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. 

Further details and registration info to follow.
 

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

The Slade Lectures 2026: Urban Change and Representation

Urban Change and Representation

Esther da Costa Meyer

Slade Professor of Fine Art, 2026

The six lectures will take place each consecutive Wednesday at 5pm, Wednesday 21 January to Wednesday 25 February 2026.  

Venue: Auditorium, St John's College, University of Oxford.

Events in this series

Slade Lecture 2026: Urban Change and Representation - Lecture 6

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

Permanently Temporary Cities: Refugee Camps

Esther da Costa Meyer

5pm Wednesday 25 February

Auditorium, St John's College, University of Oxford

(Free Admission)

Many camps are now the size of cities, with populations in the hundreds of thousands. Around the globe, architects and NGOs operating on a shoestring budget, struggle to design shelters and schools responsive to the needs of refugees traumatized by persecution and genocide.

Slade Lecture 2026: Urban Change and Representation - Lecture 5

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

Brasilia: Planned Exclusion

Esther da Costa Meyer

5pm Wednesday 18 February

Auditorium, St John's College, University of Oxford

(Free Admission)

Inaugurated in 1960, the new capital of Brazil was designed by architects Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa. While the elegance of Niemeyer’s concrete shells elicited admiration, the workers who built Brasília were exiled in shantytowns far from the city.

Slade Lecture 2026: Urban Change and Representation - Lecture 4

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

Accra and Kumasi: Architecture and Decolonization

Esther da Costa Meyer

5pm Wednesday 11 February

Auditorium, St John's College, University of Oxford

(Free Admission)

After the election of Kwame Nkrumah as president of the Republic of Ghana in 1960, Ghanaian architects explored new building models that were both modern and culturally sensitive, alongside foreign architects attracted to the vibrant cosmopolitan environment.

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