Jenkins Memorial Scholarships

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Jenkins Memorial
S chol arships
Founded 2003
Jenkins Memorial Scholarships
We are grateful to the following munificent donors:
Dr Mortimer & T Sackler Foundation
Mackintosh Foundation
Arrow Charitable Trust
Drue Heinz Trust
John Swire Charitable Trust
Fritz Thyssen Foundation
Lord & Lady Goodhart
New York Community Trust
Rolls-Royce plc
Mallinckrodt Foundation
Matthew Oakeshott
Educational and General Charitable
Trust
N Jeremy Taylor
Astor Charitable Trust
Wolfson Foundation
The Miller Family Foundation
Lord Thomas Bingham
Sir Anthony Kenny
Fondation Hoffman [Andre Hoffman]
Sutton Trust [Sir Peter Lampl]
A.W. Morgan
Sir Kirby Laing
Wafic R Said
Dr. Stephen H. Floersheimer
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
The Linbury Trust
John S. Cohen Foundation
Stevenson Family Charitable Trust
Lief Rosenblatt
E.W. Scott
Porangi Ltd
Sir Victor Blank
Lord Heseltine of Thenford
Lord Taverne of Pimlico
Lady Berlin
David & Frederick Barclay Foundation
Francesco Cossiga
Esme Countess of Cromer
WJ Vanden Heuvel
Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Baroness (Margaret) Richardson
Mrs Jayne Wrightsman
Lady Caroline Gilmour
Baron Carington of Upton
Lord Jellicoe
Lord Ashburton
Lord Patten of Barnes
James C.Smith
+ four anonymous donations
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Contents
Mission Statement
Jenkins Memorial Board
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A Brief History
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Jenkins Scholars - the first decade
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Europaeum Board of Trustees
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In Memoriam: Roy Jenkins
- David Marquand
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- Crispin Tickell
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- Andrew Adonis
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Memories of Oxford - the First Jenkins Scholar
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Jenkins Scholars - Individual Profiles
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Annex - Eligible university partners
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Contact Details
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Donors (continued)
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The
Jenkins
Scholarship
Scheme honours the lifelong
achievements of the former
President of the European
Commission (1976-1981) and
Chancellor of the University of
Oxford (1987-2003). The Roy
Jenkins Memorial Fund was
set up in 2003-4, to support
scholarships to bring brilliant
young graduates from the
countries of the European
Union to study at the University
of Oxford, and to support
Oxford students going onto
further study in Europe. More
than 50 Jenkins Scholars have
been elected over the scheme’s
first ten years.
Each award is for now worth a
little over c £11,500 per annum,
and usually lasts for one year.
Jenkins Scholars are eligible to
study at Oxford for a Masters
degree in the Humanities or
Social Sciences, the disciplines
closest to Lord Jenkins’ own
political and literary interests,
and to follow appropriate
programmes of research at other
linked Europaeum universities.
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Jenkins Scholarship Memorial Board - Founding Patrons
Lord Callaghan of Cardiff
British Prime Minister (1976-79) and holder of all four
Great Offices of State (d 2005)
Senator Francesco Cossiga
Prime Minister of Italy (1979-80) and President of Italy
(1985-92) (d 2010)
Dr Garrett FitzGerald
Twice Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland (1981-82 and
1982-87) (d 2011)
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
20 President of the French Republic (1974-81)
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Sir Edward Heath KG
British Prime Minister (1970-74) (d 2005)
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Jenkins Scholarship Memorial Board - Founding Patrons
Dame Jennifer Jenkins
Former chair, Consumer’s Association; the National Trust;
the Historic Buildings Council for England; & the Royal
Parks Review Group
Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of Germany (1974-1982)
Lord (Christopher) Patten (Chairman)
Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Chairman of the
BBC Trust. Former British Governor of Hong Kong, former
European Commissioner and UK MP
Lady Soames DBE
Author and Biographer, Daughter of Winston Churchill
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Former MP for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles, Leader of the
Liberal Party (from 1976 until its merger with the SDP in
1988), Presiding officer in Scottish Parliament 1999-2003
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Jenkins Scholarship Memorial Board
Founding Committee
Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Lord Chief Justice and senior Law Lord, First to hold three top judicial
posts of Master of the Rolls, (d 2010)
His Honour George Dobry QC
Distinguished British barrister and judge with global experience
The Hon. Lady Celia Goodhart
Former Chair Oxford University Alumni Society, Former Principal of
Queen’s College, Harley Street, London
Sir Max Hastings
Former Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Telegraph and the Evening
Standard; historian and author of 25 books
Sir Anthony Kenny (Secretary)
Former Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford; Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Oxford; Master of Balliol College; Chairman of the Board of
the British Library; and President of the British Academy.
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Jenkins Scholarship Memorial Board
Dr Toby Garfitt
University Lecturer in French; Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford
Dr David Hine(Chairman)
Lecturer in Politics, and Director of the Centre for the
Study of Democratic Government, University of Oxford
Mr Charles Jenkins
Commentator on EU Affairs, Son of Roy Jenkins
The Hon Dr Paul Flather
Secretary-General, The Europaeum;
Fellow Mansfield College, Oxford
Former members
Professor Elizabeth Fallaize
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education,
University of Oxford (2005- 2008)
Dr Andrew Graham
Former Master, Balliol (1997-2001),
Director of the Scott Trust
Sir Andrew Dilnot
Chairman,UK Statistics Authority;
Warden, Nuffield College, Oxford
Dame Jennifer Jenkins
Former Chair, Consumer’s Association; the National Trust;
the Historic Buildings Council for England; &
the Royal Parks Review Group
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Lord Jenkins, as Chancellor of the University of Oxford, with President of
the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel in 1998
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A Brief History
Following the death of Roy Jenkins on the 5th January 2003, a number of close friends,
colleagues and admirers hatched an idea that some form of fitting memorial was required
to commemorate what had been, by any standards, a quite remarkable life, that had left
significant impact on British and European politics, on liberal thinking, on intellectual
life, and on universities and higher education.
The idea to create a foundation that might back memorial scholarships was floated by
Judge George Dobry, a friend of Roy’s for some 60 years, who had hosted a lunch in
Roy’s honour just weeks before he died. Sir Hayden Phillips, then the Lord Chancellor’s
Permanent Secretary, backed the idea, and at a lunch hosted in the House of Lords, it
quickly won support from both from Dame Jennifer Jenkins and Sir Colin Lucas, then
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, and incidentally a former Master of Balliol College, Roy’s
alma mater. A committee soon emerged, meeting in Judge Dobry’s flat, drawing in
Lord (Tom) Bingham, volunteering very much at his own request, and later to run for
Chancellor of Oxford himself, and the hugely energetic and well-connected Sir Max
Hastings. Sir Anthony Kenny, another former Master of Balliol, who had worked closely
with Roy, emerged to become the Secretary. Fund-raising now went into full swing,
culminating in a party at the Oxford and Cambridge Club in 2003, which helped the
foundation reach almost £500,000 in gifts and benefactions, ranging from a few six figure
sums, to individual donations of even £10.
It was agreed at that event to centre the scholarships on Oxford, Roy’s intellectual
home, and to link them to the Europaeum association of leading European universities,
which Roy had helped found as Chancellor 10 years earlier, along with Lord (George)
Weidenfeld and Sir Ronald Grierson, and others, to flourish from its base in Oxford. The
original plan was to bring leading European scholars to Oxford, but it was agreed that
one award a year would take an Oxford scholar to one of the top European universities
in the club. The first of now more than 50 Jenkins Scholars, Michal Bobek, was elected
for the 2004-5 academic year, a year earlier than the committee had originally envisaged,
thanks in small measure to the rapid success of the fund-raising drive. The following year
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Dr Paul Flather, Secretary General of the Europaeum, centre, pictured with the 2010 Jenkins
Scholars (left to right): Alvar Closas Farriol (St Hilda’s College), Alexandra van den Elsen
(Kellogg College), Kaarina Kolle (Kellogg College), Marco Daniel (Hertford College), and
Bilyana Tsvetkova (St Antony’s College)
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A Brief History (continued)
four more Jenkins Scholars were elected, leading to more than 50 in 10 years. Each spring
a panel of five leading Europaeum professors, from different disciplines and different
institutions, sift through usually more than forty applications from top young scholars
across the Europaeum Association who have already won admission to Oxford in the
arts and humanities and in the social sciences, the subjects closest to Roy’s personal and
intellectual interests.
A list of five young scholars, along with two or three reserves, are then recommended
to the Jenkins Memorial Board, which was established in Oxford with responsibility
for the memorial foundation, for election for an award. The Memorial Board, chaired
successively by leading Oxford luminaries, Professor Elizabeth Fallaize, Dr Andrew
Graham, another former Balliol College Master , Sir Andrew Dilnot, and now just taking
over, Professor David Hine - have watched the scheme flourish.
