed to name a floor.

Various student rooms and hallways are or will be named after cities, provinces and countries (Beijing, Beirut Hong Kong, Midwest USA, Ontario, Washington DC, the Wolfson Foundation, the matriculation years ‘95 and ‘96), and individual Antonians.

The main conference room of the College will be named after the City of New York and the fountains in between the two Gateway Buildings after the father of two Antonians. It is anticipated that rooms and other spaces such as the Gateway Garden and Lodge will carry the names of the Alps, Benelux, New England, the EU, Iran, London, Moscow, Oxford, Singapore and Westcoast USA. The name of the room will appear on the door and the names of the donors on a bronze plaque in the room.

How to donate

Gifts received by the University of Oxford and can be made online through: campaign.ox.ac.uk /st-antonys-college (scroll down to Gateway Campaign).

St Antony’s College is a registered charity (number 1141293).

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For more i n f or m a t ion a b out t he G ate w ay Bu i ld i n g s , n a m i n g opt ions or to ma ke a donat ion, ple a s e c ont a c t t he De ve lopment Director: wouter.tekloeze@sant.ox.ac.uk Thank you for your support 11

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Books from Fellows Professor William Beinart, (Emeritus Fellow) (co-editor) Rights to Land: A guide to tenure upgrading and restitution in South Africa Jacana Press, 2017 The issue of land rights is an ongoing and complex topic of debate for South Africans.

Rights to Land comes at a time when land redistribution by government is underway. This book seeks to understand the issues around land rights and distribution of land in South Africa and proposes that new policies and processes should be developed and adopted.

Professor Leslie Bethell, (Emeritus Fellow) Brazil: Essays on History and Politics Brookings, 2018 Published to mark his 80th birthday, this volume is the first collected compendium of the work of Professor Leslie Bethell and consists of seven essays on major themes in modern Brazilian history and politics.

Professor Paul Betts, (Professor of Modern European History) (co-editor) Tito in Africa: Picturing Solidarity Museum of Yugoslavia, 2017 Tito aimed to win African support for Yugoslavia’s Non-Aligned Movement in the name of anti-colonialism and socialist solidarity, and several well-known Yugoslav photographers recorded Tito’s well-publicised visits to socialistleaning African countries, ranging from Algeria to Zambia. Yet these were not stiff propaganda photos of conventional international diplomacy, but rather were rich and revealing moments of first-time cultural encounters between leading figures of the so-called Second and Third Worlds.

Professor Archie Brown, (Emeritus Fellow) The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership In The Modern Age Random House, 2018 (reissued, updated with new foreword) Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that ‘strong leaders’, dominant individual wielders of power, are the most successful and admirable. Chosen by Bill Gates as a book of the year 2016, this landmark study is now in a 2018 paperback reprint with updating Foreword discussing Trump and other contemporary leaders.

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Professor Paul Chaisty, P rofessor of Russian and East European Politics, and Professor Timothy Power, Professor of Latin American Politics (with Professor Nic Cheeseman) Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective: Minority Presidents in Multiparty Systems Oxford University Press, 2018 This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism. Drawing on original research of minority presidents in the democratising and hybrid regimes of Armenia, Benin, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Kenya, Malawi, Russia, and Ukraine, it seeks to understand how presidents who lack single party legislative majorities build and manage cross-party support in legislative assemblies.

Professor Richard Clogg, (Emeritus Fellow) Greek to Me: A Memoir of Academic Life IB Tauris, 2018 Greek to Me: A Memoir of Academic Life is an engrossing tale of academic and political intrigue, spanning Clogg’s time in Greece and in the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at King’s College London.

Through extensive personal archives of his fascinating adventures, Clogg exposes the secretive fields of academia and university politics as well as providing unique eyewitness accounts of modern Greek history.

Professor Norman Davies, ( Honorary Fellow) Beneath Another Sky: a global journey into history Penguin, 2017 After decades of writing about European history, Norman Davies embarked upon an extended journey that took him round the world. He aimed to test his powers of observation, but equally to encounter history in a new way.

Beneath Another Sky is partly a historian’s travelogue, partly a highly engaging exploration of events and personalities that have fashioned today’s world.

Professor Dan Healey, ( Governing Body Fellow) Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi Bloomsbury, 2017 (paperback edition) Examining nine ‘case histories’ that reveal the origins and evolution of homophobic attitudes in modern Russia, Dan Healey asserts that the nation’s contemporary homophobia can be traced back to the particular experience of revolution, political terror and war its people endured after 1917.

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Derek Hopwood, (Emeritus Fellow) Islam’s Renewal; Reform or Revolt?

St Antony’s Series, Palgrave MacMillan, 2018 The book considers some of the solutions proposed by Muslim activists and thinkers in their attempts to renew (tajdid) their ways of life and thought in accord with the demands of the age in which they lived.

Dr Homa Katouzian, (Research Fellow) Khalil Maleki, The Human Face Of Iranian Socialism OneWorld, 2018 Khalil Maleki (1901-1969) was a selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare in twentieth-century Iran. His was a unique approach to politics, prioritising the criticism of policies detrimental to his country’s development over the pursuit of power itself. An influential figure, he was at the centre of such formative events as the split of the communist Tudeh party, and the 1953 coup and its aftermath.

Dr Ceren Lord, (Sasakawa Peace Foundation Fellow) Religious Politics in Turkey: From the Birth of the Republic to the AKP Cambridge University Press, 2018 Since the elections of 2002, Erdogan’s AKP has dominated the political scene in Turkey. This period has often been understood as a break from a ‘secular’ pattern of state-building. Lord challenges the traditional account of Islamist AKP’s rise that sees it either as a grassroots reaction to the authoritarian secularism of the state or as a function of the state’s utilisation of religion.

Professor Kalypso Nicolaïdis, ( Professor in International Relations) (co-editor) The Greco-German Affair in the Euro Crisis: Mutual Recognition Lost?

Palgrave MacMillan, 2018 This book focuses on one of the most highly charged relationships of the Euro crisis, that between Greece and Germany, from 2009 to 2015. It explores the many ways in which Greeks and Germans represented and often insulted one another in the media, how their selfunderstanding shifted in the process, and how this in turn affected their respective appraisal of the EU and that which divides us or keeps us together as Europeans.

Professor Robert Service, ( Emeritus Fellow) Russia and Its Islamic World: From the Mongol Conquest to the Syrian Military Intervention Hoover Institute Press, 2017 In Russia and Its Islamic World, Robert Service discusses Russia’s long and difficult relationship with Islam, within its borders and across the world, from the thirteenth century to the present. He maps Russia’s complex and sometimes contradictory interactions with its Muslims, nearby Muslim states, and the Middle East, exploring centuries of Russian territorial expansion and occupation, and Russia’s current bid to reestablish itself as a world power.

Professor Robert Service, (Emeritus Fellow) The Last of the Tsars Pan MacMillan, 2017 Drawing on the Tsar’s own diaries and other hitherto unexamined contemporary records, The Last of the Tsars reveals a man who was almost entirely out of his depth, perhaps even wilfully so. It is also a compelling account of the social, economic and political foment in Russia in the aftermath of Alexander Kerensky’s February Revolution, the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917 and the beginnings of Lenin’s Soviet republic.

Dr Carlos Solar, (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow) Government and Governance of Security: The Politics of Organised Crime in Chile Routledge, 2018 At a time when Latin America is experiencing societal unrest from human rights violations, corruption and weak institutions Government and Governance of Security offers an insightful understanding for the modern steering of crime policies. Using Chile as a case study, the book delivers an untold account of the trade-offs between political, judicial and policing institutions put in practice to confront organised crime since the country’s redemocratisation.

Professor Jan Zielonka, (Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow) Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat Oxford University Press, 2018 Counter Revolution is a bold attempt to make sense of the extraordinary events taking place in Europe today. It examines the counter-revolution developing in Europe, exploring its roots and implications. The book takes the form of a series of heartfelt letters to the late European guru Ralf Dahrendorf. Several months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dahrendorf wrote a book fashioned on Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France.

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News from the GCR A message from the previous year’s GCR President, Nadia Marques de

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ou never forget your time at St Antony’s.

Health Awareness Week (MHAW) in Trinity Term. Oxford This is most probably because the whole is a rigorous, high-pressured environment that demands much experience is an entire whirlwind of from the individual and with this comes the importance of incredible moments, peppered with the tending to and respecting the boundaries of our mental health. occasional anxiety of looming deadlines but The first step was to create a safe space that was apart from the ameliorated by those edifying intellectual College but also part of it: the answer was an extraordinary exchanges you have at the Late Bar that 34ft yurt in the middle of the quad, complete with rugs and remind you of why you are here in the first floor cushions. With the incredible support from the Antonian place. This year was no different.

