The second Sarfraz Pakistan Lecture to be held at Wolfson College was delivered on Monday 30 November by Professor Christophe Jaffrelot. The annual lecture, made possible by the support of Mr Aamer Sarfraz, was entitled ‘U.S. - Pakistan relations under Obama, resilience of clientism?’, and provided a fascinating introduction to the relationship between the two countries and the changes and challenges to this relationship during Obama’s presidency.

We have just passed the halfway point for the Development Office’s campaign to capture memories of Wolfson and raise funds for the library extension project.

Dr Matthew C Levy, Royal Society Isaac Newton Fellow and Junior Research Fellow of Wolfson College, has been invited to spend the week of 23 November in Parliament to work with Nicola Blackwood, Chairperson of the Science & Technology Select Committee and MP of Oxford West and Abingdon. The timing of Dr Levy's meeting is particularly significant as it coincides with the release of the 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review.