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Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology, Prof Asifa Majid, has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4's "PM" programme about the Proust phenomenon which is the experience of a smell triggering an emotionally rich autobiographical memory often from early childhood bit.ly/4fZ9acc #pyscology #research
Congratulations to Prof Alessandro Abate, Tutorial Fellow in Computer Science who's been elected to Professorship of Control Engineering at the University of Cambridge bit.ly/4pE5Ibn #appointment #AI
Tutorial Fellow in French Prof Ève Morisi featured in BBC World's News Hour on 8 July providing expert comment on the National Library of France acquiring the archive of Albert Camus, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 for 9 million euros bit.ly/4wl9YPH #archive #French #literature
Congratulations to Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Economics @mcmahonecon.bsky.social and Lodge Manager Sam Henry who were part of @ox.ac.uk golf team who won 16-7 against hosts Cambridge at their annual club championship held at Apsley Guise & Woburn Sands #golf #oxford
Research co-authored by Prof Thomas Püschel, Fellow in Human Sciences and Assoc Prof @oxford-anthro.bsky.social challenges idea our ancestors became larger over time - while early hominins remained relatively small there was more abrupt increase in body size around 2–2.5m years ago bit.ly/3SyaieS
After 38 years at St Hugh’s, Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, Prof Adrian Moore FBA retires at the end of Trinity term. During that time, Adrian's played a central role in shaping the study of Philosophy at College and in contributing to its intellectual and pastoral life bit.ly/4gz1iQH #philosophy
Tune in to BBC Radio 4's Word of Mouth with Michael Rosen Wed 11 June 3.30pm when he'll be discussing 'Smell' with Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology Prof Asifa Majid who has found that odours are expressible in language as long as you speak right language bit.ly/4vUAlvd #radio #psychology
Congratulations to Tutorial Fellow in Music Prof Elizabeth Leach FBA on her British Academy /Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship award which provides 1-year research leave. Her research is: ‘Understanding lost exemplars: Medieval song transmission before the large French songbooks’ bit.ly/4uG4ZHQ
Hugh's team were proud supporters of Muscular Dystrophy UK at Oxford Town & Gown 10k which raised £350,000. Thanks to all our team who were among 7,500 people who signed up to the event with nearly 6,000 crossing the finishing line #townandgown10k #fundraising 📷 Oxford Mail
Congratulations to undergraduate student Gavriella Epstein-Lightman who has received The Clive Taylor Prize for Sports Journalism Award for exceptional sports writing. 1 of the 4 articles she submitted was an interview with a former player, Conor Nilandhttps bit.ly/4czJ1A7 #award #journalism
Tutorial Fellow in Biology @sjportugal.bsky.social has published paper which examines conditions that drive variation in bird eggshell structures. Understanding how eggs have adapted to environmental changes could help in preserving habitats where eggs can hatch successfully bit.ly/48JsDuw #earthday
Congratulations to Sophie Harrison (Modern Languages, 2021), who's been shortlisted for Oxford-BNU Creative Writing Award - founded in 2019 by Nobel Laureate Prof Mo Yan and highlights exceptional emerging literary talent from across @ox.ac.uk. More info and to attend awards ceremony: bit.ly/4vuQcB3
Thanks to alumnae Veronica Lowe and Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall for their insightful talks at our Alumni Association lecture entitled respectively: "The Secret World of Women in Intelligence: Station X and MI6"; and "Through the Looking Glass: MI6 Women at Station X". View at: bit.ly/3QnCIa4 #alumni
Congratulations to master's student Sylvia Nica, winner of Avril Bruten Award for creative writing. Her short story ’Submerged’ is about a woman and cockroach, living in an abandoned town in a climate-damaged world picked for its poignancy, humour and telling detail bit.ly/41fj6XO #creativewriting
Congratulations to Herbert Vallat selected to play in Real Tennis Varsity match for Oxford at Lord’s 27-28 February. First Real Tennis Varsity was held in 1859, and held annually ever since (apart from 1864 and WWI and WWII), making it oldest annual tennis event. bit.ly/46pKoy0 #varsity #realtennis
Tutorial Fellow in English @davidftaylor.bsky.social was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today in Parliament about playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s career as MP and celebrated political speaker. Listen to interview at bit.ly/4tyQ9D8 #theatre #politics
St Hugh’s is proud to be an accredited Oxford Living Wage employer. This reflects our ongoing commitment to fair pay and supporting our employees to live and work in one of the UK’s most expensive cities. Find out more at: www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/people-life/... #oxfordlivingwageweek #fairpay
Applications for Avril Bruten Award now open to all St Hugh’s students! £300 prize for best piece of creative writing of max 3000 words - categories include poetry short, prose fiction, drama, memoir and life writing, travel writing. Entry details at: bit.ly/4pZiTSE #creativewriting #competition
Congratulations to Stipendiary Lecturer in German Dr Isabel Parkinson, who has won @wigsblog.bsky.social Book prize with her proposal for "In Two Minds: Consciousness, Gender, and Voice in German-to-English Translation" #bookprize #german #women
Congratulations to Tutorial Fellow @asifamajid.bsky.social who's been appointed President of the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) - a learned society supporting and promoting experimental psychology, through meetings, grants and prizes bit.ly/3NCrIo3 #appointment #psychology
New study @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social co-authored by Senior Research Fellow in Palaeobiology, @eesaupe.bsky.social has shown the shape and orientation of coastlines significantly influenced extinction patterns for animals living in shallow oceans during last 540m years bit.ly/4pLbztF #earthscience