It is with great pleasure that we invite you to a Dinner-Talk with economist and Oxonian Jens Tholstrup who will speak on:
The Hanseatic League and its Legacy:
How did an association of trading merchants of the Holy Roman Empire evolve to become the pre-eminent trading association which dominated trade in the Baltic and North Sea for close to 500 years? What lessons can be learned from the so-called Hanseatic League? And how can the Hansa legacy be evaluated?
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Jens Tholstrup is Executive Chairman of Oxford Innovation Finance and Senior Adviser, PMB Capital. He is Chair of Governor of St Clare’s, Director of Advanced Oxford and a Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. Previously, Jens was Managing Director UK, Oxford Economics, Executive Director, Oxford Analytica and Executive Director, UBS/UBS Warburg.
Jens holds a MA in PPE and an MSc in Economic History (both Oxford).
Venue: Cercle Münster, 5-7 Rue Münster, Luxembourg. Dress code: the club has a dress code of Jacket and Tie.
Programme: 18h45: Apéro with feuilletés in the Bar, 19h30: Talk in the Library, 20h15c: Dinner.
Tickets: €95/pp incl. wine; €85/pp non-alcohol, and €50/pp for current Oxford students.
Partners and friends of members are welcome. (Members are kindly asked to ensure they have settled their 2025 membership).
Menu 1:
Entrée: To be added very soon
Main Course: to be added very soon
Menu 2 (veg):
Entrée: to be added very soon
Main Course:to be added very soon
Dessert, Menu 1 & 2: to be added very soon
Sign-up: at chair@oxford.lu with cc to jan.koenighaus@KKR.lu Please indicate choice of menu, and make the payment to OUSL on: BCEELULL IBAN LU21 0019 1755 3010 3000, marked ‘Tholstrup dinner-talk’.
With best wishes, and on behalf of the organising committee
Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (Chair)