The Past and Future of Life on Our Dynamic Planet Seminar Series: Seminar 6

24th February 2026, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

400 million years of food transport in plants uncovered by taking a molecular palaeobotany approach

Speaker: Sandy Hetherington, University of Edinburgh

Location: All Souls College, Old Library

The Past and Future of Life on Our Dynamic Planet Seminar Series: Seminar 3

3rd February 2026, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Estimating a Simpsonian adaptive landscape using empirical fossil data to link micro- and macroevolution

Speaker: Lee Hsiang Liow, University of Oslo

Location: All Souls College, Old Library

The Atlantic Slavery and its Aftermaths 2026 Lecture

11th March 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

The 2026 Atlantic Slavery and its Aftermaths Lecture will be given by Professor Pap Ndiaye on ‘The legacy of slavery: the French case’ at 5pm on Wednesday 11 March 2026 in the All Souls College Library.

All welcome to attend but registration is required via the below link.

Register here.

The Neill Law Lecture 2026

20th February 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

The 2026 Neill Law Lecturer, Lord Burnett of Maldon will be giving a talk on Sentence inflation, its causes and consequences for prisons, rehabilitation and public finances on Friday 20 January in the All Souls College Library at 5pm. 

All welcome to attend but reservations are required via the below link:

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Visiting Fellows 2026-2027

The College is pleased to announce that the following have accepted offers of Visiting Fellowships for the 2026 – 2027 academic year:

Professor Yakov Babichenko: Economics, Technion Israel Institute of Technology (Michaelmas, Hilary, and Trinity Terms)

Research Professor Julie Brumberg-Chaumont: Philosophy, Laboratoire d'Études sur les Monothéismes (Michaelmas, Hilary, and Trinity Terms)

Professor Dean Corbae: Economics, University of Wisconsin (Hilary Term)

Professor Lucio Del Corso: Classical Studies, University of Salerno (Hilary Term)

Professor Belinda Edmondson: Language and Literature, Rutgers University (Michaelmas Term)

Professor Lisa Ford: History, The George Washington University (Michaelmas Term)

Professor Philip Gerrans: Philosophy, University of Adelaide (Trinity Term)

Dr Aurélien Girard: History, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (Hilary and Trinity Terms)

Dr Theodora Jim: Classical Studies, University of Nottingham (Michaelmas Term)

Professor Emily Kadens: Law, Northwestern University (Michaelmas, Hilary, and Trinity Terms)

Professor Kurt Konhauser: Physical Science, University of Alberta (Michaelmas Term)

Professor Knut Myhre: Social Anthropology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trinity Term)

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin: Law, University of Minnesota and the Queen's University of Belfast (Trinity Term)

Mr David Patrikarakos: Politics and International Relations, Journalist and Independent Researcher (Trinity Term)

Professor Leah Price: Language and Literature, Rutgers University (Hilary and Trinity Terms)

Professor Lawrence Principe: History of Science, Johns Hopkins University (Hilary Term)

Professor Scott Ransom: Physical Science, NRAO / University of Virginia (Michaelmas Term)

Professor Joan-Pau Rubiés: History, ICREA & Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Hilary Term)

Professor Aili Mari Tripp: Comparative Politics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Michaelmas Term)

27th November 2025
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