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Charnley Law Dinner

The third annual Charnley Law Dinner took place on Friday 3rd February 2012.

The College was delighted to welcome this year's speaker Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme Court, back to Hughes Hall along with familiar faces and new guests. The evening was an excellent networking opportunity for students and alumni and we were joined by many Law professionals and academics. Many thanks to Mr William Charnley, Fellow of the College, for sponsoring this event.

Photo from left: Sir Robin Auld, President Sarah Squire, Mr William Charnley and Lord Phillips.

Events and Communications Officer
6th Feb 2012

Student Philosophy Paper Published

The latest issue of Metaphilosophy, the prestigious philosophy journal, includes the papers from the Philosophy at Cambridge conference held in Hughes Hall in 2010.

Current student Alexis Papazoglou, writes on the topic 'Philosophy, Its Pitfalls, Some Rescue Plans, and Their Complications'.

You can access the journal by clicking here

A book version of this collection is also due for release later this year.


24th Jan 2012

Hong Kong Alumni Gathering

Hong Kong Alumni Group

Members of the Hong Kong Hughes alumni group, photographed when they met for
dinner in Hong Kong on 25 November 2011.

Events and Communications Officer
6th Dec 2011

End of Term Christmas party

Students, staff and fellows get together to celebrate at our End of Term Christmas party.

This year's End of Term Christmas party, attendees showed off their festive outfits with a wonderful range of Christmas hats and festive jumpers in the sparkling Pavilion Room. Hughesians enjoyed an array of festive food and conversation to see off the end of full term in style.

Development Office
5th Dec 2011

Family Welcome Reception

Fellow Dr Nidhi Singal organises a family welcome reception for students with children.

Held in the Peter Richards room, this event was a huge success with both parents and children and an excellent opportunity for student families to meet each other. There are plans to make this a termly event so please email Annica Curtis (ac804@cam.ac.uk) to register your interest in attending a future event.

Events and Communications Officer
17th Nov 2011

Hughes PhD student organises keynote lecture on research funding

Thanks to the initiative of Hughes PhD student Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas the College was host on 4 November to a keynote lecture by Professor of Medical Genetics Martin Bobrow.

Based on his long experience of senior roles in the large research funding bodies - The Wellcome Trust, The Nuffield council on Bio-ethics, to name but two - Professor Bobrow raised a series of challenging questions about the criteria which should (or shouldn't) guide decisions on allocating funding for research.

These questions will be followed up in a full day workshop at Hughes, also organised by E, on 19th January 2012.

The event was introduced by The Regius Professor of Physic, Professor Patrick Sissons, and drew a large audience from science research centres right across Cambridge, and also those working on the philosophy and ethics of science.

The lecture took place under the auspices of the Hughes Hall Centre for Biomedical Science in Society.

Events and Communications Officer
15th Nov 2011

Stradivari Trust Concert, Pavilion Room

Rosalind Ventris gave a spectacular viola recital of Milhaud, Brahms and Bridge on Tuesday evening, 11 October in the Pavilion Room.

The evening began with a warm welcome from Nigel Brown, Honorary Fellow who has sponsored Rosalind through the Nigel W Brown Music Prize (2008), and is now hoping to establish a syndicated trust to purchase a fine viola for Rosalind to use. Accompanied by Sophia Rahman on piano, Rosalind gave a first class performance of works which she will repeat in November in recitals at the Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall in London. In summary, this was a splendid recital from a talented musician with a bright future ahead of her.

Events and Communications Officer
14th Oct 2011

Hughes Hall Wins Blades at the May Bumps

The photo above shows the M1 crew at the moment they just bumped the boat they were chasing on the second day.

It was a truly memorable May bumps week for Hughes Hall. For the first time the combined Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish Boat Club had over 40 people involved in racing, and there was great support on every day. The M1 and M2 boats won blades yet again showing that we are definitely becoming a stronger club and increasing our presence on the water.

Dominic Silk and Tim Daines
28th Jun 2011

Baroness Mary Warnock presents a talk on “Assisted Dying” at the CBSS Open Lecture

The Hughes Hall Centre for Biomedical Science in Society (CBSS) was pleased to welcome Baroness Mary Warnock, who delivered a talk on the topic of assisted dying at Hughes Hall on Thursday 2nd June.

Baroness Warnock spoke about the need to introduce compassion into the law to make it permissible for terminally ill patients whose suffering is intolerable to be given medical assistance to die. The respondent, Dr Hallvard Lillehammer, added further insight by drawing upon some key points raised and highlighting the complexity of the issue. The talk drew in a full house of attendees and generated insightful and thought provoking questions and comments.

Baroness Warnock is a philosopher renowned for her writing on moral issues. Previously a Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, she is now an Independent Life Peer in the House of Lords, and a writer and broadcaster.

Communications Officer
6th Jun 2011

Pandemonium Continued: Will the Greek Financial Crisis Undermine the Euro?

One year after an initial attempt at analysing the emerging Greek sovereign debt crisis, Hughes Hall Senior Associate and Fellow of the Hellenic Institute of International & Foreign Law, Demetrius Floudas, revisits the topic, which has been at the top of the agenda of political and economic analysts in previous months.

Were initial predictions too optimistic? Is Greece the first EU Member State that might default? To what extent have domestic politics created a dystopic environment which prevents Greece from adequately implementing the rescue package offered? Is the crisis contagious?

These and other questions will be considered at the seminar and the potential dangers for the future of the Eurozone will be discussed.

Seminar Details:
Wednesday 8 June
5:45 for 6:00pm
Pavilion Room

A wine reception with light refreshments will follow the talk. All are warmly invited to attend.

Communications Officer
3rd Jun 2011

New Illustrated History of Hughes Hall

“Hughes Hall Cambridge” will be published by Third Millennium, a leading publisher of high-quality illustrated books, in December 2011.

During the celebration of its Century and a Quarter, Hughes Hall received the unexpected and wonderful gift of text for a book about the College. During the 125 Anniversary Dinner, Professor Ged Martin presented a talk about Hughes Hall and was so captivated by the spirit of the College that he set out to write a readable and lively account of its remarkable history. This book will be a wonderful gift and treasured keepsake for those with special ties and interest in Hughes Hall.

Preorders are available with a saving of £10.00 (£11.00 if you complete your order online) on the published price of £45.00. If you order by 9 September 2011, you will not only benefit from the saving, but also have your name recorded in the book itself in the list of subscribers.

Click here for further details about the book and to place an order.

Communications Officer
20th May 2011

Hughes Hall Student Achieves Highest Ranked Paper at International Conference

Hughes Hall student, Haider Butt (PhD in Engineering), was awarded with a shield for presenting a paper with the highest overall ranking at the Saudi International Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 23rd to the 26th of April.

Haider’s paper entitled, "Optical waveguides and switches based on periodic arrays of carbon nanotubes" was about using arrays of nanoscale structures called carbon nanotubes to manipulate the propagation of light, and to essentially produce interesting nanoscale devices from them like optical waveguides and switches.

Haider’s work has been published in ‘Applied Physics Letters’, published by the American Institute of Physics and can be viewed here. Throughout his PhD, Haider received the Hughes Hall Elizabeth Cherry Bursary. He is pleased to be able to continue in this line of research and looks forward to publishing more papers on his work.

