Past Events

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”

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 … Continue reading “Concert and Dinner at Cercle Münster, 1 February 2025”

On 15 January 2025, Beverly and Peter Carter spearheaded a charity concert in support of Nyamirama Primary School in Uganda. Turnout was good and the voluntary donations (through ticket sale) surpassed all expectations. We are pleased to have been able to pass on details on this event.

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 … Continue reading “Literary Evening with James Leader, 14 January 2025”

Last St. Nicholas eve, 5 December 2024, the OUSL held their first Christmas dinner. It was a black tie event with live music, crackers, carol singing and a nice meal at the Cercle Münster in the Grund. Linda and Mette put together a wonderful evening at which alumni caught up with each other and made … Continue reading “Christmas Dinner”

Last September 24th, we had the annual Tripartite Dinner together the Cambridge and LSE alumni societies. The event was held at the SKYBAR Restaurant. After canepés and drinks, Luxembourg Minister Elisabeth Margue gave a insightful and entertaining talk about the Luxembourg penitentiary system. We then had excellent dinner which was accompanied by fine wines and … Continue reading “Tripartite dinner 24 September 2024”

On 3rd October, our member Dr. Felix Pflücke organised a talk for the Society titled ‘Comparative Law “in Layers“’, featuring Professor Birke Häcker, Director of the Institute of International and Comparative Private Law at the University of Bonn. Prof. Häcker, a former student of Brasenose College, Oxford, has held prestigious positions as an All Souls … Continue reading “Comparative Law ‘in Layers’”