Dinner-Talk on the Hanseatic League, 25 March 2025

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?

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)

New Year’s Dinner Event, 21 February 2025

We have pleasure in transmitting an invitation to a festive New Year’s dinner-talk at our sister organisation, the Oxbridge Rhineland, on 21 February in Düsseldorf.

Markus Brandstetter, who is arranging the event, has enticed Dr. Dennis Lehmkuhl (Oriel, Oxford, 2005), Department of Philosophy, University at Bonn, to come to give the talk. Dr. Lehmkuhl’s topic will be ‘Einstein’s first visit to Oxford and how it convinced him that the universe is expanding.’

The evening, which includes an aperitif and a three course dinner with wine, costs €75 per person. For details on menu etc, please refer to the invitation sent out by email (events@events.lu) on 25 November 2024.

To register for the event, please send an email to Markus.Brandstetter@oxbridge.de

Concert and Dinner at Cercle Münster, 1 February 2025

An 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 Grégoire Baumberger, whose intimate and spellbinding performance took us through Franz Schubert’s Winterreise. After the concert, the (beautiful) melancholy was washed away with cocktails followed by a delicious dinner by Cercle’s new chef. The event, which was spearheaded by Jan Könighaus, had a really good turnout and great atmosphere.

Literary Evening with James Leader, 14 January 2025

As can be seen from the pictures below, the Café 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 bestseller list, and Olivia moderated. The presentation was followed by a lively discussion with the audience over a glass of wine.

James and Olivia are envisioning making another literary event later in the spring.

The Literary Event with James Leader
James Leader at the Cafe des Capucins 14 January 2025
Into Babel Book Cover