In line with our long-established tradition we will invite our new freshers for our 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.
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 put a large tick in your calendars for Saturday 12 September 2026, late afternoon, followed by apéro and three-course dinner into the evening.
Please see their recent review from a concert in Vienna – higher acclaim cannot be given: Duo Natalia at Bösendorfer Salon, Wien
Invitations are under preparation, but feel free to drop me a line on chair@oxford.lu if you wish to register your presence already now.
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.
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.
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.
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 please write to: info@2musees.vdl.lu, or ring: +352 4796 4566.
4 July: 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 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. Watch the weather forecast. And remember that even if it is warm at the beginning of the evening, it can get chillier later, especially if there is a breeze.Remember that at the end of the evening you must take everything away with you, we have to leave the space clean and tidy.RegistrationSo that we know roughly how many people are coming, we would like you to register by completing the form below. The event is open to friends and family members, and we are also inviting our Dark Blue colleagues from “The Other Place” to join us.Click here to RegisterWhere 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.The concert begins at 21h00, but in order to bag a place we will be there at 19h30, and we recommend that you come along from 20h00 onwards so that we occupy the space. If you can, you should be there by 20h45 so that you don’t have to trample over other spectators when the concert starts.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.luThis 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.I hope to see lots of you there, enjoying the outstanding entertainment.John Speed President
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.
It was a wonderful summer’s evening when we met Wednesday night, 18 June, for the Oxbridge Drinks at Atmos. Our small but select group – two from OUSL and the rest from Cambridge – had a really nice time in our corner of Atmos’ vast outdoor terrasse.
This was yet another of our smaller events at a landmark in our own city. We teamed up with Imperial, whose Chair, Silvia Colucci had put a great event together for us. Seated in the beautiful early 20th century room, we were given a splendid talk by Sergio Marx on the role of the bank, which prompted a lively exchange of questions and answers among our c. 30 person-strong group (Imperial, LSE, OUSL). Towards the end, we even had a surprise appearance from none other than Gaston Reinesch, the Governor of the Central Bank. Afterwards we were treated to a lovely reception, and later still, a smaller group went to Atmos to enjoy the perfect summer evening. The OUSL was well represented, both by members of the committee and other members.
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We are delighted to have been invited to team up with Imperial for this special visit to Banque Centrale du Luxembourg on Monday the 15th June at 18h00.
The evening will begin with a presentation in English outlining the institution’s activities, followed by a cocktail reception within the premises—an excellent opportunity for discussion and networking.
Please note that spaces are limited. We kindly ask you to confirm your attendance at your earliest convenience. For security and access purposes, participant names must be communicated to the bank one week in advance.We look forward to welcoming you to this insightful event.
Date and Time: Monday 15 June, 18h00. Venue: Banque Central de Luxembourg, 2, boulevard Royal L-2983 Luxembourg. Cost: the tour is free, and the reception is courtesy of the bank Sign-up by 8 June: please write chair@oxford.lu, and Silvia Collucci
FREETransport: Cambridge has very kindly arranged for a bus between Luxembourg and the Golf Club free of charge. Just let them know (in Ticket Tailor) if you wish to book it.
Date: Thursday 4 June, 19h
Sign-up: just click the link here. You will see that it is Cambridge’s sign-up page, so when asked to enter access code, we have our own access code: OUSL (so please ignore the Csol code). Once the access code has been entered, you will taken to Ticket Taylor, where you are asked firstly to give the name(s) of attendees, then comes an easy menu sign-up, and finally you are taken to payment.
Themeand Dress Code: The Great Gatsby! There is no requirement for the ladies to wear 1920’s flapper dresses with long strings of pearls and ostrich boas, nor do the men have to look for white tuxedos, but we will be pleased if you do! You are welcome to use your imagination! Otherwise our normal dress code applies of evening wear for the ladies, black tie or smart business suit for the men. There will be some suitable 1920s music, and decorations
Three-course Dinner: menu choices are included in the Ticket Taylor
Price: the all-in price for the evening is €117p/p, including €2 in Ticket Tailor/Stripe fees. We have decided on a single price for all participants.
Each Society has an initial quota of 35 tickets available in Ticket Tailor. Members may purchase up to 3 tickets (self plus 2 guests). There is an Access Code to each Society’s quota, for Cambridge members the code is CSoL.
Cambridge write that they are ‘very pleased to invite you to the Gatsby-themed Cambridge-Oxford-LSE Tripartite Dinner that will take place at the lovely venue of the Golf de Luxembourg, Belenhaff, Junglinster. We are organising this at the beginning of June when we hope that the weather will be favourable so that we can really enjoy the terrace.’
