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Horsedung, crusader castles and marauding students
Religious war isn’t an irrational act, and we shouldn’t dismiss it as irrational. This month’s BBC History magazine interviews Hertford’s Professor of the History of the Crusades, Christopher Tyer...
Tanner Day report
Professor Pat Roche’s account of the Tanner day celebrations was published in the Oxford Mail this week. Thanks to all our speakers and alumni who made it such a success. Pat reviews Hertford’s role in chang...
Guru-Murthy: ‘why Oxford was right for me’
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Channel 4 news journalist and fomer Hertford PPEist, talks about why Oxford was right for him: “Just apply. Whatever you’re worried about about Oxford, it’s probably not true.̶...
Open Day tomorrow!
Tomorrow (Friday 18 September) is the third of our annual Open Days, and your last chance to come to look around Hertford before the Oxbridge application deadline (15 October). Our tutors will give talks on all the subje...
Not a Ferrero Rocher* in sight
Tom Fletcher, Hertford Honorary Fellow (History and Politics, 1994) has just completed a four-year posting as Ambassador to Lebanon. This BBC interview describes his unpompous attitude to the role, his dislike of the add...
Graduate Innovation Competition winners
The inaugural Hertford Graduate Initiative Fund Competition elicited a variety of entrepreneurial ideas from Hertford graduate students, ranging from biotechnology start-ups to a firm specialising in cultural consulting....
Hertford philosopher on Hume
Hertford’s Peter Millican can be heard on BBC Radio 4’s A History of Ideas (4 August 2015), discussing David Hume’s assessment of the strength of testimonial evidence with reference to reports of mira...
Gibbs Prizes for Hertford undergraduates
Congratulations to Hertford undergraduates who have been awarded Gibbs prizes for excellent performance in university examinations. Benjamin Dawes: Â the Gibbs Prize for Computer Science and Philosophy at the end of his ...
Paul Langford 1945-2015
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of Professor Paul Langford FBA, former Rector of Lincoln and an Honorary Fellow of Hertford, his undergraduate college. We will announce the arrangements for a m...
BA medal for Roy Foster
Congratulations to Professor Roy Foster, whose latest book has been awared a British Academy Medal for 2015. The British Academy Medals were established to recognise outstanding academic work, and this year the Academy ...