Fund we organised over 35 events within a seven day period The GCR has worked tirelessly in that sought to stimulate thought, galvanise putting together events for nearly every conversation and encourage an awareness You never forget your day of the term – from our enviable of mental wellbeing issues in our society Karaoke Nights and Open Mic Nights (so and ourselves. The timetable hoped to time at St Antony’s good St Hugh’s College couldn’t resist) to ref lect that different people approach our Welfare Breakfasts (replete with the mental health differently – whether it is Millennial favourite – avocado) and the through a creative, physical or meditative week’s highlight – Sunday ‘Tea & Cake’ – approach, we tried to accommodate for it. our highest attended event (after our Bops The GCR organised daily yoga sessions, of course, everyone knows Antonians can drop-in guided meditations, mindfulness throw a great party). When we’re not rivaling workshops, floristry workshops, sound & Gatsby we’re engaging ourselves in the colour therapy, academic talks on issues such higher intellectual pursuits and this year has as how mental health can be influenced by seen students put together incredible events, our genetic make up, discussions on how to from a lecture series of Women in Academia deal with stress and how different cultures to the great success of the Research-In define mental health, dance workshops Progress Colloquium. A favourite amongst (from belly dancing to salsa), and a Middle students was the Visiting Parliamentary Eastern musical performance with the oud, Fellows Programme of Hilary Term that drums and piano. The highlight of the week focused on the multiple dimensions of however was undoubtedly the visit from the Brexit. The Series provided a platform for alpaca farm – for four hours students and informed debate from key players, analysts staff were petting our fluffy visitors and you and journalists that made for excellent High could just feel the cortisol levels dropping!

Table discussions of which students were It may have been just for one week but the invited to attend through a random ballot.

GCR started that important conversation A great success this year was our first ball on mental health and we plan to continue after eight years! Hosted in the iconic Hilda with this momentum. MHAW reached Besse a Prohibition-era themed gala was students beyond St Antony’s with many arranged complete with a formal dinner, fire coming from different colleges to partake in dancers and a jazz band (how Kara Juul and our events. Imitation is the sincerest form of Evan Matsuyama pulled this off in only a flattery and other colleges are now planning few months remains a mystery to me)! It was Alpacas and a mindfulness yurt were just two of the to replicate St Antony’s MHAW next year of a successful Mental Health Awareness an excellent way to wrap up a splendid year highlights to raise awareness. None of this could have Week, organised by the GCR, funded by where the GCR worked hard been achieved without the the Antonian Fund. on putting together social invaluable support from our activities that ranged from alumni who donate to the exchange dinners with our Antonian Fund – thank you! sister college in Cambridge It has been a privilege – Wolfson College, to more to serve the student body intercollegiate events such as with an incredible GCR Liquid Lounges at Magdalen Committee, as President this College and DPhil picnics in year. I too will never forget Port Meadow. my time here and what it A key highlight of the means to be an Antonian. year has definitely been our ef forts for Menta l

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News from the Lodge: Farewell to Trevor After eleven years at St Antony’s, this year the College bid fond farewell to Head Porter, Trevor Butler. Now enjoying retirement, Trevor sat down with Martyn Rush to discuss his career at the unique institution that is St Antony’s Porters’ Lodge.

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revor admits that his path to St Antony’s was an unusual one. Whilst most head porters might be drawn from a security background, perhaps ex-police or ex-servicemen, Trevor had actually started out in the car industry, where he stayed for over 30 years, working for Unipart and Aston Martin. At age 50, he decided to move into the College environment. He had coached and managed in semi-professional non-league football, at Abingdon Town, Oxford City and Newport Isle of Wight, which he believed prepared him well for the role. Trevor recalls his interview at St Antony’s in 2007. ‘I remember being asked what I thought about the (then) ongoing scandal with the Pakistani cricket team,’ he recalls. Although a left-field question, in fact it tested a critical skill for any Head Porter at St Antony’s – the ability to engage on almost any topic with thought and sensitivity. After all, on any given day, ‘anyone could walk in through the door.’

‘It didn’t take long for me to appreciate the depth of expertise that our academics have’ recalls Trevor, ‘even though St Antony’s might not be the most traditional of Oxford Colleges.’ In his role as Head Porter he had to sit in on many lectures from a wide range of academic and public figures from around the world, from Henry Kissinger to David Miliband. ‘If you wanted to know what is going on

Mick Mears, Trevor Butler, Neil Townsend and Peter Truby at the unveiling of the Kenneth Wilkinson room in 2017.

in any part of the world the answer was close by.’

On his arrival at St Antony’s Trevor inherited a very strong and experienced team of porters: Mick Mears, Neil Townsend, Pat Hingley, John Nelson, Ken Wilkinson and Paul Witts. ‘They were a great help to me in my early days,’ Trevor remembers, ‘and helped convey the special role of a college Lodge’. I say that of all the Colleges I’ve interacted with St Antony’s Lodge does feel special and different. Part of the secret might be that Trevor made sure new porters were trained in the Lodge philosophy. ‘I used to advise that we have to be here between 8 and 12 hours a day; if we have a smile on our face with a degree of humour we set an expectation and atmosphere that others respond to.’

There were some incredibly proud moments during his eleven years. For instance, managing the transition from the old Lodge to the new Ghassan Shaker building ‘without interruption in service.

If you wanted to know what is going on in any part of the world the answer was close by

We unplugged the phones in the old Lodge (now the College’s IT room), walked over to the new building, plugged the phones in and were open for business.’ The College expanded during this time, and Trevor was there to oversee the opening of the Investcorp Building, and welcome distinguished guests such as John Kerry and the Israeli ambassador (with their security details). But strangely enough the most visceral protest accompanied a talk by A.C. Grayling who at the time was opening a controversial private college: ‘We were advised to lock the College down; we had protesters climbing over the walls, students hidden in out of the way areas, porters chasing students across the lawns. That event, like so many others, not only took place, but did so in such a way that normal college life could continue.’

It is that commitment to duty which is part of the Lodge’s appeal. As Head Porter, the day started at 7am, seeing if anything had been handed over from the duty night porter. The Lodge now provides 24/7 service, 365 days a year. ‘The Lodge is a place where students might want to stop for a chat just to give them some form of release from their demanding schedules,’ Trevor reflects. ‘I think students appreciate this’. He was presented with a surprise farewell gift at the 2018 college Summer party.’ For once he admits, he was lost for words.

Now, after St Antony’s, he is building a new routine around exercise and playing golf. Taking stock of his St Antony’s experience, he reflects that he will miss the day-to-day engagement with people, as well as the political and intellectual aspect of college life. He still hopes to return to sit in on the Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship lectures. His message to students and alumni is simple –‘I’d like to think that the relationship between students and the Lodge was an important part of their experience here at St Antony’s and hopefully a helpful one’. I’m sure many alumni reading this will testify that it was much more than that.

If you would like to contact Trevor or pass on a message, please email alumni.office@sant.ox.ac.uk and we will forward them to him.

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Progress on the River despite Torpids in the snow Margot Grubert (MPhil International Relations, 2017; St Antony’s Boat Club Secretary)

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n St. Antony’s Boat Club’s 2017/2018 season, the club campaign! It was a wonderful, (mostly) sunny few days full of continued to grow and push the boundaries of rowing at strong rowing and club spirit. O3 and O2, our mixed gender open Oxford. For the first time, SABC women and men were division boats, both finished strong. O2 bumped twice and rowed encouraged to row together in the open division, leading to over twice, and O3 bumped three times and rowed over once. Our a higher-than-ever boat count and two women taking up the second women’s boat had a little bit less luck, rowing over once offer to compete there. Our progressive gender policy both and getting bumped three times; however, they were back with a on and off the river has garnered praise from rowing clubs across vengeance performing a fiery rap at formal dinner. Our top men’s Oxford and has become a point of pride for SABC members. crew had three row overs and were bumped once. Meanwhile, the Have any Antony’s alumni ever rowed in snow? If you have, top women rowed over twice, got bumped once, and bumped on do let us know! This year, on Wednesday of Torpids, snow began the final day - what a way to end the week! We concluded with our to fall on the Isis, leading to OURC’s concern for the health and traditional formal dinner in hall. safety of rowers, umpires and marshals alike. As both the snow SABC is incredibly grateful for your donations, which keep and wind intensified, racing was cancelled on Thursday and our boat club running. As you may know, we recently procured Friday. The top half of each division upwards from division three sufficient funds for a new boat. Our purchasing committee was allowed to race on Saturday, which sadly did not include our continued to review boat options over the summer. We will crews. Our Torpids balance for 2018 is therefore based only on the continue to keep you updated our progress, and we would Wednesday races. Three of our crews raced that day, two in the appreciate any leads! open division (O1 and O2) and one in the women’s division (W1).

Finally, do get in touch if you plan to visit us! We were Unfortunately, our third open division (O3) boat did not qualify. delighted to be joined by a number of alumni at our annual On the day, W1 was bumped once and O1 Summer VIIIs formal dinner. We had was bumped twice. Both crews remain in the pleasure of listening to wonderful SABC is incredibly grateful division three. Our O2, however, rowed speeches from Harold Hutchinson (MPhil over into the fifth division and bumped Economics 1982) and Sarah Poralla for your donations, which the crew ahead of them that same day!

