Clare Hall, Cambridge
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Clare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1966 by Clare College, Clare Hall is a college for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students alongside postdoctoral researchers and fellows. It was established to serve as an Institute of Advanced Studies and has slowly grown and developed into a full constituent college.
Clare Hall is one of the smallest colleges with around 250 graduate students, but around 125
History
Clare Hall was founded by
After Clare College decided to establish this new centre in January 1964, the initial planning was carried through by a small group of fellows of the college chaired by the Master, Sir Eric Ashby. It was soon agreed that the new centre would be called Clare Hall, the ancient name by which the college itself had been known for more than five hundred years until the mid-19th century. Clare Hall maintains close ties with Clare College, sharing some facilities and annual events.
The Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Bologna is so far the only institution abroad explicitly modelled upon Clare Hall.[5]
Buildings
The architect Ralph Erskine was appointed to design the buildings for Clare Hall, which were to include common rooms, offices and dining facilities, a house for the President, and twenty apartments for visiting fellows. A neighbouring house, Elmside in Grange Road, provided rooms for the relatively small number of graduate students.
Sir Eric Ashby, then Master of Clare College and Vice-Chancellor of the University, formally opened Clare Hall in September 1969. Brian Pippard, the first President of Clare Hall, had already moved into the President's house with his family; twelve research students were living on the college site in Elmside and a number of visiting fellows with their families were living in the newly built college apartments.
Among the early visiting fellows was
Other facilities in the college grounds include a sports complex with a multi-gym and swimming pool and an adjacent tennis court. It also has a dining room which is used for
Growth
In 1978 a second neighbouring house, now called Leslie Barnett House, was obtained for graduate student accommodation. This purchase also allowed the Michael Stoker and Brian Pippard Buildings to be built in the college grounds, providing further student rooms.
The Anthony Low Building in the garden of Elmside was completed in 2000, providing further common rooms and the Garden Bar for the graduates on the main college site.
In the summer of 1996, the college purchased a substantial property, formerly the Cambridge family home of
Student life
Unlike other colleges in the university, Clare Hall does not have a
The interaction between members of Clare Hall is encouraged also by college seminars, lunchtime discussions and formal lecture series. The latter includes the annual series of lectures relating to human values, given by a distinguished international scholar and sponsored by the Tanner Foundation. They also include the annual Ashby lecture, given by a visiting fellow, and the more frequent ASH seminar (arts, social sciences and history) that were initiated by some of the visiting life members.
Other events include art exhibitions, films and small concerts which supplement the wealth of music available in the university.
People associated with the college
Presidents
The President's term of office is fixed at seven years. Previous presidents include
Professor C. Alan Short became the ninth President of Clare Hall from 1 August 2020. He is the Professor of Architecture of the University of Cambridge.[6]
Fellows
The late
Present honorary fellows include two former visiting fellows,
Clare Hall has a strong tradition in theoretical physics.
Notable alumni and past fellows
- Paul Berg, 1980 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry[7]
- Betty Behrens, Historian
- Joseph Brodsky, 1987 Nobel Laureate in Literature[7]
- José Wendell Capili, Filipino writer
- Michele Chiaruzzi, Sammarinese ambassador
- Jeff Colyer, Governor of Kansas
- Kim Dae-jung, Former President of South Korea, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Peace[7]
- Ivar Giaever, 1973 Nobel Laureate in Physics[7]
- Tamala Krishna Goswami, Hindu theologian
- Seamus Heaney, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Literature[7]
- Tobias Hecht, American anthropologist
- Howard Markel, American historian of medicine and physician
- William Nordhaus, 2018 Nobel Laureate in Economics[8]
- Barbara Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology
- Phyllis Starkey, former Labour Party MP
- Budiman Sudjatmiko, Indonesian activist and politician
- David J. Thouless, 2016 Nobel Laureate in Physics[9]
- Michael Toch, Professor of medieval history
See also
References
- ^ University of Cambridge (6 March 2019). "Notice by the Editor". Cambridge University Reporter. 149 (Special No 5): 1. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Annual report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2017" (PDF). Clare Hall, Cambridge. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Clare Hall, Cambridge (October 2016). "Clare Hall Statutes" (PDF). clarehall.cam.ac.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Clare Hall". Cambridge Colleges.
- ^ "The Institute of Advanced Study at University of Bologna". isa.unibo.it. Clare Hall. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "A New Era". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Outstanding contributions".
- ^ "Nobel Prize in Economics 2018". Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "David Thouless wins Nobel prize in physics". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- Clare Hall (2007). "Clare Hall – The College". Retrieved 24 January 2007.
- Richard Eden (2009), Clare Hall. The Origins and Development of a College for Advanced Study, Cambridge.