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, cc to Silvia Colucci
We have put together a splendid event for the music lovers of the OUSL.
The Ukrainian violinist Evgenia Avdieieva and pianist Katerina Avdieiva will offer us an hour’s programme of violin virtuoso pieces by Bach, Sarasate, Wieniawsky, Paganini and others, at Pianos Kelly large piano premises.
Afterwards the audience will enjoy a glass of crémant kindly offered by Pianos Kelly. Traditionally, we will then be a smaller group who go for an in formal meal with the artists at nearby Brasserie O.
There is no entrance fee, instead there will be a collection in aid of Ukraine: 🇺🇦‘AID RAID’ 🇺🇦 so kindly bring generous amounts of cash for 🇺🇦 AID RAID! 🇺🇦
Evgenia Avdieieva, a Ukrainian refugee living in Luxembourg since late 2022, studied at the M. Lysenko School in Kyiv (2013–2018) and later at the Central Music School attached to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She spent two years at the Yehudi Menuhin School, studying with Alex Redington and Roman Mints, and has won prizes in several international competitions including Auer, Lviv, Stankovich and Kogan. Since 2023 she has performed together with her mother Katerina—who teaches piano at a local music school—as Duo Avdieieva. 🎻
Katerina Avdieieva, born in Kyiv, studied for twelve years at the National Music Academy of Ukraine and has worked as a concert pianist, accompanist and teacher in Kyiv, Lviv, Sharm el-Sheikh and Jordan. Now a refugee in Luxembourg, she lives in Echternach with her daughter Evgenia and is currently employed as a piano teacher at the local music school. She has also participated in numerous international competitions and performs with her daughter as Duo Avdieieva. 🎹
Date and time: Thursday 28 May 2026 at 18h30
Venue: Pianos Kelly, 17, rue de Munsbach, L-6941 Niederanven.
Dinner: After the concert – and crémant – there is the option to join the artists for a congenial dinner at nearby ‘Brasserie O’, 2A Rue de Munsbach, Niederanven 6941. (no pre-payment, individual orders)
Costs: The concert is free because Geoffrey Piper is generously covering the musicians’ expenses and Simon Kelly is offering his premises for free – and the post-concert bubbly, but prior reservation is necessary due to demand:
Reservations: kindly drop a line to chair@oxford.lu with cc to iryna.bahno@ukrainians.lu if you would like to reserve a seat for the concert. In the email, kindly add whether you would also like us to reserve a seat for you at Brasserie O for the meal afterwards
Organisers: The event is arranged in collaboration with the musicians, our member, Geoffrey Piper, as well as Simon Kelly, Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig and AID RAID!
Katerina Avdieiva & Evgenia Avdieieva
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🇺🇦AID RAID (not to be confused with AIR RAID!!) is truly remarkable. It was established by 3 Lithuanians (note: from a country which understands Putin much better then the west) shortly after the invasion. A tiny team buy vehicles, have them maintained, drive them to Ukraine and leave all but one on the spot (which includes the front line) and carry humanitarian goods and childrens’ toys in large quantities. AID RAID also organises events of all kinds in Mensdorf and surroundings which are attracting more than 100 people at a time.🇺🇦
We are delighted to present this long awaited conference with Professor A B A leading authority on the Roman world, Prof. B will talk about his pioneering work on the administration of the Roman Empire, and most notably on the Vindolanda Tablets. The Vindolanda tablets are along Britain’s and Northern Europe’s oldest surviving handwritten documents, offering unparalleled insights into life of Roman Britain, including the earliest known birthday party invitation written by a woman. Discovered in 1973 at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, they have transformed our understanding of the early Roman occupation of Britain and (military) life in Northern Europe. We will hear how Professor B and his team enlisted the aid of medical imaging facilities of the Oxford University medical faculty to help in the task of deciphering the tablets.
This conference is organised in collaboration between Oxford Alumni, INRA and partners. It ties in with Camsoc-organised event with Professor Martin Millett 19 June, in an Oxbridge miniseries on Ancient History. Members of both societies are warmly invited to attend both events.
Venue: The Bowman Conference will take place in the large auditorium of Musée Dräi Eechelen, 5, Park Dräi Eechelen, L-1499 Luxembourg. There is no need to sign up for the talk as there is free access.
AFTER THE TALK, the OUSL is fortunate to have the opportunity to continue the evening over dinner with the speaker for a limited number of guests. See details below.