(MPhil European Politics & Society 1995) Thank you to all of our alumni and about their time spent rowing for our club. keep our boat club running friends who came to watch our VIIIs

Extreme weather on the river did not stop the progress of SABC.

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Oxford and Oxford: Activism in Town and Gown Shuranjeet Takhar (MSc Modern South Asian Studies, 2017)

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xford and Oxford is the first step in better aligning university and community resources in Oxford. Historically, the university and the wider community have been somewhat distanced, due to institutional barriers, geographic restrictions, and time constraints. However, moving forwards, it is integral that the two seemingly disparate spheres of Oxford are able to better and more effectively engage.

Thanks to the Antonian Fund, we were able to facilitate community engagement workshops for over thirty participants. In the event, which took place in the Pavilion at St Antony’s College, four community

activists came to speak about their personal stories, their work, and their plans for the future. Importantly, community activists were able to sit with students from a variety of backgrounds and engaged in free-flowing conversation, which sought to bring together community organisations and student groups in the university.

At this event, we had Shabnam Sabir of Oxford Homelessness Project, David Bailey of Oxfordshire Refugee Solidarity, Junie James of A K HI, and Nicole Shodunke. All are residents of Oxford, and brought their experience and expertise to help students best place their resources whilst here at the University.

Thriving journal culture at College

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o the ranks of the ‘St Antony’s International Review’ (STAIR), first published in 2005, have been added ‘Gulf A ffairs’ and, since 2016, the ‘Oxford Middle East Review’. Each strives for peerreviewed, interdisciplinary articles tak ing ref lective and scholarly perspectives on current affairs. Each has relied on the Antonian Fund for support.

This year, STA IR published volume 14, No. 1 on ‘Redrawing the Boundaries of International Law’.

Oxford Middle East Review editorial team celebrated The launch of the issue took place at the launch of its second issue with a reception in the Nu f f ield Investcorp Building.

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For more i n for m at ion, a nd to subscr ib e , visit: stairjournal.com/ Gulf Affairs, the publication of the Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum (OxGaps) led with ‘Gender (Im)Balance’, and featured the Arab States Regional Director of UN Women. The latest issue can be found here – oxgaps.org/files/ gulf_affairs_spring_2018_full_ issue.pdf, and more information on OxGaps can be viewed at t heir website: oxgaps.org Oxford Middle East Review (OMER) launched its second issue, featuring two policy pieces and three research articles. It was founded and is still run out of the Modern Middle Eastern Studies programme.

For more information and the latest issue visit: omerjournal.com

Oxford and Oxford brought together students with civic activists in a pioneering event.

We would have been unable to facilitate this event without the Antonian Fund, which provided a lunch for the attendees, as well as a room within the college.

Academic excellence at student-led conferences Julie Yamamura (MPhil Politics: Comparative Government, 2016)

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hanks to the support of the Antonian Fund, the GCR Academic team was able to host three highly successful academic events for students at St Antony’s: Research-in-Progress Colloquium on 17 November 2017, another Colloquium on 24 February 2018, and an interdisciplinary and university-wide Graduate Research Conference on 30 April 2018.

With the support of the Antonian Fund, we were able to provide refreshments for speakers, chairs, and participants during these breaks. We hope that these events have encouraged the speakers and other students to further polish their research and engage more actively in the academic events and projects taking place in the College.

Students from across the University presented high-quality research at the Graduate and Research in Progress conferences hosted by our GCR.

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A passion for law, education and equality A conversation with Jennifer Selendy (MPhil International Relations, 1990): Founding and Managing Partner of Selendy & Gay, a pioneering New York law firm dedicated to excellence in litigation and investigations.

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aving wanted to be a lawyer since the age of 10, Selendy’s time at St Antony’s almost caused her to reconsider. She had a wonderful time at St Antony’s and loved academic life. Having been accepted however to major law schools in the US, she felt it would be heart-breaking not to pursue a career in law. As a teenager, as a student and as young lawyer, it was her profound sense of fairness that inspired Selendy to become an attorney. She strongly feels that the rule of law, democracy and individual rights – the things that bind Britain and America – are very much under attack, and in light of this has become involved with the Congressional Campaign of fellow Antonian Tom Malinowski (MPhil Politics 1989).

Selendy admires those who stand for and serve in public office, but is herself not attracted to it. Student politics at St Antony’s may partly be the cause of that sentiment: assigned by the GCR to be its ambassador to Governing Body, her compelling appeal for a salad bar in the

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servery was inexplicably brusquely pushed from the table by one of the Fellows.

Luckily there is one now so all their efforts have not been in vain! Fortunately it was the Oxford education and the international and diverse community at St Antony’s that were the empowering experiences for Selendy, defining her time in the UK. The initial plan after Harvard Law School was to work in the private practice to pay off student debts. After a few years,

When you see something wrong, do something about it however, Jennifer became addicted to the high intellectual standards of law firms.

She felt that she could have real positive impact on matters important to her, by becoming an equity partner, enabling her to take civil or voting rights cases to trial.

She received for example the Pro Bono Service Award from the Homeless Persons Representation Project of Baltimore.

Since 2012, Jennifer serves as the Board Chairman for the National Center for Law & Economic Justice.

Having been a Marshall Scholar at Oxford was life changing and it gave her a new passion: education. In 2008 Jennifer joined a group of visionary women in New York and co-founded an independent school that serves accelerated learners in Kindergarten through eighth grade: The Speyer Legacy School. It focuses on identifying and educating low-income high achieving children in New York City and its philosophy is based on the research of Dr Leta Hollingworth, known for coining the term ‘gifted’.

In short: accelerated learners are happier and achieve more when offered a curriculum tailored to their specific abilities and when surrounded by other high-achieving children. Until the opening of the Speyer Legacy School there was a huge shortage of places for these gifted children and what began

with 26 student has grown to now more than 300 students.

The experience of being the cofounding chair of the school has an interesting connection with being the cofounding partner of a law firm, a parallel experience. Describing herself as a doer and having the ambition of wanting to do better when something goes wrong, she founded Selendy & Gay, which she describes as a pioneer law firm. The idea to do this developed when she was speaking at recruitment drives at Ivy League Law Schools on behalf of her previous employers (‘biglaw’ firms). 65% of the students at Law Schools are female; yet only 15% of the equity partners at law firms are women. Jennifer explains this is very much related to a very subtle gender discrimination that female attorneys experience in their professional life. But she notes: “When you see something wrong, do something about it”. At Selendy & Gay, the gender balance is exactly 50% due to the natural effect of meritocracy.

What makes Selendy & Gay different from its competitors is its single office culture and it does not have a global expansionist vision that ‘biglaw’ firms have. As a consequence, excellence, efficiency and quality are created when talented lawyers are working jointly in one office. Law cases are sensitive and complicated matters which require confidence and control over staff. In large law firms that have offices all over the world in different time zones, it is impossible to work according to these standards, which is not in the clients’ interest. The response of clients to the launch of Selendy & Gay has been fantastic; the pioneering way of working resonates and the results exceed the best projections.

In summary, Selendy offers a final piece of advice for aspiring Antonian lawyers: Firstly, always realize it is an unbelievable gift to have been educated at Oxford. Secondly, to gain relevant experience early on in a career, do not just chase prestige and big names in law but look behind the façade and discover what interests you to build up a name.

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A question of justice Mohammad Mattar (History, 1977) is co-legal representative on the ‘Special Tribunal for Lebanon’, investigating the 2005 assassination of Rafic Hariri and 21 others. However, as Mattar explained to

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Martyn Rush (MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2015), it is about much more than that.

ohammad Mattar remembers t he advice he was given by Albert Hourani, his supervisor, well. ‘You should go and read, go to Blackwells, visit the museums – forget about your thesis for a year,’ he recalls Hourani telling him. Arriving from SOAS to over forty Colleges and Centres, all offering lectures and seminars, was like ‘inviting a hungry person to an open buffet,’ Mattar remembers, and he remembers walking from College to College attending lectures on all manner of subjects for almost a year.

A polymath, Mattar took two degrees simultaneously whilst an undergraduate in Lebanon – one in philosophy, one in law. ‘Philosophy is my passion,’ he admits, ‘and law runs in the family. My father was State Prosecutor in Lebanon.’ His life and career have been about bringing law and philosophy together.

From St Antony’s to the Special Tribunal was a fascinating journey. ‘I returned to Lebanon and opened my Law practice at a difficult time for the country.’ But his firm thrived, covering international, criminal, corporate, banking laws as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Mattar himself headed up the litigation department. After being legal counsel to Rafic Hariri, his son Saad approached him about representing the family in any upcoming case following his death. After the Tribunal was set up by order of the UN Security Council, ‘I was asked to represent Hariri,’ and, he adds, ‘all the victims.’

For Mattar however, this was also a battle for the future of the country.

‘Since 1975,’ he reflects, ‘there has been a long sequence of violence in the service of tyrannical politics. Assassinations and killings, car bombings, a vicious cycle of violence in the service of oppressive political agendas.’ Terrorism, to Mattar, is about forcing a population to submit through use of indiscriminate violence. It can come from state and non-state actors.

