Cambridge Society of Paris

Matisse and Islamic Art
2018-10-08 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris) | Sorbonne University – Amphi de Gestion, 14 rue Cujas, Paris, 75005, France
Monday 8th October 19:00 â€“ Matisse and Islamic Art
The Paris Institute of Critical Thinking (run by member David Sayers â€“ Corpus Christi) invites our Members to the second PICT Faculty Lectures series: â€œMatisse and Islamic Artâ€ presented by Professor Michael Barry at the Amphi de Gestion,Â Sorbonne University, 14 rue Cujas, 75005 Paris. Professor Barry took a post-graduate degree in Anthology in Cambridge and lectured at Princeton University. The talk is free. Registration is required no later than Monday 1stOctober using this link.

October Monthly Drinks
2018-10-03 19:00 | Murphy’s House, 10 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, 75009, France
Wed 3rd October 19:00 â€“ Monthly Drinks
Come and join us from 7pm to meet up for an informal evening. All Oxford and Cambridge Alumni and their friends are warmly welcome.
Just mention â€œOxbridgeâ€ at the bar for a discounted price on the pint of beer. Typical pub food and soft drinks also available.
Murphyâ€™s House â€“ 10 rue de la ChaussÃ©e dâ€™Antin, 75009 Paris. Â Metro OpÃ©ra â€“ RER Auber â€“ vÃ©lib: station 2015 rue Louis le Grand.

Talk on Soren Kierkegaard
2018-09-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Fondation Danoise, 7 H Boulevard Jourdan, Paris, 75014, France
Wed 26th September 20:00 â€“ Talk on Soren Kierkegaard
The Paris Institute of Critical Thinking (run by member David Sayers â€“ Corpus Christi) is happy to announce the first event in its PICT Faculty Lectures series: â€œSÃ¸ren Kierkegaard and French Philosophy,â€ a talk delivered by core faculty member Evrim Emir-Sayers and hosted by the Fondation Danoise, 7 H Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris! The talk will give an introduction to SÃ¸ren Kierkegaard, a 19th century Danish philosopher who inspired several generations of philosophers, including French intellectuals such as Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Emmanuel Levinas, Paul Ricoeur, and Jacques Derrida. The talk is free and open to the public and all members of the Cambridge Society will be most welcome to come along. No registration is required.

Walk with George Young
2018-06-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Metro Saint Paul, Metro Saint Paul, Paris, 75004, France
Walk with George Young in THE MARAIS AND THE BOURG ST MARTIN on Sunday 24th June.
George Young will lead the first of two walks on the right bank to rediscover what is left of medieval Paris. The aim is not to concentrate on major sights, but to reveal some nooks, corners and gaps which illustrate what once was.Â
The walk will begin at 10am at MÃ©tro Saint Paul, and, including a coffee break en route, finish at 1pm at MÃ©tro Arts & MÃ©tiers.Â Afterwards, for those wishing it, a lunch reservation can be made in a brasserie near the Porte St-Martin.Â
There is no cost, other than paying for your own coffees/lunch. Full details are attached and if you are interested, contact Peter Salinson
THE MARAIS AND BOURG ST MARTIN JUN 2018

â€œCoupe de Bobâ€ Charity Day at Feucherolles Golf Club
2018-06-15 | Feucherolles Golf Club, RD 307, Feucherolles, 78810, France
Fri 15th June â€“ â€œCoupe de Bobâ€ Charity Day at Feucherolles Golf Club
9am Stableford Shotgun golf competition
Afternoon Croquet Match
20h to 24h Charity Dinner Dance and Auction in aid of the France Alzheimer Association
Contact Bob Lewis on boblewisfr@gmail.com to reserve your place.

Oxford Society: George Farquhar's "The Beaux' Strategem" Play Reading
2018-06-12 19:00 - 22:00 | The Royal British LegionÂ , 28, rue des Acacias, 75017, France
Oxford play reading onÂ Tuesday 12th June, from 7pm – the Restoration comedy,Â George Farquhar’s “The Beaux’ Strategem”.
Our next Play reading will be held onÂ Tuesday, 12th. June, from 7pm, when Paul Tracy (Oriel) has again kindly offer to lead us, this time in reading the Restoration comedy,Â George Farquhar’s “The Beaux’ Strategem”.
As usual, it will be held at the RBL Clubroom:
The Royal British LegionÂ
28, rue des Acacias
75017 Paris
Street door code: AA58
In the courtyard, first door to the right, then door on the left (ground floor)
As usual there will be a participation of â‚¬5 per person, payable in cash on the night.

