New College History Society Dinner, Saturday 11 February 2023
BOOKING HAS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT
The New College History Society are pleased to invite you to their talk, drinks reception and dinner which will take place on Saturday 11 February 2023, a student-led initiative which aims to strengthen the community of historians past and present.
The event will start at 5.45pm with drinks in the McGregor Matthews Room, and then a talk by guest speaker, Professor Ruth Harris, on her new book: Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda. This will be followed by dinner in the Founder’s Library at around 7.15pm.
The deadline to book your place is Friday 3rd February 2023.
About the speaker:
Ruth Harris is Senior Research Fellow at All Souls’ College, and Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. She was Fellow & Tutor in History from 1990-2016 at New College. She is the author of several books, most recently, Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda (Harvard University Press, 2022, which is one of the BBC History 2022 Books of the Year. She is also the winner of the Wolfson Prize and the National Jewish Book Award for her Man on Devil’s Island: The Man on Devil’s Island and the Affair that Divided France (2010), and Lourdes, Body and Spirit in the Secular Age (1998). She writes in the fields of religion and science, the history of gender and healing, nationalism and politics, as well as transnational history.
The History Society aims to put on a number of events over the year.
- Hilary Term: Society Annual Dinner
The Society’s annual dinner is open to New College History undergraduates, fellows, and Old Members, bringing together all generations of New College historians.
- Michaelmas Term and Trinity Term: Speaker Series
The Society invites world-leading academics to discuss their most recent work. These lectures are open to all current New College historians.
We also hope that you might consider supporting the Society with a regular contribution. The financial needs are not great, but such support will:
- cover travel costs and drinks associated with the Speaker Series
- subsidise the costs of dinner for students who might otherwise not be able to attend
- provide funds for future events to connect Old Members and undergraduates
The History Society greatly appreciates any support you can offer and, if you wish to make a gift, please complete the Donation Form.
It is extremely grateful to those Old Members who currently contribute; thank you for your continued support.
With best wishes,
Phoebe Swords and Harriet Nokes
Co-Presidents of the New College History Society
Photograph below by John Cairns.