Communications Officer
10th May 2011

Hughes Hall Students Tune in to Royal Wedding

On Friday 29 April, Hughes Hall students took a break from their studies and gathered in the Pfeiffer Room to watch the Royal Wedding. It was a celebratory occasion at College that will surely be remembered!

Communications Officer
3rd May 2011

Hughes Hall Alumnus and Former Research Fellow Wins Prestigious UK Research Award

Hughes Hall Alumnus, Dr Sovan Sarkar (PhD in Medical Genetics, 2002) and former Research Fellow (from 2007 to 2009), is one of just four researchers to be awarded the 2012 UK Biochemical Society Early Career Research Award.

The accolade is given for outstanding research carried out by an early career scientist in the category of cell biology and relates to Dr Sarkar's work during his tenure at Hughes Hall. While completing his PhD and during the course of his Research Fellowship at Hughes, Dr. Sarkar’s work focused on understanding the mechanisms behind a cellular protein degradation pathway, which has been implicated in many human physiological and pathological conditions, including: development, immunity, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, liver diseases and longevity and has led to the discovery of a number of candidate drugs of potential biomedical relevance.

Successful candidates of the UK Research Award are expected to have produced international quality research outputs, and be able to demonstrate ambitions and aspirations consistent with the potential to achieve world-leading status.

Dr Sarkar is currently a research scientist at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We wish to congratulate Dr Sarkar on this remarkable achievement and wish him every bit of success as he continues to make important discoveries and contributions in research.

Reports can also be found on the Times of India, Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and the Biochemical Society.

Communications Officer
1st Apr 2011

Biotech Special Interest Group Dinner Creates a Business Buzz

The Judge Business School Health and Biotech Special Interest Group got off to a great start with its first dinner held at Hughes Hall on Wednesday the 23rd of March.

The capacity crowd was wonderfully diverse and included investors, biotechs large and small, health professionals, academics and current students. This created a great buzz and a lot of interesting conversation. After dinner, attendees were treated to a very interesting talk from biotech entrepreneur, Sunil Shah (MBA 1998), who spoke about the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey that has led him to his current success with O2H.

Hughes presented an ideal location for the dinner, not just because it is the home of so many MBAs, but because of its openness to the business sector. Stay tuned for more business related news as we look forward to the 2011 Hughes Hall City Lecture and Dinner to be held on the 16th of May.

Director of the PHG Foundation and Senior Member of Hughes Hall
31st Mar 2011

Belongingsfinder.org

In response to the devastating Tsunami in Japan, software developers and students at the University of Cambridge have set up a humanitarian website for the victims to find cherished lost belongings.

Whilst local relief efforts save lives and address immediate needs, the team developed a tool for a later stage when victims want to find lost belongings that have sentimental value. Belongingsfinder.org will help to restore identity by enabling people to photograph, upload and search details of cherished lost belongings. This free of charge application can be used by relief organizations, individuals, governments and local communities.

The idea originated from the Cambridge Start-up Weekend, an international entrepreneurship competition which was held at Cambridge, UK, simultaneously to the disaster in Japan. One of the founders, Social Enterprise Award Winner and current student at University of Cambridge, Hughes Hall, Stefano Orowitsch, explains: “There was no way I could have ignored Friday’s news during this year’s Start-up Weekend. I immediately decided to team up with some of the worlds’ best software engineers and mentors at Cambridge Start-up Weekend. Within 54 hours we developed Belongingsfinder.org with the goal to create hope for victims having lost their belongings.

In a few days people in the crisis area will be able to use a mobile phone application to take pictures of any object they find and upload it to our database. People will be able to seek for missing objects on our website. My team of very experienced software developers has created an amazing algorithm connecting people with the finders of their belongings. We receive mentoring from some of the most prominent experts in Cambridge to accelerate reaching out to those in severe need of help. All services will of course stay free of charge to victims”.

Please do forward this information on to anyone you think would benefit, tweet or find Belongingsfinder.org on Facebook.

The website is at: www.belongingsfinder.org

Press reports on the site can be found at: bbc report, time report, abc report

Stefano Orowitsch
22nd Mar 2011

Special HAT Club

On Wednesday the 16th of February, the HAT Club welcomed a very distinguished guest, Philosopher Simon Blackburn.

Simon Blackburn is Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of Trinity College, Fellow of the British Academy and the author of several books, both academic and popular including: Ruling Passions, Think, Being Good, Truth, Lust, Plato's Republic and How to Read Hume. He is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential philosophers of ethics and the philosophy of mind of the second half of the twentieth century and beyond.

Simon Blackburn recently co-organised a conference in the United States on the topic: "The Great Debate: Can Science Tell us Right From Wrong?" He presented on similar issues at the Hat Club on Wednesday under the title: "When Science meets Philosophy".

There was a full house in attendance and much discussion after the talk over a wine and cheese reception.

Alumni, Members of College and current students are warmly invited to attend the HAT Club talks. Stay tuned for the announcement of the next presenter …

Communications Officer
17th Feb 2011

HAT Club

The most recent HAT Club talk was held on Wednesday 9th February and featured Hughes Hall alumnus, Mark Harrison (PhD in Physiology, 2004).

Harrison's work centers on the biodiversity and ecology of Bornean rainforests. His presentation focused on the feeding ecology of orang-utans and other apes within this area.

Title: "Why food matters: Comparing feeding ecology in orang-utans and other apes."

Engaging discussion amongst attendees followed the talk during the wine and cheese reception.

Communications Officer
10th Feb 2011

Second Annual Charnley Law Dinner

The Right Hon the Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Justice of the Supreme Court, was the guest speaker at the Second Annual Charnley Law Dinner held at College on Friday 4th February.

The President of the Supreme Court, the Right Hon the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, who introduced Lord Clarke, was amongst many distinguished guests who joined the President, Fellows, Alumni and students of Hughes Hall for a lively dinner and an engaging speech. The President (Mr Luka Colic) and Vice-President (Ms Saleema Khimji) of the Hughes Hall Law Society started off the evening with kind words of thanks to the event sponsor, Mr Charnley, Fellow of Hughes Hall and Partner at Mayer Brown.

The Annual Charnley Law Dinner provides a wonderful opportunity for current law students to connect with alumni and network with professionals in the legal field and has become a much anticipated event in the College's calendar.

Communications Officer
9th Feb 2011

Phone Campaign Drawing to a Close

Our first ever telephone campaign is drawing to a close and we would just like to thank all of our alumni that have taken the time to speak with our current students.

The callers have had a fantastic time hearing about Hughes over the years and some wonderful stories have emerged: from romantic marriage proposals in the rain on Fenner's cricket pitch to keeping toads in student rooms.

It has been a tremendous step forward with our alumni relations programme. Being able to be in touch with so many of you (nearly 500 so far) and hearing your feedback has been fantastic.

Please do keep the comments coming in once the campaign has ended. We look forward to meeting many of you at our alumni events in 2011.

We are also very grateful to all those alumni who chose to support the College through donations. Our 125th Anniversary Scholarships and Bursaries Fund has received a great boost as have a number of our other projects. Many thanks for all your generosity.

