News

New Principal joins St Cuthbert’s Society

(14 July 2003)

The University of Durham has appointed Professor Roy Boyne as Principal of St Cuthbert’s Society. He will hold the post of Principal jointly with a post in the Department of Sociology.

Roy Boyne joined the University of Durham in 1996, and held the post of Vice-Provost at the University’s Queen’s Campus, Stockton until June 2003.

He writes on art, cinema and identity, and is a member of the Regional Cultural Consortium – Culture North East. He has for fifteen years been an active board member of the world’s leading journal of cultural analysis – Theory, Culture and Society. He published his third book – on risk – in March of this year, and has already started to plan the research for a book on visual propaganda in the media, and its effect on identity in the 21st century UK. This is likely to appear in 2006.

During his time at the University he has been active within the Tees Valley community, as Chair of the recently opened River Tees Watersports Centre, Chair of the Tees Valley Partnership’s Working Group on the Tees Valley cultural strategy, University representative on the North Bank Partnership, and as an active member of the Teesdale Business Association.

Professor Boyne says, "I am delighted to be joining St. Cuthbert’s Society, which remains one of the most innovative institutions within Durham University".

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Further information:

Professor Roy Boyne, St Cuthbert’s Society, tel: 0191 334 3404
Jan Cawood, Public Relations office, tel: 0191 334 0017

Notes to Editors

• St. Cuthbert's Society was established in 1888 and currently has over 1100 student members. What makes Cuths unique is the diversity of its students, which include 18-21 year old undergraduates living in Society accommodation, 18-21 year old undergraduates living at home, mature students, postgraduate students and part-time students.
• Professor Boyne graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1977 with a First Class Honours BSocSci and gained his PhD in Modern French Thought from the University of Leeds in 1981. From 1980 to 1981 he was a Lecturer at Strathclyde University. Between 1981 and 1987 he held the post of Lecturer at Newcastle Polytechnic, becoming Principal Lecturer in 1988. From 1990 to 1993 he was Professor and Head of Department at the University of Northumbria and between 1993 and 1996 was Dean of Human Studies at the University of Teesside.