New appointments

Administrative and academic

Academic Year 2009–10

Director of Continuing Professional Development

Dr Adrian Stokes, Director of Masters Programmes and Continuing Professional Development at Warwick Medical School, took up the post of Director of Continuing Professional Development on 1 March and became a fellow of Kellogg College.

Academic Year 2010–11

Registrar

Ewan McKendrick, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education, Academic Services and Uni- versity Collections) and Herbert Smith Professor of English Private Law at Oxford was appointed Registrar with effect from 1 January 2011.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor

Nicholas Rawlins, Watts Professor of Psychology and Associate Head of Medical Sciences Division (Education) at Oxford, took up the post of Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development and External Affairs) on 1 October.

Saïd Business School

Peter Tufano, Sylvan C Coleman Professor of Financial Management at Harvard Business School, was appointed Dean of the Saïd Business School with effect from 1 July.

Professors

Academic Year 2009–10

Paediatrics

Georg Hollander, Full Professor of Molecular Medicine in Paediatrics at Basel University, Switzerland, Head of Research at Basel University Children’s Hospital and Visiting Professor at the University of Tokushima, Japan, took up the post of Professor of Paediatrics on 1 September and became a fellow of Jesus College.

Mathematics

L Mahadevan, Lola England De Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics at Harvard University, was appointed Schlumberger Visiting Professor of Mathematics for three years from 1 February 2010.

Energy Materials

Dr James Marrow, Reader in Physical Metallurgy and Director of the Materials Performance Centre at Manchester Univer-sity, took up the James Martin Professorship of Energy Materials on 1 September and became a fellow of Mansfield College. Academic Year 2010–11

Fine Art

Zainab Bahrani, Edith Porada Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at Columbia University, New York, was appointed Slade Visiting Professor of Fine Art. The post is associated with All Souls College.

Biomedical Engineering

Constantin Coussios, Bellhouse Foun-dation Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at Oxford, was appointed Professor of Biomedical Engineering and became a fellow of Magdalen College on 1 January.

Political Economy

Vincent Crawford, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, was appointed Drummond Professor of Political Economy and a fellow of St Anne’s College, with effect from 1 January.

Media

Matthew Engel, a columnist for the Financial Times, was appointed the News International Visiting Professor of Media and a visiting fellow of Green College.

George Eastman Visiting Professor

Edward Fisher, Leon H Charney Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, was ap- pointed George Eastman Visiting Professor and a fellow of Balliol College.

Newton-Abraham Visiting Professor

Anthony Green, Professor of Haemato-Oncology at the University of Cambridge and Honorary Consultant Haematologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital was appointed Newton-Abraham Visiting Professor and a visiting fellow of Lincoln College for the period from 1 April to 30 September 2011.

Mathematical Modelling

Alain Goriely, Mathematics Professor at the University of Arizona, Tucson, was appointed Professor of Mathematical Modelling and a fellow of St Catherine’s College, with effect from 4 January.

English Literature

Laura Marcus, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, was appointed Goldsmiths’ Professor of English Literature and a fellow of New College, with effect from 4 January.

Materials Modelling

Nicola Marzari, Associate Professor of Computational Materials Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, was appointed Professor of Materials Modelling and a fellow of St Anne’s College, with effect from 1 February.

Contemporary Theatre

Trevor Nunn, theatre and film director, was appointed Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre. The post is based at St Catherine’s College.

German Language and Literature

Ritchie Robertson, Professor of German at Oxford, was appointed Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature and a fellow of The Queen’s College, with effect from 1 October.

Internet Governance and Regulation

Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Director and Associate Professor of Public Policy, Information and Innovation Policy Re- search Centre at the National University of Singapore, was appointed Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation and a fellow of Keble College, with effect from 1 October.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Linda Scott, Professor of Marketing at Oxford, was appointed Dubai Ports World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and a fellow of Green Templeton College, with effect from 1 October.

American History

Ian Tyrrell, Scienta Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, was appointed Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History and a fellow of The Queen’s College.

Operations Management

David Upton, Albert J Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, was appointed American Standard Companies Professor of Operations Management and a Student of Christ Church, with effect from 4 January.

Social and Political Theory

Jeremy Waldron, University Professor at New York University Law School, was appointed Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory and a fellow of All Souls College, with effect from 1 October. He has been appointed initially on a 50 per cent basis, while retaining his association with the New York University Law School.

American Government

Joseph White, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Policy Studies at Case Western Reserve University, USA was appointed Winant Visiting Professor in American Government and a fellow of Balliol College for the period from 27 September to 11 December 2010.

Biodiversity

Katherine Willis, Professorial Research Fellow at Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment and Professor II at the Biological Institute, University of Bergen, Norway, was appointed Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity and a fellow of Merton College, with effect from 1 October.

History of Ideas

Kenneth Winkler, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, was appointed Isaiah Berlin Visiting Professor in the History of Ideas. The post is associated with a visiting fellowship at Corpus Christi College.

American Government

Alan Wolfe, Professor of Political Science, Boston College and Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, was appointed Winant Visiting Professor in American Government and a fellow of Balliol College for the period from 14 January to 26 June 2011.

American Government

Shira Wolosky, Professor of English and American Literature, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was appointed Drue Heinz Visiting Professor of American Literature for the Hilary term.

European and Comparative Literature

James Wood, Professor of the Practice of Literary Criticism at Harvard University, was appointed Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in European and Comparative Literature. He will be resident at St Anne’s College throughout May.