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2019 Alumni Weekend in Tokyo logo

Merton in Tokyo and Alumni Weekend

Friday 22 March 2019
A buffet dinner for Mertonians that coincided with the University’s Meeting Minds Alumni Weekend in Tokyo.
Alumni at the 750th Anniversary Weekend Dinner - Photo: © John Cairns - www.johncairns.co.uk

Gaudy for the years 1977 to 1981

Saturday 16 March 2019
For all Mertonians who matriculated (or joined as Junior Members) between 1977 and 1981.
Dr Will Bowers

History of the Book Group Talk: 'The Printed…

Thursday 7 March 2019
Speaker: Dr Will Bowers
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, by Howard Coster, 1938. NPG x10359 © National Portrait Gallery, London

Berkeley Day

Saturday 2 March 2019
A day that celebrated Berkeley's four years as an undergraduate at Merton (1922–6), and marked the 30th anniversary of his death.
The gatehouse at Lambeth Palace - Photo: © Martin Addison [CC-BY-SA 2.0]

Merton Society London Dinner

Friday 1 March 2019
The 2019 London Dinner was held at Lambeth Palace.
Detail from a drawing from the 'Prosopopoeia' series, 2019, by Rebecca Fortnum

Say Something Back: An event exploring feminist…

Thursday 28 February 2019
An afternoon of presentations from six artists, including Rebecca Fortnum, Visiting Research Fellow in Creative Arts.
Members of Merton College Girls' Choir in 2018 - Photo: © KT Bruce www.ktbrucephotography.com

Chorister Open Day

Wednesday 27 February 2019
An opportunity for girls in Years 3 to 6 to experience what it’s like to be a member of an Oxford collegiate choir.
Professor Roger Blandford FRS at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, in May 2016 - Photo: © Bengt Nyman, bia Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 4.0]

The 29th Ockham Lecture - 'Confirmation,…

Monday 25 February 2019
Given by Roger Blandford FRS, Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences, Stanford University.
Merton College Music Society

Lunchtime Recital

Thursday 21 February 2019
A Merton College Music Society event.
Abstract colourful mosaic

The Merton Equality Conversation 2019 - '…

Friday 8 February 2019
With speakers Professor Elizabeth Frood, Professor Kojiro Hirose, and Marie Tidball.