The Noonan Trio getting their groove on! The King is dancing...inspired by WHAT? Come and find out on Sat 30 May at St John's College: bit.ly/4lSHXu1 @stjohnsox.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social @ppluk.bsky.social #ocm #fundedbyPRSF

How do we future-proof our trees and cities in a changing climate? 🌍🌳 Join Kevin Martin, Head of Tree Collections & Arboriculture at Kew Gardens, for this year’s Penson Lecture: “Preparing for the Future” 23rd June, 5pm, free and open to all! www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...

It's today! 🎉☀️📖 Come along to St John's for a weekend of book-based fun - there are still a few spaces left for most talks! https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events/st-johns-literary-festival/

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of two distinguished alumni as Honorary Fellows of St John’s College - Professor László Székelyhidi and Bronwen Maddox - who were welcomed back at a special dinner last Friday. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...

Some books stay with us for a lifetime. 📚 Honorary Fellow and author @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social shares why Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party has meant so much to her, both as a reader and as a writer. #NationalYearOfReading2026 #YearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026 youtube.com/shorts/za9im...

Behold Agnus Dei! The pareidolia of a @stjohnsox.bsky.social man, in the fields of Cholderton

Happy World Bee Day from this friend (who unfortunately could not be photographed in front of the Beehive building...) 🐝

100 years on, Alain Locke’s The New Negro remains a landmark work of literature and cultural history. 📚 Klarke and Henry introduce the collection, and share some of the events taking place this weekend to celebrate its legacy. #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026 youtube.com/shorts/5Dc-U...

St John's welcomes Professor Sendhil Mullainathan, Sanjaya Lall Visiting Professor of Business and Development 2026, for an exploration of what it means to 'fail well'. Professor Mullainathan's lecture is free to attend and open to members of the public. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...

Last week, we hosted a new Academic Excellence Summit, organised jointly by students in the MCR and Clarendon Scholars from across the collegiate university. We hope that this will be a regular event in the College's calendar and look forward to next year's summit!

What happens after the ending? 📚 Lia, one of our Human Sciences students, shares how Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments captured her imagination, and why dystopian fiction can resonate with readers everywhere. #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn youtube.com/shorts/djfKR...

1/3 🌐 Sometimes the first math community is online. For Archit 🇮🇳 #India, #ArtOfProblemSolving was that first place to find people who cared about the same problems. Archit is a GTF BIG Talent Scholar (starting 2025) studying Mathematics and Computer Science at @stjohnsox.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk.

St John's welcomes Professor Sendhil Mullainathan, Sanjaya Lall Visiting Professor of Business and Development 2026, for an exploration of what it means to 'fail well'. Professor Mullainathan's lecture is free to attend and open to members of the public. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...

Thinking of doing some gardening this Bank Holiday Monday? Now our students can too 🌿 Introducing the new SJC Wellbeing Garden! This is a quiet, tranquil space where students can take a break from academic life and get hands-on with simple tasks like watering and weeding.

STEP into the Cosmos! 🌠 Today, #InternationalSpaceDay, profkatherine.bsky.social has launched a free web app to make science more accessible, engaging, and inclusive. Now available in English & isiXhosa, with more languages to come! www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new... youtube.com/shorts/gocEe...

Sumer is icumen in ☀️ youtube.com/shorts/0E7BH...

In need of a book recommendation for the Bank Holiday weekend? 2nd year and JCR President Jerome suggests 'The Remains of the Day' by Nobel Prize-winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro - a book he thinks everyone should read! #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn www.youtube.com/shorts/OxnBi...

Congratulations to Professor Gareth Lloyd Evans, Tutorial Fellow in English, on being awarded a Research Fellowship by the The Leverhulme Trust for research on trans lives in the Viking world. More info ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...

Some photos from the garden at @stjohnsox.bsky.social 🙂

What does a thousand years of brain science look like? 🧠 Professor @lhuntneuro.bsky.social shares Portraits of the Mind - a book that traces how we’ve tried to visualise the brain, right through to cutting-edge imaging used today. #GoAllIn #NationalYearOfReading2026 youtube.com/shorts/6GFE-...

Giles the lamb is back after an exciting few weeks accompanying the President, Principal Bursar and Alumni team to the USA 🌉 Huge thanks to all alumni and friends of the college who came to see us - it was a wonderful trip and we hope to see you again soon! www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/

***4-year Career Development Research Fellowship in Psychology now available at Oxford!*** Open to all areas of Psychology, including Cognitive/Behavioural Neuroscience. PhD in last three years, or be about to submit (some exceptions apply). Deadline: 21st May. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vac...

A super symposium last Friday @stjohnsox.bsky.social for the @enghistrev.bsky.social symposium exploring how historians respond 'when there are no sources'—Nandini Chatterjee here chairing the final panel with (l-r), John Arnold, Miranda Spieler, Jonathan Saha, Tess Wingard & @hsmurphy.bsky.social.

ART AND LEGACY OF SANTIAGO RAMON y CAJAL Organised by the Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK, sponsored by @oxforddpag.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social Launch: Wednesday 29th April from 3:50. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/oxfor... Lecture theatre 1, Lower ground floor LaMB

St George's Day -- and if you want to know all about his dragon, may I suggest this is a good day to read The Little Book of Dragons ....? This is emphatically NOT St George on the cover.

