Hermione Lee awarded GBE

Congratulations to Professor Dame Hermione Lee, who was awarded a GBE (Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire) for services to English Literature in the New Year Honours List 2023. 

Hermione was the first woman to hold the Goldsmith's Chair of English and is an Honorary Fellow of New College. 

Portrait of Professor Dame Hermione Lee by Nina Fowler; hung in the New College Dining Hall