St John's College, Oxford

06/10/2026

👋 5 people you’ll meet at St John’s - Marjory, Housekeeping Manager

Arriving at university for the first time can feel daunting, especially if it’s your first time living away from home, but there are lots of people here to help you settle in.

Meet our Housekeeping Manager, Marjory, whose team is here to help look after you and your surroundings during your time at St John’s.

If you need some help, or aren’t sure who to ask about something, you can always speak to one of the team or pop into the Housekeeping Office.

05/10/2026

'Saying it in Style: Some Uses of Rhetoric by Platonist Philosophers in Late Antiquity'

Join us for the fourth annual Donald Russell Memorial Lecture, given by Professor Anne Sheppard (Royal Holloway)

St John's College, Thursday 22nd October, 5pm

https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events/donald-russell-memorial-lecture-2026/

03/10/2026

While we look forward to the start of the new year tomorrow, we're also celebrating last week's graduates 🎓

Whether it's one or four or more years from now, this will be all of you one day!

30/09/2026

How does place shape a person? Greg, DPhil Student in History, discusses Douglas Stuart's award-winning novel Shuggie Bain and the 'radical tenderness' of its young protagonist.

29/09/2026

Congratulations, graduates! 🎓

23/09/2026

For the second time in this , our President had the remarkable opportunity to read a first edition of the book that changed her profession, a volume that, until very recently, she never imagined she would encounter in person.

The President’s second encounter with Andreas Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis Fabrica came during a recent trip to North America, where she was treated to a special tour of the Houghton Library, home to Harvard University’s special collections. This special tour was generously facilitated by alumnus Professor Robert Darnton, University Librarian Emeritus at Harvard and an Honorary Fellow of St John’s.

22/09/2026

An Expert Witness ebook available for 99p today only!

If you haven't yet snapped up your copy of our President's latest book, now's your chance to sort out your autumn reading 📖

https://bit.ly/3V41gaM

18/09/2026

We're so pleased to be supporting ARCh - Assisted Reading for Children Oxfordshire at St John's!

Huge thanks to Jane and Elaine for coming to run an in-person training session for us yesterday, all the volunteers are really looking forward to getting started 📚

16/09/2026

16/09/2026

What is modernity doing to Oman? 📚

St John’s Geography student Mahnoor discusses finding Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies (2018) in translation in the College Library and explains how it has gone on to shape her own research.

A reminder of how the right book can change the way we think about our own lives, and, just as crucially, the value of knowledgeable librarians!