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Art History
Dr Rixt Woudstra
BA, MA, PhD
Course Leader & Lecturer in Art History
Dr Rixt Woudstra is Course Leader & Lecturer in Art History. Rixt teaches Modern Architecture from 1851 to the Present. She joined the New College of the Humanities in 2020 after completing her PhD in the History, Th...
Read BiographyDr Niamh Bhalla
BA, MA, PhD
Course Leader & Lecturer in Art History
Dr Niamh Bhalla is Course Leader & Lecturer in Art History at New College of the Humanities. Niamh came to NCH in 2018, having previously lectured and worked on research projects at The Courtauld Institute of Art and...
Read BiographyDr Susan Green
BA (Wales), GradDip, MA, PhD (Courtauld)
Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Art History
Dr Green joined NCH in 2016 as a Lecturer in Art History and in 2019 became Head of Faculty. Susie currently teaches the Artists and Their Materials and the Industry of Art: Renaissance and Baroque Patrons, Artists, Obje...
Read BiographyDr Kate Grandjouan
BA, MA, PhD
Course Leader and Lecturer in Art History
Kate is a Course Leader and Lecturer in Art History at NCH. Kate teaches European Painting from Chardin to Matisse and The Elegiac Landscape and Masters in America. Qualifications PhD, Early Modern Art, The Courtauld Ins...
Read BiographyCreative Writing
Jaya Savige
BA, MPhil (UQ), PhD (Cantab – pending)
Lecturer in English and Head of Creative Writing
Jaya Savige is a Lecturer in English and Head of Creative Writing at New College of the Humanities. He is a prize-winning poet who read for his PhD on James Joyce at Christ’s College, Cambridge, on a scholarship from t...
Read BiographyHoward Jacobson
BA (Cantab)
Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
Mr Jacobson lists Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen and Dickens among his foremost inspirations, and has written variously about comedy, Australia, Jewishness and love. His novel, The Finkler Question (2010), won the Man Booke...
Read BiographyDr Amita Murray
BA, MA, PhD
Lecturer in Creative Writing
Amita Murray is a novelist and short story writer. Her novel The Trouble with Rose came out with Harper Collins in 2019. In 2016, she won the SI Leeds Literary Prize for her short story collection Marmite and Mango Chutn...
Read BiographyEconomics
Dr Marianna Koli
BSc (UMIST), MSc (Manc), PhD (Manc)
Dean for Education in Business & Economics, Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer for Economics
Dr Marianna Koli joined New College of the Humanities for its first teaching year, and has held a number of responsibilities at the College. In her current role, she is responsible for overseeing the College’s LAUNCH p...
Read BiographySabina Crowe
MA (Nantes)
Lecturer in Economics
Sabina Crowe is a Lecturer in Economics at New College of the Humanities where she teaches first-year courses in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, as well as Statistics. Over the last eight years she has worked in inter...
Read BiographyDr. Andrea Gatto
PhD, MSc, MA, BSc
Lecturer and Course Leader in Economics
Dr. Andrea Gatto is Lecturer and Course Leader at NCH, where he teaches Economic Development, International Development, and Research Design & Data Collection. An economic and business consultant, Andrea is President...
Read BiographyProfessor Sir Partha Dasgupta
BSc (Delhi), BA, MA, PhD (Cantab), FBA, FAAAS
Visiting Professor of Economics
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta was named a Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s 2002 Birthday Honours List for services to economics. He has the rare distinction of being a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Roy...
Read BiographyDr Ahmad Seyf
BA (Tehran), PDip (Glas), MA (Manc), PhD (Rdg)
Course Leader and Lecturer in Political Economy
Dr Ahmad Seyf is Course Leader and Lecturer in Political Economy at New College of the Humanities. Qualifications PhD, University of Reading (1982) MA Econ, University of Manchester (1975) Postgrad Dip, University of Gla...
Read BiographyDr Tom Sander
Diplom (Europa Fachhochschule Fresenius), MBA (Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg), Dr.sc.admin (University of Latvia)
Course Leader and Lecturer in Communication and Public Understanding of Economics
Dr Tom Sander is Course Leader and Lecturer in Communication and Public Understanding of Economics at New College of the Humanities. Qualifications Dr.sc.admin, University of Latvia (2016) MBA, Europäische Fernhochschul...