‘For too long in the Middle East, the ends have justified the means. Violence has been justified if it served a higher political goal.

This is about severing the cycle of violence,

providing a legal judgement, establishing due process, breaking the link between violence and politics. No matter the ends or the political ideology, the means of violence will stand condemned.’

This could have a huge impact on Lebanese society. ‘This is about taking justice outside of political manoeuvrings, outside of the desire for revenge.’ The Lebanese people had descended onto the streets en masse following Hariri’s assassination, demanding the truth, and

Serve your client but also serve justice justice, and prompting the Tribunal.

However Mattar admits the division of Lebanon on communal lines – ‘some people are in denial, like if their daughter or son went astray – they just do not want to believe it,’ and has faced threats for his involvement. ‘One or two,’ he understates, casually, ‘but when you do your work, you take a risk. You should not chicken out. You chose this career.’ It is a question of principle.

The principle is about submitting violence and power to due process and the rule of law, ending impunity. It as much aimed at states as it is at non-state actors.

‘After all,’ he reflects, ‘if a sovereign exists inside and outside the law, what Carl Schmitt and Giorgio Agamben theorised as the ‘state of exception’, they are free from restraints. For example, drone strikes or Guantanamo – can wrongfully be justified by suspending legal norms, this becomes a criminal enterprise in disguise.’

It is important to subject the application of violence to legal norms. Usually, ‘justice has no face, because public interest is short lived. There is interest, for example, in corruption, murder, rape – but then in a few days it is out of the headlines.

People do not always follow it up to the end to see justice done. The Tribunal is the chance – because of the nature of the case, and the strength of feeling of people saying ‘enough is enough’ to establish

principles.’ These principles, it is hoped, will impact not just Lebanon but the wider Middle East.

The closing arguments were made in September 2018, and Mattar expects a judgment in Spring 2019. He is hopeful of what it will mean. ‘A verdict, based on exacting, probative evidence – there is hundreds of thousands of documents – lays the ground for a future coming together.

Possible basis for a South African-style reconciliation, building a new Lebanon. I rest my case.’

Not quite. I ask him if he has any advice for current St Antony’s students who may be considering law as a professional or academic pursuit. He provides three quickfire rules of the road. ‘Firstly, law is not only a procedure, lawyers should not be solely technicians, albeit the technical side is an important and necessary aspect.

Secondly, law is of great importance – the anthropology and philosophy of law, and jurisprudence serve to remind us of the finality of the legal process. Serve your client but also serve justice. Thirdly, law is justice and morality, theory and practice, we’re not just practitioners, but defenders of civil liberties.’

Now, he rests his case, and the case of millions watching, and waiting.

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Antonian Envoys to Northern Ireland St Antony’s has a strong record of training diplomats. Last year, we reflected that three Antonians were currently Ambassadors to Brazil. This time around, we spoke to three Antonians who each went on to become US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland.

As Brexit unfolds, and the border issue becomes ever more complicated and seemingly intractable, Northern Ireland is still without a government. Martyn Rush (MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2015) interviewed each former Envoy. He wanted to know how they felt St Antony’s encouraged their career, before moving on to their views on the current state of play on the Irish border.

Finally, he asked each for their advice to current St Antony’s students.

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Dr Richard Haass (DPhil Politics, 1976) was Special Envoy 2001-2003 and is now President of the Council on Foreign Relations

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hen I ask Dr Haass about his memories of St Antony’s, he quoted his Oxford rule: ‘When it was a nice day, I would go out and make the most of it; when it was a grey, rainy day, I would study.’ He pauses and says: ‘I did a lot of studying.’ But it was that time in the library that he insists prepared him for his career: ‘it was a chance to read a lot of history.’ Oxford, he reminds me, was a very different place then: ‘there were two people on my MPhil and DPhil courses.’ Which meant a lot of access to the top minds of the day – scholars like Albert Hourani, Alastair Buchan, Michael Howard and Hedley Bull. This was, according to Dr Haass ‘as good as it gets in my field, a real intellectual feast, and a lot of the foundation for what I took with me.’

In 2001, it had taken him to the Head of the Policy Planning staff, under Secretary of State Colin Powell, where Dr Haass had made it clear he was available for specific operations, should he be called. Due to his educational background in the UK, and experience of conf lict management in Cyprus and the Middle East, he was dispatched to Northern Ireland. ‘I was experienced, and familiar with frustration,’ he laughs.

The key challenges in this period were decommissioning of weapons, standing up local institutions. But a polarisation on the part of the electorate – towards the DUP and Sinn Fein – was crucially viewed as an opportunity. ‘It brought them inside the tent, rather than outside throwing rocks. The peace would now be harder to achieve, but would be stronger because of it.’ Following George Mitchell’s tenure, Dr Haass is proud that he continued the momentum, and in ‘normalising’ Northern Ireland, he saw an important achievement.

He is a recorded opponent of Brexit, insisting it is the ‘ultimate own goal’ for the UK. He backs a Second Referendum, because, as he puts it, ‘I care about the UK, the European project, and the Transatlantic relationship. Brexit is folly.’

The border, as he puts it, was peripheral during the campaign but is now central.

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The great irony may be, however, at the Unionists’ expense – in supporting Brexit they may just have brought the prospect of Irish unification closer. ‘It’s not the only possible outcome,’ Dr Haass insists, ‘but it is one of them. The status quo could continue, with special status for Northern Ireland, or there could even be a partition of Northern Ireland. But the debate on unification, which could be hastened by demographic changes, is back on the agenda.’ When I talk of solutions, he corrects me – ‘I don’t talk of solutions, but rather about how to manage outcomes.’

Dr Haass admires the scholarpractitioners of diplomacy – George Kennan, Henry Kissinger. There is no substitute for doing the job and getting government experience, but St Antony’s ‘gives you the best chance to attain the strong academic background’ to bring to public service. In other words, use the grey days wisely.

Professor Mitchell Reiss (DPhil International Relations, 1985) was Special Envoy 2003-2007. He is now CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.

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t A ntony’s was instrumental in my success,’ Professor Reiss insists. ‘I was surrounded by t he smartest people on the planet, and it taught me to think critically and write with precision.

Credit: Italy in US I also met my wife. It was a trifecta.’ The College was an ideal training ground for public service. ‘It was more intellectually mature, with a wealth of different life experiences. That made it unlike the other Colleges, and a lot of fun.’

So how does the opportunity to become a Special Envoy to Northern Ireland come about? ‘It was 2003, and the focus was on Iraq and Afghanistan, there were not many volunteers,’ he suggests modestly. Reiss had grown up with the Irish-American community in Boston, and understood their concerns. He had negotiated with North Korea, and had that vital experience. ‘I was very comfortable with the Secretary of State (then Colin Powell) and happy to take the assignment.’

I ask what he considers to be his greatest achievement. ‘The culmination of the Good Friday agreement, the standing up of Stormont (devolved government).’

How was this achieved? ‘It takes a level of confidence on both sides, Sinn Fein had to know the Unionists would actually form a

government with them; the Unionists had to trust that Sinn Fein would commit to the rule of law.’ I wonder at how trust can be built, given the history. ‘Incentives and disincentives,’ replies Reiss immediately.

‘Lots of incentives to reach an agreement, backed up with consequences – not threats, but consequences – of inaction. I’ll always remember what David Ervine told me – the only way you get an agreement is that you get them and push them together.’ Reiss laughs and admits – ‘He might have used more colourful language.’

It was about reducing the ambiguity and getting to specifics. ‘If Sinn Fein did X, the Unionists would do Y, and it would lead to Z. It took a lot of time. I have huge respect for the people of Northern Ireland.

The suffering was huge – the Troubles claimed casualties which would be the US equivalent of 600,000 dead and 3 million wounded. Few, if any, were not touched by violence. It had to end.’

Working now with the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC), Reiss immediately thought of the border when the Brexit result was announced. ‘It was a shock. The uncertainty is a negative, its unhelpful.’ However he is hopeful.

‘Hopeful of an outcome, a special exception for the whole of Ireland, a third model, not in and not out.’ That is the negotiator at work. But, he admits, ‘it is a Rubik’s cube of issues. People are worried, anxious. Stormont is not stood up. Decisions cannot be made.’ The IRC published a report in October on the border issue.

His advice to St Antony’s students was simple. ‘You’re in the best possible place.’

However his words of encouragement to those pursuing diplomatic careers were profound. ‘It is a noble pursuit at a very cynical time. Nothing is ever accomplished easily, but diplomats are absolutely essential for a better world.’ Certainly, for a peaceful Ireland.

Former US Senator Gary Hart (DPhil Politics, 2001) was US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland 2014-2017.

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enjoyed being at Oxford enormously, the best experience I’ve had since leaving office,’ Hart decides.

‘I thought I was on the cutting edge of a social movement’, he jokes, reflecting on his decision to return to University to complete

a DPhil in his 60s. Well-travelled and experienced in arms control, he taught others as much as he learned. He especially recalls his warm friendship with Professor Archie Brown.