The testimonies from all past Jenkins Scholars as to how significant and valuable these
awards have been, to allow them to flourish as young intellectuals, good Europeans, and
caring global citizens, are plain to see in this booklet. Many have gone on to great success
in their chosen fields others no doubt are heading that way. Our first Jenkins Scholar who
came from Prague to Oxford to study law, returned here to a teaching post at St Edmund
Hall, and is currently a Professor at the Collège d’Europe, a progression which would
surely have brought a twinkle to Roy’s eye.
The scheme is helping to produce Europe’s next generation of young leaders. Now the
sincere hope, above all, is that ways and means be found to allow this scheme to continue
to flourish. Everyone involved believes that the scheme has lived up to the vision that
Roy evoked so well.
Dr Paul Flather is the Secretrary General of the Europaeum, Fellow of Mansfield College
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Dame Jennifer Jenkins with Jenkins Scholars Valentina Pugliano (left), Julie
Francastel and Richard Niland.Pictured at the Jenkins Scholars Memorial
Dinner held at Balliol College, Oxford in 2007
More than 100 attended the celebratory memorial dinner, including pictured left to
right: Voldemar Tomusk, of the Open Society Institute; John Tanner, Lord Mayor of
Oxford; HE Dr Jan Winkler, Ambassador of the Czech Republic; Dr Paul Flather of
the Europaeum; and Professor Denis Noble of Balliol College
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Jenkins Scholars
2004-5
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2005-6
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2006-7
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2007-8
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2008-9
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Name
Institutional Move Subject of Study
Michal BOBEK
Prague → Oxford
BCL in Law
Andrew ELLIOTT
Alan ROSS
Armen HAKHVERDIAN
Valentina PUGLIANO
Oxford → Geneva
Oxford → Geneva
Leiden → Oxford
Bologna → Oxford
Studies linked to MPhil in Economics
Studies linked to DPhil in Modern History
MPhil in Politics: Comparative Government
MSt in Women Studies
Ayelet BANAI
Charlotte FIALA
Richard NILAND
Julie FRANCASTEL
Michal ŠIMEČKA
Anna VALERIUS
Oxford → Paris I
Oxford → Madrid
Oxford → Paris I
Paris I → Oxford
Prague → Oxford
Bonn → Oxford
Archival Research and Fieldwork for DPhil in European History
Supervision and Research for DPhil in Development Studies
Archival Research for DPhil in English Literature
MJuris in Law
MPhil in Russian and East European Studies
MSt European Literature
Michael FINCH
Monika MRÁZOVÁ
Agnieszka KUBAL
Oskar MACGREGOR
Christian MICHEL
Kristina MIKULOVA
Enrico PRODI
Elena Irina VASILIU
Oxford → Paris I
Oxford → Geneva
Krakow → Oxford
Helsinki→ Oxford
Prague → Oxford
Bonn → Oxford
Bologna → Oxford
Paris I → Oxford
Studies linked to DPhil in Modern History
Studies linked to DPhil in Economics
MLitt/DPhil in Law
BPhil in Philosophy
MPhil in Economics
MPhil Russian & East European Studies
MPhil in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature
DPhil in Law
Naysan RAFATI
Holger GEFRATH
Barbara HAVELKOVÁ
Sarah HEGENBART
Martin LEESER
Markus LENSSEN
Sophie WEBER
Oxford → Geneva
Bonn → Oxford
Prague → Oxford
Berlin → Oxford
Bonn → Oxford
Bonn → Oxford
Paris I → Oxford
Studies linked to DPhil in Oriental Studies
BCL in Law
MSt in Legal Research
MSt in Ancient Philosophy
MSt in Latin American Studies
MJur in Law
Bachelor in Law
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Roy Jenkins as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1967-70)
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Jenkins Scholars (continued)
Name
Institutional Move
Subject of Study
2009-10
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Stephanie HUDSON
Or ROSENBOIM
Ottilie SCHMAUSS
Elisabetta TOLLARDO
Oxford → Leiden
Bologna → Oxford
Bonn → Oxford
Bologna → Oxford
DPhil in Egyptology
MSt in History
MSt in Women’s Studies
MSt in History
2010-11
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Alvar Closas FARRIOL
Kaarina KOLLE
Marco DANIEL
Bilyana TSVETKOVA
Alexandra VAN DEN ELSEN
Oxford → Madrid
Helsinki → Oxford
Geneva → Oxford
Geneva → Oxford
Leiden → Oxford
DPhil in Geography and the Environment
MSc Nature, Society and Environment
MSc Water Science, Policy and Management
MPhil Russian and Eastern European Studies
MSc Material Anthropology & Museum Ethnography
2011-12
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Eliza GHEORGHE
Steven KAYE
Igor BARILIK
Dominik CHRIST
Rachel HICKS
Tomas WALLENIUS
Oxford → Paris
Oxford → Leiden
Prague → Oxford
Bonn → Oxford
Leiden → Oxford
Helsinki → Oxford
DPhil in International Relations
Comparative Philology and General Linguistics
MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice
MPhil in Economics
MPhil in Development Studies
MPhil in International Relations
2012-13
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Angela CUMMINE
Henry PROCTER
Antonin DE LAEVER
Lukas KLEINE-RUESCHKAMP
Patrik SCHMIDT
Maria UHRINOVA
Oxford → Bologna
Oxford → Madrid
Paris → Oxford
Bonn → Oxford
Bonn → Oxford
Prague → Oxford
DPhil in Politics
MPhil Development Studies: DPhil Fine Art
MPhil in Economics
MPhil in Economics
MSt in Modern European and British History
MSc Applied Linguistics & 2nd Language Acq’n
2013-14
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Rebecca BRUBAKER
Estelle CANDAU
Adelie CHEVÉ
Julie DAYOT
Davide UGOLINI
Oxford → Geneva
Paris → Oxford
Paris → Oxford
Paris → Oxford
Bologna → Oxford
DPhil in International Development Studies
MSc in Law and Finance
MPhil in International Relations
MPhil in Development Studies
MSt in Social Anthropology
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Europaeum Patron + Trustees
Prince Hans Adam II von Liechtenstein
Reigning prince of Liechtenstein, and patron of the Europaeum
Dr. Pierre Keller (Chairman)
Senior Partner of Lombard, Odier and Cie Bank, former member Vice
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Sir Ronald Grierson (Hon. Treasurer)
Chairman of the Blackstone Group’s International Advisory Board
Lord (George) Weidenfeld
Chairman of Weidenfeld and Nicolson Publishers, former political
commentator for the BBC
Lord (Christopher) Patten
Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Chairman of the BBC Trust and
former European Commissioner
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Europaeum Board of Trustees
H.E. Karel Schwarzenberg
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Professor Yves Mény
Former President of the European University Institute in Florence
Dr Erhard Busek
Former Vice Chancellor, and Minister of Education of Austria
Professor Ngaire Woods
Inaugural Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and Professor of
Global Economic Governance at the University of Oxford
Professor Václav Hampl
Rector of Charles University, Professor of Physiology
Professor Philippe Burrin
Director of the Geneva Graduate Institute in Geneva
and Professor of History of International Relations
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Lord Jenkins with the other members of the ‘Gang of Four’ (from left: Lord (Bill)
Rodgers of Quarry Bank (left), Lord (David) Owen (centre), and Baroness (Shirley)
Williams of Crosby)
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Roy Jenkins – The Politician
In the phrase of his contemporary and rival Denis Healey, Jenkins was a politician
with a hinterland. He liked good wine, good food, good talk, good books and
fiercely competitive croquet - and he did not care who knew it. With his patrician
manner and stylish epigrams, he seemed, by the end, to epitomise an easy-going
whiggery and measured rationality that had almost vanished from the political
culture. Yet this persona concealed at least two other Jenkinses, each more complex
and less comfortable than the first.
David Marquand One was a mercurial, emotional, surprisingly vulnerable Celt. It was this figure -
the Jenkins of Abersychan and Pontypool - whose incandescent rhetoric at a neverto-be-forgotten meeting of the parliamentary Labour party in 1971 ripped apart the leadership’s
sophistries over entry into Europe; who seemed, for a brief but brilliant moment, to embody a
rallying of defiant social democracy against a new dark age of ideological fundamentalism; and who
inspired more loyalty and affection from his own circle - as well as more exasperated indignation
from his enemies - than any recent left-of-centre politician, with the possible exception of Aneurin.
