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One poem can change the course of your life! 📖✨
For Rohan, a DPhil student in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, The Conference of the Birds sent him on an unexpected academic journey from Philosophy to Middle Eastern Studies.
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Some tickets still remain for Thursday's lecture!
Join us at 5pm for a fascinating exploration of the work of Addie B. Hunton and Kathryn M. Johnson, two pioneering Black women who travelled to France during WWI to support Black troops and document the discrimination they faced.
Professor Mia Bay (@Cambridge_Uni) will give this year's Black History Month Lecture - "The Call and the Answer: Travel and Literature in the Work of Addie B. Hunton and Kathryn M. Johnson"
Thursday 29 October, 5pm
Auditorium, St John's College
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How do you choose the degree that's right for you? 🤔 Two of our students share what influenced their decision and why they chose their subject.
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Can fiction bring science to life? 🚀📚
Jamie, a DPhil student in Theoretical Physics, shares why Andy Weir's The Martian is much more than an entertaining read.
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Past two of my chat with David Runciman now up: can universities survive? ppfideas.com/
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A peek inside the historic Front Quad @StJohnsOx.
Did you know the college is over 470 years old? It was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White, a wealthy London merchant tailor and philanthropist, who provided an endowment to support its activities.
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ALT View through an arched stone doorway of a historic courtyard with a circular grass centre and surrounding old stone buildings under a cloudy sky.
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I'll be speaking about Ghanaian musicians, global cultural flows and Pan-Africanism at @UniofOxford African Studies Centre @OSGAOxford this week!
Join us at St John's for an interdisciplinary programme of talks and events on 13 November 2026, commemorating the St Brice’s Day Massacre of 1002.
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I'm very excited to see that St John's College, Oxford has elected Karina Atudosie as Career Development Research Fellow in Theology. Congratulations to Karina!
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Can a book make us feel less alone? 📚
Dr Jess Venner, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Archaeology, shares why Niall Williams' This Is Happiness has stayed with her.
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A reminder that the Donald Russell Memorial Lecture 2026 will be given @StJohnsOx next Thursday 22 October by Prof. Anne Sheppard, on the relation between rhetoric and late antique philosophy. For more detail and to sign up, see: sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events…
Professor Mia Bay (@Cambridge_Uni) will give this year's Black History Month Lecture - "The Call and the Answer: Travel and Literature in the Work of Addie B. Hunton and Kathryn M. Johnson"
Thursday 29 October, 5pm
Auditorium, St John's College
sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events…
👋 5 people you’ll meet at St John’s - Leigh, Catering Manager
From your first breakfast to your graduation dinner, Leigh and the Catering team will become familiar faces during your time at St John’s.
What better way to mark #BookshopDay than by celebrating some of Oxford’s brilliant independent bookshops?
As part of our celebrations of the #NationalYearOfReading2026, we met three of the local booksellers helping to keep the city reading!
👋 5 people you’ll meet at St John’s - Richard, Deputy Academic Registrar
From questions about your studies and academic arrangements to navigating processes and deadlines, Richard and the Academic Office team are here to help throughout your time at St John’s.
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📢Applying for an undergraduate course at Oxford? 💻Don't forget the deadline for submitting your UCAS application is 🕕 6pm (UK time) on Thursday 15th October - That's one week to go!
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