Hart had served with John Kerry in the Senate. ‘When Kerry became Secretary of State I told him I was available for special missions.’ It was no surprise to be offered the Northern Irish envoy brief. ‘I had spent a great deal of time in the Irish Republic, I used to travel to Connemara to write my books,’ he recalls. Upon being offered the role, he consulted both George Mitchell and Mitchell Reiss for advice. His first job was to get to know the leaders, on all sides.

‘I tried to tread lightly – not to give advice, exercising restraint. Not too much talking to the press, or imposing the US point of view.’ Hart observed much, and saw his role as keeping the Irish community and US government informed, rather than directing events.

Governments in Stormont ‘always waxed and waned,’ he noticed, but a scanda l brought down devolved government in 2017. By then, Brexit had occurred. ‘It was not helpful in solving the existing dilemmas,’ Hart reflects. ‘I would not have voted for Brexit. I predicted privately it would be very complicated.’

I noted that the border barely featured in a tempestuous referendum campaign.

‘That was surprising. People were looking at the big picture. I had discussions with people on both sides to highlight the complications.’

The 2017 election added to the complications. Now the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are in coalition with the Conservatives – ‘one of the many twists and turns. There are struggles internally in the DUP. The whole period seems to be one of greater and greater complexity and convolution.’ Is this a step backwards for the peace process? ‘It is more going around in circles, rather than backwards. Brexit has cast a pall over any chance of restructuring the devolved government. I wish I had a blueprint.’

Reflecting on his time, and his departure in 2017, he adds: ‘I walked out of the door as the roof came down.’

Returning to St Antony’s, I asked if he had any advice for aspiring diplomats.

‘Be the eyes and ears of your constituents.

Make yourself available to both parties.

Get rid of the notion of solving everything.’

A nuanced and modest message very apt for the next generation of politicians.

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St Antony’s College 80s Reunion In September 2018, the College and the Warden welcomed back alumni who studied and worked at St Antony’s during the 1980s, writes Development Officer Helen McCombie.

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ver 140 people returned to College to take part in a weekend of events reuniting those who were at St Antony’s during the 1980s. Throughout the weekend it was wonderful to see friendships rekindled and reaffirmed, and the taste for nostalgia thoroughly indulged. There was a session led by former JCR Presidents, who invited others to join them in sharing memories of the events and debates that shaped their time at the College. Following High Table dinner, alumna and Honorary Fellow Bridget Kendall (Master of Peterhouse Cambridge, and former BBC Diplomatic correspondent) looked back to her own time at the College, and the significant impact it had on her future career path and experiences, taking her from leafy North Oxford to interviews with Vladimir Putin and King Abdullah of Jordon, among others. The trip down memory lane would not have been complete without a visit to the Late Bar,

80s Alumni gathered in the Quad before High Table

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where many alumni stayed up chatting and reminiscing long into the night.

But the weekend looked to the College’s future as much as it did to its past; alumni took tours leading them through the College’s architectural history, right up to its most recent building, the Zaha Hadid-designed Investcorp. They also heard about plans for the renovation and transformation of the Hilda Besse Building (read more about this on pages 28-29). In the keynote panel, the Warden Professor Goodman, was joined by Professor Rosemary Foot, Dr Theodore Zeldin, and Professor Sir Paul Collier, to discuss St Antony’s intellectual future, and its place in the world.

The weekend was particularly poignant for the Warden, who was himself a student at St Antony’s in the early 1980s. Thank you to all those who attended, it was wonderful to see so many alumni back at St Antony’s, and to be assured of their continued support of the College and its values.

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At High Table

Professor Sir Paul Collier speaking during the Keynote Panel

Bridget Kendall holds the room in rapt attention

After the speeches

On the second day of the Reunion

At the Late Bar

Capturing the occasion At the barbecue

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In this section you will find a selection of Antonian updates. Due to our limited space, we could not publish all the updates;

Academic Roll of Honour Dr Alexandra Délano Alonso (DPhil International Relations, 2008) is now Associate Professor (with tenure) and chair of the Global Studies program at The New School, New York.

Dr Elizabeth David-Barrett (DPhil Politics, 2012) has become Director of the Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex.

Professor Marilyn Booth (DPhil Comparative Literature, 1978) will be a research fellow at the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, for Autumn 2018.

Jonathan Brunstedt (DPhil History, 2003) has received a Visiting Fellowship at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, for 2019.

Professor Pepper Culpepper (MLitt Politics, 1990) has been appointed to the Blavatnik Chair in Government and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford.

Dr Jonathan Dingel (MPhil Economics, 2006) has been promoted to associate professor of economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He married Amrit Kaur Daniel in Chicago on 25 August 2018.

Dr Alan Gamlen (DPhil Geography and the Environment, 2005) has become Head of Human Geography at Monash University.

Dr Anthony Kauders (DPhil Modern History, 1989) has been promoted to a chair in Modern History at Keele University.

Bridget Kendall (Modern Languages, 1980) received an Honorary degree from York University in July 2018.

Nur Laiq (MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2003) is now a Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC. Ms Ashley Leech (MSc African Studies, 2007) is transitioning to an Assistant Professorship in Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Professor Matteo Legrenzi (DPhil Oriental Studies, 1997) has been appointed Provost and Full Professor of Political Science at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi.

Dr Michael Petrou (DPhil Modern History, 2002) will spend 20182019 as the inaugural fellow-in-residence in Carleton University’s Global and International Studies Program.

Dr Charles Asher Small (DPhil Anthropology, 1988) has been named the Goldman Fellow at the Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy, at Tel Aviv University.

Ms Kathleen Traynor DeRose (MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2014) is Professor in the Finance Department at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Professor Karen Van Dyck (DPhil Literature, 1985) will be one of the fellows in the first year of the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris.

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Plus est en vous – Career updates Heidi Berg (MPhil Oriental Studies, 2005) has been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in the US Navy, and appointed as the Director of Intelligence for the US Africa Command based in Stuttgart, Germany. She welcomes hearing from fellow alumni who are working or studying issues on the continent, or stopping through Stuttgart, and can be reached via the Alumni Office.

Professor Abena Busia (DPhil Literature, 1978) was appointed Ghana’s Ambassador to Brazil in 2017, and serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary representing Ghana for the whole of South America.

Professor Robert Cassen OBE (Emeritus Fellow) has launched, together with a choirmaster colleague, a website devoted to Renaissance sacred music. It contains history, composers’ biographies and music to listen to, all for free: golden-age-music.com Professor James Clad (Visiting Fellow, 1988) was in November 2017 appointed Senior Fellow for Asia at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington DC, while retaining his advisory role at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) in Arlington, Virginia.

Dr João Cravinho (DPhil International Relations, 1995) has been named Minister of Defence

by Portugal.

Dr Sholto Cross (DPhil Social Studies, 1968) has been appointed as a Special Adviser by Good Governance Africa to assist with the opening of their office in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Alexander Dawson (MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2016) is now a diplomat working for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth in India.

Tressa Guenov (née Gipe) (MSc Politics and International Research, 2002) recently joined Lockheed Martin Government Affairs following her role as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs at the Pentgon.

Helena Fraser (MPhil International Relations, 1995) and family are now living in Tashkent, Uzbekistan where Helena heads the United Nations country team working on sustainable development. She would be glad to catch up with any visiting Antonians.

His Excellency David Gallagher (Fellow, 1969-1974) was appointed Chilean Ambassador to the Court of St James 3 August 2018.

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however, you will receive the complete list in our forthcoming e-newsletter.

Sic itur ad astra – Prizes, awards and other achievements George Gigauri (MSc Forced Migration, 2002) has been appointed as the Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Migration Agency, in Bangladesh, overseeing the organization’s largest refugee operation.

Dr Charles Hornsby (DPhil African Studies, 1983) left Shell after 26 years with the group in October 2017 and is now working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Dr Jasna Jelisic (Foreign Service Programme, 2005) has been appointed Head of Western Balkans Task Force in the Strategic communication division of the European Extremal Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels.

Dr Dov Lynch (DPhil International Relations, 1995) has been appointed UNESCO Focal Point on Preventing Violent Extremism and Chief of the Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education. His second novel in French, Hauts-fonds, was published by Éditions du Seuil in February 2018.

The Reverend Charles McMullen (MLitt European Studies, 1982) has been chosen as the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Dr Neil Melvin (DPhil Politics, 1986) is now working as Head of Regional Office and Political Adviser to the European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Stefania Palma (MPhil Modern Chinese Studies, 2012) has been appointed Financial Times Singapore correspondent, covering the city state, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Prior to this she was Asia editor at The Banker.

Elena Schak (MPhil Development Studies, 2006) has completed her first feature-length documentary, Dealing with Disasters: The Silent Achievers in Public Health. It can be viewed or used for educational or advocacy purposes from dealingwithdisastersfilm.com.

Annika Silva-Leander (MSc in Latin American Public Policy, 1997) is now Head of Democracy Assessment and Political Analysis at International IDEA in Stockholm, Sweden.

Marian Vidaurri (MSc Latin American Studies, 2005) started a new position in April 2018 at the Organization of American States, as an Advisor to the Secretary-General Luis Almagro.

