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.
This is the second part of our miniseries on Roman Britain. Whereas we arranged the first talk with Professor Bowman speaking on the Vindolanda tablets, this event is arranged by Cambridge and INRA who have teamed up with Prof Martin Millett: FBA, MAE Emeritus Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology for a great visit to the Gallo-Roman Theatre in Dalheim.
See below for the invitation.
Venue: Gallo-Roman Theatre in Dalheim.
Organisers: Camsoc & INRA.
Please contact president@cambridgesociety.lu for more information.
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.’
Formal convocation were sent out soon, and we had a very good – and festive – Annual General Meeting.
Our member Francis Carpenter and his wife are kindly opening their lovely home for us for the event which will be followed by a glass of champagne curtesy of our hosts, and amuses bouches courtesy of OUSL.
More to come, but do sign up for this evening of Oxonians only. The AGM lasts around 45 minutes and the rest is a congenial get-together where Francis Carpenter may show us some of his rare collections of PreColumbian Artefacts, from the Pacific Coast to the Machu Pichu areas.
WHO CAN COME: All paid-up members of the OUSL! So you haven’t already done so, do hurry to pay the €40 for 2026 – otherwise, and forgive this foray into less festive legal speak – but you are only defined a member if pay the annual membership fee. Without it no membership and no right to vote a the AGM.
More info to come, but registration is now open:
Sign-up: Kindly ensure you have paid your €40 annual subscription prior to sig-up: Chair@Oxford.lu
We were delighted to present this long awaited conference with Professor Bowman, leading authority on the Roman world. Prof. Bowman spoke on 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. Using infrared light, Professor Bowman and his team, painstakingly ploughed through hundreds of tablets until they were able to work out the texts – some were even in short-hand latin.
See below for pictures of the event.
This conference was 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.
Dinner Sign-up: Apéro, three-course menu with wine at €110/pp. Please write an email to Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig.
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 (David Clark and Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig)/University of Luxembourg OUSL (co-host) in cooperation with INRA (Institut national de recherches archéologiques)
The day began with a private tour of the National Museum, expertly led by Curator Ralph Lange.
Looking at a fascinating face
…moulded from a wax negative
Then came Prof. emer. Alan Bowman’s great talk at the Museum Dräi Eechelen
