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Professor Sir Richard Evans DPhil History,1969 Regius Professor of History emeritus and President of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, Professor Evans was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa by the University of Oxford. The degree was awarded at Encaenia, the University’s annual honorary degree ceremony, on 24th June 2015.
Class of 95 We received an emotional visit from many Alumni of the St Antony’s Class of 95, who met at College on the 11th of July after 20 years of matriculating at Oxford. Antonians were able to meet old friends and visit, together with their families, the new Investcorp building at the Middle East Centre. Drinks in the Quad and lunch in Hall created a convivial, familiar atmosphere and made the reunion a wonderful event
Professor Yong-Pyo Hong DPhil International Relations, 1990 Professor Hong was appointed Unification Minister in South Korea. He is a scholar-turned-politician and expert in diplomatic, national defence and inter-Korean affairs.
Mr Aurelio Nuño Mayer (MSc Latin A merica n Studies 2006) President Peña Nieto ( lef t) appoi nted Aurelio as Minister of Public Education. He now has the task of i mpl e m e nt i n g Mexico’s education reform, one of the key aspects of the administration’s ambitious agenda. He is to be assisted in this by Senior Advisor Manolo Reynaud (MSc Latin American Studies 2008). Isabel Moctezuma (MPhil Development Studies 2007) also works at the Ministry of Public Education.
Dr Joanna Szostek MPhil Russian and East European Studies and DPhil Politics, 2007 Joanna Szostek has been awarded a Marie SkłodowskaCurie Individual Fellowship by the European Commission to study reception of narratives about the West in Ukraine. The three-year fellowship is hosted by Royal Holloway, University of London with extended secondments to Kyiv Mohyla Academy and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Mr George Gomori BLitt Medieval and Modern Languages, 1957 George Gomori was awarded the Janus Pannonius Prize for Translation at Pécs, Hungary for his lifetime achievement in translation. Also this year he was elected Senator of the University of Szeged in Hungary.
Dr Christian Leitz DPhil European Studies, 1989 “Christian Leitz, Head Corporate Responsibility and Group Historian at UBS, has joined a new initiative of the bank, “UBS and Society”, UBS’s umbrella platform designed to harness the combination of the firm’s global capabilities, its activities in sustainable investing & philanthropy, its environmental and social policies, and community interaction. Christian continues to be Secretary of UBS’s Corporate Culture and Responsibility Committee.”
Mr Mark Keller MSc Latin American Studies, 2010 After three years in the US, Mark is back in the UK working in London for the Economist Intelligence Unit as an Editor/ Economist for the Latin America region, and is looking to reconnect with fellow Antonians.
Dame Nemat ‘Minouche’ Shafik DPhil Economics, 1987 Antonian Nemat ‘Minouche’ Shafik, the Bank of England Deputy Governor, has been named a Dame in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Dr Shafik, who oversaw the Bank’s ‘Fair and Effective Markets Review’ which was published earlier this week, received the recognition for services to the global economy. HE Enele Sopoaga Foreign Service Programme, 1989 HE Enele Sopoaga, currently Prime Minister of Tuvalu, came to visit the College in July. He was warmly received by the Warden, Dr Hal Jones and Monica Esposito.
Dr Janne Taalas MPhil in European Politics and Society, DPhil in Politics, 1993 Janne was appointed as Finnish Ambassador to Italy, Malta and San Marino starting September 2015. He will be moving to Rome from New York with his wife Dr Meemi Taalas and two children. In New York he worked five years as Finnish Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN.
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