Dr Pēteris Zilgalvis (EU Fellow, 2013) has been appointed Head of Unit for Digital Innovation and Blockchain in the Digital Single Market Directorate, alongside being Co-Chair of the European Commission’s FinTech Task Force.

Dr Ana María Otero Cleves (DPhil Modern History, 2006) was awarded the prize for Best Article – Nineteenth Century Section by the Latin American Studies association (LASA), for her article “Foreign Machetes and Cheap Cotton Cloth: Popular Consumers and Imported Commodities in Nineteenth-Century Colombia” in the Hispanic American Historical Review.

Professor Norman Davies FBA (Honorary Fellow) was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Arts by the University of Bolton on 18 July 2018.

Professor Padma Desai (SAM, 1978) received an Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University last year. Harvard University started a Padma Desai Prize in Economic Science.

Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith KCVO CMG (Honorary Fellow) co-curated the British Museum exhibition ‘Charmed Lives in Greece: Ghika Craxton Leigh Fermor’, which ran from March to mid-July, and was visited by more than 85,000 people.

He also co-authored the illustrated book of the same title.

Dr Nicholas Murray (DPhil Modern History, 2001) was in 2017 awarded the United States’ Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award for his role in shaping defence education policy since 2013. This is the highest award offered by the OSD to non-career civilian employees.

Professor Philip Ogden (DPhil Geography, 1971) was recently elected Master of the Drapers’ Company in the City of London for 2018/19. He recently retired from his post as Vice Principal and Professor of Geography at Queen Mary University of London.

Professor Emeritus Gianfranco Pasquino (Visiting Fellow, 2007) received an honorary degree in Political Science from the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico on 28 August 28 2018.

Dr Cristina Blanco Sío-López (Visiting Fellow, 2017) has been selected as Masterclass Expert and Lecturer in ‘Qualitative Approaches to Human Mobility and European Integration’ at the EU Science Hub. Sir Nick Stadlen (Alistair Horne Visiting Fellow, 2015) won the award for Best International Film at the 2018 Encounters South Africa International Documentary film Festival for his film ‘Life Is Wonderful: Mandela’s Unsung Heroes’. The film is based on interviews conducted with Nelson Mandela’s surviving co-defendants and lawyers at the Rivonia Trial where he made his famous “If needs be I am prepared to die” speech. There will be a special screening open to all in St Antony’s in the Nissan Lecture Theatre on Thursday 29 November at 5pm followed by a Q&A. Professor Michaël Tatham (MPhil Politics, 2004) won the UACES Best Book Prize in European Studies in September 2017.

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New books from Antonians 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.

Dr Alexandra Delano Alonso, (DPhil International Relations, 2008) From Here and There: Diaspora Policies, Integration and Social Rights beyond Borders Oxford University Press, 2018 This book looks at citizenship and immigrant integration from the perspective of countries of origin: specifically the processes through which Mexico and other Latin American countries are establishing programmes to give their emigrant populations better access to rights and civic participation in the United States.

Dr Seth Anziska, ( MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2006) Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo Princeton University Press, 2018 On the fortieth anniversary of the Camp David Accords, a groundbreaking new history that shows how Egyptian-Israeli peace ensured lasting Palestinian statelessness James Barr, ( Visiting Fellow, 2008-09) Lords of the Desert: Britain’s Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East Simon & Schuster, 2018 Reminding us that the Middle East has always served as the arena for great power conflict, this is the tale of an internecine struggle in which Britain would discover that her most formidable rival was the ally she had assumed would be her closest friend.

Dr Laurent Bonnaud, ( Visiting Fellow, 1987-88) (co-editor) Twenty Years Under the Channel and Beyond Special bilingual issue of Rails & histoire Revue d’ histoire des chemins de fer.

Contributions analyse the multiple effects of the Channel Tunnel.

Professor Antonio Estella, ( Academic Visitor 2014-15) Legal Foundations of EU economic governance Cambridge University Press, 2018 This book was begun at St Antony’s. It analyses the basic legal framework of EU economic governance and considers the economic underpinnings which underlie legal institutions in this area.

Hon. Dr John Hillen, ( DPhil International Relations, 1997) (co-author) What Happens Now: Reinvent Yourself as a Leader Before Your Business Outruns You SelectBooks, 2018 This work shows how being sophisticated requires you do things you’ve never done before –inspire people, nurture relationships, energize teams, groom successors, influence stakeholders.

Dr Rachel Kleinfeld, (DPhil International Relations, 2007) A Savage Order: How the World’s Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to Security Pantheon, 2018 Taking on existing literature and popular theories about war, crime, and foreign intervention, A Savage Order is a blistering yet inspiring investigation into what makes some countries peaceful and others war zones, and a blueprint for what we can do to help.

Helen Lackner, (SCR Member) Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State Saqi Books, 2017 In this invaluable analysis, Helen Lackner uncovers the social and political conflicts that threaten the very survival of the Yemeni state and its people Professor Eugene Mazo, ( DPhil Politics, 2009) (co-editor) Democracy by the People: Reforming Campaign Finance in America Cambridge University Press, 2018 This illuminating book takes hard realities as a starting point and offers realistic solutions to reform campaign finance.

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Dr Gillian MacNaughton, (DPhil Law, 2012) (co-editor) Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World Cambridge University Press, 2018 This book is about the potential of these rights to contest the adverse impacts of neoliberal policy and practice on human wellbeing.

Dr Dambisa Moyo, (DPhil Economics, 2002) Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is Failing to Deliver Little, Brown, 2018 Dr Moyo sets out the new political and economic challenges facing the world, and the specific, radical solutions needed to resolve these issues and reignite global growth.

Dr Nicholas Murray, (DPhil History, 2007) (co-editor) Clausewitz’s Napoleon’s 1796 Italian Campaign, translated University Press of Kansas This work will expand readers’ experience and understanding of not only this critical moment in European history but also the thought and writings of the modern master of military philosophy.

Thomas O’Keefe, ( MPhil Latin American Studies, 1990) Bush II, Obama, and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony in the Western Hemisphere Routledge, 2018 Applies competing definitions and conceptions of hegemony to various foreign policy initiatives and events during the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama Dr Patricia O’Neill, (DPhil Sociology, 2015) Urban Chinese Daughters: Navigating New Roles, Status and Filial Obligation in a Transitioning Culture St Antony’s Series, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018 A relevant and timely book that provides research-based insights concerning the changing normative and material contexts of daughters’ support and care for the elderly in rapidly aging Asian societies

Dr Daniel Peris, ( Russian and East European Studies, 1986) Getting Back to Business: Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors and How You Can Bring Common Sense to Your Portfolio McGaw-Hill, 2018 In Getting Back to Business, dividendinvesting guru Daniel Peris proposes a radical new approach, radical in that it does away with MPT in favour of a more intuitive, common-sense approach practised by business people in their own affairs everyday: cash returns on cash investments.

Dr Salvador Salinas, (MPhil Latin American Studies, 2005) Land, Liberty, And Water: Morelos After Zapata, 1920–1940 University of Arizona Press, 2018 Salvador Salinas takes readers inside the diverse pueblos of the former Zapatistas during the 1920s and 1930s and recounts the first statewide land reform carried out in postrevolutionary Mexico.

Dr. Alexander Stummvoll, ( MPhil International Relations, 2005-2007) A Living Tradition: Catholic Social Doctrine and Holy See Diplomacy Wipf and Stock, 2018 A Living Tradition examines the normative sources and the dilemmas underpinning papal diplomacy. It does so in the context of four diverse case studies.

Dr Stefan Szwed, (DPhil International Relations, 2011) Poland, Germany and State Power in Post-Cold War Europe: Asymmetry Matters St Antony’s Series, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 Offers a detailed and wide-ranging analysis of post-Cold War relations between Germany and the emergent middle-power Poland.

Rupert Younger, ( SCR Member, 2013-) (co-author) The Activist Manifesto activistmanifesto.org/ A reimagining of what Marx and Engels would have written had they been alive today.

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Alumni Giving St Antony’s is enormously grateful to the alumni and friends who support the College, financially and otherwise. Their kindness makes a huge difference in ensuring the continuation and development of our unique and lively academic community.

Telephone Campaigns

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n the coming year St Antony’s students will be calling Antonians across the world, in December, April, and June.

This gives us the opportunity to update you about College life, answer any questions you might have, and talk to you about our current fundraising priorities. This year we will be seeking support for the Antonian Fund, Malcolm Deas Fund, and the Boat Club. Any and all support is gratefully received, and our students really appreciate the chance to speak to their predecessors. If you would like to update your contact details, please contact the Development Office at alumni.office@sant.ox.ac.uk

Antonian Fund

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n the academic year 2018-19 the A ntonian Fund has been able to support over 22 Life at St Antony’s, 14 Academic Initiatives, and over 40 Travel and Research Grants. The great variety of projects is a testament to the diversity of our students and their interests and expertise. These undertakings would not be possible without the support of our alumni and friends. Our thanks go to all of you who play your part in helping our students in their endeavours in this way. You can read about some of their work in the Student News section, on p. 16-17.

