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1960s

Peter Burke (DPhil History, 1960) lectured at the Universidad de la República, Montevideo. He and his wife Maria Lúcia were declared by the city to be ‘illustrious visitors’. He also delivered the second series of Gombrich Memorial Lectures at the Academy of Art, Hangzhou.

Sheila Fitzpatrick (DPhil Modern History, 1969) has been a Professor at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne since 2020, as well as Distinguished Service Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago.

1970s

Paul Gootenberg (MPhil Latin American Studies, 1979) is retiring as Distinguished Professor of History & Sociology at Stony Brook University (SUNY) Sociology after more than three decades of teaching.

Leandro Prados de la Escosura (DPhil Modern History, 1976) is Emeritus Professor, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid.

Philip S Khoury (Junior Associate Member, 1974-77) has stepped down after 15 years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Beirut. He remains Vice Provost and Ford International Professor of History at MIT.

Brian McBeth (DPhil Economics, 1975) is in the process of having three of his books translated from English into Spanish by Ban Caribe, Venezuelan bank in Caracas. The books will be available to download free of charge from the Ban Caribe platform. He has also written a homage to Malcolm Deas for the Venezuelan National Academy of History. Brian, Malcolm and Professor Eduardo Posada were made corresponding members of the Academy at the same time.

Dr Adel Moustafa Sadek (DPhil Economics, 1978) has retired.

1980s

John Goldberg (MPhil Politics, 1983) is serving as Interim Dean of the Harvard Law School.

Iftikhar Haider Malik (Senior Member, 1989) was elected in 2023 to the Council of the Royal Historical Society. He has also become a Trustee and Senior Librarian at the Oxford Union Society.

Maria Clara R M do Prado (Economic Development, 1981) has long been a journalist in Brazil, specialising in economic subjects. The course she took in Oxford, under the supervision of Professor Rosemary Thorp, was fundamental for her career.

Banuta Rubess (DPhil Modern History, 1982) is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto.

Setsuya Sato (MPhil Economics, 1980) retired from Tokyo University in 2022.

Pierre Sauve (MPhil Development Studies, 1982) serves as a Senior Trade Specialist in the Geneva office of the World Bank's Global Trade and Regional Integration unit.

Pierre L Siklos (DPhil Economics, 1988) was a keynote speaker at the June 2024 European Association of Banking History Conference hosted by the National Bank of Hungary in Budapest. His talk was entitled Reflections on the Second Hungarian Hyperinflation and its Broader Significance.

Mary Vincent (DPhil Modern History, 1983) is Vice President for Education, University of Sheffield.

1990s

Robert William Aspinall (DPhil Politics, 1994) is Professor at the Center for Global Education and Japanese Studies, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

Tim Benbow (MPhil and DPhil International Relations, 1990) has been promoted at King's College London, and is now Professor of Strategic Studies.

Jennifer Bumgarner (MSc Social Policy, 1999) has served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs with the US Department of Energy since her appointment by President Biden in December 2021. From July 2023 to February 2024, she also served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at US DoE.

Varapat Chensavasdijai (DPhil Economics, 1993) is IMF Advisor and Mission Chief for Ecuador.

Sarah Gordon (née Ross) (MPhil Latin American Studies, 1990) stepped down as the Founding Chief Executive of the UK's Impact Investing Institute last year and is now a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute on climate and the environment at the LSE.

Jens R Hentschke (Volkswagen Area Studies Visiting Fellow, 1993) was awarded the 2023 Fellowship by the Iberoamerican Institute in Berlin.

Jeffrey Kahn (MPhil Russian and East European Studies and DPhil Politics, 1994), University Distinguished Professor at the Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, will be a Research Visitor in residence at Oxford University's Bonavero Institute of Human Rights during Hilary and Trinity Terms 2025.

Naotaka Kimizuka (British Political and Diplomatic History, 1993) is Professor at the Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan.

Professor Huck-ju Kwon (DPhil Political Science, 1990) of Seoul National University's Graduate School of Public Administration became the first Korean member of the British Academy of Social Sciences.

Tim A Mau (DPhil Political Science, 1993) has been promoted to Full Professor.