Deputy Development Director
16th Dec 2010

RUGBY: Blues vs Steele-Bodger XV

Hughes Hall was well represented both on and off-field at the traditional Varsity warm up match between the Blues and a Steele-Bodger XV yesterday, 24th November.

Hughes alumni Ross Blake, Ross Broadfoot and James Greenward played for the Steele-Bodgers with Jimmie Richards, captain and current Hughesian, leading the Blues.

The final score was 47-27 to the Blues, who overturned a half-time deficit of 7-13.



Development Director
25th Nov 2010

Zimmern Lecture and Dinner, 19th November

The Second Annual Zimmern Medical Lecture and Dinner was held at College on Friday 19 November.

The lecture, entitled "Are we becoming more allergic to food?" was given by Dr Pamela Ewan CBE of Addenbrooke's Hospital. Dr Jessica White, Fellow of Hughes Hall, thanked Dr Ewan for her lecture on behalf of the audience comprising the President of the College (Mrs Sarah Squire), Fellows of Hughes Hall, medical academics from around the University and elsewhere, alumni, current students and guests.

The audience then gathered for dinner in the College Dining Room followed by drinks and animated conversation on the subject of the lecture.

The event was a great opportunity for all the medical-related members of Hughes Hall to meet up with each other, with colleagues from around the University and with practitioners across diverse fields.

Many thanks are due to Dr Ron Zimmern for his generous continuing sponsorship of this event.

Development Director
22nd Nov 2010

Funding for Film: Challenges and Solutions

The Cambridge Film and Media Academy (CAMFA) in association with Hughes Hall Business Society presented a panel discussion on Thursday evening, 11th November, at Hughes Hall on the options and challenges facing the film industry in the years ahead with particular reference to the funding of films.

Alan Moss (pictured) from Harbottle & Lewis LLP set out the principal options for funding film projects and described the changing face of UK tax breaks for the industry.

Neil McCartney, Chairman of the Independent Film Trust, described some of his experiences in producing films and commented on the real-life challenges involved.

Kate Madison then described how she had raised the money to complete her prequel Lord of The Rings movie "Born of Hope" through a combination of using her life savings and funds raised on the net via YouTube showings of trailers for the film.

A lively discussion ensued on sources of funding, studio control of distribution channels, and the impact of digital media on both the costs of film-making and possible ease of distribution through new media and traditional theatre showings.

Further details about CAMFA can be found at www.camfa.org

Development Director
12th Nov 2010

Photos from the 125th Anniversary Lecture and Dinner

Attendees of the 125th Anniversary Lecture and Dinner may like to know that photographs of the event taken by Phil Mynott and Ken Turner are now available.

The photos can be accessed on-line.

Development Director
5th Nov 2010

125th Anniversary Concert

As part of its 125th Anniversary Celebrations, Hughes Hall welcomed back alumnus Anando Mukerjee (Nat Sci 1999) and his accompanist Steven Maughan for a concert of Songs and Arias held in the College's Pavilion Room on Thursday 7th October.

An audience comprising the President of the College (Mrs Sarah Squire), two former Presidents (Professor Peter Richards and Mrs Margaret Wileman), current and past Fellows, alumnae and alumni, College friends, guests and current students was treated to a journey through the tenor repertoire. With works ranging from the Baroque Arie Antiche through Italian canzone, German Lieder, French Melodies and Russian Songs the music, as Anando commented, transcended language.

Powerful and passionate where required, precise or playful as appropriate, Anando's love of performance shone through. He was magnificently supported by pianist Steven Maughan.

In dedicating Richard Strauss's early setting of Gilm's Allerseelen (All Soul's Day) to "absent friends" Anando gave the concert its emotional centerpiece, but perhaps the highlight was his radiant performance of The Flower Song from Bizet's Carmen. The concert was rounded off with Richard Strauss's Staendchen as an encore - the audience delighted to have this further opportunity to hear more one more Lied.

Safapac Limited kindly sponsored the interval refreshments. A retiring collection in aid of the College's 125th Anniversary Scholarship and Bursary Appeal raised over £500.

Development Director
8th Oct 2010

Charity and the city: medieval to early modern

On Thursday 23 September 2010, Hughes Hall will be hosting a workshop for postgraduate students and early career researchers in history on 'Charity and the city: medieval to early modern'. The day forms part of a series of workshops organized by the Voluntary Action History Society New Researchers Committee, supported by the Economic History Society. Speakers will present 20 minute papers addressing diverse aspects of urban charity in the medieval and early modern periods, and conceptual and methodological issues arising from their research. The day will conclude with a roundtable discussion led by Professor John Henderson (Birkbeck, University of London).

There is no registration fee, but if you wish to attend please contact Elma Brenner at ehob2@cam.ac.uk.
Please click here for the programme.

Web Fellow
15th Sep 2010

HH MCR Cricket Season Review

The HH MCR cricket team has reached the final of the league following a 50 run victory over a St Johns/Corpus team. The team Captain, Naveed Ahmad, has circulated a season report which is reproduced below. Congratulations!

Dear All

I would like to share the great news with you, regarding the splendid success our Cricket team has had this year. Hughes Hall's cricket team participated in the MCR league and played against ten colleges in our pool including Trinity, Pembroke/Wolfson, Selwyn/Robinson, Magdalene, Emmanuel/Downing, Darwin/Fitzwilliam. We finished top of our pool just losing one game in the group stage. This is a significant achievement considering we had to schedule our games around our opponents' preferred dates because we do not have our own cricket field.

Yesterday we played our semifinal against last year's champions (St. Johns/Corpus) and we played a fabulous game winning by 50 runs. Hughes Hall is in the MCR final for the first time in many years. Many many congrats to our cricket team and to all Hughesians for this victory. I would like to thank all the players who have participated in these games and helped us to reach the final.

Our Cricket squad includes (in no particular order):

1. Naveed Ahmad
2. John Bason
3. Asad Kalimi
4. Jawad Anwar
5. Arosha Gunasekra
6. M. Safwan Akram
7. Chris Nicholson
8. Manav Gupta
9. Alan Murray
10. Ian Passmore
11. Shaun Stairs
12. Amin Ahmad Nizami
13. Magnus Cormack
14. M. Umair

Finally, many thanks to MCR, who paid for our practice sessions at Fenner's indoor facility. We need all the your support in the final match, I will send an email with details of date/time/venue of the final.

Best regards,
Naveed Ahmad

Web Fellow
2nd Aug 2010

Hughes Student Wins Prestigious Poetry Prize

Hughes Hall student Beenish Ahmed was recently awarded the John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan Poetry Prize which is awarded annually to one university member for a single original verse composition. Adjudicated by both Churchill College and the Faculty of English, as well as a practising poet, the auspicious award recognizes its winner with 500 pounds, as well as publication in the esteemed literary journal Salt.

Miss Ahmed´s prize-winning poem is titled ´1,2...,...3´ and deals with not only the history of flight through jarring and juxtaposed motifs of Daedalus and Icarus, Amelia Earhart, the Wright Brothers among others, but also intertwines narrative strands of familial history.