Read BiographyDr Mike Peacey
BSc, MA, PhD (Bris), DipFA, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Dr Mike Peacey is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at New College of the Humanities. He has a Doctorate in Economics (PhD) from the University of Bristol for his thesis entitled Essays in Applied Microeconomics. He also ho...
Read BiographyDr George Zouros
BSc (QMUL), MSc (Imp Lond), PhD (LSE), PGCE (KCL)
Lecturer in Economics
Dr Zouros has worked as a Lecturer and Senior Tutor in Economics at NCH since its foundation, teaching Mathematics, Statistics and Further Mathematics. He received his PhD in Philosophy of Science in 2007 from the London...
Read BiographyDr Yaprak Tavman
BSc (METU), MSc (York), PhD (York)
Lecturer in Economics
Dr Tavman is a Lecturer in Economics teaching Applied Economics I for 3rd year, Macroeconomics I&II for 2nd year undergraduates and International Economic Policy for Masters students at NCH. After the completion of h...
Read BiographyDr Sebastian Ille
MSc (HU), PhD (UNISI)
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Sebastian is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at New College of the Humanities. He completed his Master’s degree in Economics and Management Science at the School of Business and Economics of the Humboldt University. He ...
Read BiographyDr Mahmoud Shahin
PhD (Exeter)
Lecturer in Economics
Dr Mahmoud Shahin is a Lecturer in Economics at New College of the Humanities. He is teaching on Principles of Microeconomics for Northeastern University (The N.U.in Program). He graduated from Faculty of Economics, Univ...
Read BiographyProfessor Monojit Chatterji
BA (MU), BA, MA, PhD (Cantab)
Professor of Economics
Monojit is a Professor of the Economics Faculty. He has previously held academic appointments at several British, US, Indian and Australian Universities. He has acted as an External Examiner in leading Universities aroun...
Read BiographyEnglish
Dr Catherine Brown
BA (Cantab), MSc (LSE), MA (UCL), Dip (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)
Head of Faculty & Senior Lecturer in English
Dr Catherine Brown is Head of Faculty and a Senior Lecturer in English at New College of the Humanities. She studied English at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She then moved out into academic and practical politi...
Read BiographyDr Charlotte Grant
BA (Cantab), MA (Courtauld Institute), PhD (Cantab)
Senior Lecturer in English
Dr Charlotte Grant is a Senior Lecturer in English. She studied English at Trinity Hall Cambridge, where she also did her Phd on Eighteenth-Century literature and visual culture following a Masters in Art History at the ...
Read BiographyDr Peter Maber
BA, MA, MPhil, PhD (Cantab)
Senior Lecturer in English & Director of Semester Programmes
Dr Peter Maber is a Senior Lecturer in English and Director of Semester Programmes at New College of the Humanities (NCH). He has degrees from the University of Cambridge in English and American Literature and completed ...
Read BiographyJaya Savige
BA, MPhil (UQ), PhD (Cantab – pending)
Lecturer in English and Head of Creative Writing
Jaya Savige is a Lecturer in English and Head of Creative Writing at New College of the Humanities. He is a prize-winning poet who read for his PhD on James Joyce at Christ’s College, Cambridge, on a scholarship from t...
Read BiographyDr Daniel Swift
BA (Oxon), PhD (CU)
Senior Lecturer in English
Dr Daniel Swift is a Senior Lecturer in English. He has a BA from Oxford University and a PhD from Columbia University in New York. He has written books about William Shakespeare, Ezra Pound, and the poetry of the Second...
Read BiographyHoward Jacobson
BA (Cantab)
Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
Mr Jacobson lists Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen and Dickens among his foremost inspirations, and has written variously about comedy, Australia, Jewishness and love. His novel, The Finkler Question (2010), won the Man Booke...
Read BiographySir Trevor Nunn
MA (Cantab)
Visiting Professor of Drama
Trevor Nunn is one of Britain’s most well-respected and influential theatre directors. After studying English under F R Leavis at Downing College, Cambridge, he became Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at...
