Examination Fellowship 2026

Applications may now be made to sit the examinations to be held on 30 September and 1 October 2026.
The Fellowships by Examination will be tenable from November 2026.
Further information can be found here.

Closing date: Monday, 10 August 2026, 4pm (UK time).

27th May 2026

Evans-Pritchard Lectureship 2026-27

The College is pleased to announce that Nomi Dave (University of Oxford) has been appointed as the Evans-Pritchard Lecturer for 2026-27. The lectures are due to take place in Trinity Term 2027. 

15th May 2026

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! 

Other events this month

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 7 - Religion II: Faith and the Victorians

8th June 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Religion II: Faith and the Victorians
• Middlemarch, Book 7
• (Optional) Bennett, God and Progress, ch. 1

 

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! 

Other events this month

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 6 - Politics II: Reform Bill

1st June 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Politics II: Reform Bill
• Middlemarch, Book 6
• (Optional) Eliot, Felix Holt, the Radical

 

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! 

Other events this month

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 5 - Gender and the Family

25th May 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Gender and the Family
• Middlemarch, Book 5
• (Optional) Eliot, ‘Margaret Fuller and Mary Wollstonecraft’

 

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! 

Other events this month

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 4 - Science and Progress

18th May 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Science and Progress
• Middlemarch, Book 4
• (Optional) Knoepflmacher, Religious Humanism and the Victorian Novel, pp. 27-44

 

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! 

Other events this month

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 3 - Politics I: Inheritance and Society

11th May 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Politics I: Inheritance and Society
• Middlemarch, Book 3
• (Optional) Poon, ‘Inheritance and Succession in George Eliot’s Late Fiction’

 

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! 

Other events this month

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