Hartmut Mayer (DPhil International Relations, 1994) took on a new position as Steven Muller Professor at Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Bologna in July 2024. This follows 30 years in Oxford as a student and an academic, which among many other roles included a stint as Director of the European Studies Centre at St. Antony's (2017-2022).

Steven McGuire (DPhil International Relations, 1991) is now Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) at the University of East Anglia.

Martin Mevius (DPhil Modern History, 1998) is a Member of Cabinet and Communication Advisor to Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs.

Leland Miller (MSt Modern History, 1999) has been appointed Commissioner to the congressionally-mandated US-China Economic and Security Review Commission by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, with a term expiring on December 31, 2025. He remains the Chief Executive Officer of China Beige Book, a data analytics firm focused on the Chinese economy.

Stephanie Evaline Mitchell (DPhil History, 1997) has been made Valor Distinguished Chair in Humanities at Carthage College, Wisconsin, USA.

Patrick O Cohrs (International History, 1998, Alistair Horne Fellow, 2006-7) serves as Director of the new Centre for History, Strategy and International Order at Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, which he also co-founded. CHIOS will be the German hub of a wider transatlantic and global ‘Alliance for History and International Order’ that brings together many of the world’s leading institutions in these vital spheres.

Paul Riseborough (MPhil European Politics and Society, 1999) has been appointed Managing Partner for the UK and Ireland at management consultancy Capco.

Arturo Sánchez-Gutiérrez (MPhil Latin American Studies, 1996) is Global Leader Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Government, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, México City.

Neena Shenai (MPhil International Relations, 1998) joined the Washington, DC, office of the global law firm WilmerHale as a partner in the International Trade, Investment & Market Access Group in February 2024.

Zachary Shore (DPhil History, 1995) is a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin for the fall semester.

Ximena Fuentes Torrijo (DPhil Public International Law, 1994) has been appointed as Ambassador of Chile to the United Kingdom.

Lucy Elizabeth Victorin (Master of Public Policy, 1999) is at the US Department of State.

Marcella C D Vigneri (DPhil Economics, 1998) is Principal Economist at Save the Children UK, and Associated Research Fellow with the Child Protection Research Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

2000s

Ariana Adjani (MPhil Russian and East European Studies, 2005) has been elected Governor at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As one of eight candidates, she received strong support from the members of her constituency, Oxford City, in a major recognition of her commitment to healthcare research and innovation. She is dedicated to the fields of healthy ageing and longevity through the advancement of novel, safe treatment for different chronic diseases, as well as the overall improvement of patient care in Oxfordshire and beyond.

Dr Roham Alvandi (MPhil International Relations, 2005) has been appointed as the founding Director of the Iranian History Initiative at the London School of Economics.

Jessica Ashooh (MPhil and DPhil, International Relations, 2006) was promoted to Vice President of Policy of Reddit. In that role, she manages the company’s global government relations and public policy work.

Florencia Lopez Boo (DPhil Economics, 2009) will be joining New York University as a Full Professor of Economics and Applied Psychology in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, where she will also be directing the prestigious Global TIES Centre for Children.

Geoffrey Cameron (MPhil Comparative Government, 2006) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Guelph.

Bradley J Cook (DPhil Modern History, 2000) currently serves as the president of the American University of Bahrain, the first comprehensive American-model co-educational university in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Under his leadership, AUBH became the first US-accredited university in Bahrain and among only a handful in the GCC and MENA region.

Sophie Copeman (MPhil International Relations, 2008) has launched her own consulting and advisory business, SCHC Advisors. She’s enjoying working with clients from the US, UK and Continental Europe, supporting them on a range of organisational development, recruitment and strategy projects.

José Galindo (MPhil Latin American Studies, 2000) is currently a visiting professor at Harvard University. He is writing a global history of the origin of jazz, which includes the specific influence of Latin America in early New Orleans jazz.

Sune Haugbølle (DPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2001) has been appointed Professor in Global Middle East Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark.

Dr Jasna Lambert (Diplomatic Studies, 2006) is moving to Dushanbe after six years in the HQ of EU diplomacy, at a managerial post in the European External Action Service in Brussels. She will be responsible for political files within the EU Delegation to Tajikistan.

