Event Start Date: 21 September 2023

Please save the date for the Class of 1973 Golden Anniversary Reunion, 21st-22nd September.

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The programme for the reunion will be as follows:

Thursday 21 September

From 11.00am              Coffee in the Mary Somerville room (old JCR)
11.45am                        Library Tour
12.30pm                       Reception
1.00– 2.00pm              Buffet luncheon in Hall/Reading Room
2.30pm -4.00pm        Somerville and Beyond: Class of 73 meets again

Quick and lighthearted College quiz. Reminiscences and reflections. Facilitated by two of our cohort, Ginny Covell and Barbara Habberjam. In Flora Anderson Hall (FAH; ground floor Wolfson Building)

4.00pm                       Tea
7.00pm                        Photograph in Hall (prompt attendance to ensure inclusion in photo please)
7.15pm.                         Reception in Reading Room
7.45pm                         Gala Dinner in Hall, hosted by the Principal, Baroness Jan Royall.     Followed by drinks/coffee, dessert in SCR

 

Friday 22 September

8.00 – 10.00am           Breakfast in Hall                            
10.00 – 11.15am           Somerville Now and Then: Continuities and Innovations

An opportunity to join a discussion with a College panel of the Principal, Treasurer, Senior Tutor, Development Director & an Academic Fellow. (In Flora Anderson Hall, Wolfson Building)   

11.15am                   Coffee
11.30am                 College Art Tour
12.30pm                Reception before luncheon in Brittain Williams room
1.00pm                  Luncheon in Hall; guests welcome.

Throughout the reunion, there will be displays of publications and of memorabilia in the Library.

 

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1974 Golden Reunion

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The 2024 John Stuart Mill Lecture: Professor Catherine Hall

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