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THE MASTER AND FELLOWS
The Master, among many activities, published Holy Living: The Christian Tradition for Today (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2017) and Being Human: Bodies, Minds, Persons (SPCK Publishing, 2018). In July 2017 he gave the Harold Wilson Lecture at Huddersfield University, the Leslie Newbigin Summer Institute Lecture on the theme of ‘Leslie Newbigin and the Household of God’ at Cripps Court, and the Inaugural Lecture for Biblical Studies at Westminster College; in September he gave a public lecture entitled ‘Theology and Democracy: towards a new political understanding’ at Radboud University, Holland; in December he attended the enthronement of John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, as the Archbishop of Wales. In March 2018 he gave the Richard Chartres Lecture (a biennial lecture which focuses on the life of Samuel Pepys) at St Paul’s School, London, and gave the keynote lecture as part of the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace; in April he gave the Peyton Lectures at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California and the Newman Lecture entitled ‘Some Modern Urban Saints – Madeleine Delbrel, Dorothy Day, Maria Skobtosva’ at the University of East Anglia, and received an Honorary Degree from the University of Yale, USA; in May he lectured at Peterborough Cathedral on ‘Peter Peckard and the abolitionist cause’, and took part in several of the Hay Festival events, including a discussion on ‘Landscape and Poetry’ with Simon Armitage for BBC Radio 3, and on ‘What is Consciousness’ with Dr Critchlow; in June he spoke at the Primrose Hill lecture series on ‘A Christian Response to the Refugee Crisis’ and gave the keynote speech at Yale Liturgy Conference. The President visited Bruges in May to check on the College’s MS of Caxton which was on loan to the Groeningemuseum, and to attend a research meeting. She gave a talk on ‘Pepys and Anatomy’ at Dr Brassett’s conference (see below). Dr Hyam has retired after 55 years involvement with our Libraries and Archives and has been honoured with the title of Archivist Emeritus ad hominem by the Governing Body. Professor Boyle has been awarded the Gold Medal by the International Goethe Society. He was given a special lunch in Hall by the Master and Fellows on 30 May to celebrate his 50th anniversary as Fellow (see pp 20-23). Professor Duffy has published Royal Books & Holy Bones (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2018). Dr Martin Hughes has published Mediblack (Amazon UK, 2017). Dr Hadida has been awarded a 2018 University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Dr Watkins has been promoted to a Readership in History.
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