Can a book make us feel less alone? đ
Dr Jess Venner, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Archaeology, shares why Niall Williams' This Is Happiness has stayed with her.
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@stjohnsox.bsky.social@stjohnsox.bsky.socialProfessor Mia Bay (University of Cambridge) will give this year's Black History Month Lecture - "The Call and the Answer: Travel and Literature in the Work of Addie B. Hunton and Kathryn M. Johnson"
Thursday 29 October, 5pm
https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events/black-history-month-lecture-2026/
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialđ 5 people youâll meet at St Johnâs - Leigh, Catering Manager From your first breakfast to your graduation dinner, Leigh and the Catering team will become familiar faces during your time at St Johnâs.
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialđ 5 people youâll meet at St Johnâs - Richard, Deputy Academic Registrar From questions about your studies and academic arrangements to navigating processes and deadlines, Richard and the Academic Office team are here to help throughout your time at St Johnâs.
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialđ 5 people youâll meet at St Johnâs - Rob, Senior Welfare Officer đ University life has its ups and downs, and you donât have to navigate them alone. Rob is one of the people at St Johnâs you can turn to if you need support, advice, or simply someone to talk to.
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialđ 5 people youâll meet at St Johnâs - Sara, Library Assistant Whether youâre trying to track down something on your reading list, finding your way around the library, or looking for resources for your studies, Sara and the Library team are here to help.
@sjblakemore.bsky.socialReposted by @stjohnsox.bsky.socialIâm on sabbatical this year, and am very happy to be spending time thinking, reading and writing in this beautiful library @stjohnsox.bsky.social
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialđ 5 people youâll meet at St Johnâs - Marjory, Housekeeping Manager Arriving at university for the first time can feel daunting, especially if itâs your first time living away from home, but there are lots of people here to help you settle in.
@stjohnsox.bsky.social'Saying it in Style: Some Uses of Rhetoric by Platonist Philosophers in Late Antiquity'
Join us for the fourth annual Donald Russell Memorial Lecture, given by Professor Anne Sheppard (Royal Holloway)
https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events/donald-russell-memorial-lecture-2026/
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialWhile we look forward to the start of the new year tomorrow, we're also celebrating last week's graduates đ Whether it's one or four or more years from now, this will be all of you one day!
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialHow does place shape a person?
Greg, DPhil Student in History, discusses Douglas Stuart's award-winning novel Shuggie Bain and the 'radical tenderness' of its young protagonist.
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialCongratulations, graduates! đ
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialThe Presidentâs second encounter with Andreas Vesaliusâ De Humani Corporis Fabrica came during a recent trip to Boston, where she was treated to a tour of the Houghton Library, with Prof Robert Darnton, University Librarian Emeritus at Harvard and an Honorary Fellow of St Johnâs.
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialFor the second time in this #NationalYearOfReading2026, our President had the remarkable opportunity to read a first edition of the book that changed her profession, a volume that, until very recently, she never imagined she would encounter in person.
@oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.socialReposted by @stjohnsox.bsky.socialSlade Lectures 2027
Core Concepts of Jaina Art:
Visuality and the Jaina Tradition in India and the Diaspora
đŁProf Dr Julia A.B. Hegewald
đAuditorium, @stjohnsox.bsky.social
Free admission, and open to all to attend.
đDates
Wed 20 Jan - Wed 24 Feb 2027
More info www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
@carrielarocco.bsky.socialReposted by @stjohnsox.bsky.socialA talk that I gave on some aspects of the reception of late Roman and early medieval women for the Open Days at St Johnâs College, Oxford last year (@stjohnsox.bsky.social) âşď¸ (youtu.be/a_siiNn0cRQ?...)
@refugeestudies.bsky.socialReposted by @stjohnsox.bsky.socialAre you currently completing a doctorate related to forced migration and looking to develop your career? We are delighted to share details of a new Research Fellowship in the Anthropology of Forced Migration in collaboration with @stjohnsox.bsky.social .Â
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialAn Expert Witness ebook available for 99p today only!
If you haven't yet snapped up your copy of our President's latest book, now's your chance to sort out your autumn reading đ
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialWhat is modernity doing to Oman? đ
St Johnâs Geography student Mahnoor discusses finding Jokha Alharthiâs Celestial Bodies (2018) in translation in the College Library and explains how it has gone on to shape her own research.
@stjohnsox.bsky.socialThank you to everyone who visited us over the weekend during #OxfordOpenDoors
It was a pleasure to welcome so many visitors and to offer a glimpse behind-the-scenes of life in college!
If youâd like to come back, St Johnâs is open for free every afternoon from 2pm.