The Warden of Rhodes House

The Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford, is the global CEO of the Rhodes Trust and the Rhodes Scholarships. 

Wardens of Rhodes House

Sir Francis Wylie, 1903-1931 (previously Fellow & Tutor, Brasenose College, Oxford)
Sir Carleton Allen, 1931-1952 (previously Professor of Jurisprudence and Fellow of University College, Oxford)
Sir Edgar Williams, 1952-1980 (previously Fellow & Tutor in History, Balliol College, Oxford; Chief of Intelligence to Montgomery in World War II)
Dr Robin Fletcher, 1980-1989 (previously Fellow & Bursar of Trinity College, Oxford; Olympian (field hockey))
Sir Anthony Kenny, 1989-1999 (previously Master of Balliol College, Oxford; also Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and President of the British Academy)
Dr John Rowett, 1999-2004 (previously Fellow & Tutor in History, Brasenose College, Oxford; subsequently Secretary-General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities)
Sir Colin Lucas, 2004-2009 (previously Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Master of Balliol College, Oxford)
Dr Donald Markwell (Queensland & Trinity 1981), 2009- (previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), University of Western Australia; Warden of Trinity College, University of Melbourne; Fellow & Tutor in Politics, Merton College, Oxford)

Click for a brief history of the Rhodes Trust and Scholarships.

Dr Donald Markwell is the eighth Warden of Rhodes House and the first to be himself a Rhodes Scholar (Queensland & Trinity 1981). Prior to assuming the Warden’s role on 1 July 2009, he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) of the University of Western Australia from January 2007. As a Rhodes Scholar, he completed the MPhil and later the DPhil in International Relations. After a year as a Procter Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton (1984-85), he returned to Oxford as a Research Fellow of New College (1985-86) before becoming a Tutorial Fellow of Merton College and University Lecturer in Politics (1986-97). From 1997 to 2007, he served as Warden of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, and was a Professorial Fellow of that University in political science and public policy.

Dr Markwell’s academic and professional interests have been wide-ranging. His recent publications include John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace (OUP, 2006) and 'A large and liberal education': higher education for the 21st century (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2007). He has served on academic editorial boards and institutional advisory or governing boards. He was a member of the Symons Commission on Commonwealth Studies (1995-1997). At the University of Western Australia, he led a major review of curriculum/course structures which attracted international attention. He has been active in the development of educational philanthropy.

Dr Markwell has also been a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, since October 2009.

Click for

- selected major speeches by the Warden, and

- the Warden's Christmas letters.



Curriculum vitae - Dr Donald Markwell

Date and place of birth:

19 April 1959. Quilpie, Queensland, Australia.

Education:

Past positions:

Other activities include:

Teaching includes:

Publications include:

Books

Jointly-authored commission reports

Short monographs and papers 

Chapters and other contributions to books

Journal articles

Journal guest editor

Book reviews

Conference reports

Selected contributions to newspapers and other media 

Submissions to  Australian public inquiries