Paul writes:
In 1660, Charles II returned from exile in France following the death of Cromwell. Not only was the new king fond of the theatre, which he had enjoyed in France, but after the ban on all theatres imposed by the Puritans in England in 1642, Londoners were keen to rediscover the delights that had been popular in Elizabethan and Jacobean times.
Two theatre companies were set up in Drury Lane and the Haymarket which triggered an immediate flowering of drama from writers such as Dryden, Etherege, Rochester and Wycherley, followed some years later by Congreve, Vanburgh, and George Farquhar. The best plays of the period were comedies, or more precisely satires poking fun at all strata of society. They were written in a combination of wit and sometimes fairly coarse language. The Restoration period also saw the first appearance of women acting female parts, much encouraged by Charles II.
William III, the Dutchman who acceded to the throne in 1689, disapproved of the theatre and this type of comedy eventually disappeared with the Hanoverian succession in 1714.
The Beauxâ€™ Stratagem, first performed in 1707, was Farquharâ€™s last and most successful play. He died a month later aged 30. The play was frequently revived up to 1800, notably by David Garrick, and then disappeared until the 1920â€™s. The play hinges on the two beauxâ€™ decision to travel as master and servant to help them marry into a fortune.
The play is available on the Gutenberg web site free of charge and also easily found 2ndÂ hand on various other sites.
Please advise Roger Thorn if you can make it and we look forward to seeing as many of you as can come.
Roger Thorn
roger.thorn@wanadoo.fr
Fixed line: 01 34 80 13 33
Mobile: 07 86 36 93 58

Oxford Society: AssemblÃ©e Nationale Visit
2018-06-07 08:00 - 17:00 | AssemblÃ©e Nationale, 126 Rue de l'UniversitÃ©, Paris, 75007, France
Visit to the AssemblÃ©e Nationale on Wednesday 30th May at 11h30am. OUSP member, Eric Sacher, has kindly arranged a free visit on Wednesday, 30 May at 11h30am for OUSP and CamSoc membersÂ to visit the AssemblÃ©e Nationale, with the opportunity to meet Sylvain Waserman, the dÃ©putÃ© for Bas-Rhin and 3rd Vice-President of the Assembly, who will speak to us on his work and on French reforms, Brexit and Franco-British cooperation. Full details are given in the attachment.

June Monthly Drinks
2018-06-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Murphy’s House, 10 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, 75009, France
Wed 6th June 19:00 – Monthly Drinks
Come and join us from 7pm to meet up for an informal evening. Â All Oxford and Cambridge Alumni and their friends are warmly welcome.
Just mention “Oxbridge” at the bar for a discounted price on the pint of beer. Typical pub food and soft drinks also available.
Murphy’s House – 10 rue de la ChaussÃ©e d’Antin, 75009 Paris. Â Metro OpÃ©ra – RER Auber – vÃ©lib: station 2015 rue Louis le Grand

Shakespeare in the Bois de Boulogne â€“ The Winterâ€™s Tale
2018-06-05 19:00 - 21:30 | Shakespeare Garden Bois de Boulogne, AllÃ©e de la Reine Marguerite â€“ Route de Suresnes Le PrÃ© Catelan â€“ Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 75016, France
Shakespeare in the Bois de Boulogne â€“ The Winterâ€™s Tale.Â

The Tower Theatre will present an open-air performance of The Winter’s Tale onÂ Tuesday 5thÂ June, at 7pm, in the Shakespeare Garden in the Bois de Boulogne (PrÃ© Catalan). Tickets are â‚¬20 per person, (â‚¬12 for under-14s), and include the now traditional champagne and strawberries at the interval.

RAFA Wings Appeal
2018-06-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Eglise Notre Dame du Liban, 17 rue d'Ulm, Paris, 75005, France
Sat 2nd June 19:30 â€“ RAFA Wings Appeal
Andrew HOLFORD is again organising a concert to support the Wings Appeal of the Royal Air Forces Association ÃŽle-de-France, this year with special importance as it is the 100th Anniversary of the formation of the RAF.