Read BiographyProfessor Sir Christopher Ricks
BA, MA, BLitt (Oxon), FBA
Visiting Professor of English
Sir Christopher Ricks delivers lectures for the English BA at New College of the Humanities. He is Warren Professor of the Humanities, and Co-Director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University, having formerly bee...
Read BiographyWilliam Hall
BA (Yale), MA (Edin)
Assistant Lecturer in Cultures of London
William Hall is an Assistant Lecturer on Cultures of London at NCH. Qualifications B.A. Philosophy, Yale University (2015) M.Sc Literature and Society, University of Edinburgh (2016) PhD Candidate English Literature, ...
Read BiographyDr Peter Jones
BA, MA, PhD (Lond)
Assistant Lecturer in Cultures of London
Dr Peter Jones is an early career researcher whose work examines the intersection between literary realism, mass entertainment and urban locality during the nineteenth century. Peter has taught at Queen Mary, University ...
Read BiographyJames Nixon
BA (Lond), MA (Lond), PhD pending
Assistant Lecturer in Academic Writing
James Nixon is an Assistant Lecturer in Academic Writing at New College of the Humanities. He holds degrees in English and American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of London, and is currently completi...
Read BiographyRiyukta Raghunath
BA, MA, PhD
Course Leader and Lecturer in Academic Writing
Dr Raghunath joined NCH in 2019 as an Assistant Lecturer. She is now Course Leader and Lecturer in Academic Writing. Qualifications: PhD in English Language and Linguistics, Sheffield Hallam University, 2017 MA in Englis...
Read BiographyDr Alistair Robinson
BA (Cantab), MScRes (Edin.), PhD (UCL)
Lecturer in English
Dr Alistair Robinson is a Lecturer in English. He has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Cambridge, a Master’s from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD from University College London. He was a Visiting Pos...
Read BiographyFlora Lisica
BA (New College of the Humanities), MA (Courtauld Institute), PhD (Cantab - pending)
Assistant Lecturer
Flora Lisica is an Assistant Lecturer at NCH. She is currently completing her doctorate in English literature at the University of Cambridge. She previously studied for an MA in History of Art at The Courtauld Institute ...
Read BiographyHistory
Dr Estelle Paranque
BA, MA (Aix), PhD (UCL), FHEA, FRHistS
Lecturer in Early Modern History
Dr Paranque is Lecturer in Early Modern History. She joined NCH in September 2017 having previously taught at King’s College London, University of Winchester and UCL. She is a co-convenor of the Tudor and Stuart Semina...
Read BiographyDr Michael Peplar
BA, MA (Ebor) PhD (Greenw) FRHistS
Lecturer in History
Dr Michael Peplar joined NCH in 2020 as Academic Director of Student Mobility Programmes and Lecturer in History. Before this, he was for many years Academic Director of Boston University’s London campus, where he also...
Read BiographyDr Olly Ayers
BA (Manc), PhD (Kent)
Senior Lecturer in History; Director of Graduate Studies
Dr Olly Ayers is a Senior Lecturer in History. He received a first-class honours degree in History from the University of Manchester before completing a PhD in history at the University of Kent in 2013, where he was a Le...
Read BiographyDr Lars Kjaer
BA (AU), MPhil, PhD (Cantab)
Head of Faculty & Senior Lecturer in Medieval History
Dr. Lars Kjaer works on elite life and culture in medieval Europe, especially the period from c. 1000 to c. 1300. He has a background in social anthropology and is interested in the opportunities and challenges of interd...
Read BiographyDr Edmund Neill
MA, DPhil (Oxon), MSc (LSE), FRHistS
Lecturer in Modern History; Research coordinator; Admissions tutor
Dr Neill is a Lecturer in Modern History at New College of the Humanities. He gained a BA in Modern History at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, where he was a college scholar. Subsequently, he gained an MSc in Politica...
Read BiographyLAUNCH
Rebecca Maccabe
BA (Northumbria), PGCE (Warwick), MA (Warwick)
Lecturer of Professional Education
Rebecca joined NCH as a Lecturer in Professional Education in 2019. Qualifications PhD, Educational Research – Higher Education, Lancaster University (2023) MA, Educational Innovation with Specialism in Busi...
