Pembroke College. Cambridge

Isabel stands with her arms crossed, looking at the camera. She has shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a light blue and white horizontally striped rugby jersey. On the right-hand side is a big red lion with the letters CURUFC printed underneath.

Good luck to Pembroke MPhil student, Isabel Sánchez Arroyo, who’s been named in @curufc’s squad to face Oxford in the Varsity Match this Saturday!

The women's match kicks off at 12.00 pm, at StoneX Stadium in North London, and is followed by the men’s match at 3.00 pm.

#LightBlues #VarsityMatch

Michael Kuczynski, dressed in black tie, holding a glass of orange juice, chatting to an alumna while surrounded by other alumni.

A memorial service for Michael Kuczynski will be held in Great St Mary’s at 2 pm on Saturday 7th March, followed by refreshments at Pembroke. All are welcome to attend.

To confirm your attendance or to register for the link to the livestream, please complete this form: forms.office.com/e/EyJF17sV1Y

Cambridge Hosts 'The Global Law of Debt' roundtable

📢 We recently hosted the 'Cambridge Debt Roundtable on The Global Law of Debt' organised by Dr Narine Lalafaryan (@pembroke1347.bsky.social) around a new research project of the same name, led jointly by Dr Lalafaryan and Professor Jared Ellias (@hls.harvard.edu):

🔗https://bit.ly/49Ksve4

Dr Narine Lalafaryan quoted and cited by the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee

📢 Dr Narine Lalafaryan (@pembroke1347.bsky.social) has been extensively cited by the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Financial Services Regulation Committee in its report 'Private Markets: Unknown Unknowns'. This follows Dr Lalafaryan's oral evidence in July 2025.

Read more:🔗https://bit.ly/49vZt1C

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View across an icy River Cam to PCBC's boathouse. There is snow on the roof and it is surrounded by a mantle of pristine snow. The boat house is reflected in the river.

View from the gateway at the end of the Avenue, looking at a snow covered 'Crescent Moon' sculpture, Clock Tower, Chapel and Auditorium tower.

The top of the clock tower, with a smattering of snow on top.

Snow made one of its rare visits to Cambridge today, to the delight of returning staff and resident postgraduate students! ❄

Enjoyed seeing this today. @pembroke1347.bsky.social as depicted by Rudolph Ackermann in 1815.

A light display of stars projected on the West Block of Ray & Dagmar Dolby Court.

Happy New Year from Pembroke College!

Wishing you everyone a happy and healthy 2026!

#HappyNewYear #PembrokeCollegeCambridge #CambridgeUniversity

They have been recognised for writing research papers that have consistently ranked in the top 1% by citations for their fields and publication years in the Web of Science Core Collection over the past 11 years, demonstrating significant impact within their disciplines. 2/2

Professor Gabor Csanyi, wearing a white Panama hat with a black ribbon, rimless glasses and a white shirt.

Professor Vikram Deshpande, wearing a stripey blue shirt.

Professor Clare Grey, wearing a navy blue roll-neck jumper.

Congratulations to Pembroke Fellows Professor Gabor Csanyi (2007, Engineering), Professor Vikram Deshpande (1999, Engineering) and Professor Dame Clare Grey (2011, Chemistry), who have been recognised as Highly Cited Researchers 2025 by Clarivate. 1/2

Photo taken from the Avenue in Pembroke College in the dusk, looking towards the Chapel, which has light coming through its stained glass window. To the right is the greenhouse, which is decorated with a Christmas tree and lights.

Merry Christmas to all our students, staff, Fellows, alumni and friends!

A festive message from our Master, Professor Rosalind Polly Blakesley: youtu.be/DA4Th7G5N54

We wish you a joyful and restful festive season.🎄

Meet the people at the heart of this year’s University of Cambridge Christmas film ❤️

Watch the Gospel Choir Society's full performance of 'Oh Happy Day' on our YouTube channel 👉 https://youtu.be/WzmwvYHVF8A

Merry Christmas to everyone in Cambridge and around the world 🎄

Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice and Chancellor Lord Chris Smith share their Christmas and New Year wishes, alongside a joyful performance from the University’s first-ever Gospel Choir society.

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Renaud Morieux (Professor of European History, University of Cambridge) will give the 2026 Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture organised by the Society for the Study of French History and the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France. It will be held at the Institut français, South Kensington, London. Registration is essential, though attendance is free. "Dislocated Families: Women, War & Migrations in French India during the Age of Revolutions" on 12 January 2026, 5:30-7pm

📢 Prof Renaud Morieux will give the 2026 Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social

"Dislocated Families: Women, War & Migrations in French India during the Age of Revolutions"
📅 12 Jan 2026
⏲️ 5:30-7pm
🏢 Institut français, London

Register below ⬇️

CFP: Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis. Pembroke College, Cambridge, 17–18 Sept 2026. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026.

One month left to submit your abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis, @pembroke1347.bsky.social (17–18 Sept 2026).