Beenish, who has just completed an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies as a Fulbright Scholar to Cambridge, pursued undergraduate degrees in Creative Writing and Political Science at the University of Michigan. Her creative work has won numerous recognitions including 4 Hopwood Awards, a Weisberg Poetry Award, the Helen J. Daniels Award, as well as a Cowden Fellowship. Further, her work has appeared in the RC Review, Coorespondence, and Straylight. Beenish is truly honoured to receive this most recent recognition and hopes to continue working on a non-fiction novel-in-progress among other creative projects upon her return to the United States this summer.

Communications Officer
18th Jun 2010

Cambridge reaches 1 billion milestone

Hughes Hall is delighted to share in celebrating the news that the University of Cambridge fundraising campaign has just passed the £1 billion mark, two years ahead of schedule.

The 800th Anniversary Campaign was launched in 2005 with the goals of increasing the number of student scholarships and bursaries, supporting initiatives to encourage applicants of all backgrounds, enhancing facilities for teaching, research and accommodation, and attracting new academic staff.

Hughes Hall has been very fortunate to have the philanthropic support of a number of alumni and friends, and their gifts have all contributed to the £1bn Campaign. The Hughes Hall list of donors has grown over the past few years and we are deeply grateful for their support.

This year Hughes Hall is celebrating its 125th Anniversary and is focusing efforts on its new 125th Anniversary Scholarships and Bursaries Appeal. Our existing scholarships provide crucial funding for our bright young scholars and we now aim to raise the Scholarships and Bursary Endowment Fund from £0.5 million to £1.5 million.

The Appeal will coincide with the final two years of the University campaign and we very much hope our alumni and friends will take this opportunity to support the College and the University.

For more details, contact the Development Office

Development Office
11th Jun 2010

Congregation in May

On Saturday 15th May the latest Congregation took place, with Hughes Hall graduands processing to the Senate House to receive their degrees.

Congregation, where degrees are conferred on graduating students, is a monthly event for the University, normally towards the end of each month (with the exception of Christmas and during the summer Long Vacation).

Traditionally at Hughes Hall, a number of our large cohort of MBA (Master of Business Administration) students return to Cambridge to congregate in May and of the 39 Hughes students proceeding to degrees on Saturday, 26 were from the 2008-2009 MBA class.

The next and largest Congregation of the year will be General Admission, due to take place on Saturday 26th June.

Communications Officer
24th May 2010

Hughes Hall Student Research helps saves sculptures from Auction

Early last week articles appeared in the national press stating that four roman sculptures were to be withdrawn from a Bonhams auction, due to take place on Wednesday 28th April, as it was feared they had been illicitly excavated and stolen from an archaeological site.

The fears were raised as a result of PhD research work by Hughes Hall student Christos Tsirogiannis, as part of his study of the International Illicit Antiquities Network, through the Robin Symes - Christos Michaelides archive - the biggest case of illicit antiquities ever revealed globally.

Since 2003, it has been a criminal offence to deal in "tainted cultural objects" and after the research was presented by Christos, the roman statue and the three roman busts were able to be withdrawn 6 days before the auction took place.

Christos says that the success of the case is a result of teamwork with his supervisor Dr Christopher Chippindale (University of Cambridge) and his advisor Dr David Gill (University of Swansea). He is also honoured to co-operate with Professor Lord Collin Renfrew, who offered him his PhD place at the University of Cambridge.

Communications Officer
4th May 2010

Showcasing Research at Hughes Hall

On Wednesday 21st April, Hughes Hall students organised their inaugural Annual Academic Evening, celebrating 125 years of academic innovation. The evening was intended to serve as a forum for our members to network and learn about each others' interests.

The evening began with our President Mrs Sarah Squire and our Senior Tutor Dr Philip Johnston speaking about past and present academic life at Hughes Hall. This was followed by three sessions of short talks chaired by Dr Sara Melville and Professor Nabeel Affara, covering a wide range of academic topics.

Murtada Alsaif presented his work on biomarker discovery, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas spoke about the potential role of infection in diabetes, Laurence Bell introduced us to the world of nanotechnology, Piran Kidambi discussed carbon capture and storage as a means to tackle global warming, Raj Meenakshi-Sundaram presented the advantages of advanced carbon nanotube fibres , Adrian Leonard put forward evidence that Britain paid for its Empire by dealing drugs (including tea, of course), Rebecca Lippman spoke on U.S immigration, Moritz Sowada about School Inspection Judgements, and Faisal Darras about the MBA program at the Judge Business School.

The event brought together students and Fellows and provided a platform for interdisciplinary exchange at all levels. Many present commented on its great success and their hope that it is embedded as a Hughes tradition in the future.

Nouar Qutob, Former MCR President
29th Apr 2010

Stranded by the volcano?

Hughes Hall alumni and students who are stranded due to cancelled flights may be interested in the support being offered by the Cambridge Alumni Relations Office (CARO).

For those who are stuck overseas, there is a network of international alumni who may be able to offer advice about accommodation and travel. Overseas alumni stranded in Cambridge can get in touch with CARO.

See more on the CARO website.

Development Office
20th Apr 2010

Hughes Badminton Team hits new high

Once again we must report on the tremendous success of the Hughes Hall badminton team.

After achieving a great victory in the Michaelmas term league, the team continued its fantastic performance throughout the Lent term. They remained undefeated in all the matches played and comprehensively won the Lent term's badminton league. Hughes Hall has now been promoted - our second league promotion this year. The results were: Corpus 8/1 (Hughes won 8 out of 9 games played), Downing 7/2, Fitz 5/4, Girton 5/4, Jesus 7/2, John's 7/2.

Congratulations to our Captain Haider; to the team Naveed, Shinvani, Ravi, Moritz, Affendi, Amanda, Shin Liang, Jan, Lucy, Manico, Amit and Farooq - not forgetting of course our sporty Senior Tutor, Philip Johnston.

Sara Melville
6th Apr 2010

College Tribute to Jazz Legend Johnny Dankworth

In early February of this year the College was sad to hear of the death of one of its Honorary Fellows, the jazz legend Sir Johnny Dankworth CBE.

Johnny Dankworth's career as a jazz composer, saxophonist and clarinettist spanned over 60 years. He had been a Fellow of the college since 2004.

On March 11th 2010 a Jazz concert was held in the Pavilion Room as a tribute to Johnny and his distinguished career. The concert and tribute was led by Martin Kemp, a fellow saxophone and clarinet player with other performers Iain Mann on violin, Will Curtis on bass, Bert Schilperoort on drums and Hughes student Paul Zinger on piano.

The President Mrs Sarah Squire, who attended the concert along with students and fellows, gave a small speech at the close of the concert to thank the performers for their fitting tribute to a figure whom Jazzwise Magazine rightly called the "first major jazz musician" in the UK.

Events Officer
22nd Mar 2010

Inaugural Charnley Law Dinner

Sir Robin Auld, the A L Goodhart Visiting Professor of Law, was the guest speaker at the Inaugural Charnley Law Dinner held at College on Friday 26th February.

The President of the Supreme Court, the Right Hon the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, who introduced Sir Robin, was amongst many distinguished guests who joined alumni, students, the President and Fellows of Hughes Hall for a very convivial dinner and thought provoking speech. The dinner was generously sponsored by Mr William Charnley, Fellow of the College and partner at Mayer Brown.

