Professor Polly Blakesley (History of Art with MML 1989) has been selected as the next Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Polly will take up office on October 1, 2025 following the retirement of Lord Smith of Finsbury, who has been Master since 2015.

She has been a Fellow of Pembroke since 2002 and took up a Professorship in Russian and European Art in 2018.

See the announcement on the Pembroke College website.

Photo: Beth Prodger Photography/Pembroke College, Cambridge