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Tuesday 6 May 2025, New Members Welcome Drinks<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\nOn on a sunny 6 May, The society held its very first New Members Welcome Drink at Caf\u00e9 des Capucins (now Mezza)\u2014 and made the start of a new tradition!Over the course of our two-hour cocktail reception, we had a lively and cheerful get-together with a great turnout of both new and long-standing members. Gathered … Continue reading “Tuesday 6 May 2025, New Members Welcome Drinks”<\/span><\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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Saturday 12 April 2025: Guided tour to Villeroy & Boch in Mettlach, and lunch at Schlo\u00df Saareck<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\nWhat a fantastic day the OUSL had on 12th April, when we met at the Villeroy & Boch\u2019s (\u201cV & B\u201d) headquarters in Mettlach. The outing was brilliantly organised by Jan K\u00f6nighaus in cooperation with Baron Paul de Schorlemer, a member of the V & B family. We were honoured to count Their Excellencies, the Ambassador … Continue reading “Saturday 12 April 2025: Guided tour to Villeroy & Boch in Mettlach, and lunch at Schlo\u00df Saareck”<\/span><\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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Thursday 3 April 2025: Dinner-talk with Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig at a Johannitter Order charity event<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\nThe Johanitter Order in Belgium and Luxembourg extended invitations to Oxbridge alumni societies for their charity event 3 April 2025 at Cercle M\u00fcnster: a Dinner-Talk with Oxford Chair, Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (Dphil, history), and the evening drew a good crowd from across the societies. Mette gave a wide-ranging PowerPoint presentation on her subject of Reformation in … Continue reading “Thursday 3 April 2025: Dinner-talk with Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig at a Johannitter Order charity event”<\/span><\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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Tuesday 25 March 2025: Dinner-Talk with Jens Tholstrup: The Hanseatic League and its Legacy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\nWhat a fabulous evening we had with Jens Tholstrup at Cercle. Jens\u2019 talk on the Hanseatic League took us back to the late Middle Ages when the League was at its height and in control of the trade in the wider Baltics area of many essential products, from herring to cloth. The talk inspired a … Continue reading “Tuesday 25 March 2025: Dinner-Talk with Jens Tholstrup: The Hanseatic League and its Legacy”<\/span><\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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New Year’s Dinner Event, 21 February 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The New Year’s dinner-talk organised by Markus Brandstetter at our sister organisation, the Oxbridge Rhineland, D\u00fcsseldorf was a great success and several of our members made the trip to meet with our German counterparts and to enjoy the talk by Dr. Dennis Lehmkuhl (Oriel, Oxford, 2005), Department of Philosophy, University at Bonn. Dr. Lehmkuhl gave … Continue reading “New Year’s Dinner Event, 21 February 2025”<\/span><\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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Concert and Dinner at Cercle M\u00fcnster, 1 February 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\nAn evening with Franz Schubert’s Winterreise On 1 February, alumni of Oxford, Cambridge and Cercle Club members enjoyed a beautiful late afternoon & evening Concert-Dinner with Oxbridge tenor Alexander Gebhard (Trinity College, 2012; St Edmund Hall, 2016) and French pianist Gr\u00e9goire Baumberger, whose intimate and spellbinding performance took us through Franz Schubert’s Winterreise. After the … Continue reading “Concert and Dinner at Cercle M\u00fcnster, 1 February 2025”<\/span><\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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Charity Concert, 15 January 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\nOn 15 January 2025, Beverly and Peter Carter spearheaded a charity concert in support of Nyamirama Primary School in Uganda. Turnout was good and the voluntary donations (through ticket sale) surpassed all expectations. We are pleased to have been able to pass on details on this event. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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Literary Evening with James Leader, 14 January 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\nAs can be seen from the pictures below, the Caf\u00e9 des Capucins in the Luxembourg City centre had a packed audience at this year’s first event, a literary evening 14 January, organised by our member, James Leader (Wadham, 1983) and Olivia Katrandjian. James spoke of his new novel ‘Into Babel’, currently #1 on the Ernster … Continue reading “Literary Evening with James Leader, 14 January 2025”<\/span><\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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Christmas Dinner, St. Nicholas Eve, 5 December 2024<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\nLast St. Nicholas eve, 5 December 2024, the OUSL held their first Christmas dinner. It was a black tie event with live music, crackers, carol singing and a nice meal at the Cercle M\u00fcnster in the Grund. Linda and Mette put together a wonderful evening at which alumni caught up with each other and made … Continue reading “Christmas Dinner, St. Nicholas Eve, 5 December 2024”<\/span><\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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Tripartite dinner 24 September 2024<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Last September 24th, we had the annual Tripartite Dinner together the Cambridge and LSE alumni societies. The event was held at the SKYBAR Restaurant. After canep\u00e9s and drinks, Luxembourg Minister Elisabeth Margue gave a insightful and entertaining talk about the Luxembourg penitentiary system. We then had excellent dinner which was accompanied by fine wines and … Continue reading “Tripartite dinner 24 September 2024”<\/span><\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
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