Estates Bursarship Election

The College has elected David Renton to succeed Tom Seaman as Estates Bursar from the next academic year.

Professor Santanu Das wins Book Awards

For his book India, Empire and First World War CultureWritings, Images, and Songs (CUP, 2018) -- Professor Santanu Das, Fellow of All Souls, has been awarded the Hindu Non-Fiction Prize, and the Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize of the Association of Asian Studies. 

Examination Fellowship Elections

The Warden and Fellows have today elected Alexander Georgiou (Law, Brasenose) and Lucas Tse (History, Hertford) to Fellowships by Examination at the College.  

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Elections

The Warden and Fellows of the College have elected to Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships:

Rachel Bryan (Cambridge; English Literature)

Kyle Pratt (Illinois; Mathematics)

Karolina Watroba (Oxford; Modern Languages)

Anne Wolf  (Oxford; Social and Political Sciences)

 

New Year's Honours

John Redwood, MP for Wokingham, has been knighted in the New Year’s Honours List for political and public service.  Sir John was a Prize Fellow at All Souls from 1972-79 and is currently a Distinguished Fellow of the College.   

Examination Fellowship Elections

The Warden and Fellows have today elected Maya Krishnan (Philosophy, Balliol) and John Merrington (History, Somerville)  to Fellowships by Examination at the College.  

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Elections

The Warden and Fellows of the College have elected to Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships:

Ross Anderson (Yale; Life Sciences)

Lisa Lodwick (Reading; Classical Studies)

Matthew Mandelkern (MIT; Philosophy)

Jasmine Nirody (Berkeley; Life Sciences)

Srikanth Toppaladoddi (Yale; Theoretical Physical Sciences)

Visiting Fellowships 2027-28

Applications may now be made for Visiting Fellowships at All Souls College tenable for one or more terms during the academic year October 2027 to June 2028. Further information may be found here.

Closing date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 4pm (UK time).

1st May 2026

George Eliot as Historian: A reading group of Middlemarch

The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life. 

Readings 

For questions, please contact the conveners, Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa (All Souls), Cameron Bowman (Keble), and Duanran Feng (The Queen’s).

Tea and biscuits provided! 

Events in this series

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 8 - Eliot as Historian

15th June 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Eliot as Historian
• Middlemarch, Book 8 & Epilogue
• (Optional) Woolf, ‘George Eliot’

 

The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life.

Tea and biscuits provided! 

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