I had the chance to speak about Peter Brown’s The World of Late Antiquity (1971) at St John’s College, Oxford (@stjohnsox.bsky.social) for the National Year of Reading 2026. 🙂 youtube.com/shorts/njfxK...

Academic job alert: Career Development Research Fellowship in Psychology 🧑‍🎓 If you have recently completed or are close to completion of a doctorate, St John's is currently accepting applications for a full-time four-year research position. Full details ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vac...

Join the St John's choir and professional singers from Vox Urbane, for an hour of wonderful music to start the term. 6pm, Sunday 19th April, St John's Chapel. Free and open to all!

1/3 👩‍🏫 Some students finish Olympiads and stop competing. Kevin kept going by teaching and creating new problems for other students. Kevin Adi Senjaya 🇮🇩 #Indonesia is a GTF BIG Talent Scholar (starting 2025) and studies Mathematics at @stjohnsox.bsky.social

"Stealing of Cream by Blue Tits" is a track from The Noonan Trio's "Inherit a Memory" which was placed on the 68th GRAMMY Ballot. Listen: buff.ly/n0qADUv Tix for 30 May Gig: bit.ly/4lSHXu1 @stjohnsox.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social @ppluk.bsky.social

New gig announcement! Sean Noonan Trio, Sat 30 May at @stjohnsox.bsky.social. Speaking drummer Sean Noonan performs rhythmic jazz storytelling with pianist Matthew Bourne & bassist Michael Bardon. Book: bit.ly/4lSHXu1 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social @ppluk.bsky.social

We loved attending @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social's Primary Playmaker showcase recently, where pupils saw their plays come to life on stage. We're proud to support arts access for 2,000+ children across Oxfordshire each year through our partnership. #WorldTheatreDay www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...

On Wednesday, we were delighted to host the Inaugural Lecture of the new Nuffield Professor of Population Health, Professor Prabhat Jha. Professor Jha joined @oxpop.bsky.social and St John's this academic year, and it was wonderful to welcome him officially to @ox.ac.uk.

Spring is here! 🌻🌷🪻

The flowering cherry (prunus pandora) looking beautiful in college! Spring is on the way... 🌸

@engfac.bsky.social @karavanpress.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social

How to do #history when there are no sources?🤔—in person April symposium @stjohnsox.bsky.social with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social & @academic.oup.com + John Arnold, @hsmurphy.bsky.social, Jonathan Saha, Miranda Spieler & Tess Wingard across many periods & geographies. Free, but book👇!

It's University Mental Health Day! We asked some of our current students what they do to manage their mental health - not surprisingly, the cats featured... 🐱🐱🐱 #UniMentalHealthDay @studentmindsorg.bsky.social

Marking 400 years since the death of John Dowland, our Choir Director performs Dr Case’s Pavan. The pavan commemorates John Case, Scholar and Fellow of St John’s, who is remembered to this day in his portrait above High Table and in his Chapel funerary monument.

Dearest gentle reader... as Bridgerton returns today, all eyes turn again to Queen Charlotte 👑 The college's portraits of George III and Charlotte Sophia, gifted by the royals themselves, sit at the heart of a long-running debate: was she Britain’s first Black queen?

The College is delighted to have received a significant donation of Arabic-script manuscripts and early printed and lithographed books from the collection of Professor Julia Bray, Emeritus Research Fellow in Arabic. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...

Slade Lectures 2026 'Brasilia: Planned Exclusion' Esther da Costa Meyer 5pm Wed 18 Feb Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social (Free Admission) Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-... Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

Huge congratulations to the three SJC students who will play for OURFC in the Varsity Matches on Saturday, 28th February 2026! Look out for Mel Morley, starting number 8, Kate Mitchell, replacement winger, and Owen Casstles, replacement scrum-half 🏉

Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2026! 🎉 We’re proud to support apprentices across St John’s, helping them to gain real skills, experience and qualifications while making a meaningful impact across the college. Find out more ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...

We had an inspiring Friday & Saturday last week at St John's College with our brilliant guest speakers & current BOOM artists. If you were there, we'd love to have your feedback: www.illuminate-data.org.uk/survey/bsdpvl @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social

Early morning view outside St John's College ✨ 📷 Instagram | Spiralling_Oxford (January, 2025)

Slade Lectures 2026 'Colonial Algiers: Architecture and Segregation' Esther da Costa Meyer 5pm Wed 4 Feb Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social (Free Admission) Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-... More information on the Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

Did you catch Senior Tutor, Dr Matthew Nicholls, discussing The Roman Arena on In Our Time this morning? If not, don't worry! You can catch up on all the gladiatorial action at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Slade Lectures 2026 'Shanghai' Esther da Costa Meyer 5pm Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social (Free Admission) Today's lecture (abstract) www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-lectures-2026-urban-change-and-representation-2 More info on the Slade Lectures: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures

You have an amazing campus and wonderful students! 😊I had a most enjoyable time conducting the workshop and dining at HighTable! Thank you!