Alongside that, however, ran a tough and dedicated professional, instinctively at home with the levers
of power. The shifting combination of strong emotions and tough-minded professionalism holds the
key to his contested place in history. […]
It remains an unusually difficult career to assess; and when the would-be assessor is proud to have
been a Jenkinsite, the difficulties are all the greater. On four points, however, the verdict of history
seems plain. As home secretary, Jenkins did as much as any other single person to make Britain
a more tolerant and civilised country to live in. As leader of the Labour Europeans, he played an
indispensable part in taking Britain into what is now the European Union. As president of the
European Commission, he played an equally indispensable part in overcoming the forces of monetary
disintegration that threatened to wreck the community.
Dr David Marquand is a former Labour MP and Principal of Mansfield College
Extracted from: David Marquand, ‘Obituary of Lord Jenkins of Hillhead’,
The Guardian, 6 January 2003. Reprinted with kind permission from The Guardian.
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Lord Jenkins pictured during his Presidency of the European Commission (1977-81)
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Roy Jenkins - The European
For Roy Jenkins his presidency of the European Commission from January 1977
to January 1981 was at once the culmination of his European career, the end of his
ambition to be a Labour Prime Minister, the opportunity for a major international
success, and a time of frustration and eventual disappointment. […] In the summer
of 1977 he felt that the Community had become becalmed. He detected no sense
of strategy, no movements towards objectives, no feelings of excitement as in the
early days. Europe might describe itself as being in the course of construction, but
the builders seemed content with what there was, or were absent on prolonged tea
Crispin Tickell
breaks. They reacted but hardly acted.
It was in these circumstances that Jenkins began work to relaunch European economic and monetary
union. […] But the ideas he put forward in Florence on 27 October 1977 were much more ambitious.
They were the product of hard work, not least within the Cabinet, and of wide consultation elsewhere.
In a way they began with Jean Monnet, and it was appropriate that they were expressed in the first
Monet Lecture. […] When the lecture itself was given, it created something of a shock. As this was
probably the most important event in Jenkins’s presidency and had the greatest consequences, it is
worth dwelling on his main arguments. Underlying them was his belief that lack of a central economic
mechanism was the Community’s most important weakness, and that the time had come to correct it.
His seven points were: monetary union favoured a more efficient rationalization of industry and
commerce than was possible in a customs union alone; a major European currency would be a joint
and alternative pillar to the US dollar in the world monetary system, and a source of European strength
and stability; it would limit inflation and lead to a common rate of price movement; it would favour
investment and employment; it would improve and rationalization the flow of public finance to weaker
or poorer regions; it would require new institutions not necessarily federal or confederal, but something
responding to Europe’s particular needs; and last it would be a model for eventual European political
integration. In moving towards a union of this kind, he used the metaphor of a long-jumper.
He starts with a rapid succession of step, lengthens his stride, increases his momentum, and
then makes his leap...We have to look before we leap, and know where we are to land. But
leap we eventually must...Politics is not only the art of the possible...it is also the art of making
possible tomorrow what may seem impossible today.
Sir Crispin Tickell is a writer, academic,and former British permanent representative to the UN
Taken from: Crispin Tickell, ‘President of the European Commission’ in Roy Jenkins A Retrospective, edited by
Andrew Adonis and Keith Thomas (Oxford, 2004). Kindly reprinted with permission
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Lord Jenkins, as President of the European Commission, speaks to Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
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Roy Jenkins - The Intellectual
My most enduring impression is one of intensifying admiration for Roy’s singular
steadfastness and boldness, with a strong dash of courage and an immense strength
of political personality. We usually agreed, though not always. On many of the
social reform concerns of mine he evinced an indifference and in some cases a
conservatism, which made conversation pointless. Yet on the big political issues
of the day, and a number of constant preoccupations including Europe, relations
with the United States, and political alignments at home, his view was always
definite and often passionate, informed by liberal and internationalist principles
Andrew Adonis essentially unchanged since his pre-war Oxford days. He could be maddeningly
dismissive of detail (as opposed to anecdote), although perfectly capable of
mastering it. But at his best, he had the four ultimate qualities of the successful liberal political leader
– rational optimism, deep humanity, a bold plan for the future, and inspirational perseverance.
I came to well appreciate the boldness - with courage at key junctures – which characterized his
periods as Home Secretary, Chancellor, President of the European Commission, and creator of the
SDP, for I unexpectedly saw it at first hand in the production of Churchill. It was a perilous enterprise,
vast and daunting in scale and almost fatally terminated by ill health. Roy was 77 at the outset and
80 at publication. He had been very uncertain about taking it on, and at times I felt guilty for having
urged it upon him, which bound me still more closely to the project and to him personally (plenty
of others, several of them authors of the preceding essays, forged similar relationships on previous
Jenkins enterprises). But once embarked upon it – apart from the immediate aftermath of his heart
operation – he never flinched, rarely doubted his judgement and capacity, and set and met a regime
of work and deadlines which I found astonishing. […]
Roy Jenkins was in the statesman’s mould, worthy of his own closing words on Asquith: ‘He had
always been faithful to liberal, humane ideals, and to civilised, even fastidious, standards of political
behaviour. He never trimmed for office….And with him there died the best part of the classical
tradition in English Politics.’
Lord (Andrew) Adonis is a Labour peer and former Minister for Schools and Transport Secretary
Taken from: Andrew Adonis, ‘A Biographer’s Tale’ in Roy Jenkins: A Retrospective, edited by Andrew Adonis and
Keith Thomas (Oxford, 2004). Kindly reprinted with permission
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Lord Jenkins, as Chancellor of Oxford University, with Mary Robinson, President of Ireland in 1993
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Memories of a Jenkins Scholar at Oxford
Michal Bobek, the first elected Jenkins Scholar, recalls a
venerable Oxford as he saw it studying law at St. Edmund Hall
Oxford is tradition: When I mentioned to my friends that I was going to Oxford, the often-heard reaction was: “You will have to row. You will have to get a V-necked polo shirt!”
There are many preconceptions about Oxford. Quite a few of them are completely wrong.
Others have, as every good legend or caricature, a grain of truth. Well, I did try rowing
once or twice and I did, eventually, buy a V-necked polo shirt with a Teddy Hall crest. But
I did not have to.
Oxford is liberal: The most important tradition is in my view the liberal one. There are only few things one
has to do at Oxford but there are many things one can do: an array of guest lectures, seminars, societies, sports,
clubs, parties etc. There are, of course, also pitfalls: there may be some who mistake the liberal curricula for
the absence of one; too much choice might be harmful and some people might get lost if not closely guided.
However, to most students, especially at the postgraduate level, the choice is a blessing.
Oxford is reading: Coming to Oxford to study law, every Continental lawyer is struck by the reading list culture. Am I really supposed to read two or three thousand pages a week? How? After a few weeks of despair, one
realises that being able to manage the list is part of the game. In a way, it is the best practical training for a world
of limited time and unlimited information. Moreover, the reading list together with tutorials reflect again the
Oxford liberal tradition: it sets the overall standard, leaving to each their way to achieve it. The system is thus
able to accommodate the fast as well as the not so fast students – parallel study at different levels. No one has
to get bored, and no one is forced to waste time by repetition.
Oxford is debate: In law, the subject I read at Oxford, arguments may be divided in many ways. Most of the
Continental universities I have known divide arguments into ‘correct’ and ‘incorrect’. The division made at
Oxford is ‘good’ and ‘bad’ or ‘persuasive’ and ‘unpersuasive’. This is not just a game with words. It reflects a
fundamental difference in the approach to teaching and study of law. The style of legal teaching in Continental
universities tends to be dogmatic. Law is being taught as a coherent, normative system, which gives one right
answer to any given problem. The Oxford approach, and the Common-Law based system of law teaching
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Sir Anthony Kenny, founding Secretary of Jenkins Memorial Board, presents a
Europaeum Certificate to the first Jenkins Scholar, Michal Bobek (2005)
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Memories of a Jenkins Scholar at Oxford (continued)
generally, is different. The approach is discursive, Socratic. This does not mean that factual knowledge of the
“black-letter” law is no longer required: It is, but only as a basis for further discussion, as the first step in a debate that happens on the next level. In short, the aim of the study is not to learn mechanically what the law is,
but rather to understand why it is so, and what it ought to be.
Oxford is colleges: To a person coming from Continental Europe, the collegiate university is a unique surprise.
Continental universities (and indeed all other universities apart from the ‘other’ university in the East with the
unspeakable name) are faculty-divided. Students tend to meet only students in their respective disciplines and
there is minimal horizontal interchange inside the university. Lawyers tend to stick with other lawyers, which
is sometimes quite dull. In contrast, the Middle Common Room provides, in most colleges, a great opportunity
of meeting colleagues in other subjects and discussing various fascinating topics, ranging from music and literature to quantum physics. I was very fortunate to belong to the Teddy Hall MCR, which is very active and lively.
