Susan Bowring

Mrs Susan Bowring

MA PGCE

  • Position Emeritus Fellow

Susan was formerly the University Draftsman in the Registrary’s Office in the Old Schools supporting the University Council to facilitate the passage of the University’s legislative business.

Susan Bowring

Susan graduated in Natural Sciences (Chemistry) from Newnham College in 1968. Her link with Wolfson (University) College dates from 1971 when the returned to Cambridge and studied for the PGCE. After several years abroad (Japan, Australia and the US) in a variety of occupations she returned to Cambridge and eventually joined Cambridge University Press in charge of freelance copy-editors and proofreaders for the Sciences division. She took up the position of Reporter Editor in 1997 and then the position of University Draftsman in 1999 when she was invited to become a Fellow of the College. Her office prepared the Reporter and the annual update of the Statutes and Ordinances of the University for publication. 

She has served on the College’s Council and the Statutes and Ordinances Committee.

 

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Reconstructed design 2 from the Sutton Hoo helmet, incorporating portions known from fragments as well as conjectural portions.

‘And did they bring their horses?’ Re-evaluating the emergence of the English, c.400-700 CE

16/04/2024 at 17.45

This talk offers a critical evaluation of the popularly-held view that the origins of the English lie in 5th- and 6th-century population movement from north-west Europe. It argues, instead, that surviving evidence indicates post-imperial evolution and adaptation from the Romano-British past. 

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Image 'Barbarians under the rug' by Enej Gala

Art Exhibition: 'After News Before Bed'

20/04/2024 at 10.00

Visit Wolfson's latest exhibition 'After News Before Bed' featuring work by emerging artist Enej Gala, winner of the Wolfson Royal Academy Schools Graduate Prize.

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Photo of speaker, Catherine Namono, on a rock during her research

'Sex'-on-the-rocks: Geometric rock art and musical expressions amongst the African Pygmy forest hunter-gatherers in search of 'balance', 'harmony'

22/04/2024 at 13.00


How does the interpretation of geometric rock art in Uganda shed light on the societal and cultural experiences of African Pygmy forest hunter-gatherers?

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Multicolored silhouettes of human heads in a collage forming a concept of diversity or population.

The Place of Antigypsyism within Debates on Racism

25/04/2024 at 17.00

This event is the third of three roundtables that Wolfson's REACH Research Hub will be organising over the academic year under the heading ‘Hierarchies of Racism?’

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Cambridge Past and Present

26/04/2024 at 13.30

Join Emeritus Fellow Dr Brian D Cox for a talk which will outline the development of the University from its origins in 1209 until the present day.

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