Past Events

Thanks to the kind help of Sally and Nicholas Forwood, the commune chalet and BBQ site on Bierger Bierg in Junglinster was booked for Saturday 19 July. Alumni from Oxford and Cambridge had a lovely picnic together.

We had a great turnout for the Oxbridge drinks which, unusually, was held on a Tuesday – barely a week after our Tripartite Dinner. Members sat both inside and at the tables outside enjoying the balmy June evening.

What an evening! Glorious weather, sparkling company, beautiful music, and excellent food made our Tripartite Gala Dinner at the Golf Club Grand Ducal a true summer highlight. Guests enjoyed drinks on the terrace overlooking the greens, and we were honoured to count H.E. Joanne Olivier, British Ambassador to Luxembourg, among us. After the drinks, we repaired … Continue reading “Tripartite Gala Dinner, 19 June 2025”

As Beim Lentz was closed for Ascension Day, we had to find a new venue this month. Thanks to Norry (Camsoc), we secured a table at Bazaar instead. Although many members were out of town, a good group still gathered to enjoy a lovely evening together.

OUSL, Oxford University Society of Luxembourg asbl Follow OUSL on LinkedIn and the OUSL Website AGM 2025 20 May 2025 We just had our AGM at the Kirchberg Campus and I thank all for the good turnout. We said goodbye to three members (Henri Dupong, Linda Chirila and Katia Volodine) and hello to three new members (David Clark, Lidiya Cherneva … Continue reading “20 May 2025, 18h30: AGM”

On on a sunny 6 May, The society held its very first New Members Welcome Drink at Café des Capucins (now Mezza)— 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”

What a fantastic day the OUSL had on 12th April, when we met at the Villeroy & Boch’s  (“V & B”) headquarters in Mettlach. The outing was brilliantly organised by Jan Könighaus 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 Schloß Saareck”

The Johanitter Order in Belgium and Luxembourg extended invitations to Oxbridge alumni societies for their charity event 3 April 2025 at Cercle Münster: 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”

What a fabulous evening we had with Jens Tholstrup at Cercle. Jens’ 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”

The New Year’s dinner-talk organised by Markus Brandstetter at our sister organisation, the Oxbridge Rhineland, Düsseldorf 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”