News & Events
Details of all forthcoming college events are available from the college calendar.
Visiting Scholar to give talk on Hagia Sophias
15th May 2013
Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemir will speak about the debates surrounding the Hagia Sophias of Istanbul, Iznik and Trabzon in the Pavilion Room at 5:30pm, Friday May 17. The talk was arranged by Hughes PhD...
Men’s 1 win Champs Eights Head
13th May 2013
Congratulations to the Hughes Hall M1 who won the Champs Eights Head on Sunday 12 May with an impressive time of 4.49. The crew held off strong competition in the form of...
Violinist Sophie Rosa to perform at Hughes Hall on May 28
9th May 2013
Accomplished young violinist Sophie Rosa will be giving a recital at Hughes Hall on May 28 as part of a series of concerts run by the Stradivari Trust. Simon Lane will provide...
Representatives from Hwa Chong Institution visit Hughes Hall
1st May 2013
Admissions staff at the College were pleased to welcome representatives from Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore to the College today as guests of Life Fellow and former Senior Tutor, Mr John Raffan. Despite...
President of Hughes Hall lunches with the Vice Chancellor of HKU and scholarship scheme donors
Mrs Sarah Squire was hosted for lunch by the Vice Chancellor of Hong Kong University during her recent visit to Hong Kong. The generous donors of the College's four Hong Kong funded...
Prof. Robert Bartlett gives Kathleen Hughes Lecture
30th April 2013
We were extremely lucky to have esteemed medieval historian Prof. Robert Bartlett of St Andrews University present the annual Kathleen Hughes Lecture this year. There was a great turn out to hear...
Sir Martin Sorrell speaks at Hughes Hall
The fourteenth City Lecture at Hughes Hall took place on Friday 26 April, and we were honoured to welcome Sir Martin Sorrell, the CEO of WPP, as our...
Professor Saxon to give lecture on “Autonomous Weapons and Responsibility Under International Law”, May 1
Wednesday, 1st May 2013, Pavilion Room, 7:45pm start (wine available from 7:30pm)
All are welcome to attend Prof Dan Saxon's talk, in which he will examine the levels of responsibility that...
Professor Clive Knights establishes new School of Architecture
23rd April 2013
We offer our congratulations to alumnus Professor Clive Knights (1987, MPhil), who has recently established a new School of Architecture at Portland State University in Oregon. This achievement has been a long...
Marc Mogull Appointed City Fellow
19th April 2013
Marc Mogull, founder and managing partner of private equity real estate fund manager Benson Elliot Capital Management, has been appointed a City Fellow of Hughes Hall. Marc is a Senior Fellow in...
Fellowship awarded to Physics PhD student Darshana Joshi
18th April 2013
We are proud to announce that Physics PhD student Darshana Joshi, who started at Hughes Hall in January, has just been awarded the Schlumberger Foundation’s Faculty...
2013 Pilkington Prize for Hughes Hall’s Dr Jessica White
12th April 2013
We are delighted to announce that Hughes Hall Fellow Dr Jessica White has been awarded the Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching by the University of Cambridge. Dr White is the Honorary Fellows’ Steward...
Cambridge Mature Colleges support Waltham Forest College Progression Month
11th April 2013
Michelle Tucker is a former mature student of Lucy Cavendish College and recently took part in Waltham Forest College’s Progression Month, sharing her experiences of studying as a mature student and encouraging...
Cricket Matches on Fenner’s
10th April 2013
The table below shows the schedule for cricket matches on Fenner's this Spring/Summer. As well as being the Home ground of the Cambridge University Cricket Club Fenner’s is home to the MCC...
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Cambridge Graduate Colleges Reception in New York
9th April 2013
Hughesians Widge Devaney (1994, LLM) and Sonali Pathirana (1998, MPhil) kindly organised a reception in New York for all Cambridge Graduate College alumni at the offices of Venable LLP in Rockefeller Centre. We...
Hughes Alumnus Dr Haider Butt nominated for SET for Britain
26th March 2013
Dr Haider Butt, a former PhD student and PDRA of Hughes Hall, was shortlisted from hundreds of applicants to present his research in the House of Commons on Monday 18th March. Dr...
Celebrations at the Annual Boat Club Dinner
15th March 2013
The Annual Hughes Hall & Lucy Cavendish Boat Club Dinner was an immensely fun and celebratory evening! The Boat Club have been extremely lucky this year receiving not only one but two...
Blades of Glory for Hughes Hall
4th March 2013
Hughes Hall had a tremendous week at the Lent Bumps this year which saw our Men’s I Team win Blades and reach the Second Division. This is a massive achievement for the...
The Ohtake Collection
21st February 2013
Professor Masa Ohtake, Honorary Fellow of the College, meets Dr Sarah Preston, the rare books cataloguer who is currently cataloguing the College's extraordinary 'Ohtake Collection'. Professor Ohtake has donated his lifetime...
Phone Campaign Recruitment Evening
18th February 2013
Our annual telephone campaign (22nd June – 7th July) forms an integral part of how we safeguard for the future and provides an important opportunity for our students to reconnect with our...
