A new series of Stori'r Iaith, the S4C programme that explores the history of the Welsh language, starts today. Ep 1 was filmed at Jesus and features several of Oxford's Celtic scholars. Watch the programme live at 9PM or on catch-up: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n1q6c0. Subtitles available.
Ramadan Mubarak from Jesus College!🌙 Wishing all who are observing a meaningful and blessed month of reflection and generosity.✨
Happy Lunar New Year from Jesus College!✨❤️ Wishing everyone celebrating today a joyful and prosperous year ahead as we welcome the Year of the Horse!🐎
Congratulations to Dr Agata Carreira, a Dr Sara Hope Brown Research Associate in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, who's been awarded a 2-year MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship by the European Commission to independently develop her research on prostate cancer 👏
https://ow.ly/lrLz50Yf6yF
Jesus College is home to a remarkable collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts, and early printed books. We spotted this delightful marginalia in our Shakespeare Second Folio, doodled perhaps by a love-sick student many moons ago…
💕Happy Valentine's Day💕
We are delighted to share the news that Jesus College alumna Charlotte Gleed (2021, History) has been awarded a prestigious Herchel Smith Scholarship to study as a Special Student at Harvard. 👏🔎Read more: https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/alumna-awarded-herchel-smith-scholarship-to-study-at-harvard/
Explore the intersection of space research, tech innovation and the future at a special Digital Hub/Space Store event on 24 Feb. Includes lightning talks from researchers, keynote from Dr Meganne Christian, and hands-on demos. Ticket price includes refreshments . Book now👇
https://ow.ly/1ES450Yehwz
Professor Kathy Sylva, Emeritus Fellow at Jesus and Professor of Educational Psychology at Oxford, has been appointed to a new government advisory group that will produce guidance for parents and carers about screen time for children under the age of five. Read more 👇
https://ow.ly/MkQw50YbFpM
We're pleased to share that Professor Philip Burrows, Senior Research Fellow in Physics, has been appointed Chair of the CERN Scientific Policy Committee. Congratulations Philip!
https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/professor-philip-burrows-appointed-chair-of-the-cern-scientific-policy-committee/
Join us to celebrate St David's Day & the 40th anniversary of landmark Welsh TV series 'The Dragon Has Two Tongues' with Welsh tea and a discussion on Welsh politics today featuring Plaid Cymru's Deputy Leader Delyth Jewell and journalist Dylan Iorwerth. Book now 👇
https://ow.ly/vV1u50Y645X
On #Holocaustmemorialday, we announce a donation to the Meyricke Library of 250 books on the Holocaust & history of Caribbean slavery. The collection was gifted by Emeritus Fellow Prof Colin Clarke, who used the books during the writing of his latest academic publication.
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https://ow.ly/kazU50Y4akl
TONIGHT: Zoe Waxman, Professor of Holocaust History at Oxford, delivers the Holocaust Memorial Lecture 2026 - ‘Packing for an unknown destination: Possession and dispossession in the Holocaust’. 17.30, Jesus College. Join in person or watch via livestream. All details 👇
https://ow.ly/mQ7250Y4ab3
College has announced a new gift from the Cross Family Fund to support disadvantaged Welsh undergraduates. The Cross Family Fund Bursary will support means-tested bursaries at Jesus over a ten-year period. We are hugely grateful to the Cross Family for its generosity 💚
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https://ow.ly/Jfbf50Y0wWA
The College’s Digital Hub Hilary 2026 programme is now open for bookings 🥳 Explore, interrogate, challenge and celebrate our digital world through the lenses of ecology, robotics, space, broadcasting and the care sector. Full
event listing at
www.digitalhuboxford.com/events
We're delighted to announce that Prof Robin Evans has been appointed to the Jesus Chair of Statistics at Oxford. Robin will lead the Dept of Statistics’ strategy & research in statistical methods development, and direct the discipline’s vision at Oxford & internationally 👏
https://ow.ly/hsB250XXPqH
Registration is OPEN for 'The Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies' - the 1st event in our 2026 Digital Hub programme! Explore how emerging visual regimes are shaping environmental governance and knowledge politics. With keynotes joannalinska.bsky.social & Daisy Ginsberg.👇
https://ow.ly/c3ht50XWOpE
A quiet moment over First Quad to welcome in Hilary Term✨
"When the dark plumaged birds go flying, flying,
Quiet lies the earth wrapt in her mournful shadow,
Her sightless eyes turned to the red sky
And the restlessly seeking birds."
(from Katherine Mansfield, 'Across the Red Sky')
Congratulations to Jesus College alumnus Brian Buchan (1970, BA Chemistry) who has recently been awarded an MBE for services to charity and the Oxfordshire community. 👏
📸Story Museum
Congratulations to Daniel Altshuler, Tutorial Fellow in Linguistics, who recently won the Linguistics Society of America (LSA) Mentoring Award. The award recognises the work of individuals or organisations that have exhibited a sustained commitment to mentoring linguists. 👏
We are delighted to announce with oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social a new Doctoral Studentship in Early Modern European History, named in honour of the late Prof Hamish Scott FBA FRSE, a Senior Research Fellow in History at Jesus from 2017 until his death in 2022. Read more https://ow.ly/ZFKh50XWMo8
We are delighted to welcome Zoe Waxman, Professor of Holocaust History at Oxford, to College on Tuesday 27 January to give the 2026 Holocaust Memorial Lecture, ‘Packing for an unknown destination: Possession and dispossession in the Holocaust’. Everyone welcome. Doors open 17.00 for 17.30 start.
Thank you to our fabulous Library and Archives colleagues Ash, Owen and Robin for a fantastic open afternoon in the Fellow’s Library, and the special display of rare books in unexpected languages and scripts that we hold in our collections 📚
Congratulations to @bertaverd.bsky.social, Peter Brunet Fellow in Biological Sciences at Jesus, who has been accepted in to the prestigious @embo.org Young Investigator Programme 👏
Read more at ow.ly/c8c850XBNpj
Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
A new study co-authored by Tutorial Fellow Professor Paulina Kewes offers the first account of how the Pope’s hesitation in excommunicating Henry VIII not only failed to prevent England’s break from Rome - it may have helped to cause it. Read more: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/new-research...
Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of @jesusoxford.bsky.social and Professorial Research Fellow in @compscioxford.bsky.social, has been appointed Chair of AI@Oxford Research – a new role to champion and coordinate Oxford’s world-class AI research.
Find out more ⬇️
Thank you to everyone who attended last night’s #diwali formal in College. A beautiful meal in a beautiful setting 🪔
The Second Quad lawn has been well watered today. Lovely to see a little burst of blue sky in between the showers as we start Week 2 of term.
A new academic year, and a new website for the College’s Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub! Check out our stunning conference facilities, explore the curated events programme, and sign-up to our events newsletter. Take a look: digitalhuboxford.com
📷 Dan Paton & Rockfon
What a fantastic idea @majnouna.com - turning conkers from the horse chestnut tree in the Principal’s Garden into artists’ ink! We fully approve, and will confirm in conker ink writing shortly 💚
#turlstreet #treetoscript #conkerscript