Read BiographyLaw
Ursula Smartt
JP, PGDipjur, MA, MPhil
Lecturer in Law
Ursula Smartt is a Lecturer for the Law LLB at NCH and the Careers Counsellor (Law) at NCH. She holds a BA in English and German from the University of Hull, a PGCE from the University of Hull, a MA in German Politics an...
Read BiographyDr Alice Schneider
BA (Cambridge), LLB (King's College)
Head of Faculty for Law
Alice Schneider is Head of the Law Faculty and Lecturer in Law at New College of the Humanities. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford and holds qualifying degrees in En...
Read BiographyDr Dimitrios Kyriazis
LLB (Athens), MPhil, MJur (Oxford)
Honorary Research Fellow in Law
Dr Dimitrios Kyriazis is an Honorary Research Fellow in Law. He previously served as Head of the Law Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Law (2017-2020). He joined NCH in 2017, having taught for several years at Oxford Univer...
Read BiographyPhilip Hunter
Solicitor (non practising) LLB (Hull) PGDip (MMU)
Lecturer in Law
Philip Hunter joined NCH in 2017 as a Lecturer in Law. Philip started his legal training in 1980 at Hull University, completing a law degree in 1983. He completed his Law society finals at Nottingham Trent University i...
Read BiographyProfessor Elizabeth Mytton
Emeritus Professor, Doctor of Education (S'ton), Master of Laws (S'ton), BA (Hons) (CNAA)
Course Leader and Lecturer in Criminal Law
Professor Elizabeth Mytton is Course Leader and Lecturer in Criminal Law at New College of the Humanities. Qualifications Doctor of Education, University of Southampton (2001) Master of Laws, University of Southampton (1...
Read BiographyProfessor Adrian Zuckerman
LLM (Jerusalem), MA (Oxon)
Visiting Professor of Law
Professor Zuckerman is a leading scholar on civil litigation and the administration of justice. His book, Zuckerman on Civil Procedure, is the foremost scholarly work on the subject and is regularly cited in the higher ...
Read BiographyMurilo Lubambo de Melo
LLM, PHD (UCL)
Lecturer in International Business Law
Murilo Lubambo de Melo joined NCH in 2018 as a lecturer in Public International Law. From August 2019, Murilo has taught the International Business Law course for the N.U.in program. Qualifications LLM (Master of Laws) &...
Read BiographyStephen Dnes
MA (Cantab), LLM (UVA Law)
Lecturer in Law
Stephen Dnes is a Lecturer in Law at NCH. Following legal education at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and the University of Virginia School of Law, Stephen was admitted to the New York Bar and developed a comp...
Read BiographyPhilosophy
Professor A C Grayling
BA (SUS), BA (Lond), MA (SUS), DPhil (Oxon), FRSL, FRSA
Master of New College of the Humanities
A C Grayling MA, DPhil (Oxon) FRSL, FRSA is Master of New College of the Humanities, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. Until 2011 he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of...
Read BiographyProfessor Simon Blackburn
BA, MA, PhD (Cantab)
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Well known for his efforts to make philosophy accessible to a wider public, Simon is one of the country’s leading philosophers. He is well regarded as a proponent of a distinctive approach to ethics and a defender ...
Read BiographyProfessor Daniel Dennett
BA (Harvard), DPhil (Oxon)
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Professor Daniel Dennett is a University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He has held visiting positions at Harvard Unive...
Read BiographyProfessor Rebecca Goldstein
BA (Columbia), PhD (Princeton)
Visiting Professor of Philosophy & Literature
Professor Rebecca Goldstein is both a philosopher and a novelist. She received her PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University and has taught philosophy at Barnard College, Rutgers, and Trinity College in Hartford, Conn...
Read BiographyDr David Mitchell
BA, MA, DPhil (Oxon), MSc (LSE)
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr David Mitchell has been a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at New College of the Humanities since September 2012. He currently leads courses in the first, second and third year undergraduate curriculum and...
Read BiographyDr Paula Boddington
BA, BPhil, LLM, DPhil
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Boddington has held academic positions at the University of Bristol, the Australian National University, Cardiff University, and Oxford University. She has received research awards from the Future of Life Institute, t...
Read BiographyDr Naomi Goulder
BA (Hons), MA (Cantab), PhD (Lond)
Dean for Academic Development & Innovation and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Naomi is Dean for Academic Development & Innovation and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at New College of the Humanities. As a founding member of the college, she has played a significant role in the institution’s de...
