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Continuing the Picture Gallery’s series on materials and materiality of Renaissance and Baroque drawings, 'It's not just… More...
Thank you to everyone who donated to one of the four Giving Day funds. The Christ Church community has raised over £70,0… More...
This year's Giving Days, on 11 and 12 November, are raising funds for: The Academic Skills Programme, Student Support at… More...
'Paintings can be viewed hundreds of times, well-thumbed books read time and again; but live music is something which ha… More...
This year’s W. H. Auden Prize has been shared between two student poets: Sarah Liu (2023) and Ruby McCallion (2024). The prize honours the poet W. H. … More...
Christ Church has made substantial progress towards modernising its governance arrangements, following extensive consultation and detailed work. More...
Five year ago, as an undergraduate intern, Megan Bowler (2023) wrote for the Higher Education Policy Institute addressing whether there was a 'languag… More...
Continuing the Picture Gallery’s series on materials and materiality of Renaissance and Baroque drawings, 'It's not just black and white' explores dra… More...
Staff are making excellent progress with an ambitious plan to catalogue Christ Church’s outstanding collections of rare books and the Charles Dodgson … More...
Lindsay Judson, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, discusses one of the 'treasurers' on show as part of the Upper Library's current exhibition ‘To love … More...
Peckwater Quad Christmas tree 'in progress'... More...
Professor Cartwright reflects on two recent events for lawyers: an international symposium on the theme ‘Comparing Contract Laws', and a lunch marking… More...
As Michaelmas term gets underway, we are delighted to welcome our new students and hear from one – Kaila Borgards (2025, Psychiatry) – who is looking … More...
The Christ Church community is saddened to report the death of William Thomas, Tutor in History at the House from 1967 until his retirement in 2003. More...
At the end of September, Christ Church hosted a dinner at the University of Toronto Club. The evening brought together former Members living in and ar… More...
'Paintings can be viewed hundreds of times, well-thumbed books read time and again; but live music is something which happens in one moment, and then … More...
De Quan Wu, Javid Lakha, Alex Drong and Lisa Thalheimer recently met at the Longfellow Bar (Harvard Square, Boston) to raise a glass on the House! More...
'Shooting Up' is Jonathan Tepper’s (1998, History) forthcoming book which reflects on his childhood growing up in Madrid’s San Blas neighbourhood duri… More...
This year’s anniversary has prompted many gatherings around the UK and abroad. To help alumni stay in touch with each other after these events, we hav… More...
Joachim Stanley's (1992, English) poem for a grown-up Alice Liddell started out in life as “Hush, hush, whisper who dares, Christopher Robin is saying… More...
Since his death in 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey’s memory has been controversial. Patrick Hornbeck (2005, Theology) traces Wolsey’s 'afterlife'; how wr… More...
Judith Valerie Engel (2020, Music) is an Austrian musicologist. Her forthcoming piano recital will introduce some of the women she encountered explori… More...
Alumni news is published in the Annual Report each year. If you have something you would like to include in the 2024-25 Report (e.g. publications, app… More...
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of becoming Head of the River in Summer Eights, the 1985 and 1984 crews held a reunion in Christ Church on Friday 17… More...
Frideswide Voices toured the Netherlands at the end of July! The girls' choir of Christ Church Cathedral, directed by Helen Smee, visited a number of … More...
The Dr Martin Clarke Young Organ Scholars' Trust (YOST) and Christ Church have joined forces to launch two new organ scholarships for promising young … More...
A study afternoon on Cardinal College's first Organist-Composer, John Taverner, took place in Christ Church Upper Library and Research Centre on Satur… More...
The Cathedral's special service of Solemn Vespers, on Saturday 28 June, offered an opportunity to celebrate the rich musical legacy of Christ Church. … More...
Louise Guy (2024, Law) is a second-year student at Christ Church. She has been awarded the William Ewald Instrumental Exhibition for piano and is perf… More...
An exciting opportunity to hear Errollyn Wallen CBE, Master of the King’s Music, discussing her life and career with Dr Leah Broad (2010, Music) on Sa… More...
One of the organs previously installed in Christ Church Cathedral chancel has been moved to St Pancras Church, Widecombe. A recital – to mark its arri… More...
Celebrate Christmas in the Cathedral. More...
The latest album from the Cathedral Choir, 'A Lullaby Carol: Christmas at Christ Church', available from Avie Records and on streaming services, enter… More...
In October we launch the 500th Anniversary Music Festival which celebrates artists and composers – past and present – with links to the House. The Fes… More...
The Library has lent ten gold Mohurs and one Moghul gold coin, with Emperor Jahangir and a Persian inscription on the reverse, to 'Great Mughals: Art,… More...
The Library has recently acquired a rare book from the collection of its former Librarian, scholar Robert Burton (1577–1640): a copy of Michael Scot’s… More...
The Picture Gallery's current exhibition: 'Secrets of the Sibyls — Sandro Botticelli, Filippino Lippi and artistic practice in Florence' runs until Mo… More...
The Varsity Matches, organised by Oxford University Rugby Football Club, will be held on Saturday 8 March at the StoneX Stadium, home of premiership s… More...
The programme for the University's 'Meeting Minds 2024', from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September, is available. The weekend offers a variety of talks, p… More...
Members of Convocation will elect a new Chancellor of the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term 2024. To make the election accessible to the global … More...
Christ Church's next Special Interest Event, 'Thomas Hardy, Art and Culture', will be held from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April. More...
Dr David Fletcher's book on Christ Church’s estate map was published back in the 1990s. His second book: 'The Queen’s Atlas: Saxton’s Elizabethan Mast… More...
'Oxford’s Astrophoria Foundation Year – What, Why, and Who'? Learn about the one-year fully funded programme for UK state school students at a Webinar… More...
A new exhibition – 'Sacred Spaces' – features the work of David Stumpp, Rare Books Librarian at Christ Church. More...