Oxford is dinners: Of even greater surprise to a continental student is the Oxford social life and especially
a segment of it, the Oxford dinners. At first, there is the shock when one
realises that one has to take a certain number of dinners in the college during the term; the last person who cared about my dinners was my mother
when I was about 16 years old. The shock is, however, soon replaced by
amusement and later by appreciation for the system of effective socialisation brought about by the compulsory dinners. Formal halls, exchange
dinners, official dinners, guest nights – all of this creates the unique social
setting of Oxford colleges.
Oxford is Jenkins: To me, Oxford will forever be linked to Lord Jenkins of
Hillhead. I was extremely fortunate in having the chance to come to Oxford as the first Jenkins Memorial Scholar. I did not have the opportunity
of meeting Lord Jenkins in person. From what I gather, however, his liberal
spirit is still very much present in the ancient walls and dreaming spires. So
in reply to cartoonists, who portrayed the then-Labour Home Secretary Roy Jenkins with a glass of claret in his
hand, and who raised the question whether the English were now liberal and ‘civilised’ enough, following Jenkins’ Home Secretary liberal reform agenda, I can only reply: “Congratulations Roy – they are liberal enough.”
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Jenkins Scholars – Profiles
Michal Bobek (2004-5)
Michal Bobek was the first Jenkins Memorial Scholar. He came from Charles University in Prague
to read for an M. Jur. at the University of Oxford, St. Edmund Hall, for his degree before becoming
Legal Secretary to the Chief Justice, Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic. In 2008,
Michal was the President of the Czech Society for European and Comparative Law. He gained his PhD
in Law from the European University Institute in 2001, spent 2012-13 attached to St Edmund Hall in
Oxford and since 2013 has been a full Professor of European Law at the Collège d’Europe in Bruges.
“I was extremely fortunate in having the chance to come to Oxford as the first Jenkins Memorial Scholar. I did not have had the opportunity of meeting Lord Jenkins in person. From what I gather, however,
his liberal spirit is still very much present in the ancient walls of dreaming spires ... The Oxford approach [to Law] , .. is discursive, Socratic … the aim of the study is not to learn mechanically what the law is, but rather to understand why it is so and
what it ought to be.”
Valentina Pugliano (2005-6)
Valentina Pugliano came from the University of Bologna to read for an MSc in Women’s
Studies, concentrating in History, at Mansfield College, University of Oxford. After completing
her MA, she went on to a DPhil, completed in 2012. She is now Wellcome Trust Research
Fellow at Cambridge University, in the History and Philosophy of Science Department; and
a Junior Research Fellow, Christ’s College, Cambridge. Currently, Valentina is revising her
doctoral thesis for publication as a monograph and has received funding to prepare a second
monograph. She then hopes to then find a permanent or tenure-track position.
“Without the support of the Jenkins Award I may not have been able to go to Oxford to pursue … a life in academia that would
not have been possible in Italy.”
Andrew Elliott (2005-06)
The Jenkins Scholarship supported Andrew Elliot to spend one year studying at the Graduate
Institute in Geneva, after completing the MPhil in Economics at Oxford. At Geneva, he took the
Certificate in International Relations, taking courses in International Relations, and Law alongside
his research in International Economics. He is now college lecturer in economics at St Catherine’s
and Somerville Colleges at Oxford. He plans to continue in academia, researching and teaching
International Economics, but would also like to become more directly involved in policymaking,
inspired by his experiences in Geneva.
“A unique aspect of life in Geneva is living so close to the international organisations. Meet[ing] people working in the UN, the
ILO, the WTO etc. ... provides a firsthand perspective on how business is really conducted behind the security barriers. … A less
expected benefit of being in a French-speaking institution was a focus on parts of the world which receive little emphasis in UK
media coverage and development research. The opportunities to study in another and very different University environment
and to experience life in a truly international city were of great value.”
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Armen Hakhverdian (2005-6)
Armen Hakhverdian came from Leiden University to study for an MPhil in Comparative
Government at Nuffield College, Oxford. He is now assistant Professor of Political Science at the
University of Amsterdam. He studied for a DPhil at Oxford, examining the relationship between public
opinion and government policy in the UK. In 2009, he held a one-year Max Weber Fellowship at the
European University Institute in Florence, expanding his research agenda to include issues of political
trust and the role of education in European democracies, before moving to Amsterdam. Armen plans
to stay in academia, and has just been awarded a research grant by the Netherlands Organisation for
Scientific Research for a four-year project on public opinion towards multiculturalism and the impact
of such attitudes on political parties and policy outcomes.
“Schemes such as the Jenkins Scholarship stimulate young scholars to accumulate vital experience abroad without having
to worry about loans, debts etc. I have always considered it a privilege to have studied at Oxford with such high-quality
research staff, teachers, supervisors and, perhaps most important of all, peers. I would like to thank all involved in the Jenkins
Scholarship for their support.”
Alan Ross (2005-6)
Alan Ross went from Hertford College, Oxford while studying for a DPhil in Modern History to the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, to pursue his research. He is now Lecturer in Early Modern
European History & Bye-Fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, and will shortly move on
to a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Humboldt University, Berlin. and continue to teach, write and travel.
“ My time in Geneva was wonderful allowing me to conduct detailed research in European archives and
to work with people in Geneva, whose help and suggestions were invaluable to the successful completion
of my degree. The main benefit of studying at more than one top European university is that you meet
more people who have more ideas.Getting the Jenkins award was one of the main building blocks that
allowed me to finish my D Phil. It was great fun, and I would therefore love other students to have the
same opportunities as I did.”
Charlotte Fiala (2006-7)
Dr Charlotte Fiala while being a DPhil candidate at the Oxford Department of International Development, attached to St Antony’s College, was supported to extend her fieldwork in Spain, associated
with the Instituto Ortega Gasset of the Universidad Compluense de Madrid. She then took up
the post of Head of the EU Liaison Office at the Freie Universität Berlin, lobbying for social science
and humanities in the future European research framework programme, Horizon 2020. Charlotte
would like to encourage students to spend at least one term abroad and hopes that higher education
institutions and governments, will reduce obstacles for mobility, including better access for non-European students..
“Having lived and studied at top universities in three different countries in Europe I am able to understand the background and
approach of various European partners - a pre-condition for successful lobbying.”
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Ayelet Banai (2006-07)
Ayelet Banai came from Somerville College, Oxford to conduct research for her
Politics and International Relations DPhil. at Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. She is now
a Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science, Goethe University, Frankfurt.
“[The Jenkins scholarship helped me with] exchange and new ideas; access to libraries and archive
material; scientific diversity and inspiration.”
Michal Simecka (2006-07)
Michal Simecka attended St Antony’s College, Oxford, having come from Charles University,
Prague, to study for an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies. He then continued at Oxford
to study for a DPhil in Politics and is now a Political Advisor at the European Parliament. He hopes,
in the future, to balance a combination of practical policy work in EU institutions and more theoretical work in academia and think-tanks.
“The benefit of Jenkins scholarship for my career (academic and professional) is hard to overstate - without it, I would not have been able to come.”
Richard Niland (2006-7)
Richard Niland came from Corpus Christi College, Oxford to do research at Paris 1 PanthéonSorbonne towards his DPhil in English Literature, focussing on the writings of Joseph Conrad.
Currently he is a Lecturer of English Literature at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He is
particularly interested in the diversity of the literary type known as the superfluous man across
national literary traditions in 19th century European and American writing. He experienced Oxford
as an academic environment with a sense of inclusivity, commitment to excellence, and a place
within a tradition of writers and scholars who have studied and worked at such universities over
the years, allowing him an authentic understanding of the European literary traditions he studies.
“The award allowed me the opportunity to complete my studies and research in a Francophone environment of stimulating
ideas and scholarship while also offering access to an inestimable wealth of people, culture and experiences that continue to
inform my work today.”
Julie Francastel (2006-7)
Julie Francastel came from Paris 1 to study for an MJur at Trinity College, Oxford. She went
back to her native Germany to take the state exams in North Rhine-Westphalia and is now working on a PhD in comparative company law at the University of Cologne due to finish by 2014.
“I enjoyed excellent teaching, studying alongside the best law students from all kinds of cultural and
legal backgrounds … Being able to study in a university with traditions that date back centuries and
an almost unrivalled reputation for excellence is a privilege that I owe to the Europeum and I am very
grateful for that.”