Carlos Magarinos (Senior Associate Member, 2006) is Honorary Professor at Wuchang University of Technology and has been appointed Chairman for Latin America of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Manzil e Maqsood (DPhil Education, 2008) joined NUST after leaving Oxford, a well-reputed university in Pakistan, and spearheaded a programme called MS Innovative Technologies for Learning. After a few years, she launched her own start-up called Oxbridge Innovative Solutions, named after her academic experiences at both Cambridge and Oxford. The primary focus of the company is STEM/STEAM education, particularly for girls in K-12 and beyond.

Miriam Prys-Hansen (DPhil International Relations, 2004) has been awarded an Honorary Professorship at the Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany.

Victoria Schofield (Alistair Horne Fellow, 2004) continues to write and lecture on Jammu and Kashmir and will shortly begin work on writing a new history of The Oxford Union.

Sally Tomlinson (MSc Environmental Change and Management, 2002) is Professor Emerita at Goldsmiths University of London and Hon Research Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

Marian Vidaurri (MSc Latin American Studies, 2005) graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Washington, DC) as a Doctor of International Relations (DIA).

Lindsay Whitfield (DPhil Politics, 2000) is Professor of Business and Development at Copenhagen Business School.

2010s

Kirsten Asdal (MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2014) and Charlotte Asdal (MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2014) partnered up to launch a China political risk research firm this year. After both serving as surface warfare officers in the US Navy, they returned to the field of China studies as colleagues at the risk advisory firm Garnaut Global. Now they use their combination of academic, practical, and corporate expertise in studying China to help global investors and corporations make risk-informed decisions about their China market exposure.

Bilal Baloch (DPhil Politics, 2013) recently moved to Abu Dhabi, UAE, to join a venture capital fund as a partner after founding, building, and scaling his market intelligence start-up in the US over the past six years. Shorooq Partners is the most active early-stage investor in the region and here they will be identifying and investing in exciting new ventures in fintech, AI, biotech, and beyond. They will be working particularly closely with founders to help them grow their businesses and create social and economic impact in fast-growing markets.

Priyanka Bijlani (MSc Comparative and International Education, 2019) has embarked on a dynamic career path as a public policy manager and specialist in the UAE, immersing herself in the local culture and learning the Emirati Arabic dialect. Alongside her professional endeavours, she has published a contemporary poetry collection. Titled ‘The Essence of Karak’, it explores the transformative power of storytelling through multicultural and multilingual verse, weaving together anecdotes and shared experiences to convey a message of resilience and continuous evolution of human nature, reflecting her passion for languages and diverse poetic traditions.

Federico Bonomi (MPhil Politics (European Politics and Society), 2018) has co-founded and is CEO of Asimov AI, a start-up that uses AI technologies to analyse legislative information.

Neil Brown (Visiting Fellow, 2010-11) has joined Deltroit Asset Management after 8 years as Geopolitical Strategist at UK hedge fund CQS. He has been appointed a Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy and has joined the organising committee of the London Defence Conference.

Aylon Cohen (MPhil Political Theory, 2012) is returning to Oxford in October 2024 as a Departmental Lecturer in Feminist Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations.

Bihi Iman Egeh (MSt Diplomatic Relations, 2018) was appointed as Minister of Finance of the Federal Government of Somalia and led a successful Debt Relief for Somalia which increased domestic revenue by 30%.

Simon Escoffier (Sociology, 2011) has a new position as Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Elham Fakhro (DPhil Socio-Legal Studies, 2014) has joined the Harvard Kennedy School as a Fellow for Fall 2024.

Christopher J Gerry (Governing Body Fellow and Dean of College) has been appointed Rector of the University of Central Asia.

Jun Han (DPhil Sociology, 2017) has been appointed Senior Research Manager at US SIF.

Nathan Harper (MPhil Social Anthropology, 2010) is now the Manager for the Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs, which is a sub-office within the Office of the Mayor in Pittsburgh. The goal and focus on the work will be to strengthen the conditions within government, as well as in the community, so that Pittsburgh is a place where immigrants feel safe and welcome, and can thrive as new citizens of this country.

Sebastian Jackson (MSc African Studies, 2012) is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Virginia.