The concert will take place in the Eglise Notre Dame du Liban, 17 rue d’Ulm, Paris 5e. The Dambusters March, Land of Hope and Glory, two Vera Lynn hits where you can sing along in the chorus are included in the concert, so go along and have fun while supporting a worthy cause.
Tickets are â‚¬20 and can be bought on the night at the venue, or purchased in advance on www.fnac.com, www.carrefour.fr and www.francebillet.com.

Bal de lâ€™X
2018-05-25 00:00 | Palais Garnier, 8 Rue Scribe, Paris, 75009, France
Fri 25th June 19:00 â€“ Bal de lâ€™X
The 127th Bal de l’X will take place at the Opera Garnier on Friday 25th May. Once again, members of the Cambridge Society have been invited to join the Alumni of Polytechnique for this prestigeous event.
Tickets start at â‚¬150 per person for the Show and the Ball, or â‚¬170 for Dinner and the Ball. Details and registration information can be found at www.baldelx.com.
We suggest that if you are interested, you contact the organisers directly. Telephone contact details are provided on their website.

Annual General Meeting & Trevor Brown Bursary student presentations
2018-05-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Â Maison de la Vie Associative et Citoyenne du VIIIe, 28 rue Laure Diebold, Paris, 75008, France
The Societyâ€™s AGM will take place The Annual General Meeting will take place at 7pm on Tuesday 22nd May at the Maison de la Vie Associative et Citoyenne, 28 rue Diebold, 75008 Paris (between Metro Ternes and Saint Philippe du Roule). Â After the AGM, we are delighted that four of the five students who benefited from the Trevor Brown Bursary in 2017 will come to give us a presentation of their project work.

Carl Frayne (St Johnâ€™s) â€“ Exiled French Religious Congregations in Great Britain (1880-1914)
Auriane Terki-Mignot (Churchill) â€“ Recovering evidence of women’s work during industrialization: comparative case studies from France and Britain, 1787-1901
Emma Sharples (Churchill) â€“ Medieval Modernisms
Alice Limb (Pembroke) â€“ Acquisitions and the Care of Royal Collections in Eighteenth-Century Paris

Not only will this give us insight into their fields of interest, it will also demonstrate the value generated by our Bursary programme. For those who wish to know more about the Trevor Brown Bursary, a brief description is attached. Although all members may attend the AGM, please do complete and return the registration form (attached in PDF format) so that we are able to estimate numbers for the organisation of the refreshments which will follow the presentations.
A formal notification of the meeting, with the agenda and a call for nominations for the Committee, has been sent to members but do contact Tony Banton on admin@camsocparis.org if you would like it to be resent.

May Monthly Drinks
2018-05-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Murphy’s House, 10 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, 75009, France
Come and join us from 7pm to meet up for an informal evening. Â All Oxford and Cambridge Alumni and their friends are warmly welcome.
Just mention â€œOxbridgeâ€ at the bar for a discounted price on the pint of beer. Typical pub food and soft drinks also available.

The Cambridge Spies
2018-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Oâ€™ChÃ¢teau, 68 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Paris, 75001, France
Now to reveal the location: housed in an old mansion house dating from the 1640s once owned by the Great Grandfather of George Sand; below the Wine Bar judged by Bonjour Paris as the best Wine Bar in Paris; in a stone vaulted room frequented by Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Oâ€™ChÃ¢teau at 68 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, close to Rue Etienne Marcel, Metro Louvre-Rivoli (line 1) or Etienne Marcel (line4), RER ChÃ¢telet les Halles.
The Cambridge Spies: Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt and, possibly, John Cairncross or Victor Rothschild. The inspiration for John le CarrÃ©â€™s book Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Double Agents who supplied ultra-secret information to Russia over the course of 30 years. Upper Crust members of British Society. What enticed these men to betray their Country in this manner?
We shall learn, from Edward Towne, historian and linguist, when he gives his talk at Oâ€™ChÃ¢teau at 7.00pm this coming Tuesday, 24thÂ April. Some places remaining, but not many. Tickets â‚¬30, including drinks, for Society Members and their guests, â‚¬40 for non-member Alumni.Â Please apply to Cambridge Society of Paris Hon Sec, Tony Banton, using the Application Form attached.
Andrew Lyndon-Skeggs.

