Russia is back with a bang this month in the great game of cyber competition. The SolarWinds supply chain compromise, which counts among its confirmed victims some of the most important institutions in the US government and one of America’s best cyber security companies, will go down in history as one of most impactful cyber campaigns ever carried out against the West.

But all the same, it is just espionage. What Russia has done is as old as the Internet; why they’ve done it is as old as statecraft. Russia is cleverly exploiting weaknesses in America’s technology (something other hostile…

Geography’s problem with race has deep roots: the subject emerged in part to as a tool of empire. Many have critiqued the discipline’s enduring whiteness. England’s problems with race are intertwined with these historical legacies as well as their persistence in the present, albeit frequently cloaked in the cultural context of ‘post-racial’ ideologies which cast racism as a thing of the past.

Yet, learning about geography in England should necessarily involve learning about the uncomfortable geographies of British colonialism and inequality. We can pull from intellectual resources of the subject to address ongoing issues of environmental racism, urban inequalities, international…

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Concluding our series highlighting the power of excellence and academic achievement, past and present, and how the contributions of Black people contribute to the calibre of the University’s reputation.

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Professor Patricia Daley

Continuing our series celebrating the power of academic achievement and how Black people, past and present, have contributed to the calibre of Oxford University’s reputation and understanding of Black experiences.

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Professor Dapo Akande

Professor of Public International Law at the Blavatnik School of Government, Fellow at Exeter College and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC)

Dr Anthony G. Reddie is a self-described activist scholar, who has written more than 70 essays and articles and 19 books that firmly position Black liberation theology at the forefront of the practical theology discussion.

At its core, Black liberation theology began as an effort — in a white-dominated society, to make the church and its teachings relevant to the life and struggles of Black Americans, and, overtime, in the words of James H. …

Continuing our series celebrating the power of academic achievement and how Black people, past and present, have contributed to the calibre of Oxford University’s reputation and understanding of Black experiences.

Each nomination was submitted by a member — or sometimes multiple members — of our student, staff, alumni and donor community, because of the impact it has had on them personally. The entries have their own unique value, and are not placed in any particular order.

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La June Montgomery Tabron

‘Bynum Tudor’ Fellow at Kellogg College, President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)

Ranging from innovators, to creators and thought-leaders, each entry on the Oxford BHM 100 was nominated by a member — or sometimes multiple members — of our student, staff, alumni and donor community, because of the impact it has had on them personally. Whether by informing new perspectives, embodying the strength it takes to be a pioneer, or simply bringing the voters joy, each entry exemplifies the power of excellence, the essence of Black History Month.

The individuals featured are celebrated for the contributions that they have made — and in some cases, continue to make — to their fields…