The Bodley Club is delighted to host a Summer Garden Party for all members of Merton College JCR and MCR on Tuesday 12th June from 2pm in Fellows’ Garden.
Alumni welcome!
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The Bodley Club is the speaker society of Merton College, Oxford, and was founded in 1894. MacLaren, fellow of Merton
- The Rt Hon.
Our criterion for inviting guests is that they are "fabulously interesting". This year's speakers include:
- Baroness [P.D.] James of Holland Park (21st February)
- Sir John Beddington, former Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government
- Prof. the Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University and Chairman of the BBC Trust (2nd May, 2014)
- The Rt Revd and Rt Hon. the Lord Williams of Oystermouth, formerly Archbishop of Canterbury, and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge (25th May, 2014)
There are still some places left for our annual Black Tie dinner on 2nd March at 7pm in the Merton SCR. £35/£30 for vegetarians. If you would like to come, RSVP the President ([email protected])
Here's the abstract for the talk on Tuesday. Prof. Boyle well be speaking on 'From Culture to Cultures'. 8.30pm, T.S. Eliot.
"When did the modern use of the term 'culture' to denote a 'complex whole' of human practices arise? The usage is relatively modern, and the answers given by British historians of anthropology (and by Raymond Williams) are unsatisfactory. This paper looks in detail at nineteenth-century developments and draws some conclusions about the ideology concealed within this seemingly innocuous word."
Due to illness, we have a spare space (non-veggie) at the annual dinner TONIGHT AT 7 PM. Cost £35; dress-code black tie. Message us or the President (Timothy Foot) a.s.a.p. if you're interested!
Mertonians are very welcome to join us at our annual dinner, which will be held on 25th February in the S.C.R. (£35 or £30 vegetarian). Please contact the President for more details.
Please do come to today's Bodley Club talk on a Warden of Merton who pioneered the teaching of science in Oxford, Sir Henry Savile, by Dr Allan Chapman FRAS. 8:30 p.m. in the TS Eloit lecture theatre, Merton College. All welcome, free for Mertonians, £2 for others.
For anyone who missed our lecture from Prof. Denis Noble, or who was there and wants to see the talk again (with working slides...), here's a video of another talk he gave on the same subject at the Out of the Box Seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glUjhYDZUgM
The Committee is currently busy with preparing the term-cards for Hilary and Trinity. Do let us know if there's anyone you'd particularly like to hear!
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Baroness James of Holland Park. The celebrated crime writer gave a fantastic paper to the Club last year, which, like her work, will live on in the hearts of many.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30232569
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