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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...

Richard Stengel speaking at the lecture in New York

We are delighted that Richard Stengel's (1977, English) recent 500th Anniversary Lecture, given at The Harvard Club in New York on Thursday 25 Septmbe… More...

Anthony House (2003, History) and John Dupree (1976, History), will be speaking at the 2025 Rhodes Forum on Technology & Society at Rhodes House, Oxfo… More...

Professor Michael Symmons Roberts FRSL, The Dean, Dr Williams and The Revd Professor Andrew Davison

The third lecture in the 500th Anniversary Lecture Series was given by The Right Reverend Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, on 11 Se… More...

Prodigal Son Window

A new stained glass window has been been installed in the Cathedral, created by the artist Thomas Denny. The window depicts the parable of the Prodiga… More...

Governing the Machine, by Ray Eitel-Porter (1981, Modern Languages), is the essential guide to harnessing the transformative potential of AI, while na… More...

Members of the Cathedral Choir and Frideswide Voices.

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...

There will be a memorial service in the cathedral at 2pm on Saturday 18 October for Hugh Rice (Classics, 1961), Student and Tutor in Philosophy, who d… More...

'Aim for Oxford' participants, student helpers and staff members

From 18 to 22 August, Christ Church hosted a group of Year 12 students from state schools in its link region, North East England, for the 'Aim for Oxf… More...

Victory over Japan Day on 15 August was marked with a special service of Choral Evensong in the Cathedral. Simon Kusseff (1967, History), reflects on … More...

'Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery', by Dr Miranda Kaufmann (2001, History), tells the dramatic stories of nine women who inherit… More...

Former Head Librarian, Henry John Richard Wing (known as John), has sadly passed away. John retired from Christ Church in 1994. His funeral will be at… More...

A team of artificial intelligence experts, including Professor Yarin Gal, has reported a major advance in preventing open-weight language models from … More...

A conference in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Cardinal College will take place in the Upper Library on Saturday 4 October. More...

Prof. Stuart Shanker’s (1978, Philosophy) 'Reframed' presents a comprehensive exploration of self-regulation, grounded in cutting-edge neuroscience, t… More...

Poet Professor Anthony Vahni Capildeo FRSL (1991, English) will be in conversation with Professor Will Ghosh, Tutor in English, on Monday 3 November i… More...

What do we know when we read poetry? I try and answer this question by working – without any intention of diplomacy – in the conflict zone between poe… More...

After a career in public service including time as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Kosovo in the years leading to independence, Robert Wilton (199… More...

Steve Howes in the Cathedral Garden with his trusty secateurs!

A passion for plants and being outdoors in nature inspired Christ Church's Head Gardener, Steve Howes, to pursue a career in horticulture. More...

 Kieron Winn at the launch of his new book in the Upper Library

'No Time' is Kieron Winn’s (1987, English) second collection of poems, which explores how the malleability of early life evolves into shape and patter… More...

This Present World: Aphorisms for Knowing God is Steven DeLay's (2013, Philosophy) most recent publication. More...

Dr Craig-McFeely (1976, Physiological sciences) hosted a 500th anniversary garden lunch party for alumni friends at their south-west Wiltshire home on… More...

Choristers of Frideswide Voices

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...

Having arrived at Christ Church almost 20 years ago to study Biology, Thomas Venables (2006, Biology) recently returned to be ordained in the Cathedra… More...

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