Chancellor of the University visits Hughes Hall
8th February 2013
The recently elected Chancellor of the University paid his first visit to Hughes Hall on Tuesday 5 February. Lord Sainsbury of Turville met the President of the MCR and other students and...
CGCM Alumni Dinner
30th January 2013
The College was proud to host an inaugral Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine Society (CGCM) Medical Alumni Dinner in conjunction with the Lucy Cavendish and Wolfson College.
The candlelit dinner held at Hughes Hall...
Hughesians create new fertility device
24th January 2013
Three Hughes Hall alumni, Shamus Husheer (PhD, 2002), Oriane Chausiaux (PhD, 2003) and Lydia Ferguson (PhD, 2004), have launched a new medical device to help women get pregnant. Duo Fertility uses a...
The Wu Quartet, Margaret Wileman Music Society Concerts
23rd January 2013
On 22 January the Wu Quartet gave a concert in the Pavilion Room which was packed out with an audience of over 70 students, fellows and local residents, despite the snowy conditions. The quartet played...
Hat Club Talks – Lent Term
17th January 2013
The Hat Club is the College’s society for talks and debate. The society hosts regular talks given by students and fellows of the college as well as high-profile speakers. This term we...
Lent Term Music Programme
16th January 2013
We have a vibrant collection of concerts this term at Hughes Hall. Our first concert, on 22 January, is by the Wu Quartet, 1st prize winners at the 23rd V.E...
Alumnus Dr Anis Haque founds organisation for advancing science and engineering education
21st December 2012
Hughes Hall Alumnus Dr Anis Haque (Computer Science, 1993) founded AASEE (Association for the Advancement of Science and Engineering Education), a nonprofit organisation for advancing science and engineering education among...
Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, 28 November 2012
30th November 2012
Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, 28 November 2012
Hughes Hall MCR President Ben Goldberg and PhD student Lara Diaz De Grenu Ballestero were amongst the 7 students of Hughes Hall...
Our Language in Your Hands: Mark Turin (Fellow) on BBC Radio 4
29th November 2012
We are delighted to announce Dr Mark Turin, Fellow of Hughes Hall, and Director of the World Oral Literature Project will host a new BBC Radio 4 broadcast.
This new three-part series will cover...
London Alumni Reunion
22nd November 2012
The Alumni Relations Office hosted an informal drinks reception at The Crusting Pipe, Covent Garden on 21 November. Alumni living and working in and around London joined us for the evening get-together. We...
Hughes success at Fours Head!
13th November 2012
Although it is generally acknowledged that OUBC drew first blood in the year's Boat Race campaign with victories in the more senior categories in the annual Fuller's Head of the River Fours...
Zimmern Medical Lecture and Dinner
9th November 2012
The Zimmern Medical Lecture and Dinner took place on 2 November. Our speaker Prof Alastair Compston (Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences in the University of Cambridge) gave an interesting lecture...
Hughes Hall visitor gives talk at the Lauterpacht Centre, 29 October 2012
5th November 2012
While on a visit to Cambridge to Hughes Hall Professor Anselmo T. Reyes delivered a lecture at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, tackling an important current topic arising from cases in...
Interview with News from Hughes Editor Annemarie Young
30th October 2012
Annemarie Young is the Editor of our bi annual alumni magazine News from Hughes which is sent out to over 5000 members of the college including alumni and our senior membership. It...
Hong Kong Alumni Dinner
23rd October 2012
Hughes Hall is very fortunate to have a strong group of very supportive alumni in Hong Kong. On Thursday 18th October around 30 of them gathered at the Aberdeen Mariners Club, chosen...
Hat Club Talk: Prof Dan Saxon – International Humanitarian Law and the Changing Technology of War
22nd October 2012
The College President Sarah Squire and Hat Club co-ordinator Oliver Pambos welcomed a very special guest to the Hughes Hall on 17 October.
An inspiring and well attended lecture was given by Hughes Hall...
Classical Riches – Margaret Wileman Music Society
17th October 2012
A second wonderful evening of classical music was enjoyed on Tuesday 16 October when, following a fine cello recital by Aleksei Kiseliov on Monday, Ian de Massini (Senior Member) and friends entertained...
Cello Recital by Aleksei Kiseliov
16th October 2012
Cello Recital by Aleksei Kiseliov - Monday 15 October
A packed Pavilion Room was treated to a fantastic concert presented by Honorary Fellow Nigel Brown OBE and the Stradivari Trust. Aleksei Kiseliov,...
Hughes Hall Research Fellowship Competition now open for applications
10th October 2012
2012/13 Competition for Research Fellows and Post-Doctoral Research Associates
We welcome applications from all fields, but would be particularly pleased to hear from researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences
Closing date: 10 December...
Hughes Hall PDRA published in International Journal of Epidemiology
9th October 2012
We are pleased to announce that our Post Doctoral Research Associate Dr David Wormser (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) has published a paper on the association between adult height and...
Hughes Hall Fellow William Charnley on Radio 4
3rd October 2012
William Charnley, partner in King and Spalding's Corporate Law Practice and Fellow of Hughes Hall, was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's "Today" programme this morning, 3 October. Speaking about the Takeover Panel,...
