Timothée Chalamet appointed Visiting Professor of the Arts

The French-American actor Timothée Chalamet has been appointed Visiting Professor of the Arts for 2026-2027 at the University of Oxford. The Oscar-snubbed star of Marty Supreme (2025) and Call Me By Your Name (2017) was selected for the honour on the basis of his extensive patronage of the arts, most notably in the opera and ballet sectors. 

Previous appointments to the honour of Visiting Professor at the University include Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter Sir Tom Stoppard, acclaimed international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, and children’s author Stephen Fry. 

Chalamet is set to take up the position at the beginning of the next academic year. The actor, best known for his role in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014) and for his current status as Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend, is expected to deliver a lecture series during Michaelmas term 2026 titled ‘What is this earth without art? Just a rock’. 

The appointment forms part of a larger move by the University to diversify the recipients of honorary positions. According to a representative of the appointing committee, Chalamet is not only the youngest person to be appointed Visiting Professor in the history of the University, but also the most unqualified yet. Similarly, the Faculty of English is currently in talks to award Jacob Elordi an honorary degree for his contribution to the understanding of feminist literature. 

In preparation for his professorship, Chalamet had intended to spray paint the Radcliffe Camera “corroded orange” in the style of his iconic Marty Supreme marketing campaign. He has since abandoned these plans after discovering that the same feat has been attempted before. 

Chalamet will return to Oxford this summer, having previously visited the city during the filming of the BAFTA-nominated musical fantasy film Wonka (2023). Cherwell understands that he plans to begin working on the film’s sequel during his tenure at Oxford. 

The appointment has provoked mixed reactions across the University. One student told Cherwell: “I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve watched him declare his love to Jo [in Little Women] or that one edit we’ve all seen of the dancing scene in Call Me by Your Name. It will be interesting to see whether he has anything worthwhile to say.”

The University has expressed hope that Chalamet will bring his breadth of artistic expertise to the position, including but not limited to his fluency in the French language, his lauded rapping career as ‘Lil Timmy Tim’, and his seven years of ping-pong playing experience. 

Chalamet, Kylie Jenner, and EsDeeKid were all approached for comment. 

Reporting by Beatrix Arnold.

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