The Director and Fellows of the Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College convened a memorial in honour of Derek Hopwood OBE, Emeritus Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies (1933-2020) and Celia Kerslake, Emeritus Fellow in Turkish (1946-2023).
Memorial in honour of Derek Hopwood OBE and Celia Kerslake
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Guest Speakers and times:
0:00 - 4:17 Eugene Rogan, Middle East Centre Director (moderator and opening remarks)
4:17 - 15:30 Roger Goodman, Warden of St Antony's College
15:30 - 21:40 Rosie MacGregor, sister of Celia Kerslake
21:40 - 32.33 Michael Willis, Muhammad VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies, tribute to Derek Hopwood
32:33 - 42:29 Laurent Mignon, Professor of Turkish, tribute to Celia Kerslake
42:29 - 55:20 Linda Schilcher ('69 Antonian), tribute to Derek Hopwood
55.20 - 1:12:18 Ahmed Al-Shahi ('65 Antonian), tribute to Derek and Celia
1:12:18 - 1:21:43 Dimitris Antoniou ('03 Antonian), student of Celia Kerslake
1:21:43 - 1:29:44 Gina Rowland ('85 Antonian), student of Derek Hopwood
Closing remarks by Eugene Rogan
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The Middle East Centre, founded in 1957 at St Antony’s College is the centre for the interdisciplinary study of the modern Middle East in the University of Oxford. Centre Fellows teach and conduct research in the humanities and social sciences with direct reference to the Arab world, Iran, Israel and Turkey, with particular emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. However, during our regular Friday seminar series, attracting a wide audience, our distinguished speakers bring...