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Anna Valerius (2006-07)
Anna Valerius came from Bonn University to study towards an MA in German Literature at New
College, Oxford. She is now a PhD candidate and Research Fellow at Bonn, and is currently doing a
research semester at Columbia University. The Jenkins award fostered her career in academia, giving
her the opportunities for a second Masters programme, the start of her PhD dissertation, a teaching
position, and a position as organizer of a new international programme in German and Comparative
Literature, linking Bonn and St Andrews. Anna remains in touch with her Oxford contacts, now all
over the world “fostering my interest and engagement in International Relations as a second major
area of expertise”.
“The Jenkins award made my stay at Oxford possible - it allowed me to read for my Masters at one of the best universities in
the world with resources that any scholar can only dream of. I am also grateful for the guidance and tutoring I received while
at Oxford - both lead towards a dissertation which encouraged me to continue working towards substantial academic work.”
Agnieszka Kubal (2007-08)
Agnieszka Kubal came from the Jagiellonian University, Krakow to read for a MLitt in SocioLegal Studies at Wolfson College, Oxford. She then continued her doctoral studies at Oxford and
completed her DPhil in Socio-Legal Studies in 2010, resulting in a book on socio-legal integration
of Polish migrants in the UK after EU enlargement. She is currently a Research Officer at the
International Migration Institute at Oxford University, moving soon to the Centre for Socio-Legal
Studies as a Research Fellow, where she will pursue a her own research ideas developed in her book.
“If it wasn’t for Jenkins award, I would have probably never made it to Oxford, nor complete a DPhil
here. It was invaluable in setting the priorities for my future career and employment in the academia.
… The benefits [of studying at top European universities] are numerous and at different levels, starting from professional/
career development considerations to very personal ones, like developing friendships and widening horizons.”
Christian Michel (2007-8)
Christian Michel studied at St Anne’s College, Oxford. He came from the University of Bonn to
read for an MPhil in Economics, and is now studying for his PhD at the University of Mannheim.
In 2013, he starts as an Assistant Professor in Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
“Studying at several European top universities gives an excellent opportunity to meet many highly driven
and intellectually gifted people from several backgrounds. Since different universities usually attract
different cultures, one can get more insights than by only studying at one university. Furthermore, the
style of teaching and the curriculum differ across countries even for the same field of study, such that
studying at multiple European universities also enables a broader view over an academic field.”
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Kristina Mikulova (2006-07)
Kristina Mikulova came from the University of Bonn to study for an MPhil Russian & East
European Studies at the University of Oxford. She is now a post-doctoral fellow in international
relations and security at the European Union Institute for Security Studies, and a governance
consultant at the World Bank, and oscillates between Paris and Washington, DC. For her, the
scholarship was an “invaluable chance” to do fieldwork in a country she studied, and allowed her
to build a Central European network “that is now helping me share and promote my academic
and analytical work, and connect to leading opinion-makers in my field”. She aims to continueto
contribute to the development of knowledge-based networks, transferring the lessons of transition
from Eastern Europe to other parts of the world, hopefully at the World Bank or the United Nations.
“Though one should not generalize, I believe that apart from academic and professional benefits - as well as travel opportunities
and new friendships - the Jenkins Scholarship carries the single most important promise of helping students understand and
develop or deepen a ‘European identity’.”
Michael Finch (2007-8)
Michael Finch went from the Pembroke College, Oxford to continue research for his DPhil in History
at Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. He gained his DPhil in 2010, and subsequently taught at Newcastle and
Birmingham universities, before coming back to Oxford as a research associate of the Oxford Changing
Character of War Programme, in 2011. His DPhil thesis was accepted for publication by OUP in the
Oxford Historical Monograph series, and he is now Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of War,
at Pembroke College, and a lecturer at the Defence Studies Department of Kings College London,
based at the UK Defence Academy (from July 2013). He is committed to an academic career.
“Apart from giving me the opportunity to experience academic life in a French instution of higher education for the first time,
the scholarship was most invaluable in enabling me to spend a sustained period of time … in Parisian archives and libraries.
The work I did that year formed the core of my DPhil thesis [which] was accepted for publication by OUP.”
Enrico Prodi (2007-8)
Enrico Prodi came from Bologna University to read for an MPhil in Greek and Latin languages
and Literature at the Merton College at the Oxford. He gained an Examiners’ commendation
for best Masters’ dissertation in the Faculty of Classics. He is continuing his doctoral studies at
Oxford University, and is now a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church. He hopes to engage in
an academic career or a career in academic librarianship.
“I believe that an experience in more than one university exposes a student to a wider variety of
methods and approaches - both scholarly and human - that a single institution can hardly offer, as well
as broadening his or her access to research facilities and similar tools.”
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Oskar Macgregor (2007-8)
Oskar Macgregor came from the University of Helsinki and passed his BPhil in Philosophy in
2009 at St Cross College, Oxford. He is now Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the
University of Skövde in Sweden. Currently his research involves developing a method of testing
moral reactions in simulated environments, in order to probe how individuals respond to morally
charged situations with more ecological validity than with the traditional story vignettes and
subsequent questioning. He recalls major advantages to studying at Oxford: the networking; the
resulting insight into different sorts of highly stimulating and productive academic environments,
and the prestige attached.
“The Jenkins award made it possible for me to launch my studies at Oxford, for which I will be highly grateful.”
Irina Vasiliu (2007-08)
Irina Vasiliu came from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne to study for a D.Phil. in Law at St Antony’s
College, Oxford. She now works for the Europaeun Comission, in the Data Protection team of
the Justice Directorate-General. She praises the Jenkins scheme for having given her the freedom
to conduct research without over-hanging financial worries, and for the amazing benefits she
gained from studying in different university systems with professors who were passionate and
experts in their disciplines. She hopes to continue to work in the European Commission, and
possibly to publish her research work.
“It was extremely useful for me to be picked for such a prestigious Scholarship.”
Monika Mrázová (2007-08)
Monika Mrázová came from the University of Oxford to continue studies towards DPhil in
Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. Following the completion of her DPhil, she took
up a position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, when she also
spent four months as a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. She has been an Associate on the
Globalisation Programme, Centre for Economic Performance at LSE since 2009, and is now a
Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Surrey.
Naysan Rafiti (2008-09)
Naysan Rafiti spent one year studying at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, based in the
International History and Politics Unit. There, he conducted research on Iranian exiles as part of
a case study for his continuing DPhil in Middle Eastern Studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford.
Since then, Naysan has taken up a teaching position at Oxford, while continuing his research for
his doctoral thesis in London and Washington. He hopes to remain in academia, focusing on the
politics of the Middle East.
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Barbara Havelkova (2008-9)
Barbara Havelkova came from Charles University to read for an MSt in Legal Research
at Exeter College, Oxford. The Master’s programme led to a DPhil in law and a position
at the Faculty of Law in Oxford, where she was CSET Teaching Fellow in EU Law, and
ultimately to her current Lectureship and Fellowship in Law at the University of Cambridge.
Barbara intends to obtain a permanent position in the academia, most probably in the UK.
“Without the Jenkins scholarship, I’d have been unable to come to Oxford...Oxford motivated and
supported my intellectual growth.”
Sophie Weber (2008-09)
Sophie Weber studied Civil Law at Magdalen College, Oxford, coming from Paris I PanthéonSorbonne. Currently she is a barrister at One Essex Court in London, specialising in litigation and
arbitration. As a lawyer, Sophie found that both language skills and an international perspective
that studying aboard gave to be invaluable. In future she wishes to continue her legal career with a
strong emphasis on internationalism and establish a successful practice as a commercial barrister.
“The Jenkins Scholarship and my studies at Oxford … have been invaluable experiences. I have met fascinating people and many personal and professional relationships developed from the ample networking
opportunities, the benefits of which I am still enjoying today”.
Martin Leeser (2008-09)
Martin Leeser came from the University of Bonn to study an MSt in Latin American Studies at
St. Antony’s College, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford he worked for consulting firms in
Kosovo and Berlin and for UNICEF in Angola, analysing and developing strategies for addressing
problems and challenges in international development co-operation. Currently he is serving
as an External Relations Officer in the Executive Office of the Joint United Nations Programme
on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Geneva. In 2014 Martin will relocate to the country office in Brazil.
“I profited from my time at Oxford, both academically, with access to world-class scholars and resources,
and in my extracurriculars, taking a year-long French course and joining my college Boat Club.”
Holger Gefrath (2008-09)
Holger Gefrath came from the University of Bonn to study a Magister Juris at St Hilda’s College,
Oxford. He worked as a legal clerk (“Rechtsreferendar”) at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne for a
time, and is now a Swiss Federal Excellence Research Fellow at the University of Zurich. He hopes to stay
in academia, and to attain the impressive level of scholarship to write and defend a thesis for habilitation.
“An Oxford degree promoted my career, professional and academic, in many ways. [Studying abroad
gives you] new ideas and international connections.”
