Council, Committees & Congregation

Register of Congregation

New members of Congregation (VB D’Avella; S Dunachie; GL Evans; L McCarthy; MY Schutz; TES Somervell)

Degree by Resolution

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University Notices

Encaenia ceremony

The postponed 2020 Encaenia ceremony will take place on 22 September 2021 at the Sheldonian Theatre. Ticket registration will open at the end of July.

Honorands

• Professor Linda Colley
• Professor Dame Sally Davies
• Professor Anna Deavere Smith
• Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtersett
• Dr Jane Lubchenco
• Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Professor Susan Solomon
• Jeanette Winterson

Elections

Contested elections

Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, the elections on 10 June will be conducted electronically. For further information, please contact the Elections Office.

Nominees

• Council (MPLS/MSD, 1 vacancy): Professor Proochista Ariana; Professor H Bhaskaran; Professor Alexander Schekochihin
• Council (non-divisional, 1 vacancy): Professor OP Daley; Dr Duncan Robertson
• Nominating Committee for the Vice-Chancellorship (3 vacancies): Dr Tristan E Franklinos; Professor Martin CJ Maiden; Professor James H Naismith; Professor DJ Paterson; Dr Sam Wolfe
• Buildings and Estates Subcommittee (1 vacancy): Tania Boyt; Professor Andrew Martin

Uncontested elections

The following candidates are deemed to be duly elected as of Thursday, 13 May 2021

• Council (Humanities/Social Sciences): Professor Cecile Fabre
• Curators of the University Libraries: Professor Emma Smith
• Pool for constituting Panels under Statute XII: Professor OP Daley; Mr Edward Gibbs; Mr D Haggerty; Professor Edmund Herzig; Mr Luke Pitcher; Professor TJ Power; Mr Kevin Rodd; Sally Vine
• Delegacy for Nomination of Candidates for Ecclesiastical Benefices: Revd Andrew Allen
• MPLS Divisional Board: Thomas AA Adcock; Professor Blanca Rodriguez; Professor Richard Katz
• Medical Sciences Divisional Board: Professor Kate Nation; Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg
• Social Sciences Divisional Board: Professor Greger Larson; Dr Adam Webster
• Board of the Faculty of Classics: Professor Andrew Wilson
• Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature: Gareth Lloyd Evans; Dr Freya Johnston; Dr Stuart D Lee; Dr Tess Somervell
• Board of the Faculty of History: Erica Charters; Professor Senia Paseta; Professor Andrew Thompson; Dr Lucy Wooding
• Board of the Faculty of Theology and Religion: Revd Dr Michael Lloyd; Professor Joel Rasmussen; Professor Katherine Southwood

Lapsed vacancies

Any eligible member of Congregation who wishes to be considered for appointment to one of these vacancies is asked to contact the Elections Office by 10 June.

• Pool for Constituting Panels under Statute XII
• Panel for Constituting the Visitatorial Board under Statute XII Part C
• Delegacy for Nomination of Ecclesiastical Benefices
• MPLS Divisional Board
• Medical Sciences Divisional Board
• Board of the Faculty of Classics
• Board of the Faculty of Music
• Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies

Prizes, Grants and Funding

History of Art Committee: Laurence Binyon Prize 2021

Open to all student members of the University who have not exceeded 21 terms from their matriculation; for travel to Asia or another area outside Europe (not related to course syllabi or subject of academic research) to extend knowledge and appreciation of the visual arts; up to £1,000; 25 June