Read BiographyDr. Gulzaar Barn
BA, MA, DPhil (Oxon)
Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr. Gulzaar Barn is a lecturer in philosophy at the New College of the Humanities. Gulzaar convenes and teaches on the Applied Ethics course as part of the NCH Diploma. This involves teaching an overview of applied ethic...
Read BiographyProfessor Peter Singer
BA, MA (Melbourne), BPhil (Oxon)
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Professor Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. He has taught at the University of Oxford, La Trobe University and Monash Univer...
Read BiographyDr Brian Ball
BA (McGill), BPhil, DPhil (Oxon)
Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Brian Ball is the Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at New College of the Humanities. He received a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University with Honours in Philosophy and a Minor Concentration in Lingu...
Read BiographyDr Jade Fletcher
BA (Hons), MA, PhD (Leeds)
Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr. Jade Fletcher is a Lecturer in Philosophy at New College of the Humanities. She completed her degrees (BA, MA, and PhD) at the University of Leeds. In the final year of her PhD she was awarded the Analysis Trust Stud...
Read BiographyDr Dimitris Mylonas
MSc (UAL), PhD (UCL)
Lecturer in Computer Science
Dr Dimitris Mylonas is Lecturer in Computer Science and Course Leader of the Data Science minor at New College of the Humanities. Dimitris holds a PhD from the Department of Computer Science, University College London fu...
Read BiographyDr Bianca Serwinski
BSc (Kent), MSc, PhD (UCL)
Course Leader and Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Bianca Serwinski is Course Leader and Lecturer in Psychology at NCH in the Psychology minor and in the NU.in programmes, having joined in 2018. She further lectures in Psychology, health-science and social science-rel...
Read BiographyDr Alexandros Koliousis
MSc, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Alexandros Koliousis is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science. He joined NCH in 2020. Previously, he held research positions in industry (Graphcore, 2019-2020) and academia (Imperial College London, 2012-2019; University...
Read BiographyDr Christoph Schuringa
Qualifications BA (Cantab), MA, PhD (Lond)
Lecturer in Philosophy
Dr Christoph Schuringa holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Cambridge (King’s College) and a PhD from the University of London (Birkbeck College). Qualifications PhD in Philosophy, Birkbeck, Universi...
Read BiographyDr Mark Windsor
MA (Sussex), BA (Hons), PhD (Kent)
Lecturer and Course Leader in Philosophy
Dr Mark Windsor is a Lecturer and Course Leader in Philosophy at New College of the Humanities. Before coming to NCH in 2019, he was an Associate Lecturer at the University of Kent and a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at ...
Read BiographyDr Ioannis Votsis
BA (UC Berkeley), PhD (LSE)
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Ioannis Votsis holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (BA 1998) and the London School of Economics (PhD 2004). He is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the New College of the Humanities and a Fellow in...
Read BiographyPolitics & International Relations
Dr Diana Bozhilova
BA (Hons), PhD (KCL)
Head of Faculty & Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Diana completed her PhD at King’s College London where she was jointly an ORC UK and an Open Society New York Scholar. Diana then held posts at LSE and KCL, before joining New College of the Humanities as Head of Facul...
Read BiographyXuechen Chen
BA (Beijing), MSc (LSE), PhD (KCL)
Course Leader and Lecturer
Xuechen Chen is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the New College of the Humanities. She is leader of the course “Comparative Politics”. She also convenes the courses “the European Union in the ...
Read BiographyDr John Wolfe Ackerman
BA, MA, PhD
Tutor in Political Theory
Dr John Wolfe Ackerman is a tutor in Politics & International Relations at New College of the Humanities. John tutors in Political Theory. Qualifications MA, PhD (Political Science) Northwestern University (20...
Read BiographyDr Pablo Calderon Martinez
BA, MSc, PhD
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Pablo is a Lecturer in Politics & International Relations at the New College of the Humanities. Prior to joining NCH, Pablo was a Lecturer in Spanish at Aston University, a Visiting Assistant Professor (Research) in ...
