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Professor Steven Grahl has been appointed Director of Music at Trinity College Cambridge, effective from January 2024. He will leave his post as Organist (Director of Music) and Official Student at Christ Church, which he has held since 2018. 

Monday’s episode of University Challenge (BBC Two) saw a talented team from Christ Church go head to head with the University of Southampton’s top quizzers in a nail-biting first-round match. 

Last month the Christ Church Picture Gallery unveiled its latest exhibition: "Wish you were here!" The attraction of Christ Church in early photographic postcards, 1 July 2023 – 30 October 2023. The collection’s more than 70 postcards focus on Christ Church, with many mailed between 1899 and 1955. 

The inaugural International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) kicked off last month in Beijing, launched with the mission of promoting and celebrating groundbreaking research in fundamental science and applied mathematics. Among the research celebrated this year was that of Yuji Nakatsukasa, member of Christ Church and Associate Professor in the Oxford University Mathematical Institute.

Today it was announced that His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of the Revd Canon Peter Moger as the new Sub Dean of Christ Church. 

Professor Brian Parkinson has been named one of a team of three new co-editors of the academic journal Emotion Review. He will be joined in his new role by Giovanna Colombetti (Professor of Philosophy, University of Exeter) and Bradley J. Irish (Associate Professor of English, Arizona State University).

Professor Jonathan Cross, Official Student in Music, and Professor Mark Edwards, Official Student in Theology and Religion, have been elected as Fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their distinguished contribution to research.

Christ Church is delighted to have lent the red galero, said to have belonged to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1473-1550) to ‘Wolsey's Ipswich’ at The Hold in Ipswich. The exhibition runs until the end of October 2023 and explores Wolsey’s legacy, re-connecting him with his hometown and examining his position on the world stage. 

The Revd Canon Professor Sarah Foot was formally installed as the new Dean of Christ Church on Saturday in a ceremony attended by members of the college, the Cathedral congregation, the diocese, and the local community, as well as friends and family.

Professor Richard Barker, who is currently taking leave from his position as Tutor in Management at Christ Church, has launched the first two international standards for corporate reporting at the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

World class experimental physicist, Professor Stephen Smartt, and renowned children’s author and illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, worked together on a fun and interactive experience for primary and early secondary school children. 

Remembering the life of Peter Parsons, Regius Professor of Greek at Christ Church 1989–2003.

Christ Church’s Head Gardener John James has been recognised at the Vice-Chancellor’s 2023 awards ceremony for environmental sustainability. 

Jonathan Cross, Official Student and Tutor in Music at Christ Church, has been appointed Director of the Ertegun Humanities Graduate Programme and Senior Scholar in Residence.

The recent addition to Christ Church Library’s Dodgson material consists of a selection of letters written to the family of the Reverend James and Sarah Anne Thresher. 

We are delighted that Christ Church Boat Club Women's First Eight (W1) have won their first ever Head of the River! 

In a paper titled The Curse Of Recursion: Training On Generated Data Makes Models Forget, two Christ Church computer scientists raise concerns about the future of advanced text-based systems like ChatGPT.

Chiu Jung (Hebe) Yu, second-year English student at Christ Church has been awarded this year's Chancellor's English Essay Prize.

Christ Church men’s rugby team beat Queen’s to secure the Rugby Cuppers Bowl in a strong final performance that saw them take a 31 points to 7 victory.

The Christ Church team overcame a strong Pembroke side in extra time to win cuppas – the culmination of a hard-fought campaign.

The Library has recently acquired a rare copy of Benjamin Britten’s opera, Gloriana, originally commissioned for the Coronation of Elizabeth II.

Dominic Grieve KC has completed his independent review of the governance of Christ Church and a report setting out his recommendations to the Governing Body. 

The symposium sets out to explore the ways in which lyric poetry enabled or imagined community formation from the 11th to 17th centuries in both European and Middle Eastern worlds.

A ‘traditional Chinese’ edition of Belinda Jack’s Reading (in the Very Short Introduction series) has been published by Oxford University Press in Hong Kong.

Dr Felicity Brown, Lecturer in English at Christ Church, has won the prestigious Derek Brewer Essay Prize for a work on Arthurian literature.

The memorial service for Peter Pulzer, lecturer in Politics from 1957 to 1962 and Official Student in Politics from 1962 until 1984 at Christ Church and Gladstone Professor of Government 1985–1996.

Hundreds of people filled Christ Church Cathedral on Friday 5 May 2023 to attend a special Service of Thanksgiving on the eve of the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

The Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire and the Chapter of Christ Church are delighted to welcome members of the public, along with Civic and religious leaders from across the city and county, to a special Service of Celebration.

Christ Church, University of Oxford is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition, the most lucrative prize for young British poets. This year’s theme, ‘The Planets’ inspired more than 1700 poems.

Over the Easter break, Christ Church DPhil student and Stone-Mallabar scholar Judith Valerie Engel was invited to give a series of lecture recitals and a guest lecture in India.