Following the success of this inaugural event the Charnley Law Dinner is certain to become a major feature in the Hughes Hall calendar, bringing together the College's growing and successful law community.

Development Office
4th Mar 2010

Hughes Hall celebrates Chinese New Year in style!

The Chinese New Year Formal Hall on Tuesday 24th January was a very enjoyable festive occasion, attended by a real mix of nationalities.

The hall was decorated in style - the dragons on each table were particularly appealing – and the food was excellent. A highlight of the evening was the music of a Chinese guest, invited to play by Alumnus and Senior Member Jeff Cook. The performer, Wenliang Li – Kevin – is a second year engineering student at Trinity, and also the head of the Western Instruments Division of the Cambridge University Chinese Orchestra. Kevin played a beautifully evocative piece on his violin: Fishing Boat in the Sunset – Yu Zhou Chang Wan. We hope that he will return to Hughes later in the year to play the violin solo from the Chinese concerto, The Butterfly Lovers.

Annemarie Young, Senior Member
Editor, News from Hughes

Events and Communications Officer
25th Jan 2012

World Oral Literature Project Workshop

On Thursday 5 January, 2012, Hughes Hall hosted a one-day workshop for staff and partners of the World Oral Literature Project.

Affiliated to the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and directed by Dr Mark Turin, a fellow of Hughes Hall, the project is an urgent global initiative to document and make accessible endangered oral literatures before they disappear without record.

In the intimate setting of Seminar Room A in the Margaret Wileman building, the event provided a forum for the project team to meet with board members Professor Alan Macfarlane, FBA (Life Fellow of King's); Professor Sir Barry Supple, FBA (former Master of St Catharine's College) and the retired publisher Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey; colleagues and students from Anglia Ruskin University, and participants from further afield, including Professor Dame Ruth Finnegan (Open University) and Christopher Moseley (Foundation For Endangered Languages). Most of the visitors had not been to Hughes before, or had not visited in 30 years (!), and were delighted by the warm and welcoming atmosphere and the excellent dining facilities in Fenners. It was an enormously successful event, both intellectually and in terms of introducing the college to guests from within Cambridge and beyond.

For further information on the World Oral Literature Project please visit: oralliterature.org

Events and Communications Officer
11th Jan 2012

Launch of the new College book

The launch of a new history of the College 'Hughes Hall Cambridge 1885-2010' by Professor Ged Martin, newly elected Honorary Fellow, took place on the 2nd of December.

The college was pleased to see so many senior members, alumni and students at the launch.

Produced to coincide with Hughes Hall's 125th Anniversary Celebrations, the illustrated history tells the story of College life from 1885 to the present day.

Until 31 December 2011 the book is available to buy at the direct sale offer price of £35. To buy your copy please visit: tmiltd.typepad.com/hughes_hall

Development Office
5th Dec 2011

Thanksgiving Dinner

Hughes Hall celebrates its US and Canadian students with a grand Thanksgiving dinner followed by a concert of student performed American theme song and music.

Pictured - Martin Kemp leading his impromptu tango band in The Pavilion Room after dinner.

Development Officer
25th Nov 2011

Research Fellowship and PDRA competition 2012

The Hughes Hall Non-Stipendiary Research Fellowship and Post-Doctoral Research Associateship Competition 2012 is now open for applications.

There are no subject or age limitations. Tenure for Research Fellowships is three years initially and five years maximum. Tenure for Associateship is of two years initially and four years maximum. The closing date is 5 January 2012. Further details are posted on the college website.

Web Fellow
16th Nov 2011

Music at Hughes

Hughes Hall student performers gather around the Pavilion Room piano with Director of Music Peter Britton at the end of a very successful concert held after Formal Hall on Friday 11 November.

The next music concert will take place on 24th November at 9:30pm: Thanksgiving with a swing!

Events and Communications Officer
15th Nov 2011

Election of a New Chancellor of the University

An election is to be held on 14th and 15th October to elect a new Chancellor of the University.

Many Hughes Hall alumni will be eligible to vote in the election. For those who are planning to vote, the College would be delighted to welcome you back to Hughes during your visit.

Do check out our election pages for further details of the election and to see what's on offer at the College over the two days of the election.

We hope to see many of you on the 14th or 15th October.

Development Director
26th Aug 2011

Honorary Degree for Honorary Fellow

At yesterday's Honorary Degree Ceremony, presided over for the last time by the University's outgoing Chancellor, his Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (who was also the Visitor to this College), eight new honorands received their honorary degrees.

Honorary Fellow of Hughes Hall, Sir Peter Mansfield, Nobel Prizewinner in Physiology or Medicine, a medical physicist and developer of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Emeritus Professor of Physics in the University of Nottingham, received the title of Doctor of Science, honoris causa.

Development Director
24th Jun 2011

Hughes Hall Summer College Reception on Saturday 25 June

Hughes Hall welcomes all alumni to this year’s Summer College Reception on Saturday 25th June. There will be afternoon tea in the garden including Pimms and Strawberries and Cream and a talk from one of our Fellows, Dr Mark Turin, about his work on language endangerment and cultural diversity.

Date: Saturday 25 June
Time: from 2:30 to 5:30
Lecture to begin at 3:15
Location: Hughes Hall, Pavilion Room

Title: “Collect, Protect, Connect: Documenting the Voices of Vanishing Worlds”

Abstract:
For many communities around the world, the transmission of oral traditions from one generation to the next lies at the heart of cultural practice. Such creative works are increasingly endangered. Of the world’s over 6,000 living languages, linguists predict that around half will cease to be used as spoken vernaculars by the end of this century.

Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork among members of the Thangmi community in Nepal and India, Dr Turin discusses the challenges faced by small-scale societies whose oral speech forms—and the knowledge systems that they encode—are increasingly at risk of disappearing without record.

Speaker Biography:
Dr Turin is an Associate Research Scientist with the South Asian Studies Council in the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University; a Research Associate at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge; a Fellow of Hughes Hall and an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom.

If you would like to book tickets (alumni tickets are free and guest tickets are £5 per person), please email the Development Office by Monday 20th June.

Communications Officer
6th Jun 2011

Hughes Hall alumna awarded with a UKRC ‘Women of Outstanding Achievement Award’

Eur Ing Dr Phebe Mann was awarded with a UKRC Women of Outstanding Achievement Award at a ceremony held on Thursday the 5th of May at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London.

The achievements of Dr Mann, who has broken new ground by being the first and only woman to hold five professional engineering qualifications concurrently in the UK, was recognised in the Tomorrow’s Leader Award category sponsored by Intel. In addition to her other qualifications, Dr Mann is also the first female chair of the Leicester Centre of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Dr Mann is a Science Engineering Technology and Mathematics (STEM) Ambassador and takes every opportunity to encourage girls to consider civil engineering a career option. Dr Mann said: “I am humbled and honoured to have been presented with this award. The perception that engineering ‘is not for girls’ has gradually been changed over the years, as we can see more and more women engineers in responsible positions in industry. I hope that we can continue to encourage young people, especially girls to consider civil engineering as a very worthy and rewarding career.”

The Women of Outstanding Achievement Awards are now in their sixth year and recognise the diverse contributions of women as leaders, innovators and role models.
For more information, visit their website .

