Cambridge Society of Paris

Our friends from OUSP have invited us for a fascinating Dinner on the 11 January 2024
2024-01-11 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Paris) | Conservatoire des Arts et MÃ©tiers, 292 rue Saint Martin, Paris, 75003, France
Details of the event and booking are given here: https://www.oxfordinparis.com/event-5499000

Paris CAMentrepreneurs 2024 Kickoff
2024-01-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Pub Saint Hilaire, 2 rue Valette, Paris, 75005, France
An invitation from CAMentrepreneurs

Wednesday, January 17
Paris CAMentrepreneurs 2024 Kickoff
Join us for the CAMentepreneurs Networking Event in 2024, an informal gathering where Cambridge alumni entrepreneurs can kickstart the year
By Paris CAMentrepreneurs
Date and time
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 · 7 – 10pm CET
Location
Pub Saint Hilaire, Rue Valette, Paris, France
2 Rue Valette 2nd Floor 75005 Paris
Meet the new Paris CAMentrepreneurs Team
Daphne, Svetla, Luis

About this event
Join us for the CAMentepreneurs Networking Event in 2024, a gathering where Cambridge alumni entrepreneurs can kickstart the year ahead. Great opportunity to connect with fellow alumni, share experiences, and explore potential solutions. It’s a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, perfect for networking and finding inspiration for your entrepreneurial journey.

Free entry, but please register on https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paris-camentrepreneurs-2024-kickoff-tickets-775203212677

BONAPARTE and the CODE CIVIL: Une aventure insoupçonnée
2024-02-08 18:30 - 21:30 | Mairie of the 7th arrondissement, 116 rue de Grenelle, Paris, 75007, France
Dear Friends,
We are delighted to invite you to a talk by one of our friends and member of the ESU Paris on a date-making subject which was raised after our visit to the Musée de la Légion d’Honneur:
BONAPARTE and the CODE CIVIL
Une aventure insoupçonnée
Jacqueline Lafon taught the History of Law at Paris Sorbonne and has published in France and in the USA. She has kindly accepted to talk to us about an extraordinary and unexpected adventure:…
In August 1799, when he was in Cairo, Bonaparte was informed of the dramatic situation in France. Upon his return to France, a newspaper “Le Messager” declared – “ everyone is expecting Bonaparte as he is the only one who brings hope to the country.”
Then followed the Coup d’Etat on 18 Brumaire An VIII. Bonaparte First Consul benefited from all powers to restore the State based on a solid law applied in the entire country. He imposed the creation of specific committees to write down the rules or codification on the main subjects – civil law, criminal law, commercial law, procedure.
Outstanding lawyers who used to practise before the Revolution were selected. That was the beginning of the adventure…
The talk will take place at the Mairie of the 7th arrondissement,
116 rue de Grenelle 75 007 Paris
on Thursday 8 February 2024 at 6.30pm.
Please send your answer to Luce Loussouarn, ljloussouarn@free.fr, before February 5th , as we have to send the list of participants to the Mairie.
You may invite your friends to this event.
Luce Loussouarn
President Esu Paris
Name………………………………………………………………
Phone number or email address:………………………………………….
Will attend the talk Bonaparte and the Code Civil on February 8th.

Cambridge Society of Belgium 30th Anniversary Dinner Dance 9th February
2024-02-09 19:00 - 2024-02-10 02:00 | Cercle Royal Gaulois, Rue de la Loi 5, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Make your reservations to Cambridge Society of Belgium 30th Anniversary Dinner Dance 9th February

Bookings are now open. The Belgium Society is delighted to reciprocate with the Cambridge Society of Paris and our members are welcome to pay their member’s rate of €100 pp only instead of the € 120.
Payments by Bank Transfers.

Cambridge Society of Belgium’s 30th Anniversary Dinner Dance
Friday 9th February 2024

The President and the Committee request the pleasure of your company at the Cambridge Society Annual Dinner 2024, which marks the 30th anniversary of the Cambridge Society of Belgium.
The dinner will be held at the prestigious Cercle Royal Gaulois (Rue de la Loi 5, 1000 Brussels) and will be followed by a dance in the stunning ballroom of the Cercle, to properly celebrate the occasion.
The dresscode is black tie or smart evening dress.

Speaker and Guest of Honour
We are delighted to welcome Baroness Hale of Richmond as our Speaker and Guest of Honour for the evening.

Baroness Hale, an alumna of Girton College, is the former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. In 2004, she was appointed the first female Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the House of Lords. She served as Law Lord until 2009, when she became vice-president of the Supreme Court. In her early years, Lady Hale worked in academia and became a professor of law at the University of Manchester.
She gained international attention in 2019 when she ruled on behalf of the Supreme Court that Boris Johnson’s prorogation of the British Parliament was illegal.

The Baroness will talk on the subject of “Women in the Justice System”.

