Past Events

18-20 September 2026: The Annual MEETING MINDS weekend in Oxford

It’s time to factor in the annual Meeting Minds Weekend in Oxford. As usual it is packed with irrisistible talks, workshops, guided tours and more. Over three days, you’ll have the chance to hear from the researchers tackling the world’s biggest challenges, revisit places both familiar and new, and connect with fellow members of the Oxford community. 

Bringing together curious minds across generations, this is a uniquely Oxford opportunity to explore the ideas shaping our collective future. 

Whether you’re returning for the first time in years or a regular visitor, you’ll discover how Oxford continues to change lives around the world – and how you can play a part in its future. 

For info click here

If you are planning to attend, you may wish to let us know (chair@oxford.lu). We will keep a list of Oxford alumni who are going so that you can connect with one another.

Well met in Oxford!

The Annual OUSL Freshers Dinner at Chiche! Thursday 17 September 2026 at 19h30

In line with our long-established tradition we will invite our new freshers for an informal Dinner at Chiche! together with committee members, mock-interviewers and other who have helped with education and outreach.

As a new feature, however, we are delighted to extend invitations also to Camsoc’s freshers, members of their committee and representatives from their Outreach team.

This is an informal and congenial evening where we get to toast the new students and wish them all the best for their forthcoming studies. We also hope to foster a bond so that we can stay in contact with the students and reconnect when/if they return to Luxembourg.

This year, the main organiser of the OUSL Freshers Dinner will is our committee member for Outreach, Dan Schmidt. Should you have any questions please contact events@oxford.lu

Snapshot of our convivial Freshers Dinner 2025, with some of our freshers and members of the OUSL Committee and mock interviewers.

Saturday 12 Sep: The acclaimed Duo Natalia will be back and regale us at a dinner-concert at Cercle Münster

You know them from their many concerts and recordings and we had a ten-minute taster of their art at the Tripartite Dinner last year at the Golf Club Grand-Ducal. I promised you then to broker a proper concert and this is now done!

So do join us (plus 1’s are welcome) on Saturday 12 September 2026:

Timing: Welcome: 16h45 | Concert: 17h | Cocktail: 18h15 | Dinner: 19h: 

Dress Code: Jacket & Tie

Sign-up: please register with chair@oxford.lu, with cc to reservation@munster.lu

Payment: €110/ticket. Once your space(s) has/have been confirmed you will be asked to settle the payment in favour of OUSL.

See this link for a glowing review from Duo Natalia’s concert in Vienna in Bösendorfer Salon, Wien

Thursday 27 August 2026: it’s the traditional Fish Dinner at Schueberfouer!

Once again, we are invited to join Cambridge for the annual Oxbridge Fish Dinner (or alternatives) at Schueberfouer.

More info to come, but if you know already now that you would like to attend, please drop a line to John Speed on president@cambridgesociety.lu.

Date: Thursday 27b August 2026 (time tbc)

Venue: Schueberfouer, Rue des Glacis, 1148 Limpertsberg Luxembourg

Sign-up: with John Speed: president@cambridgesociety.lu.

More information to come.

Oxbridge Drinks: Thursday 30 July 2026

Although we don’t tend to have Oxbridge Drinks over the Summer, John Speed is kindly arranging one in July – so do join us for some summer drinks at Atmos.

Venue: Atmos Bar. 32 Rue de la Poste, 2346 Ville-Haute Luxembourg

Date & Time: Thursday 30 July, 19h

Sign-up: This is necessary in order to book enough seats, so please write to John Speed on president@cambridgesociety.lu, with a cc to chair@oxford.lu.

Talk & reception with Nobel Laureate at Hotel Royal 9 July 2026

We are delighted to offer you the opportunity to attend an upcoming talk and cocktail reception in Luxembourg with 2025 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor Joel Mokyr. This invitation-only event is being organized by the Luxembourg School of Business. Members of our society can express interest in attending. We will then facilitate an invitation. Kindly be reminded that should you receive an invitation, you are expected to fulfill the commitment of attending.

Date: Thursday, 09 July 2026

Time: 18:00 – 21:00

Location: Le Royal Hotel Luxembourg

Sign-up with Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig. no later than 18 June.

Cost: the event is free, but sign-up is obligatory

Professor Joel Mokyr is an economic historian and the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. His work is highly relevant to Luxembourg, as it champions the strength of public and private institutions, density of knowledge workers, and openness to the world as critical elements to economic growth. Luxembourg exemplifies many of the very dynamics Professor Mokyr has spent his career explaining. 

