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Merton College Music Society

MCMS Lunchtime Concert

Wednesday 26 February 2020
Given by Jamie Cochrane and Catherine Dixon.
Depicting Beowulf: Gavin Bone’s 1945 Illustrations

Depicting Beowulf: Gavin Bone’s 1945 Illustrations

Thursday 13 February 2020
A talk on Gavin Bone's illustrations for ‘Beowulf’ and the reception of his translation, published posthumously in 1945.
Merton College Music Society

MCMS Soirée

Thursday 13 February 2020
A Merton College Music Society event.
Dr Nessa Carey

Talk: Hacking the Code of Life

Monday 10 February 2020
Speaker: Dr Nessa Carey, Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London.
Sir Rex Richards (right) in 1969, being welcomed to the College by John Roberts (then a Fellow in History)

Memorial Meeting for Sir Rex Richards

Saturday 8 February 2020
A celebration of the life of Sir Rex Richards (1922-2019), former Warden of Merton (1969-1984) and Honorary Fellow.
Collage of images from the Merton College archives

Travelling, Measuring and Drawing Ancient Rome

Wednesday 5 February 2020
Mistakes, misinterpretations and misattributions in Antoine Desgodets’ ‘Les edifices antiques de Rome’ (Paris 1682), a chained book from Merton’s Upper Library.
(L-R) Dr Clara Barker; Freddy McConnell (photo of Freddy McConnell © Ingrid Mur - www.imurchan.co.uk)

The Merton Equality Conversation 2020 - ‘…

Monday 3 February 2020
With speakers Dr Clara Barker and Freddy McConnell.
Professor Christl Donnelly CBE FRS FMedSci. Photo: © The Royal Society [CC-BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Badgers and bovine TB control – is it all black…

Friday 31 January 2020
Leading authority Professor Christl Donnelly explained the evidence for bovine TB control options, based on her research in this area.
Tokyo skyline at night

Merton in Tokyo

Friday 24 January 2020
Merton alumni were invited to join a dinner with the Warden in Tokyo.
Hong Kong skyline at night

Merton in Hong Kong

Tuesday 21 January 2020
Merton alumni were invited to join a dinner with the Warden in Hong Kong at The China Club.