Communications Officer
25th May 2011

Hughes Hall Annual City Lecture “Too Big to Fail”

In its twelfth year, the Hughes Hall Annual City Lecture welcomed Ms Laurel Powers-Freeling who delivered an engaging and insightful presentation entitled: "Too Big to Fail: Economic Inevitability or Commercial Opportunism".

We’ve heard a lot about Too Big To Fail (TBTF) since the world financial markets started to unravel in 2008. Since then, questions have emerged concerning social and global wide economic implications. Ms Powers-Freeling provided an insider’s perspective on key issues of TBTF to a full house of attendees on Monday 16 May.

Thought provoking questions and discussion continued well after the presentation and during dinner where Fellows, students and alumni had the opportunity to network with distinguished guests from the financial and business sectors.

The City Lecture is a major event of the Hughes Hall City Fellows Programme, which focuses on the nexus between the work of the University and the ‘City’ world. This presentation was a wonderful addition to a succession of inspiring City Lectures.

Communications Officer
17th May 2011

Rebecca Greenstreet Wows Audience with an Outstanding Violin Recital

Nigel Brown OBE, founder of the Stradivari Trust and Honorary Fellow of Hughes Hall, most kindly presented the exceptionally talented violinist, Rebecca Greenstreet, who played to a full house on Thursday 5 May in the Pavilion Room at Hughes Hall.

Rebecca read music at Newnham and has been offered a full scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music, to begin this September.

Accompanied by pianist, Simon Lane, Rebecca performed Beethoven’s Romance in F and the Franck violin Sonata on a violin by Johannes Tononi, who was an active Bolognese maker from 1670 until 1705. Father of Carlo Tononi, his instruments often follow an enlarged Amati pattern and this violin is particularly noteworthy for its rich, yet translucent varnish in the famous red Bolognese-Venetian colour. Rebecca is hoping to purchase this fine violin through the assistance of the Stradivari Trust.

The Stradivari Trust was created in September 2004 to support various musical and literary projects, both in Cambridge and nationally. Please visit the website for more information:

Communications Officer
9th May 2011

Cambridge Temperature Concepts to be Featured on BBC2

The company behind the innovative DuoFertility device, Cambridge Temperature Concepts (CTC), will be featured on the BBC2 programme “Britain’s Next Big Thing” on the 12th and 19th of April. On the episode that airs on Tuesday the 19th of April at 8:00pm, CTC pitches their product to a team of buyers from a leading pharmacy.

Formed in 2006, the founding team of CTC includes two Hughes Hall Alumni, Dr Oriane Chausiaux (PhD in Pathology, 2003) and Dr Shamus Husheer (PhD in Chemistry, 2002).

Since it formed, CTC has won several high profile awards and made headlines with their DuoFertility device. The device measures body temperature 20,000 times a day to identify a woman’s fertile days with 99 percent accuracy. For certain causes of infertility, DuoFertility has been found to be as effective as IVF, but at a fraction of the cost and less invasive.

Tune in on Tuesday evening (this week and next) to find out how CTC stands against the competition! More information about DuoFertility can be found on the Cambridge Temperature Concepts
website.

Communications Officer
8th Apr 2011

Hughes Hall Students Organise two High Profile Conferences

This year, Hughes Hall had the pleasure of supporting the remarkable initiative of two students who spearheaded high profile conferences drawing in prominent guest speakers and a full house of attendees.

Realising that different branches of philosophical endeavour do not always dialogue closely, Hughes Hall student Alexis Papazoglou (PhD in Philosophy) organised a two-day conference on the 19th and 20th of November 2010 to foster dialogue on the intersection that various disciplines have with philosophy. Twelve philosophers from nine faculties presented papers, and many other academics and students came to participate. Ideas were exchanged, challenged and nuanced, and productive interaction certainly occurred, right through to the last session. Hughes Hall was very happy to host the event, with the President opening proceedings and several Fellows chairing sessions.

The Cambridge Energy Conference, a full day event led by Hughes Hall student, Mahdi Kazemzadeh (MPhil in Technology Policy), and co-sponsored by Judge Business School, Manchester Business School and Hughes Hall Business Society, took place on the 4th of March. The event brought together industry leaders, policy makers and renowned academics who shared their views on energy initiatives impacting climate change. The event welcomed 9 speakers and panellists including: Jean-Pierre Hansen (GDF Suez Executive Committee), Dr William Nuttall (Judge Business School, Electricity Policy Research Group) and Prof Michael Kelly (Prince Philip Professor of Technology at Cambridge, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the DCLG). Attendees had the opportunity to exchange ideas and engage in discussion with the speakers and panellists during the lunch buffet and evening drinks.

It is difficult enough for an established academic to propose a new conference and persuade colleagues to present papers, and all the harder for a student to do this. We warmly congratulate Alexis and Mahdi for their vision and energy.

Communications Officer
1st Apr 2011

Visit of the Visitor ...

The Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and the Visitor of Hughes Hall, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attended the 25th Anniversary Luncheon of The Kurt Hahn Trust (of which he is Patron) at College today.

The Chancellor met with the President of the College, Mrs Sarah Squire (who is also Chair of the Trustees of the Kurt Hahn Trust), two of the college’s Vice-Presidents, Drs Melville and Devereux, and three representatives of the MCR: MCR President Elect John Kattirtzi, Katie Soleil Blanchfield, and Amy Clifton.

Development Director
24th Mar 2011

Clinical Negligence Seminar

Revd Dr John Hare, Quondam Fellow of Hughes Hall, (indeed, John was the first medical fellow of the College) gave a brilliant and heartfelt seminar on clinical negligence with particular reference to obstetrics.

Drawing on his experience in clinical practice and over 20 years of providing expert witness testimony, Dr Hare explained the background to clinical negligence claims associated with cases leading to cerebral palsy.

Describing how the concept of acceptable risk varies between patients and health care professionals Dr Hare discussed the relevant Case Law relied upon by both claimants and defendants, the historic development of that Case Law and its application in the most common situations encountered in Obstetric Negligence.

He reflected on the integrity of the present system, the impact of scientific research and its adoption into clinical practice and whether alternative responses to substandard practice should be considered.

Development Director
18th Mar 2011

CELEBRATING 125 YEARS With a Commemorative Blue Plaque

Hughes Hall has been celebrating its 125th Anniversary and the year has been a time to reflect upon our beginnings as well as look forward to our future. The College began in 1885 as the Cambridge Training College for Women. Initially located in Crofton Cottages, Newnham – now 1 and 3 Merton Street, the College’s founding site has been marked with a blue plaque.

Along with the current owners, Hughes Hall President Sarah Squire, members of the Blue Plaque Association, Fellows of the College, local alumni and residents gathered to celebrate this remarkable milestone. The President delivered a heartfelt speech remarking on the admirable perseverance and vision of Elizabeth Phillips Hughes (founding Principal of the College) and noted that, 125 years later, the College is flourishing under many of the same principles with which it began.

Home owners, Chrissie Eaves-Walton and Fiona and Martin Sakol generously opened their doors and provided a tour of the first classrooms and living quarters of the College.