Nobel Prize Banquet Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wlzkpmgsck

The talk will be followed by a social cocktail reception, where attendees can reflect on the ideas shared and connect with other guests who will represent a wide array of public and private sector interests in the Benelux region. Confirmed guests include ambassadors, central bank governors, c-level executives and academic leaders.

TWO Summer invitations: 3rd and 4th July 2026: opening of Turner Exhibition; and picnic and opera

3 July at 18h: Invitation to the opening of the Exhibition: Grand Tourists to Turner: British Artist in Europe, 1750-1850. The Museum Director, Guy Thewes, is very kindly inviting all members of OUSL to come for the opening – and indeed to visit the exhibition for its duration (4 July – 11 October 2026). 

To register for the opening evening 3 July, please write to: info@2musees.vdl.lu, or ring: +352 4796 4566.


4 July, from 20h onwards: Join ’the other place’ for a relaxed picnic while enjoying the ‘Summerconcert op der Kinnekswiss’. 

John speed writes:

On Saturday 4 July, 2026 the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra will hold its magnificent end-of-the-season outdoor Summerconcert on the Kinnekswiss, starting at 21h00. Martin Rajna, the new conductor of the orchestra will take the baton for the first time, in a concert entitled “Bella Notte: Puccini and Verdi”.Last year the Society occupied a patch on the grass of the Kinnekswiss for the members of the Society and their friends and families, and it was such a fun evening that we are doing the same thing this year. So come along, with your picnic blankets and cushions, low-folding chairs, and your picnic, whatever you fancy.

Click https://www.philharmonie.lu/fr/programme/2025-26/bella-notte-puccini-verdi-000000e9001a049ahere for the Concert programme

Click here for the Concert programme
What should I bring?
Your picnic and drinks. Bring what you want for yourselves, it’s also nice to have some things that you can share with the other participants, as we do at the Boat Races events, it makes the event more convivial. So perhaps some salady things, or a cake? All sorts of drinks are allowed, alcoholic and soft. And don’t forget your (picnic) cutlery, plates, and “glasses”;Something to sit on, i.e. picnic rugs/blankets, cushions, low folding chairs (but not high-backed deckchairs, they tend to annoy the neighbours behind!)suitable clothing for the weather conditions. 
Remember that at the end of the evening you must take everything away with you, we have to leave the space clean and tidy.
Registration:
Click here to Register
so that we know roughly how many people are coming, we would like you to register by completing the form below. Camsoc is kindly opening this picnic to members, friends and family from both Oxford and Cambridge.
Where will we be?
We will be where we were last year, on the right-hand side of the Kinnekswiss looking towards the stage, where the ground slopes upwards.
We will aim to have some identifying items so that you can find us easily.
Timing:
We recommend that you come along from 20h00 onwards so that we occupy the space well in advance of the concert which begins at 21h.
Any Questions?
If you have any questions, please send an email to Rakesh Bhana at rakeshbhana@yahoo.com, with a copy to me at President@cambridgesociety.lu
This is a great event in the Luxembourg summer calendar, and it is very popular. There will be a good crowd, of that we can be assured. We hope to see lots of you there, enjoying the outstanding entertainment.

Friday 19 June: Talk by Prof Martin Millett: at Dalheim

This was the second part of our miniseries on Roman Britain. Whereas Oxford and INRA arranged the first talk and dinner with Professor Bowman speaking on the Vindolanda tablets, this event was arranged by Cambridge and INRA. We had a great talk by Professor Martin Millett: FBA, MAE Emeritus Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology as we sat in the warm summer’s evening at the amazingly preserved Gallo-Roman Theatre in Dalheim. While the evening took onset in Dalheim we were soon engrossed in various archeological sites in Britain which Professor Millett, his team and colleagues had mapped, with magnetometers without any digging whatsoever! We heard about the exchange between Roman and English culture and left with a far more nuanced picture of the Roman invasion. Many of the seats of amphitheatre were filled and there was a lively Q & A after the talk.

Afterwards a good group of light and dark blues and archeologists had an excellent meal at ‘A Schmatten’. We are grateful to Cambridge for this lovely event which ended our Oxbridge miniseries on Roman Britain.

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See below for the invitation.

Venue: Gallo-Roman Theatre in Dalheim. 

Organisers: Camsoc & INRA.

Please contact president@cambridgesociety.lu for more information. 

17 June 2026, Visit & talk to Roman Dalheim, and relaxed dinnerDownload