Stanford in Oxford

We spent Day 3 in Bath! Exploring the bustling streets and Roman Baths- one of the best preserved Roman sites in the UK!🇬🇧 A lovely way to wrap up an action packed weekend.✨

Coastal views and a slower pace for day 2 of our BING trip weekend. 🌊✨

We headed down to Cornwall, where we explored the historic ruins of Tintagel castle. A beautiful cliffside site closely linked to the legend of King Arthur (still no confirmed sightings)- before heading to Boscastle for a very British afternoon tea. 🌊🫖✨☕️

We recently headed to Devon for a weekend away to kick off the term.

Day 1 saw us start at Mendip Activity Centre, taking part in a range of fun, team-building activities including dry slope skiing, archery and axe throwing! 🎯

A great start to the trip and a chance to bring the group together.⛷️🏹🪓🎿

We would like to congratulate Jennifer Wong, one of our tutors on the publication of her new book “Light Year”. Part of the research for the book was funded by the Stanford in Oxford Funding Grant.

The Cape Town – Oxford Public Memory Program offers Stanford students a rare opportunity to spend TWO quarters away. Beginning Fall 2026 and continuing through Winter 2027, this intensive, co-designed study away program is the first of its kind to integrate two cities within a single course of study, linking Cape Town and Oxford through a sustained comparative framework unique among international study programs. Applications open on Monday 🥳. This special opportunity has an enrollment limit of five spaces.

A SMASHING way to end a great term 🍽️🇬🇧✨❤️

This week we said goodbye to this terms students.

We spent a day wandering through the Roman Baths, getting festive at the Christmas market, and wrapping it all up Greek-style with dancing, plate smashing, and a seriously good meal.

We hope to see you all again soon🇬🇧🌲✨

Stanford in Oxford would like to congratulation Tatiana Zhang, one of Spring 25 cohort, on being named a Rhodes scholar. We look forward to welcoming her back to Oxford!

Zhang, a senior studying computer science and classics from Hong Kong SAR, will pursue an MPhil in Greek and/or Latin languages and literature at Oxford. She has built AI tools for public health and legal aid and worked with the Robin Hood Foundation and the NYC Department of Education. Dedicated to expanding access to learning, she has published a Latin textbook, created vocabulary games for Syriac scholars, and co-authored a white paper on equitable AI in classrooms. Her honors thesis connects Callimachus’ poetics with Plato’s theories of poetry. She hopes to pursue a career in public interest law focused on impact litigation and legislative advocacy.

Well done Tatiana! 🎉

Last week, we were proud to welcome Professor Georgia Watson of Oxford Brooke University to Stanford House. Professor Watson gave a lecture in our ‘City and Identity’ series entitled ‘Urban Character and Place Identity’, ranging from how London recovered from the Great Fire to what urban planners in the twenty-first century can learn from Boston. Thank you, Prof. Watson!

Stanford University in Oxford are pleased to announce another recipient of our small funding grant. Juliana Dresvina is working on medieval “marginal” art (manuscript marginalia, stalls, misericords, corbels, bosses, tympana). For her forthcoming article on anthropomorphic monsters she needed to visit Vezelay and Autun (Burgundy, France) to take pictures of hard-to-access Romanesque carvings in these churches.

We were able to fund her travel and accommodation for the trip!