Indeed, Hughes Hall has come a long way. The College’s enduring vision and dedication to achievement in education has been a foundation on which it will celebrate many milestones to come.

Communications Officer
11th Feb 2011

How is evidence used and mis-used in policy-making and politics?

Politicians of all parties claim that policy-making should be evidence-based, but policy often seems distant from the facts. Is this the case? If so, why? And what might be done about it?

These were the questions addressed in the latest Hughes Hall Centre for Biomedical Science in Society (CBSS) public lecture held on Tuesday 1st February. The speaker, Mr David Howarth, Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge 2005-2010 and Reader in Private Law in the Department of Land Economy, provided the audience with a fascinating insight into how politicians claim to use evidence, and how, in fact,
they do use it.

In response, Prof David Spiegelhalter suggested various mechanisms for overcoming some of these problems. Audience members contributed vigorously to the discussion, and, although they may have been a little more cynical by the time they left, at least they knew that these issues are being tackled by committed proponents of the evidence-based ideal.

Dr Stephen John
9th Feb 2011

Student Achievement & Awards - Inspiring Entrepreneurship that Makes a Difference

Hughes Hall student, Ms. Shah Rukh Abbas (PhD in Biotechnology) was a winner, along with her team member Faisal Khan, University of Oxford, for business ideas submitted to the Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) £1K Award Competition.

Abbas and Khan won the £1K Challenge 2010-11 for their Social Enterprise Venture, “Khadija’s Business Park’’, which proposed the empowerment of women as a possible solution to alleviate the economic crises caused by the 2010 devastating floods in Pakistan. Their second submission, “Sphericos Biotechnologies’’, was also awarded a commendation under the Clean Tech stream.

Both the co- founders of “Khadija Business Park” belong to the worst hit area of Pakistan. They are passionate about implementing their plan and are seeking investments to develop their project further.

Communications Officer
7th Feb 2011

125th Anniversary Campaign

Over the next two weeks a team of students and recent alumni (pictured) will be calling many of our alumni ...

We hope the calls will enable alumni to learn about the College as it is now, hear about some of our ongoing projects, and discuss ways of supporting Hughes Hall - whether through involvement in College activities or through donations to areas of College need.

The principal focus of our fund-raising is the 125th Anniversary Scholarships and Bursaries Appeal ... where we are hoping to treble the funds available to support students in need of funding.

More information about supporting the College and its Scholarships and Bursaries Appeal can be found at:
Supporting our Students

Development Director
4th Dec 2010

Aleksandr Konovalov, Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation

Aleksandr Konovalov, Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation and Visiting Fellow of Hughes Hall gave a lecture entitled "Law in a Global World" on Wednesday 17th November 2010 at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law.

Prior to the lecture a lunch in honour of Minister Konovalov had taken place at Hughes Hall, where the President of the College (Mrs Sarah Squire) had welcomed the Minister and his party to the College and presented him with a College tie. The lunch was attended by Fellows of Hughes Hall, colleagues from the Faculty of Law and other Faculties, and students of law from the College.

Following the lunch Minister Konovalov had visited the Cambridge University Boat Club, toured the Goldie Boathouse, and rowed in the Coxless Four boat presented to CUBC at Golden Boat Regatta, held on Moscow City Day 2009.

Development Director
22nd Nov 2010

Schumann and Finzi Concert, Pavilion Room

Sunil Manohar (Piano) and David Fletcher (Bass Baritone) gave a splendid performance of Schumann's marvelous song cycle "Dichterliebe" on Friday evening, 12th November at Hughes Hall.

With fine characterisation, precise intonation and clear diction, David's interpretation of Heine's texts enabled the story of the Poet's Love to unfold most poignantly. Sunil's sensitive playing was perfectly judged to the mood of each song.

The evening was completed with lively performances of three of Finzi's Shakespeare settings from his Op 18 "Let us Garlands bring".

In summary ... a wonderful recital much appreciated by the audience.

Development Director
15th Nov 2010

HAT Club

Piran Kidambi gave an excellent presentation on Climate Change and possible methods to mitigate its impact at HAT Club on Tuesday evening, 9th November.

After presenting convincing evidence for the ongoing rise in global temperature arising from man's influence on the globe and the consequential potentially catastrophic impact this may have, Piran set out a number of political, economic and technological responses to the problem. A lively debate ensued, ranging across carbon pricing to solar power for Hughes Hall.

The last HAT Club meeting for Michaelmas Term will be held on 25th November at 6:00pm. Details are on the events page.

All members of Hughes Hall are warmly invited to attend and may bring guests.

Development Director
10th Nov 2010

Cricketing success!

Hughes Hall Cricket Team was triumphant this year (following two years of near misses) and is the winner of the 2010 MCR Cricket League.

The splendid trophy was presented to the College’s President, Mrs Sarah Squire, by the captain of the team, Naveed Ahmad (PhD Process Management, 2007), on Matriculation Saturday, 2nd October.

Many congratulations to the whole team!

Development Director
8th Oct 2010

MCR Fresher's Week Activities

The MCR have released the program of social activities for fresher's "week". Please go to this page to see the busy programme of events.

Web Fellow
21st Sep 2010

Accommodation for Graduate Students

Hughes Hall has now filled all its student accommodation and has no more rooms available. We are still happy to welcome students who have fulfilled our offer conditions and received our confirmation letter, but you will need to find your own accommodation, via the University Accommodation Service (recommended) or privately. The University has received a large number of graduate applications for 2010, so you must make sure you have accommodation before you arrive at Hughes Hall on your Registration Day.

Web Fellow
1st Sep 2010

Dream Voices: New Siegfried Sassoon Display at the University Library

An exciting new exhibition has opened at the University Library entitled "Dream Voices: Siegfried Sassoon, Memory and War".

The exhibition which will run from July until December examines Sassoon’s writings in terms of how he looked at “the documented, the remembered and the imagined” (Quote: Cambridge University Library website).

The display includes Sassoon’s diary from his school days which was donated to Hughes Hall by Professor Masatsugu Ohtake (Honorary Fellow) and is currently on loan to the University Library.

The exhibition is open Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 4.30pm, admission is free. For more information please visit the <a href="http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions/Sassoon/">University Library Website</a>

Communications Officer
27th Jul 2010

Hughes Hall M2 Win Blades at May Bumps 2010!

We are pleased to announce that the Hughes Hall M2 (Men’s 2) crew won Blades at May Bumps 2010. To win blades a crew must ‘bump’ the crew in front on each of the four days of competition.

The M2 May Bumps 2010 record was as follows:
Wed 9th June: Bumped Lady Margaret V
Thus 10th June: Bumped Kings III
Fri 11th June: Bumped Sidney Sussex III
Sat 12th June: Bumped Robinson III

The M2 Crew for the final day of Bumps included Cox Stella Krepp, Stroke Michael Falck, Marcus Taylor, Magnus Cormack, Josh Welensky, Til Buender, Stuart Easton, Nathan Skene and Alex Randall with coaches Hannah Spry and Dominic Silk. Also racing in the Bumps over the four days for M2 were Ben Twigger, Antony Wright and Francesco Bovoli.

HHBC would like to thank all of the coaches, coxes and the Emma Boatman Pete Twitchett for their hard work in making this season a great success.