DINNER: We have secured the nearby Restaurant Feierwon, for an exclusive post-conference dinner with Professor Bowman. The dinner is limited to 20-25 seats, so if you wish to join, do not hesitate to register.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Alan Bowman, Professor emeritus is a historian of the Roman empire with particular research interests in the documentary evidence from Egypt and northern Britain. Positions he has held include tutor in Ancient History at Christ Church, University of Oxford, Camden Professor of Ancient History and Principal of Brasenose College, President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, Vice-President (Humanities) of the British Academy (elected Fellow in 1994).
So, to sum up: Date: Wednesday 6 May 2026 Time: TALK : 18.30. Dinner: c. 20.00 Venue for talk: Musee 3 Eecheleen, hosted by the National Museum. Venue for Dinner (must be pre-booked): Restaurant de Feierwon, 6 Rue du Fort Niedergruenewald, 2226 Kirchberg, Luxembourg.
Organisers: INRA (organiser), /MNAHA(host)/OUSL(organiser)/University of Luxembourg OUSL (co-host) in cooperation with INRA (Institut national de recherches archéologiques)
Do join us for a convivial time with ‘the other place’. Kindly sign up with with John Speed (president@cambridgesociety.lu) with cc Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig.
Date: Thursday 30 April, 19h,
Venue: La Reserve, 23 Av. Pasteur, 2311 Limpertsberg Luxembourg
First the Conference on green cities: Green Cities and Urbanism: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
We are invited to this creative conference on how we can shape our cities in order that they meet the multiple demands of city living while also improving green, sustainable living.
Venue: Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg, 37D avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg
Sign-up: free entrance, so feel free to come!
Organisers: the Conférence Saint-Yves and the Association luxembourgeoise pour le droit de l’environnement (ALDE), in collaboration with the BnL.
You are cordially invited to a visit to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg on Monday, 20 April, at 10:00 a.m –a regular working day, we know, but this is because the ECJ only offers a visitor service at such times.
Please note that we are only allowed a limited group of around 20 participants. Places are on a first come, first served bases, so do not hesitate to sign up.
We will be taken on a guided tour of the ECJ, and enjoy a short talk on the institution including a Q&A session, before gathering for a delicious lunch.
Lunch: Following the tour & talk, we will have the privilege of enjoying lunch in the Judges’ Restaurant of the European Court of Justice. This is kindly arranged by ECJ Judge Dr. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, who – unless called away at the last minute – will also do us the honour of joining us for the lunch. (Menu to follow).
The OUSL extends its sincere thanks to Dr. Tichy-Fisslberger for making this possible! The Judges’ Restaurant is not just an exclusive venue, located on the 27th floor, as it is, it offers a stunning view of the city!
We are delighted to invite you to a guided nature experience organised by Louise Benjamin (Cambridge) and our member Philip Birget (Oxford).
We will meet in on Saturday morning 18 April, at 9am at the Munsbach football club car park and have the chance to observe at close quarters the careful work of monitoring and recording local birdlife including bird ringing.
Around 11am, the visit will continue to the nearby buffalo hide in Mensdorf (5-minute drive), where we hope to see the reserve’s European water buffalo.
A beautiful Bluethroat (Photo: Philip Birget)
The morning will conclude with a light lunch, kindly provided for us by Louise Benjamin at her home nearby.
Participation: the event is free of charge. However, a small donation of €25-30 to Fondatioun Hëllef fir d’Natur would be greatly appreciated. Iban: LU89 1111 0789 9941 0000 Reference: Schlammwiss 18.03.26 visit Registration: Places are limited to 30 participants.
We look forward to seeing you for this very special day in the beautiful nature of Luxembourg!!
FABULOUS NEWS LADIES: The Oxford Women’s Team won!!
Once again we were so fortunate as to be invited to watch the Boat Races together with Camsoc in front of the multiplex home cinema at the home of Laurent and Cathy Frideres. There was a good group from both Oxford and Cambridge and we are grateful to the Frideres for their wonderful hospitality.
The procedure was the same as last year, with punters encouraged to bring cakes or other goodies – and this we did!
Date: 4 April 2026 Timings: Cathy and Laurent welcomed us from 14:30. The television coverage, this year on Channel 4, started at 14:30 CET with the first Race, the 80th Women’s Race scheduled to start at 15:21. AND WE WON!!! Sadly, the dark blue men will have to do a few more push-ups before the next race, but we are still so proud of them!
We followed up on last year’s success of introducing a New Members’ Drink, meeting on the 1st. floor of Atmos Bar. We had a great show up of new members who covered all sorts of fields – from law to languages.Over a glass of bubbly and with lots of amuses bouches there was lively chatting across different jobs and ages. Thank you new members for coming and thank you ‘old’ members for joining in to make this a truly convivial meet-up.
