Alumni updates

1950s

Bryan Cartledge (DPhil, 1955) is one of three nonagenarian Antonians who first met at St Antony's in the 1950s and still keep in regular touch by email and telephone. They are Bertie Robson from the United States, Gunther Gillessen from Germany and Bryan Cartledge from the UK. Apart from the challenges of old age they are all in reasonable health and enjoy remembering the College as it was in its infancy under Bill Deakin and James Joll.

1980s

Anuson Chinvanno (DPhil International Relations, 1983), Director of International Studies Center, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, and Jittipat Poonkham (MPhil International Relations, 2008), Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand, met with Charles Powell (History, 1981), Director of Elcano Royal Institute, Spain, at the Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid.

George Gigauri (MSc Forced Migration, 2002) married Anna Apkhazava (St. Catherine's, m. 2020) in London, UK.

Sune Haugbølle (DPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2001) and his Antonian partner Lindsay Whitfield (DPhil Politics, 2000) report that their daughter Sofia (born in Oxford, 2005) is now studying History at the London School of Economics.

Dr Jasna Lambert (Diplomatic Studies, 2006) married the Parisian astrogeologist and planetologist Dr Philippe Lambert (formerly affiliated with NASA) on 14 February 2024 in Bruxelles.

Xibai Xu (MPhil Politics (Comparative Government), 2009) formed a civil partnership with Dr Di Wang at Lincoln College Chapel on 06 July 2024.

2010s

Marina Pérez de Arcos (MPhil International Relations, 2010) married Sebastian Heckl-Steinböck in Oxford on 14 July 2024.

2020s

Mirna Amoêdo (MSc Environmental Change and Management, 2022) was diagnosed with cancer right before Christmas of 2023, and had surgery to remove it on 30 January 2024. To celebrate being cancer-free, she’s raised money for Cancer Research UK and participated in the marathon with former housemates from St. Antony's - some were studying for their final exams during the hike!