The M1 crew were narrowly denied blades this year despite bumping on three out of the four days of racing. Due to another crew’s failure to clear the river on Thursday, they were unable to bump the boat in front of them.

Communications Officer
15th Jun 2010

11th Annual City Lecture by Sir David Wright

The Eleventh Annual Hughes Hall City Lecture took place last week with speaker Sir David Wright (Vice Chairman, Barclays Capital) gracing the microphone with his talk - Finance: From Public to Private.

The City Lecture is the major public event of the Hughes Hall City Fellows Programme, which provides for three members of the Governing Body to be drawn from the business and commercial world, on a three year rolling appointment basis. All of our current City Fellows - Dr Anthony Freeling (Former Director, McKinsey & Co), Mr Ian Peacock (Chairman, Mothercare) and Mr Richard Jeffery (Chief Investment Officer, Cazenove) - were in attendance.

The lecture took place in the Pavilion Room and was kindly followed by a vote of thanks on behalf of the college and the audience by City Fellow Mr Richard Jeffery. Lecture Guests, which included College Fellows and Senior Members, College students and guests from throughout the university and from the business world, then proceeded to a formal dinner in the Fenners Building.

The picture above is reproduced with the kind permission of the Cambridge News.

Events Officer
24th May 2010

The 9th Kathleen Hughes Memorial Lecture

At the end of April, the 9th Annual Kathleen Hughes Memorial Lecture, organised by the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic in association with Hughes Hall, was given by Professor Marie-Therese Flanagan - Reform in the twelfth-century Irish Church: a revolution of outlook?

Professor Flanagan, a Professor of Medieval History at Queen's University Belfast, spoke on the twelfth-century ecclesiastical reform movement in Ireland, highlighting Ireland's manifold connections with England and continental Europe during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

The lecture which took place in the Pavilion Room was followed by a Reception in the Garden Lecture Room for all in attendance.

On the same occasion as Professor Flanagan's erudite lecture, the Department of ASNaC also celebrated the publication of last year's Kathleen Hughes Memorial Lecture, given by Dr Colman Etchingham (National University of Ireland Maynooth) entitled The Irish 'Monastic Town': Is this a Valid Concept?. This lecture is now available from the ASNaC Departmental Secretary.

(Lecture details reproduced with kind permission of Dr Elizabeth Boyle, Department of ASNaC)

Events Officer
7th May 2010

MCR Handover & Oscars Awards

Thursday 22nd April saw the Annual MCR Handover take place as the 'keys' of the MCR were handed from the outgoing MCR President Nouar Qutob to the incoming MCR President Ed Greenwood. The Handover took place at a special formal hall where an extra two courses were provided by the MCR to all fellows and students in attendance.

The President, Mrs Sarah Squire, kindly spoke highly of the MCR committee and the effort that had put into ensuring that 2009-2010 was another amazing year for the college's MCR, both for events and activities but also in ensuring that our students here at Hughes feel the strong sense of community and support that is available to them.

The outgoing MCR president Nouar talked about the year, the achievements made and her experience leading the MCR. She thanked all her committee members and the leaders of clubs and societies, and wished the May Ball committee led by Faisal Darras the best of luck with the coming May Ball. Nouar has been an outstanding MCR President for Hughes Hall this year and we are all truly grateful for all her hard work!!

The MCR committee also wanted to end the year and say goodbye in a special way through the Oscar awards, which were given to students who had made contributions and been key figures over the year. The Peter Richards Award was also given to Laurence Bell, for all his amazing work at Hughes this year, not least in his role as Bar Manager.

Events Officer
4th May 2010

Alumni Survey Launched Today

Complete the online version online now! In the next few days, Hughes Hall alumni and friends of College will be receiving a survey that is being jointly organised by the College and the University Alumni Office.

We hope this survey will allow us to build up a clearer and more precise picture of the needs and interests of our alumni and friends, and will strengthen and enrich the relationship between our alumni/affiliated members and their University and College.

The information submitted in the survey will allow us to send you invitations to the ever-growing range of alumni events, and enable us to keep you updated with news about developments at Cambridge. The survey also gives alumni a chance to give us feedback on the services we provide, so please do take a few moments to fill it in.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Development Office
20th Apr 2010

HH wins Boat Race for University! Dark Blues reel under Owls dominance!

Well not really, but Hughes men did play key roles in what turned into a great day for CUBC. The first ever Boat Club President from Hughes completed his task in fine style. More Hughes oarsmen than ever before survived all the arduous training and took part in what the Daily Telegraph called - a memorable display of technique and bloody-mindedness.

The record will say that Cambridge won the 2010 Xchanging Boat Race by 1 1/3 lengths in a time of 17 mins 35 seconds. That belies the real story. Both the Blue Boat and Goldie produced outstanding performances to do what is supposed to be impossible, to come from behind on the Championship course.

In one of the most remarkable races ever seen, the Light Blues, on the less-favoured Middlesex station, their much-vaunted fast start first matched and then overturned, somehow managed to resist all their opponents efforts to destroy their rhythm, then turn the disadvantage of the Surrey bend into first a neck and neck struggle and ultimately, at the Bandstand, edge the bow of "the 800th" into a lead. Twice more the Dark Blues tried to come back and were repulsed until stroke Fred Gill upped the rate one last time to generate clear water.

The celebrations began in the traditional manner with the early bath for Peterhouse cox Ted Randolph, and went on far into the night. Congratulations again to CUBC President Deaglan McEachern, his fellow Blues Fred Gill and Derek Rasmussen, Goldie Code Sternal and not forgetting "spare" Nick Edelman.

Dr Mike Franklin
12th Apr 2010

Dr Turin featured in the Cambridge Alumni Magazine

Dr Mark Turin (one of the Post-Doctoral Research Associates at Hughes Hall) has been working in the Himalayas for the last 15 years, studying some of the rare languages that are now close to dying out. His work on endangered languages was recently featured in the Lent 2010 issue of the Cambridge Alumni Magazine (CAM). In this article he describes the challenging but rewarding experience of documenting the unique Thangmi language in Nepal.

In 2009 Dr Turin set up the World Oral Literature Project, based in Cambridge, to allow local communities, anthropologists and linguists to document endangered languages and narrative traditions.

The article can be found on the University Alumni website and if you would like to find out more about Dr Turin and his work, please see the World Oral Literature Project website .

Development Office
30th Mar 2010

Westernization as Cultural Trauma?

Mehmet Ozan Asik, a Hughes Hall PhD student in the Department of Sociology, has recently had an article published with Aykan Erdemir, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, and the Deputy Dean of the Graduate School of Social Sciences at the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.

The article entitled - Westernization as Cultural Trauma: Egyptian Radical Islamist Discourse on Religious Education - has been published in the Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 9 (25) Spring 2010, which is indexed by the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and is available to view online at http://jsri.ro/new/?Current_issue (please see 7th article listed).

In this article, the relation between the Westernization experience and the radical Islamist reaction in Egypt is examined. The traumatisation of the Westernization experience as a result of British colonialism is taken into consideration in order to understand the contemporary Egyptian reaction as manifested in Islamist religious educational discourse.

Communications Officer
16th Mar 2010
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