Krzysztof Kokoszczyński (MPhil Russian and East European Studies, 2013) successfully defended his dissertation and received a PhD in Economics from Warsaw's Kozminski University (2024).

Youngeun Koo (MSc Migration Studies, 2014) has taken up the role of Associate Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) at Lund University from August 2024.

Kuukuwa Manful (MSc African Studies, 2014) is Assistant Professor of Architecture at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan.

Daniel Meier (Senior Associate Member, 2011) has won the Junior Professor Chair in Geopolitics of Borders in the Middle East at Sciences Po Grenoble.

Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt (DPhil Politics, 2016) started a permanent Lectureship (Assistant Professor) in the Politics of China at SOAS, University of London, in September 2024.

Preity Mohyal (MSc Contemporary India, 2012) is currently Economic Crime Manager at Virgin Money and recently completed the Oxford Saïd Business School Artificial Intelligence Programme.

Chris O'Flaherty (Hudson Fellow, 2017) is now Senior Technical Adviser at The Nautical Institute. He is leading The Nautical Institute's engagement and representation at the International Maritime Organisation in London, driving forward safe, secure, and environmentally-friendly shipping.

Dr Kadira Pethiyagoda (Senior Associate Member, 2012) is standing for Oxford Chancellor.

Lincoln Pigman (MPhil Russian and East European Studies, 2018) changed jobs in November 2023, becoming a senior associate at Wallbrook, part of Anthesis.

Patrick Quinton-Brown (MPhil and DPhil International Relations, 2014) is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Singapore Management University (SMU).

Cristina Blanco Sío-López (Fellow, 2018) has been selected as Expert Peer-reviewer in the Humanities and Social Sciences for the European Commission Evidence Review Report The successful and timely uptake of AI in the EU, published by the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAPEA).

Sishuwa Sishuwa (MSc African Studies, 2010) is currently a Senior Lecturer in History at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He works on the political history of southern Africa and has authored over 15 peer-reviewed publications, including the book Party Politics and Populism in Zambia (James Currey, 2024) and an article on ‘racialised nationalism and the rule of law’ – for which he won the prestigious Terence Ranger prize from the Journal of Southern African Studies. He serves on the editorial boards of major African Studies journals.

Rebecca Stieva (MSc History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, 2014) received a PhD in History, McGill University, Fall 2023.

Victor J Willi (History, 2016) has recently been awarded an EU Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Ca' Foscari University in Venice, where he will write his second book on the History of the Red Sea from 1869-2024. Since 2021, Victor has also been running a new think tank focused on the Middle East: the Middle East Institute Switzerland (MEIS). MEIS focuses on the geopolitical, economic, technological, energy-related and cultural dynamics of the MENA region and its international relations.

David Zakarian (DPhil Oriental Studies, 2011) has been appointed Haig and Isabel Berberian Endowed Chair of Armenian Studies at the California State University, Fresno.

2020s

Aurelia Finch (MPhil Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2022) has been appointed as the director of the UK-MENA Network, a group which aims to connect university students and young professionals in the UK to the MENA region through events and trips. In August, a delegation from the network visited Jordan. They had the pleasure of meeting HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, an Oxford alumnus, and friend of St Antony’s Professor Avi Shlaim. The network will continue to organise annual trips to countries in the MENA region, and Aurelia looks forward to seeing more Antonians getting involved.

Chau Chit Hang Jason (MPhil Comparative Social Policy, 2021) is now a foreign affairs writer at the Economist Newspaper.

Rochana Jayasinghe (MSt World Literatures in English, 2022) has been appointed Communications Specialist of the High Commission of Sri Lanka in the United Kingdom.

Robert Lee Kilpatrick (Academic Visitor, 2022) is now the Executive Director of a new venture: Scientific American Health + Transformation Initiative.

Alvaro Fernandez de la Mora (DPhil Law, 2020) joined King's College London as a Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law in January 2024.

Arzu Öztürkmen (MEC Lecturer and Collaborator, 2005) became the Chair of the Department of History (2022) and Asian Studies Center (2015) at Boğaziçi University.

Andrii Vyshnevskyi (Master of Public Policy, 2020) has a 35% share and the position of Chief Executive Officer of Osnovy Publishing, one of the oldest and most respected publishing houses in Ukraine.