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Sarah Hegenbart (2008-9)
Sarah Hegenbart came from the Humboldt University of Berlin to read for an MSt in Ancient Philosophy at St Anne’s College, Oxford, arguing in her thesis that Plato rather than Aristotle is the
founding father of virtue ethics. She then studied for a Magister in Philosophy in History of Art, winning the Carl und Max Schneider Foundation for the best Magister examination in the subject. She is
now a Cataloguer at the private art dealers Frederick Mulder Ltd., an Academic Visitor at the University of Oxford and a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London. She says that the interdisciplinarity she met with at Oxford “helped me to view my research with new eyes and inspired me to
many novel ideas (such as linking virtue theory and questions arising from art education and contemporary art praxis)”. She
hopes to combine an academic career with a museum position as curator, to make most out of the insights of her research.
“Being at more than one top European university helped me to understand different philosophical traditions better. The year
in Oxford, made possible through the Jenkins Award, was extremely intellectually enriching and encouraged me very strongly
to continue my path in academia… the award enabled me to fully concentrate on my research without having to worry about
financial aspects.”
Ottilie Paola Klein [Schmauss] (2009-10)
Ottilie Paola Klein came from the University of Bonn to study Women’s Studies with a focus on
English Literature at Kellogg College, Oxford. This led to her current ‘international’ PhD at the
Universities of Giessen and Helsinki. She plans to either continue an academic career, or pursue
new paths in science management. Ottilie calls her time at Oxford, made possible by the Jenkins
Scholarship “a once-in-a-lifetime experience that shaped both my academic development and my
personal outlook on Europe”.
“I personally benefited tremendously by getting in contact with people coming from different countries inside but also outside
the EU. Studying in a British context not only improved my spoken and written English, but also created a fondness to its wonderful people. Meeting people from different countries academically and personally was truly inspirational and eye-opening.”
Or Rosenboim (2009-10)
Or Rosenboim came from the University of Bologna to read for an MSt in Global and Imperial
History at Saint Peter’s College, Oxford. She considers high quality education, great fellow students
and excellent intellectual environment to be the main benefits of her studying supported by a Jenkins
award. After completing the Master’s programme, she has moved to Cambridge, where she has been
pursuing doctoral studies in Politics and International Studies. After finishing her PhD, Or intends to
follow an academic career.
“One of the main benefits is the opportunity to meet students from different backgrounds, cultures and
countries, who share my motivation and interests. At Bologna and Oxford I made friends for life, some
also Jenkins’ Scholars! Moreover, the opportunity to discover two very stimulating yet very different academic environments was a unique and inspiring experience for me. The year at Oxford was a life-changing experience.”
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Elisabetta Tollardo (2009-10)
Elisabetta Tollardo came from Bologna to study for an MSt in Modern British and European
History at Mansfield College, Oxford. She has remained at Oxford and is now a DPhil candidate
in History at Balliol. She says that without the Jenkins Scholarship, she would never have had the
opportunity to embark on a doctorate.
“With the Scholarship, I was able to meet very inspiring people from all over the world, including top
scholars in my field; I made long-term friendships and learned to appreciate a different culture and
a different language.”
Stephanie Hudson (2009-10)
Stephanie Hudson came from Oxford University to continue her research for her doctorate at the
Department of Archaeology at Leiden University. Whilst in Leiden she received training in hieratic, a highly specialised ancient Egyptian script, which was not available in Oxford. Stephanie’s
thesis involved translating previously unpublished hieratic texts and thus, the language training she
received in Leiden was critical to the successful completion of her doctorate. She returned to Oxford
to work on her DPhil at Christ Church College, and submitted her thesis in October 2013. Stephanie
is committed to staying in academia and continuing her research in Egyptology.
“I am incredibly grateful to the Jenkins Scholarship for giving me the opportunity to be part of the wider
European academic community; the contacts I made during my scholarship year continue to prove invaluable to my current
and future research plans.”
Alvar Closas Farriol (2010-11)
Alvar Closas Farriol came from Saint Hilda’s College, Oxford to continue fieldwork for a
DPhil in Geography and the Environment at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. After
finishing his DPhil at Oxford, Alvar has been working for the World Bank as a consultant on water
management issues, and has taken on take on a 3-year position as a researcher in Cairo working
for the International Water Management Institute, funded by USAID, to improve groundwater
management and governance in the Middle East and North Africa. He intends to work in the field
of international development.
“The opportunity of ‘cross-pollination’ of ideas and projects is extremely important for a researcher’s
personal and professional development and a program like the Jenkins Scholarship provides exactly that.”
Marco Daniel (2010-11)
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Marco Daniel of the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva came to Oxford to study a MSc
in Water Science, Policy & Development at Linacre College. His scholarship enabled him specialize in water
policy and management and contribute to the universal realisation of the human right to water and sanitation
through development cooperation. Marco now lives in Zurich, Switzerland, working as water policy advisor
for HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, and hopes to further enrich his career by collecting more field experience in developing countries.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the donors and funders of the Jenkins Memorial scholarship for
giving me the opportunity to study at Oxford … [Assuming living expenses myself] would have eventually challenged my dreams to specialize in water policy and management and contribute to universal realisation of the human right to water and
sanitation through development cooperation.”
Bilyana Lily [Tsvetkova] (2010-11)
Bilyana Lily came from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, to study for an
MPhil in Russian and East European Studies at St Antony’s College, Oxford and finished with a
distinction. She is currently writing a book on the reasons for Russia’s opposition to missile defence
in Europe over the last 13 years, and working as a political risk consultant on Russia and Eastern
Europe. She intends to continue pursuing a research career focused on Russia, Central Asia, and
Eastern and Central Europe.
“The enriching experiences I gained from Geneva and Oxford equipped me well for a career in my
chosen field. I met incredible individuals along the way and grew intellectually”
Kaarina Kolle (2010-11)
Kaarina Kolle came from the University of Helsinki to read for an MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy at Kellogg College, Oxford. After completing her Master’s programme in Oxford, she held a traineeship at United Nations Environment Programme EU Liaison Office (Brussels), a traineeship at the European Commission (DG CLIMA) and a temporary contract with the
Commission (DG REGIO). She is currently working as a Policy Assistant at World Wildlife Fund
For Nature European Policy Office. She plans to work on climate change development cooperation.
“[I benefited] from the variety of academic influence absorbed from the surroundings”
Alexandra van den Elsen (2010-11)
Alexanda van den Elsen came from Leiden University to study for an MSt in Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at Kellogg College, Oxford. Her course was based in the Pitt
Rivers Museum, which allowed for study opportunities ranging from general anthropology to issues
relating directly to the museum. While at the university, she enjoyed getting to know the country
outside a university setting, volunteering with a Scout pack and rowing and kayaking on the river.
Since her time as a Scholar, she has worked as a researcher at the Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, the
National Museum of Ethnography in Leiden.
Steven Kaye (2011-12)
Steven Kaye came from Magdalen College, Oxford to study Linguistics at Leiden University.
He is still at Magdalen, writing up a doctorate in Latin/Romance historical linguistics. Steven’s
next project will be to write a grammar of a language called Talyshi, spoken in Azerbaijan, partly
influenced by his time in the Leiden Linguistics Department, which he found to be much more
geared towards the documentation of minority languages.
“Leiden is a great place for linguistics and it was great to get to know lots of people working in the
direction I am aiming to go in myself. I made some great friends there … and built up academic
contacts around Europe.”
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Igor Barilik (2011-12)
Igor Barilik came from Charles University, Prague to study for a Master in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Exeter College, Oxford. He is now studying for a doctorate in criminal law and criminology at Charles University, and plans to practice in criminal justice, as well as to work in legal
academia.
“I believe Oxford is such a unique place … the Jenkins Scholarship enabled me to take full advantage
of study and social opportunities Oxford can offer.”
Eliza Gheorghe (2011-12)
Eliza Gheorghe came from Oxford University to study International Relations at Paris 1 PanthéonSorbonne. She had previously won a Fulbright award in 2009, graduating with honors from
Georgetown University. Her research as a Jenkins Scholar resulted in two peer-reviewed academic
articles. Eliza is now a DPhil candidate in International Relations, working on a thesis about Romania’s
nuclear acquisition strategies in the 1960s and 1970s. She is a Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for
Defense Studies (2011-13), and is an Abernethy Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the SAIS Bologna Center
of John Hopkins University. She plans is to focus on international security, the history of nuclear
proliferation, and the Cold War.
“The Jenkins Scholarship enabled me to … join a vibrant community of scholars. […] Studying at more
than one top European university helped me join the exchange of ideas triggered by the academic debate about the origins,
nature, and evolution of important historical events and political processes.”
Dominik Christ (2011-12)
Dominik Christ came from the University of Bonn to study for an MPhil in Economics at St
John’s College, Oxford. He is now working at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt, but hopes to come
back to Oxford for a DPhil in Economics in the future.