The Philarmonia Orchestra
2018-04-17 20:00 | ThÃ©atre des Champs-ElysÃ©es, 15 Avenue Montaigne, Paris, 75008, France
The Philarmonia Orchestra is resident at the South Bank Centre, London and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. They are perfoming:
BeethovenÂ Symphonie nÂ° 2
MahlerÂ Symphonie nÂ° 1 Â« TitanÂ»
Our members are offered a 30% discount on normal tariffs â€“ you should enter the reduction code PHIORCH1704 when making your booking.

April Monthly Drinks
2018-04-04 19:00 | Murphy’s House, 10 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, 75009, France

Embassy Alumni Groups Mixer
2018-03-26 18:30 - 20:30 | British Embassy in Paris, 35 Rue du Faubourg Saint-HonorÃ©, Paris, 75008, France
The Embassy is organising an Alumni Groups Mixer on their terrace on Monday 26th March. The bar will be open from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
As numbers allocated to each group are very limited, the places allocated to our Society will be allocated on a strict first-come, first-served basis and later applications will be put on a waiting list in case the Embassy is able to increase our allocation nearer the date. If you would like to come along, please send an email to admin@camsocparis.org as soon as possible. You will get an acknowledgement to confirm whether you have one of the available places or are on the waiting list.
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JS Bachâ€™s St Matthewâ€™s Passion
2018-03-24 19:30 | ThÃ©atre des Champs-ElysÃ©es, 15 Avenue Montaigne, Paris, 75008, France
After the Boat Race, why not take in JS Bachâ€™s St Matthewâ€™s Passion. Our members are offered a 30% discount on normal tariffs â€“ you should enter the reduction code GBPASTMATT2403 when making your booking.
The performers are all British:
Sarah TynanÂ soprano
Claudia HuckleÂ contralto
Mark PadmoreÂ tÃ©nor (Lâ€™EvangÃ©liste)
Roderick WilliamsÂ baryton (Le Christ)
Jessica CaleÂ soprano
Eleanor MinneyÂ mezzo-soprano
Hugo HymasÂ tÃ©nor
Matthew BrookÂ baryton-basse
Mark PadmoreÂ direction
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment

The Cancer Research Boat Races
2018-03-24 17:00 | The Bowler, 13 rue d'Artois, Paris, 75008, France
We will be goading our Oxford chums along, cheering the Light Blues as they pull, hopefully, to victory on Saturday 24th March. Come along to the Bowler, rue dâ€™Artois, Paris 8e where we will gather from 5pm to watch both the Womenâ€™s and Menâ€™s races. The Womenâ€™s Race starts at 17:31 Paris time, and the Menâ€™s Race is at 18:31. Food will also be available afterwards for those who would like to stay on. There is no need to book, just come along and cheerâ€¦

As an alternative, if you live in the Saint-Germain-en-Laye area, there will be a gathering at the Bitter End, 20 rue Saint-Pierre, also from 5pm, for a few Happy Hour beers then maybe an early curry in the next-door Indian. If you would like to join in, contact Peter Salinson onÂ peter.salinson@wanadoo.fr.

Guided Visit of Christieâ€™s Auction Rooms and Current Exhibitions
2018-03-21 13:00 - 17:00 | Christies’s Paris Office, 9 avenue Matignon, Paris, 75008, France
We have been invited to a guided tour of Christieâ€™s Â (including the 8 highlights of the legendary Rockefeller collection) at 1pm on Wednesday 21st March.
Entrance is free, but numbers are limited to 20-25 in total so if you would like to take part, please contact admin@camsocparis.org. Registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.

Wells Consort â€“ Concert
2018-03-18 16:00 | Eglise Notre Dame du Saint Sacrement, 68bis rue de Turenne, Paris, 75003, France
Tallis, Sheppard, Gesualdo, Purcell, StainerÂ : Four centuries of music for the Passion in England and Italy.
Entrance free, with a collection after the concert

March Monthly Drinks
2018-03-07 19:00 | Murphy’s House, 10 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, 75009, France