Ogden PGCE Matriculation Dinner
26th September 2012
The Ogden PGCE matriculation dinner took place on 25 September and we were pleased to welcome Caroline McKenney, Principal of Netherhall School, Cambridge and alumna of the College as our speaker for...
Alumni Jeff Cook Helps Development Office
24th September 2012
We have been particularly lucky this year to have, American alumnus and former MCR President, Jeff Cook (LLM, 1983) devote his summer to volunteer with the Development Office in their efforts to...
Alumni Weekend Lecture and Reunion Dinner
The University’s Alumni Weekend took place on 21-23 September presenting a programme of varied events and lectures, covering a broad range of subjects. We were delighted to host our event on Friday...
Hughes Hall PDRA Paper published in Journal of Advanced Materials
18th September 2012
We are delighted to report that our Post-Doctoral Research Associate Dr Haider Butt (PhD, Engineering) has published a high impact paper in the Journal of Advanced Materials (impact factor 13.87). This paper...
Hong Kong Visitor to Hughes
31st August 2012
Dr Cuncun Wu, Associate Professor from the School of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong, visited Hughes Hall in August. Dr Wu is a specialist of gender and sexuality in late...
Olympic Bronze Medal for Hughes Hall Alumnus Tom Ransley!
1st August 2012
Congratulations to our alumnus Tom Ransley (2007, BA Management Studies) who won a bronze medal in the Men’s Eight Rowing Final on Wednesday 1st August!
Hughes Hall is extremely proud of Tom’s performance...
Table Tennis Team wins Cuppers
27th July 2012
Congratulations to the Hughes Hall Table Tennis team who won the Cuppers tournament this year! The team recently celebrated their victory at the Cambridge University Table Tennis Club’s Garden Party where they...
London Alumni Reunion
26th July 2012
The Alumni and Development Office hosted an informal drinks reception at The Crusting Pipe, Covent Garden on 25 July. Shaded from the summer sunshine, we were joined by many Hughesians representing the...
Former President celebrates 104 years!
20th July 2012
Miss Margaret Wileman, Principal and first President of the College (1953-73) celebrated her 104th birthday on Thursday 19 July with close friends in the relaxed atmosphere of the Peter Richards room. It...
General Admission
3rd July 2012
Last Saturday, Hughes Hall was proud to present our most recent BA and LLM graduands at General Admission. Many of the graduands and their families and friends gathered at College for refreshments...
College Summer Reception a great success
25th June 2012
On Saturday the College welcomed over 100 alumni, family and friends to our Summer Reception. We were delighted with the turnout, with attendees travelling from across the UK (and some from even...
Hughes Hall History wins Award
18th June 2012
We are delighted to announce that our College History: Hughes Hall 1885-2010 by Honorary Fellow Prof Ged Martin has won one of the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History Book Awards...
The Greek Crisis and the Elections of 2012
13th June 2012
Demetrius Floudas, Senior Associate of Hughes Hall, gave the third in a series of annual talks on the Greek Crisis at a well attended lecture in the Peter Richards Room.
After setting out...
Business Networking at The Garrick Club
28th May 2012
The College was delighted to hold its very first business networking event on Friday 25 May.
Hosted by Honorary Fellow Mr. Nigel Brown OBE and held at the prestigious Garrick Club in Covent...
Seminar: Alcohol policy – a gap between evidence and practice?
22nd May 2012
Should the State attempt to individuals' alcohol consumption? If so, how best can this be done? What are the political costs and benefits of such policies? On Monday 21st May, Hughes Hall...
Hughes Hall Special Hat Club
On 16th May 2012, the Hughes Hall Hat Club held a special public seminar which comprised a panel discussion based on the central topic of "The Politics of Constitution-Making after the Arab...
University of Cambridge – International Real Estate Conference
17th May 2012
Hughes Hall students in Land Economy and the Judge Business School organised the first Cambridge Real Estate Finance and Investment Conference at Keynes Hall, King's College.
Discussions and keynote speeches covered the financial...
City Lecture and Dinner
4th May 2012
Our speaker at this year’s City Lecture and Dinner was Dr Stephen Bungay, a director of the Ashbridge Strategic Management Centre in London. His lecture argued that today’s manager - business, academic...
President Sarah Squire’s visit to the USA
27th April 2012
This March, President Sarah Squire made her annual trip to the USA, this year visiting the West Coast, the first such visit for Hughes Hall.
The President met with many...
Hughes Hall in Hong Kong
Hughes Hall’s Development Director Jonathan Taylor and Fellow Dr Ron Zimmern visited Hong Kong this April.
His trip coincided with the University’s Cambridge Global Alumni Conference, which was hosted by...
Special Seminar by Visiting Fellow, Dr Maggie Wang
24th April 2012
Dr Maggie Wang, Assistant Professor from the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong and Visiting Fellow of Hughes Hall gave an exciting seminar on Wednesday 4th April....
The Boat Race
10th April 2012
Congratulations to Cambridge who won the 158th Boat Race against Oxford on Saturday 7th April. Well done to our 3 rowers from Hughes Hall Dave Nelson, Niles Garratt and Jack Lindeman who...