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Caxton' Chaucer

Caxton's Chaucer Digitised and Featured in Bodleian Exhibition

Merton’s copy of the first edition of the Canterbury Tales printed by William Caxton in 1476/77 is now fully digitized and available for viewing on Digital Bodleian.
Victoria Johnson

Merton's Acting Chaplain appointed as Dean of Chapel at St John’s

Acting Chaplain named as the new Dean of Chapel at St John’s College
Dominic, by Bridget

Professor Dominic Welsh 1938 – 2023

With great sadness, we announce the loss of Professor Dominic Welsh.
Ancient text

Uncovering Ancient History with AI

Merton Tutor in Ancient History Professor Jonathan Prag is part of an ongoing project utilising AI in the field of Ancient History.
Professor Lorna Hutson

New Book Released by Professor Lorna Hutson

Professor Lorna Hutson FBA has recently released ‘England's Insular Imagining: The Elizabethan Erasure of Scotland’.
Kayak on River

Breathtaking Cinemascope: the fetish of the edge

A monthly post about the ongoing process of making Remote Water, a film project from our Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts, Bevis Bowden.
Ms. Anne Keast-Butler

Ms Anne Keast-Butler appointed as Honorary Fellow

Merton is pleased to announce that Ms. Anne Keast-Butler has been appointed as an Honorary Fellow.
Professor David Paterson

Professor David Paterson DPhil DSc appointed as Honorary Fellow of The Physiological Society

Merton is pleased to announce that Professor David Paterson DPhil DSc has been appointed as an Honorary Fellow of The Physiological Society of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
The first ever photograph of Attenborough's long-beaked echidna (c) Expedition Cyclops

Dr James Kempton’s expedition rediscovers egg-laying mammal unseen by science for 60 years

Dr James Kempton’s expedition to Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains rediscovers Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, a highly endangered mammal not seen for 60 years.
portrait of Theophilus Kwek, photo copyright of Gert Jan Pos

Mertonian Theophilus Kwek to be awarded a Swedish literary prize for East Asian poets

Theophilus Kwek (2013) wins the 2023 Cikada Prize