Read BiographyDr Callum Barrell
BA, MPhil (Cantab), PhD (QMUL)
Dr Barrell joined New College of the Humanities in September 2016 as a Lecturer in Politics & International Relations, having taught here as a Visiting Lecturer in 2015. He lectures on a range of subjects, from the h...
Read BiographyDr Sara Raimondi
BA (Milan), MSc (Milan), MA (Westminster), PhD (Westminster)
Lecturer in Politics & International Relations
Dr Sara Raimondi joined New College of the Humanities in July 2019 as a Lecturer in Politics & International Relations. She is leader of the courses “Old Powers New Powers: Imperialism, Colonialism and the Modern S...
Read BiographyVisiting Professors
Howard Jacobson
BA (Cantab)
Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
Mr Jacobson lists Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen and Dickens among his foremost inspirations, and has written variously about comedy, Australia, Jewishness and love. His novel, The Finkler Question (2010), won the Man Booke...
Read BiographySir Trevor Nunn
MA (Cantab)
Visiting Professor of Drama
Trevor Nunn is one of Britain’s most well-respected and influential theatre directors. After studying English under F R Leavis at Downing College, Cambridge, he became Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at...
Read BiographyProfessor Sir Christopher Ricks
BA, MA, BLitt (Oxon), FBA
Visiting Professor of English
Sir Christopher Ricks delivers lectures for the English BA at New College of the Humanities. He is Warren Professor of the Humanities, and Co-Director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University, having formerly bee...
Read BiographyProfessor Simon Blackburn
BA, MA, PhD (Cantab)
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Well known for his efforts to make philosophy accessible to a wider public, Simon is one of the country’s leading philosophers. He is well regarded as a proponent of a distinctive approach to ethics and a defender ...
Read BiographyProfessor Daniel Dennett
BA (Harvard), DPhil (Oxon)
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Professor Daniel Dennett is a University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He has held visiting positions at Harvard Unive...
Read BiographyProfessor Rebecca Goldstein
BA (Columbia), PhD (Princeton)
Visiting Professor of Philosophy & Literature
Professor Rebecca Goldstein is both a philosopher and a novelist. She received her PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University and has taught philosophy at Barnard College, Rutgers, and Trinity College in Hartford, Conn...
Read BiographyProfessor Steven Pinker
BA (McGill), DPhil (Harvard)
Visiting Professor
Professor Pinker was born in Canada and took his BA in Psychology at McGill University before moving to the US to study for a PhD in Experimental Psychology at Harvard. He has subsequently taught at MIT, Harvard and Sta...
Read BiographyProfessor Sir Partha Dasgupta
BSc (Delhi), BA, MA, PhD (Cantab), FBA, FAAAS
Visiting Professor of Economics
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta was named a Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s 2002 Birthday Honours List for services to economics. He has the rare distinction of being a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Roy...
Read BiographyProfessor Peter Singer
BA, MA (Melbourne), BPhil (Oxon)
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Professor Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. He has taught at the University of Oxford, La Trobe University and Monash Univer...
Read BiographyProfessor Dibyesh Anand
MA (Hull), PhD (Bristol)
Visiting Professor of Politics and International Relations
I am often considered as a curious scholar, a lifelong student, a passionate lecturer, or a public intellectual. I did my PhD (1998-2002) from the Department of Politics at University of Bristol and the topic was related...
Read BiographyProfessor Richard Dawkins
BA, MA, DPhil (Oxon), FRS, FRSL
Visiting Professor of Science Literacy
Professor Richard Dawkins lectures for the Science Literacy Core Module at New College of the Humanities. A prize-winning evolutionary biologist, Richard is one of Britain’s best-known academics and was the inaugural P...
Read BiographyProfessor Adrian Zuckerman
LLM (Jerusalem), MA (Oxon)
Visiting Professor of Law
Professor Zuckerman is a leading scholar on civil litigation and the administration of justice. His book, Zuckerman on Civil Procedure, is the foremost scholarly work on the subject and is regularly cited in the higher ...
Read BiographyDr Suzanna Mason
BSc, MRes, PhD
Visiting Lecturer of Science Literacy
Dr Suzanna Mason is a Visiting Lecturer teaching on the Science Literacy Programme at the New College of the Humanities. She teaches second-year undergraduates about ecology, the impacts of climate change, the importance...
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