“Being exposed to very different university cultures and meeting very smart people from various
countries while studying at top universities in Europe was a great gift that I’m very thankful for.”
Rachel Hicks (2011-12)
Rachel Hicks came from Leiden to study for an MPhil in Development Studies at Trinity
College, Oxford. She is now living in Oxford, and works for an international healthcare provider.
Rachel plans in future to work with international development agencies, possibly in the UK,
Holland, or France. At Oxford, she particularly appreciated the opportunity to meet and socialize
with other Jenkins Scholars, “a very diverse and interesting range of students”, and to socialise
and network within the Europaeum community.
“Studying at top European universities] provides great opportunities for learning about, and appreciating,
different European cultures and traditions, as well as developing students’ abilities to be adaptable,
flexible and outgoing in their approach to collaborative learning, teaching the value of linking personal
academic interests and achievements to the broader European academic community.”
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Tomas Wallenius (2011-12)
Tomas Wallenius spent one year studying International Relations at St Cross College, Oxford
University having come from the University of Helsinki. Thanks to studying at Oxford he managed
to develop a broader perspective on economic, political and social challenges which contemporary
Europe is facing, and during his time he took part in Europaeum events such as the summer school
on conflict resolution in Europe. He is now is pursuing a career in the field of international relations.
“It has been an honour to have held a scholarship dedicated to the memory of such a progressive
statesman and visionary as Roy Jenkins.”
Antonin De Laever (2012-13)
Antonin De Laever came from University of Paris 1 to read for an MPhil in Economics at the
University of Oxford, St Edmund Hall. He now plans to continue in a DPhil at Oxford, and
eventually work for an international organisation, such as the United Nations Development
Programme in Geneva.
“Being a Jenkins Scholar has already been of help ... One can say it is a great signal to have the memorial’s
trust.”
Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp (2012-13)
Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp came from the University of Bonn to study for an MPhil in Economics at Somerville College, Oxford. He now hopes, in the short to medium term, to work for an
institutional organisation in the fields of economics and development. Ultimately, he is interested
in actively persuing a career in politics, and praises the funds, contacts and “great network” that the
Jenkins Scholarship has given him.
“Studying at different top European universities inspires people, professors as well as fellow students.
It gives new perspectives and enriches international and intercultural experiences.”
Patrik Schmidt (2012-2013)
Patrik Schmidt was a Jenkins Scholar in 2012-2013. He came to Oxford from Bonn University to
study an MSt in Modern British & European History at University College, Oxford, after previosu
studies at New York University. He continues his graduate studies at Humboldt University, Berlin,
where he has been selected as a fellow of the Studienkolleg zu Berlin of the German National
Academic Foundation, a programme which seeks to further European mutual understanding through
supporting small groups of European student researchers in exploring current European issues.
“I profited greatly from the network of European graduate students brought together by the Europaeum,
which made me feel at home in Oxford from the very first day.”
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Henry Procter (2012-13)
Henry Procter, of Linacre College, Oxford spent a year at Complutense University, Madrid
studying towards his MPhil in Development Studies. He profited very much in Madrid attending
seminars on Art and Politics, delivering a lecture on the work of Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn,
learning Spanish and interviewing the artists whose artwork will feature in his thesis. He is now going
into the second year of his DPhil, after which he would like to go into politics, either as a special
advisor or a policy maker. Ideally, he wishes to help creat opportunities for artists to address political
issues and contribute to the building, checking and contesting of democracy, the theme of his thesis.
“Exchange is about more than knowledge sharing however. It is also about learning other languages in
the country of choice…Opportunities like the Jenkins Scholarship are few and provide crucial academic and creative freedom.
Exchange plays a broader role in galvanising cultural understanding and diplomacy, something that is continually needed, in
Europe, amongst Europeans, and beyond.”
Maria Uhrinova (2012-13)
Maria Uhrinova studied Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at Kellogg College,
Oxford, having come from from Charles University, Prague. Currently she lives in London and is
continuing her professional career as an English teacher. Thanks to the Scholarship she was able to
take in all the advantages of being a student at Oxford, including the frequent debates, the network
that she established within a strong academic community, and the widened perspectives that she
acquired. She deeply appreciated being able to meet some world-class scholars and bright, young,
inspiring students with whom she had pleasure to work with.
“I had the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds in the field of linguistics who not only
contributed to broadening my knowledge but were also interested in my opinions and my understanding of the problems
discussed.”
Angela Cummine (2012-13)
Angela Cummine spent a year at the University of Bologna, coming from New College,
Oxford while studying for a DPhil in Political Theory. She is now a consultant and editor
at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF). She is interested
in the governance and transparent, responsible management of public financial assets
globally, and she hopes in future to contribute meaningfully to public debate in this area.
“Bologna has a very strong political philosophy department, especially in the history of political
thought. I benefited from exchanges with my supervisor there and the new perspectives he brought
to bear on my doctoral project. My motivation levels in these critical final stages of the thesis were
dramatically lifted by being able to work in the famous Palazzo Archiginnasio library, one of the most beautiful architectural and artistic monuments of the city and arguably Italy. While Oxford offers some incredible settings in which to work,
the warm autumnal rusts and terracottas of Bologna were a welcome change of scene for the final long days of writing.”
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CURRENT SCHOLARS:
Adelie Chevé (2013 -14)
who has come from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, to study for an
MPhil in International Relations at Lincoln College, Oxford.
Estelle Candau (2013 -14)
who studied International Relations at Université Paris 1 Pathéon-Sorbonne,
is a Jenkins Scholar coming to study an MSc in Law and Finance at St Hugh’s
College, Oxford.
Julie Dayot (2013 -14)
who studied Economics at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, is spending a
year at St Catherine’s College, Oxford to study for a MPhil in Development Studies.
Davide Ugolini (2013 -14)
who studied Intellectual History at the University of Bologna, Italy, is
studying for an MSt in Social Anthropology at St Antony’s College, Oxford.
Rebecca Brubaker
who studied International Development at Green Templeton College,
University of Oxford, will be continuing her studies towards a DPhil in
International Development, at the Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies in Geneva.
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Annex: Eligible Europaeum University Partners
Oxford
The University of Oxford, comprises 38 Colleges and 6 Private Halls, and dates its
foundation officially to 1249, though teaching dates from 1096, and the first overseas
scholar arrived in 1190. Students come from more than 140 countries. Colleges also help
to foster a keen interdisciplinary approach, while the tutorial system builds critical learning
and promotes research achievement. Oxford is usually ranked in the top five of the world
league tables and in the top two in Europe.
The consortium was conceived in Oxford, and there have been lengthy collaborations
with many bodies, notably: the European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College; the Modern
European History Research Centre; the Oxford Institute for European and Comparative
Law, born through Europaeum support; The Jenkins Scholarship Scheme; and it supports
various joint teaching initiatives, including a joint MA programme.
The Radcliffe Camera
Law Library
Leiden
Leiden is the oldest university in the Netherlands, founded in 1575, as a gift from William of
Orange to the citizens of the city after they withstood a long siege by the Spanish. It was the
first in the Netherlands to practise freedom of belief and religion, as reflected in the University’s
motto, Praesidium Libertatis. It was this freedom of speech that provided the environment
for philosophers such as Spinoza and Descartes to develop their ideas.
Main Academy Building
Leiden was a founding member and hosted the first summer school. It has regularly played
a leading role in many new initiatives including executives and joint teaching programmes
and academic links across law and history. Leiden is usually in the top 100 world universities,
and usually in the top two in the Netherlands.
Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, officially constituted in 1158 by Emperor
Frederick I Barbarossa, as an independent place from other powers, though independent
teaching dates back to 1088. Great thinkers in Science and the Humanities are amongst its
prominent alumni, such as Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca, Thomas Becket, Erasmus,
Nicolaus Copernicus, Albrecht Dürer, Giosuè Carducci and Guglielmo Marconi. The
University maintained a central cultural position and ranks among the top two or three
universities in Italy.
The Europaeum has particularly close links with the University’s Department of Social
Sciences and Economics, and the History and Politics Department. Bologna helped pioneer
the Summer School programme and early teaching collaborations, until Italian law made it
more complex for such participants. Romano Prodi and Fabio Roversi Monaco were early
supporters.
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The Palazzo Poggi
Europaeum University Members
Bonn
The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn was founded in 1818 by Kaiser
Friedrich Wilhelm III, preceded though by an Academy established in 1777, in the
age of Idealism and the Enlightenment, and furnished with the spirit of Wilhelm von
Humboldt. Bonn ranks in the top few German universities. After World War II, a largescale reconstruction led to many new facilities for the university and a steady increase in
student numbers.