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he Leavers’ Society is a special c o m mu n it y o f A nt o n i a n s acknowledging those who are kind enough to make a donation, whatever the size, to the Antonian Fund within t wo years of their graduation. We hope to offer a lively community for our newest alumni. If you are interested in becoming part of this, please get in touch with us at development.officer@sant.ox.ac.uk. You can see a list of current members of the Society in on p. 31.

Malcolm Deas Fund

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he Malcolm Deas Fund was launched in 2016 with the aim of supporting the continued excellence and impact of research and teaching at the Latin American Centre. Grants are awarded for travel and research, lectures, conferences, and workshops. This year saw grants awarded to a conference on the naval dispute between Bolivia and Chile, among other projects, and to support fieldwork carried out by students. Future donations are welcome to support the Fund and its work.

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Hilda Besse Building: Renovation, refurbishment and repurposing

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he Hilda Besse Building is the beating heart of St The refurbishment of the Hilda Besse Building will be a Antony’s, and it needs an overhaul. Since its opening major undertaking for the College, and will span a period of in 1970, it has been absolutely fundamental to the two years on the site. It is hoped, if finding can be raised, that running of the College, and has received heavy use in August 2019 temporary facilities for the Kitchen and Hall but it has now come to the end of its lifespan: services will be put in place so that in October 2019 the contractors can are starting to fail, and the building will become start working on site. It is then expected that in April 2021 work increasingly unusable. will be completed and the Building The renovation of the Hilda Besse can be reopened and refurnished.

Building has not only become a matter

By June 2021, the building site will The renovation of the Hilda of urgency; it also provides a rare be cleared and the College will be opportunity to secure the future of the fully operational.

Besse Building... provides a College as a whole and seeks to return The renovation, refurbishment and the Building to its original prestige. repurposing of the Hilda Besse Building rare opportunity to secure The modernisation, transformation and is essential to the future of the College improvements will revolutionise and but it presents a financial burden the future of the College reinstate the Building as the core of the that we are unable to cover from the College and its community so that is College’s existing income and capital. can serve future generations of students The total cost of the works is £9m. and academics to its full potential.

Antonians and friends, and all those interested in Higher The Hilda Besse Building won awards in 1971 from the Education, Global and Regional Affairs and Architectural Royal Institute of British Architects, and the Concrete Society, in History are invited to join the College in a shared vision for recognition of its structural ingenuity and architectural elegance. the Hilda Besse Building of health, security and significance Its lead architect, was elected a Royal Academician in 1980 and of its place at St Antony’s. There are a number of exciting the Hilda Besse Building gave him his greatest pride and was opportunities to name facilities or rooms in the Hilda Besse deemed by many to be his best work. On 28 September 2009 Building and the Warden or the Development Director would the Hilda Besse Building was designated Grade II under the welcome the opportunity to discuss these. If you are interested Planning (Listed Buildings and Conversation Areas) Act 1990. in a conversation or would like to receive a brochure, please contact: wouter.tekloeze@sant.ox.ac.uk

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Donors

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e wish to thank all donors for their outstanding generosity and commitment to supporting St Antony’s College. Every single gift makes a real, tangible difference to life at the College, for all in our community.

The list of names recorded here is based on gifts received

by St Antony’s College between 1 August 2017 and 31 July 2018. We have tried to produce as accurate a list as possible, and apologise for any errors or omissions. Please note that donations are sometimes received with some delay, especially gifts from the United States, so if you have made a donation recently and your name is not on the list rest assured that you will be included in the donor roll in next year’s edition.

Dr Kelly Al Dakkak Ms Joan Alker Professor Roy Allison Ms Danah Al-Mulla Dr Carol Amouyel-Kent Dr Pablo Andrade Ms Jennifer Angel Mr Toby Ash Dr David Asher and Linda Asher Dr Jessica Ashooh Dr Mehdi Askarieh Mrs Amy Babcock Mr Dylan Baker Professor Shaul Bakhash Mr Siddik Bakir Mr Richard Balfour Dr Alexandra Barahona de Brito Ms Polly Barclay Miss Sana Bardawil Mr Enrique Bargioni Mr Robert Beaman Mr Richard Bell Dr Ame Berges Dr Volker Berghahn Dr John Besemeres Ms Joy Besse Professor Leslie Bethell Mr Christopher Bishop Dr Marie Bourke Mr William Brantley Mr Christopher Bredholt Mr Douglas Brown Ms Jessica Bryan Dr Kevin Bucknall Mrs Antje Burkhardt Ms Erin Burns Mr George Busby Dr Anne-Laure Cadji Professor Edward Callan Mrs Emma Campos Redman Miss Isabelle Canaan Dr Edric Cane Mr Yang Cao Dr Svetlana Carsten Mr Peter Carter Mr Sebastian Carter Sir Bryan Cartledge Dr Valerie Caton Professor Paul Chaisty Mr Jorge Chavez Mr William Clevenger Mr Marshal Cloyd Mr Samuel Coldicutt Mr Joseph-James Collins Dr Nathan Converse Ms Sophia Copeman Dr Mary Cox

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Dr William Crawley Dr Andrew Crawley Dr John Cross Mr Adam Csabay Ms Saagarika Dadu Ms Anna Danshina Mr James Davidson Dr Pamela Davidson Dr Janette Davies Dr Joanna De Groot Mr Alberto De La Fuente Mr Frederick Deknatel Mr Peter Desjardins Dr Nadia Diuk Miss Katie Draper Mr Zapryan Dumbalski Mr Alex Duncan Dr Matthew Eagleton-Pierce Mr Faysal El-Khalil Mr Geoffrey Elliott Mr José Escobar Mr Simon Escoffier Martinez Miss Rabekah Everett Professor Brad Faught Dr Ilaria Favretto Mr Jeffrey Franks Professor Dr Rainer Fremdling Mr Thomas Friedman Mr AdrianFu Ms Elisabeth Fullana Mr Alexander Fullerton Mr Jonathan Fulwell Mr Magomed Galaev and Anna Zelkina Professor John Garrard Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor David Gauthier Mr Owen Gibbons Mr Oleg Giberstein Col. Dr. Roy Giles Mrs Kirsten Gillingham Professor Doug Gollin Professor Roger Goodman Dr Nigel Gould-Davies Professor Jaime Granados Miss Sarah Grey Dr Agnia Grigas Mr Allon Groth Ms Yoo Jung Ha Dr Richard Haass Ms Barbara Habberjam Prof Ruth Hall Professor Jens Hanssen Dr Helen Hardman Ms Leonie Harsch Ms Noreen Hasan Mr Raymond Hayes

Ms Sarah Hearn Mrs Nona MacDonald Heaslip Dr Karin Heissler Mr Peter Hermann Dr Stephen Hickey Professor Renée Hirschon Dr Frederick Hohler Ms Jennifer Hooper Selendy and Philippe Selendy, in honour of Holly Wyatt-Walker Mrs Alexandra Horne Berven Mr David Hothersall Ms Esther Howard Miss Xi Hu Dr Thomas Huertas Mr Carlos Humud Professor Janet Hunter Dr Syed Husain Ms Jennifer Innes Ms Alexandra Issacovitch-Benaga Dr Klaus Jacklein Mr Sebastian Jackson Mr John James Dr Nina Japaridze Professor Martin Jay Ms Ingrid Johansen Mr Richard Jones Mr Bryce Jones Professor Stephen Jones Professor Heather Joshi Dr Elizabeth Joyce Mr Edward Kamman Ms Sweta Kannan Dr Zachary Karabell Mr Gediz Karaca Mr Vassilis Karamouzis Dr Georgia Kaufmann Professor Edmund Keeley Ms Bridget Kendall Mr Aidan Kennedy Dr Susannah Kennedy Professor Peter Kilby Professor Christoph Kimmich Professor Charles King Dr Serra Kirdar Ms Leslie Kirkham-Lacin Professor Yukinobu Kitamura Dr Katerina Kocourek Mr Felipe Krause Dornelles Mr Vivek Krishnamurthy Mr Peter Kutzen Mr Martin Landy Dr Patrick Lane Mrs Seung Yun Lee Oxley Professor Matteo Legrenzi Mrs Lindsay Levkoff Lynn Dr Qianhan Lin Mr Mark Little Dr Andrew Littlejohn Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith Mr John Lloyd Rabbi Asher Lopatin Mr Yukun Lou Dr Nancy Lubin Dr Nicholas Ludlow Dr Wai-Ki Luk Mrs Monique Maas Gibbons Dr Fiona Macaulay Professor Margaret MacMillan Ms Quinn Madison Professor Charles Maier Miss Bansi Malde Professor Dr Bernd Martin Mr Thomas Mascolo Dr Louella Matsunaga Mr Mohammad Mattar

