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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations to alumnus Dr Dmitri Levitin on winning a @dandavidprize.org. Dmitri says: “It's no coincidence that I turned to early modern history while studying at Selwyn: for the last 50 years, it has been one of the world’s great centres of excellence in the subject.”

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · May 21

Many congratulations to Dorothea Gundtoft, who graduated last year from @selwyn1882.bsky.social! 👏

Read Dorothea's story 🧵

Cambridge alumna Dorothea Gundtoft dressed in her graduation robes, standing in front of a brick building with a lawn.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · May 18

A Selwyn Sunday evening in Spring. Photos by Vicky Young.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · May 9

The natural look.

Some of our gardens are becoming a little wilder as part of our commitment to biodiversity.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · May 8

The Union flag is flying over the college this May 8th to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

It was raised on the Tower by porter Paul Lawrence. Photograph by his colleague Martyn Waring.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · May 7

What, if any, are the historical parallels between Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin? Prof Sir Richard Evans explored the 20th and 21st century military experiences of Germany and Russia in his Ramsay Murray lecture at Selwyn.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltWc...

Photos by Thisath Ranawaka.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Apr 23

The flag of England is flying over the college today to mark St George’s Day.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Apr 20

Happy Easter from Selwyn.

Photograph on the morning of Easter Day by Lucy Hunter.

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Roger Mosey @rogermosey.bsky.social · Apr 10

We’re green, and quite a lot of other colours too. The gardens of @selwyn1882.bsky.social this week. Photos by my colleague Thisath Ranawaka.

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Roger Mosey @rogermosey.bsky.social · Apr 5

Very proud of the @selwyn1882.bsky.social students who received their MAs today. This was the generation whose studies were disrupted by the pandemic, and they’re fine young people who deserve this moment of celebration.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Apr 5

The college flag is flying as we prepare to welcome back the 2018 year group for their MA graduation ceremony.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Mar 25

It was a pleasure to entertain freshers and their families to lunch at the end of Lent term.

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The Access Project @theaccessproject.org.uk · Mar 24

Another great weekend at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social 🤩

On Saturday, our Oxbridge Pathway students got their first glimpse of life at Cambridge. Huge thanks to our friends at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social and @selwyn1882.bsky.social for hosting us. See you again soon! 💚

The Access Project students listening to a lecture at the University of Cambridge

The Access Project students on a campus tour of the University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge campus and grounds

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Mar 24

Some snaps from the Cambridge History Forum earlier this month @selwyn1882.bsky.social

Great questions from 6th Form audience; talks on historical ‘successions’

With Jonathan Davis @angliaruskinuni.bsky.social and Jessica Sharkey @ueahistory.bsky.social

#historyteacher #earlymodern

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Mar 19

“Selwyn Voices” - our community choir - entertained a lunchtime audience with a selection of popular songs.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Mar 17

A wonderful week on the river for Selwyn. Details here: www.sel.cam.ac.uk/news/success...

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Mar 15

This Sunday at Selwyn. All welcome.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Mar 1

The start of meteorological Spring. Old Court, March 1st.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Mar 1

Including works by Mozart, Handel, Mendelssohn, Barber and Britten. All welcome.

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Charlotte Summers @charlottesummers.bsky.social · Feb 28

Clinical medics’ supper this evening @selwyn1882.bsky.social
Was great to hear about their electives, FY allocations..etc.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Feb 19

The fellows of Selwyn have elected Suzanne Raine as the next master. She will take office in October.

Read more here:
www.sel.cam.ac.uk/news/next-ma...

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Naomi Waltham-Smith @auralflaneur.bsky.social · Feb 19

Looking forward to being back in Cambridge and returning to the Faculty of Music this afternoon to speak about the all-too-timely topic of “Beethoven, Late Fascism, and Totality.” It’ll also be nice to drop in briefly to my old college, @selwyn1882.bsky.social.

www.mus.cam.ac.uk/events/beeth...

Beethoven, Late Fascism, and Totality (Professor Naomi Waltham-Smith, University of Oxford) | Faculty of Music

During the 2022 French Presidential election campaign, the extreme-right candidate Éric Zemmour released a video in which he expounded on the supposed threat posed to the Republic by “le grand remplac...

www.mus.cam.ac.uk

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Feb 12

Is the answer to populism a strengthening of the power of the courts and judges? Shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson answered a question from a Selwyn student. Full session here: www.youtube.com/live/vZ65Kys...

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Feb 11

We're thrilled to be working again with the Brilliant Club bringing some of Britain's most talented school students to Selwyn & Cambridge. Six schools were involved in a graduation ceremony, which included a keynote speech from Ellie Montague, 2nd year History student.

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Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social · Feb 8

Compulsory licence fees, coverage of #Trump, the future of #BBC global services.
Here’s the director-general of the BBC, Tim Davie, in conversation with Selwyn’s master Roger Mosey about all the big issues on his agenda.

www.youtube.com/live/LAow3LD...

"The BBC: its future and how we fund it", with Tim Davie, director general of the BBC

YouTube video by Selwyn College, Cambridge

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