The Europaeum enjoys a close working partnership with the Centre for Religion and
Society (ZERG), and Bonn contributed to the early development of the EARN network
project under Dr Hartmut Ihne.
Geneva
Main University Building
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies emerged in
2008 from the merger of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies with
the former Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales (HEI),
which had been founded in 1927 to provide ‘students of all nations the means
of undertaking and pursuing international studies, most notably of an historic,
judicial, economic, political and social nature’.
It remains a world leading centre of teaching and research with strong ties to
the international and non-governmental organisations in Geneva, with a highly
diverse and vibrant faculty and international student body. A new Maison de la Paix has just been constructed. Geneva
students have always played leading roles in Europaeum activities and the Oxford-Geneva Link Programme has
supported bursaries, exchanges, high level lectures series and workshops.
Original Villa Barton Site
Paris
Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, created in 1970 in the post-May 1968 reforms,
replacing the former Université de Paris - originally founded in the 12th Century, though
formally constituted by Papal Bull in 1215. Briefly suppressed by the French Revolution
between 1793 and 1808, and reconstituted in 1890. Paris 1 was refounded, in the midst
of an ideological shift, bringing together the humanities, law and economics into more
specialised units avoiding hierarchical faculties.
Paris 1 has been a leading player in joint programmes, led by Robert Frank and Hubert
Kempf. The Europaeum has also collaborated closely with the Pierre Renouvin Institute
at Paris 1.
Panthéon Sorbonne
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Prague
Charles University, Prague, was founded in 1348 by Charles IV, making it the first
university north of the Alps and east of Paris. From 1882 to 1945 it was divided
into Czech and German institutions. The Czech section was then revived as Charles
University, but it is only since the fall of communism in 1989 that it has fully flourished
again. Since then, the university has embraced international cooperation and research
collaboration, and now regularly ranks in the world’s top 300 universities.
The Europaeum has closely collaborated on various projects including the new joint
MA programme with the Centre for European Studies and the Centre for Comparative
Law. The Europaeum joint MA Programme Europe in a Global World was launched with Prague playing a leading role in
its organisation, and the Europaeum has held many successfully workshops there.
The main Carolinum Building
Helsinki
The University of Helsinki was founded in 1640 by Queen Christina of Sweden as the Royal
Academy of Turku. In 1828 it moved to Helsinki and the name was changed to The Imperial
Alexander University as Finland had become a Grand Duchy of Russia. In 1919 after the
Finnish independence in 1917 the official name became the University of Helsinki. After
World War II, university research focused on improving Finnish living conditions, and
supporting reforms in society and business, and breakthroughs in modern technology. It
is a trilingual university and regularly ranks within the top 100 universities in the world.
The Europaeum collaborates closely with the University’s Network for European Studies,
and has run many successful programmes with the University, encouraged by Thomas
Wilhelmsson who served on all committees as Vice Rector and Rector.
Main University Building on
Parliament Square
Krakow
The Uniwersytet Jagiellonski (Jagiellonian University) was founded in 1364 in Krakow, then
the Polish capital. It boasts Copernicus amongst its alumni. It has expanded, with varying
intensities, throughout its history, with two ‘Golden Ages’, in the late 15th Century, and
the 19th Century. The university, like Poland in general, was devastated during World War
Two, and could only flourish once more after the fall of Communism. It remains the only
university in Poland with a medical faculty.
Collegium Novum
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The Europaeum has a close collaboration with the Centre for European Studies, and has
fielded many successful events in Krakow, of all disciplines, aided by former Rector Karol
Musiol and Zdzislaw Mach.
Barcelona
The Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) was established in 1990, on three neighbouring
campuses in the centre of Barcelona, as a new model university for Spain. It is noted for
quality teaching, proximity to the students, a high internationalisation, and emphasis
on research and innovation. It focuses on social sciences and humanities;health and life
sciences, and ICT and communication sciences.
Main campus, Pompeu Fabra
Indicators have made it a benchmark for the Spanish university system, and it now
regularly ranks in the top 200 universities in the world. It is named after Pompeu Fabra,
who laid down the foundations of the Catalan language. Barcelona has made a strong
start to membership, and hosts immediately the 2013 summer school.
Madrid (Complutense)
The Complutense was founded in the ancient town of Complutum (present day Alcalá de Henares)
by a Papal Bull in 1499, though it traces back 1293, when Sancho IV of Castile created the
Estudio de Escuelas Generales de Alcalá. In 1836 it was moved to Madrid, and called the Central
University. During the Civil War, however, it became a battle front, with the wholesale destruction
of faculty buildings, institutions, and part of its rich scientific, artistic and bibliographical heritage.
In 1970 it was renamed the Complutense University, as part of national reforms.
Lisbon (Institute of Political Studies)
Lisbon Campus
Main Building, Complutense
The Institute for Political Studies (IEP) serves as a broad, long term strategic project,
founded in 1996. It is part of the Catholic University of Portugal, founded in 1967,
bringing together many of the best scholars and professionals in Politics, International
Relations, Security and Defence. It aims to renew the example of the Sagres School, where
Prince Henry the Navigator once placed Portugal en route to the 15th century Voyages of
Discovery. The IEP collaborates with the Europaeum in many ways - in particular, through
an IEP Graduate Debate at the annual international Estoril Political Forum, the LisbonOxford Graduate Exchange Programme, and an annual Brussels EU/NATO Policy-making
seminar.
Madrid (FOM)
The Fundación Ortega Marañón (FOM) was created recently by merging two institutes
named after two prominent, liberal intellectuals whose ideas influenced a new generation
of Spanish thinkers: Gregorio Marañón and José Ortega y Gasset, once Professor of
Metaphysics at Complutense. It is a private, non-profit institution devoted to culture, debate
and research in Social Sciences and Humanities.
Fundación Ortega Marañón
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Contact Details
For more information, please contact:
The Jenkins Memorial Board Trustees
c/o Silvia Barrientos
International Student Funding
University Offices, Wellington Square
Oxford OX1 2JD
Tel: +44 1865 280487
Fax: +44 1865 270077
Email: silvia.barrientos@admin.ox.ac.uk
or:
Dr Paul Flather
Secretary-General
The Europaeum
99 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 6JX
Tel. +44 (0) 1865 284482
Fax + 44 (0) 1865 284481,
Email: euroinfo@europaeum.ox.ac.uk
Web: www.europaeum.org
This booklet was devised and edited by Dr Paul Flather, produced by the Europaeum
office, and printed by OxUniPrint
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Donors (continued)
We are grateful to the following generous donors:
Lord Stevenson of
Coddingham
Berkshire Taconic Community
Foundation
Marquis & Marquess of
Anglesey
Fondazone Rodofo de
Benedetti
Lord Roll
Sir Harry Djanogly
Lord (CHS) Aldington
Anthony Howard
Miriam Marianna Gross,
(Lady Owen)
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
Group
Dormouse Charitable Trust
Lesley David Trust
PE Marriott
C Marshall
Frances A Cairncross
Michael Brooke Maunsell
Sir Max Hastings
Lord Ezra
Robert Harris
Sir Keith Thomas
George Dobry
NW Stuart
Lord Tugendhat
Lord Brittan
Lucy Young
Lord Peyton
Sir Simon David Jenkins
Frank TR Giles
Dr IMD Little,
Sir John Kerr,
Lady Soames
Lord Thomson of Monifieth
Lord & Lady Moser
Andrew Duff
Sir Tom Stoppard
Nicholas & Diana Baring
Lord & Lady Howe
Lord Steel
Sir Michael Palliser
The Phillips Fund
Diana Fortescue
Irwin Ross
Graham Greene
Lord Camoys
Robert Kee
Sir Nicholas Henderson
Brian WT Cooper
Lord Radice
Lady Bonham Carter
Lord Rees-Mogg
Sir Eric Anderson
Roger Pincham
Lady Runciman
Lord Rodgers
Lord Camoys
Rivington Winant
SJ Fletcher
Mary Moore
Katherine Egan
Lady (Victoria) Getty
Rayne Foundation
St John’s College
Nuffield College
Magdalen College
St Peter’s College
St Hugh’s College
Brasenose College
Green College
Christ Church
Kellogg College
Lady Margaret Hall
Corpus Christi College
Worcester College
St Antony’s College
St Anne’s College
Wadham College
Trinity College
Wadham College
Templeton College
Mansfield College
Wolfson College
St Hilda’s College
Pembroke College
Lincoln College
St Catherine’s College
Linacre College
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From Baker, Kenneth: A Life in Caricature. In: Adonis, A.,
Thomas, K.: Roy Jenkins: A Retrospective, OUP 2004

Jenkins Memorial Scholarships

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