Dr Timothy Mau Dr Brian McBeth Mr Michael McCain Dr J Kenneth McDonald Mr Matthew McGrath Ms Jennifer McGuire Mr Rory McIver Mrs Karen McLernon Dr Nigel Meir and Ms Shirin Narwani Mr Manuel Melendez Sanchez Professor Rima Merhi Dr Carmelo Mesa-Lago Ms Eva Meyer Professor Richard Meyer Mr Marshall Miller Dr Stephanie Mitchell Mr Sanjay Mody Ms Karen Monaghan Ms Lynden Moore Ms Sophia Moradian Professor Katherine Morton Dr Eiichi Motono Mr Babak Moussavi Mr Robert Muffly Dr Rachel Murphy Dr Nicholas Murray Dr Tazeen Murshid Professor Amikam Nachmani Lt.Col. John Nagl Mr Aharon Nathan Mr Paul Newman Mr Koichi Nezu Mr Quirin Niessen Dr Nurseit Niyazbekov Professor Jeremy Noakes Dr Stephen O’Connell Mr Craig Oliphant Dr Molly O’Neal Dr Patricia O’Neill Mr Peter Ortved Professor Christopher Osakwe Mrs Carmen Osorio Ms Kateryna Pakhomova Ms Rosa Pardo Ms Joyce Park Professor Bruce Parrott Mr Jamie Parsons Mr David Passarelli Mr Howard Pearce Mr Andres Penate Dr Pythagoras Petratos Mr Michael Petrou Ms Stephanie K.B. Pfeiffer Dr Gregory Poole Ms Sarah Poralla Mr Lin Porey Mr Adam Pourahmadi Mrs Irena Powell Dr Miriam Prys-Hansen Professor Stanley Rabinowitz Dr Paradorn Rangsimaporn Mr Jonathan Raspe Professor Richard Rice Mr Christopher Rickerd Mr Ralph Ricks Dr Frank Riess Mr Paul Riseborough Mr Mark Robinson Professor Eugene Rogan Ms Paula Roque Mr William Rosenfeld Mr Kevin Rosser Mr Joseph Rotman Dr Regina Rowland Professor Marilyn Rueschemeyer

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Mr Erik Sabot Señor Andres Salgado-Ragan Professor Emi Sauzier-Uchida Mr Christian Schmidt Ms Jennifer Schmidt Dr Noa Schonmann Mr Reece Scott Mr Wynn Segall Mr David Shapiro Dr Maxim Shashenkov Professor Marshall Shatz Mr Thomas Shortland Mr Nigel Singh Ms Abigail Slenski Mr Peter Slevin Professor Peter Sluglett Dr Julie Smith Professor Paul Smith Ms Deborah Soderholm Dr Thomas Soper Professor Robert Spencer Professor Brian Spooner Dr Nancy Stepan Mr Neil Sternthal Dr William Storey Mr Rajesh Swaminathan Sir John Swire Professor Richard Sylla Dr Joanna Szostek Dr Celia Szusterman Dr Susan Tamondong Dr Siu Fu Tang Ms Susanah Tarbush Mr Mark Tashkovich Mr Charles Taylor Dr Matthew Tejada Mrs Agnes Thambynayagam Dr Volker Then Dr Soraya Tremayne Professor Emeritus Tetsuo Tsuzaki Mr Levent Tuzun Dr Shih-Jung Tzeng Dr Kozo Ueda Professor Geoffrey Underhill Dr Scott Urban Mr Daniel Urman

Mr Emmanuel van der Mensbrugghe Dr Alison Van der Wateren Mr Nouri Verghese Dr Nadia Von Maltzahn Mr Marco Vonhof Dr Alisa Voznaya Professor Mourad Wahba Sir Harold Walker Professor Don Wallace Dr Richard Ware Professor Bernard Wasserstein Dr Ann Waswo Mr Aaron Watanabe Professor Nira Wickramasinghe Mr Kenneth Wilkinson Ms Annelisa Williamson Dr John Williamson-Wright Dr Michael Willis Professor Kenneth Wilson Mrs Bryony Winn Professor Fei Yan The Hon. Dr Dov Zakheim Dr David Zaret Professor Yongjin Zhang 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.

Deakin Society Members Members are those generous supporters who have informed the College that they are leaving a gift in their Will to support St Antony’s.

Miss Anne Abley Judge William Birtles Professor James Clad Mr William Crawley Lady Ellen Dahrendorf Mr Alex Duncan Professor Dan Healey and Mark Cornwall

Professor Caroline Kennedy Pipe Dr Celia Kerslake Dr Gopal Krishna Sir Michael and Mrs Colette Llewellyn-Smith Professor Margaret MacMillan Mr Paul Newman Professor Stanley Rabinowitz Mr Kevin Rosser Professor John Y. Wong Leavers’ Society 2017/18 Members are those Antonians who make a gift in the first two years after their graduation.

Membership is retained if they continue to make a gift each year, no matter the size of the donation.

Dr Jessica Ashooh Mr Bilal Baloch Mr Trygve Borsting Mr William Brantley Miss Isabelle M Canaan Dr Nicholas W Chan Mr Joseph-James Collins Dr Mary Cox Mr Adam Csabay Dr Kelly L Al Dakkak Miss Katie Draper Dr Simon Escoffier Martinez Ms Leonie Harsch Miss Xi Hu Dr Justinian Jampol Mr Bryce Jones Ms Sweta Kannan Mr Gediz Karaca Dr Sarah Kleinman Mr Peter C Kutzen Mr Aaron Maniam Mr Matthew L McGrath Ms Jennifer McGuire Mr Rory McIver Mr Manuel Melendez Sanchez Ms Sophia Moradian Mr Babak Moussavi Mr David Passarelli

Mr Lin Porey Mr Adam Pourahmadi Mr Jonathan Raspe Ms Paula Roque Mr Thomas Shortland Ms Abigail Slenski Mr Levent Tuzun Dr Alisa Voznaya Mr Aaron Watanabe Companies, Trusts, and Foundations Aegean Airlines Bank of Albania Captain Vassilis & Carmen Konstantakopoulos Foundation Diaineosis Foundation Donner Foundation Eni Eurobank Greece Eurolife European Bank for Reconstruction & Development Financial Market Policies Foundation Government of Mexico Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hellenic Organisation Hudson Royal Navy Fellowship Janus Henderson Foundation Jusoor Luca D’Agliano Trust Mytilineos Holdings SA National Bank of Greece S.A. Nestar Foundation Nixon Charitable Foundation Raycap Europe Ltd Santander UK Plc Scotia Trust Tel Aviv University The A.G. Leventis Foundation US Navy Zilkha Foundation, Inc.

Leaving a gift in your Will to St Antony’s

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t Antony’s owes its very existence to the generosity of its benefactors; it was, after all, founded in 1950 as a direct result of a philanthropic benefaction. The Fellows, student and the College facilities have all benefited from the support they have received over the years from the Antonian community.

Legacies are an important part of the College’s future as they will allow us to support students, maintain and update the College’s facilities and student rooms, provide funding for our Centres, Fellowships and the general endowment.

Your will is to provide for your family, friends and those organisations that have inf luenced and shaped your life.

Making a legacy provision in favour of St Antony’s is one of the most meaningful ways of support and, as one of the

greatest honours an individual can bestow on the College, is greatly appreciated by everyone. By including St Antony’s in your Will, you will play an important part to ensure our continuing commitment to attract leading scholars and educate the best graduate students from all over the world.

It is very important when making a Will to ensure that your wishes can be carried out as you intend. The Warden, Bursar or Development Director would welcome the opportunity to discuss with you the long-term priorities of the College but it is essential to seek advice from your family and solicitor.

To recognize the generosity of those who name St Antony’s in their Will, the College has founded a dedicated society which is named after the College’s first Warden: Sir William Deakin. The Society is an opportunity for the College to thank everyone who remembers St Antony’s in their will.

If you would like to receive more information about legacy giving or if you wish to have a confidential conversation, please do not hesitate to get in touch with: legacy@sant.ox.ac.uk / +44 (0)1865 274497 31

Antonian and University of Oxford Events Thank you to all our alumni who were able to join us at events across the world in 2017-18. We are looking forward to welcoming you to a new selection of global events in 2018-19. Check back on this page for details of future events. If you’ d like to ensure that you are invited to relevant events, please complete our Update Your Details, and Communications Preferences forms.

We are planning events in the USA, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and London, among others, over the next year, so do keep in touch if you would like to attend.

On 22-24 March, the Meeting Minds Alumni Weekend in Japan will take place.

The North American Office of the University will be organising events in Toronto, Boston, and Washington DC in April 2019.

The next Meeting Minds Alumni Weekend in Oxford will take place on 20-22 September 2019.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Development Office – alumni.office@sant.ox.ac.uk or 01865 274496

Date protection at St Antony’s College St Antony’s College is committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal data. Full information about how your data is held and used can be found in our Alumni, Donors and Supporters Privacy Notice, which is available here: sant.ox.ac.uk/about-st-antonys/how-we-use-your-data Please let us know if you would like a printed version of this Privacy Notice. If at any time you have any queries about the use of your personal data, or wish to change the fact of, extent of, or use of your personal data, please contact the Development team at alumni.office@sant.ox.ac.uk