See the full #CFP below.

#Fissures2026 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #GenderHistory #PoliticalHistory

A student, dressed in Danish army service uniform, stands with his back to the camera, holding a wreath of poppies in this left hand. On the other side of the central section of the World War I War Memorial in the Cloister stand the Dean and the Master.

Members from across the Pembroke community gathered in the Cloister this morning to mark Remembrance Sunday.

A poppy wreath was laid in front of the memorial to the Pembroke students, alumni and staff who died in World War I by one of our students, who had served in the Danish Army

Professor Constantine Yannelis awarded 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize | Pembroke

Congratulations to Professor Constantine Yannelis, who has been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize from @leverhulme.ac.uk, for his work on financial economics, human capital investment, corporate finance, applied microeconomics and student loans.👏

www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news...

The new students all signed the Matriculation Book in the Old Library today and officially became Members of Pembroke. ✒

This is a timelapse of the 2025 Matriculation photo, taken on Library Lawn, just before lunch.

At @pembroke1347.bsky.social, we recently hosted a Summer Academy for The Elephant Group, a charity which works with high achieving Year 12s to access higher education. We had a great discussion about the breadth of a History degree, and explored 17th Century pamphlets! #skystorians #earlymodern

A member of the Junior Parlour Committee, dressed in hi vis standing by the back gate. The round mirror on the wall above her shows her reflection and that of another member of the JPC.

A mother and daughter carrying items up the steps in New Court.

A student and her parents walking down Ridley's Walk, past the banana tree.

The Dean, Dr James Gardom, dressed in a clerical dog collar, black shirt and cream jacket addresses Freshers and their parents at the Dean's Tea.

Welcome to all the Pembroke Freshers who moved in today!

Professor Polly Blakesley, wearing a black gown and hood over a blue dress with black dots. She is holding a slim hardback blue book and a large iron key.

Professor Polly Blakesley was installed as the 55th Master of Pembroke yesterday.

The admission ceremony was held in the Chapel, in the presence of the Fellowship.

Photo: Keith Heppell

Two porters, dressed in black trousers and black jackets, hold the Pembroke flag, based on the College crest, stretched between them. They are standing in Old Court; the Hall, Library clocktower and Chapel are in the background.

Pembroke is flying the College flag today to mark the admission of Professor Polly Blakesley as its new Master.

Professor Blakesley will be Pembroke’s 55th Master, and the first woman to hold the role.

A short admission ceremony will take place this evening.

Ready to take the next step in your career? 💭

Discover how Cambridge could be the right move for you – just like for our researchers Prof Constantine Yannelis, @profsanderlinden.bsky.social and Dr Derya Cavga.

Explore over 150 vacancies on our new jobs website today 👇
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What Is Going On? - Camden Fringe Following a sell-out run and a ★★★★½ review, Sameera, a Cambridge Footlight and British Film Institute award-winning comedy filmmaker, brings her “poignant... committed, absurd, and utterly delightful...

If you’re looking for something to do in London tonight, Sameera, one of my most brilliant students ever, has a wonderful stand-up comedy show at the Camden Fringe, Etcetera Theatre at 9pm. camdenfringe.com/events/what-...

Destiny Charles, Drew Chateau, Stormzy and Di’Mario Downer. The two women are standing on steps, while the two men stand next to them, in front of foliage.

Tune in to The One Show tonight to watch Pembroke graduate Di'Mario Downer (2022) talk about what it means to be a Stormzy Scholar, and the difference receiving the scholarship made to his time as a student.

📺 BBC One, 7 pm. Catch up on @BBCiPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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The Master stands smiling at the front row of the graduating students.

A student is all smiles after exiting the Senate House.

Professor Gelsthorpe offers shelter to three students under her dark blue and light blue umbrella, while studying the Order of Ceremony handout.

Lord Smith, dressing a red robe with a very large white fluffy hood, walks down the steps of the Senate House. He is proceeded by an official dressed in black trousers, gown and mortar board, carrying a silver mace.

Congratulations to the 39 Pembroke graduands who received their degrees in person today, and the further eight who received them in absentia.

After the graduation ceremony, Lord Smith was clapped out of the Senate House to mark his final graduation ceremony as Master and welcome him as Chancellor.

"Three cheers for the Master and Chancellor!"

Cambridge University's new Chancellor, Lord Smith, received a round of applause and warm congratulations at graduations at Senate House today.

Find out more about Lord Smith and the role of Chancellor 👇
bit.ly/45l2elq

Lord Smith, dressed in a blue suit and white shirt standing in front of rose bushes in the Master's garden.

Pembroke warmly congratulates our retiring Master Lord Smith (1969) on his election as the 109th Chancellor of @cam.ac.uk.

Read more: www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news...

Lord Chris Smith has been elected as the new Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

Lord Smith said “To be elected as Chancellor of the University I love is a huge honour. I’m thrilled."

Read more about Lord Smith and the Chancellor election 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-un...