Programme of the Evening
Pre-dinner drinks from 7pm
Formal dinner at 8pm
Dance from 10pm
Carriages at 2am

Tickets
Fully paid-up members* and their partners: €100 per person.
Fully paid-up members under 30 years old: €80 per person.
Non-members and guests**: €120

Please confirm your attendance by registering here by Friday 26th January, and making your payment to the Cambridge Society bank account ([REDACTED] in the name of “Cambridge Society of Belgium”) mentioning “Annual Dinner 2024”, your name and how many people at which price.
Your participation is confirmed once your payment has been received and accepted.
Please note that we will be unable to refund any cancellations made after 2nd of February.

*”Fully-paid members” are members of the Cambridge Society of Belgium who have paid their annual subscription, or Honorary Members of the Society, or Student members.
**Including members of our sister Alumni organisations – the Cambridge Alumni Societies of other countries, Oxford, Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, Princeton, Yale

THE CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY OF BELGIUM

ISABELLE DE HENNIN
Secretary

E secretary@camsoc.be| M + 32 487 32 85 53
W www.camsoc.be

Wine Sampling evening 20 February 2024
2024-02-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Cave Pétillance, 19 rue Condorcet, Paris, 75009, France
Event sold out. A waiting list is available for those who are interesting in taking up any tickets that may become available due to cancellations. Please note that waiting list tickets will have to be paid for either by bank transfer or cheque as credit card payment is not available.
On Tuesday, 20th February, from 19:00 p.m. on, all members of the Society – as well as our friends from the Oxford University Society in Paris – are cordially invited to an evening at Cave Pétillance, 19 rue Condorcet, 75009 Paris. Different wines – accompanied by a small selection of cheese and meats – will be served. Do not miss the chance to sample some interesting wines in a casual setting with fellow Society members.
Tickets, if they become available, are €25 per person. You can request to be included on the waiting list by selecting one ticket using the “+” button in the tickets section below. A dropdown question will then ask if you would like to have one or two tickets, if there are any cancellations.

Emmanuel College Choir at the Travellers Club
2024-03-21 18:30 - 20:00 | The Travellers Club, 25 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 75008, France
On Thursday 21st March, members of the Cambridge Society, and members of Emmanuel College, are cordially invited to an evening at the Travellers Club for a performance by the Choir of Emmanuel College.
The concert will start at 18h30. Following the performance there will be a chance to mingle briefly with the choir in the Travellers bar. The evening will then end at 20h00 in time for attendees to leave for their dinners.
The programme will include:

Motets by Rachmaninov, Gorecki and Robert Parsons
Musikalische Exequien by Heinrich Schutz
Works by William Mathias and Benjamin Britten

Dress code is Smart, Elegant (jacket and tie for men).
Tickets are free but the number of places is limited, so we do ask you only to book if you intend to come – and to let us know if you are no-longer able to make it so we can allocate your ticket to somebody else.
There are separate availabilities depending on whether you are a member of Emmanuel or not, so please specify this by booking the correct ticket.
Each member – Society or Emmanuel – is welcome to bring one guest.
Grand Salon, Travellers Club
Hôtel de la Païva
25, avenue des Champs-Elysées
75008, Paris
This is an event organised jointly between the Society and Emmanuel.

INVITATION Saturday 30th March 3:00 pm: The Boat Races 2024
2024-03-30 15:00 - 18:00 | The Bowler, 13 rue d'Artois, Paris, 75008, France
We will be once again goading our Oxford friends along, and cheering the
Light Blues as they pull, hopefully, to victory on Saturday 30th March. Come
along and join us at The Bowler, 13 rue d’Artois, Paris 8e where we will
gather from 3:00pm to watch both the Women’s and Men’s races. The
Women’s Race starts at 3:46 pm Paris time, and the Men’s Race is at 4:46 pm Paris Time.

You can get further information and keep up with preparations here: https://www.theboatrace.org/
There is no need to book nor a booking fee but it will help to make
arrangements if you register. Just come along and cheer!
First pint of beer to first 20 members is offered – collect your coupon as you
come in. There will also be free bar snacks and nibbles. Please send an email to Howard Norman hm@normanlaw.fr to confirm your attendance.

Wine Sampling at Cave Vino Sapiens
2024-05-27 19:00 - 22:00 | Cave Vino Sapiens, 145 Rue Saint-Dominique, Paris, France
Event sold out. A waiting list is available for those who are interesting in taking up any tickets that may become available due to cancellations. Please note that waiting list tickets will have to be paid for either by bank transfer or cheque as credit card payment is not available.
On Monday, 27th May, from 19:00, all members of the Society – as well as our friends from the Oxford University Society in Paris – are cordially invited to an evening at Cave Vino Sapiens, 145 Rue Saint-Dominique, 75007 Paris.
Different wines – accompanied by a small selection of cheese and meats, as well as a few pieces of Vino Sapiens’ special croque monsieur – will be served. Do not miss the chance to sample some interesting wines in a casual setting with fellow Society members in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.
Tickets, if they become available, are €25 per person. You can request to be included on the waiting list by selecting one ticket using the “+” button in the tickets section below. A dropdown question will then ask if you would like to have one or two tickets, if there are any cancellations.

Spice Route to Indian Dinner at the Jodhpur Palace, Paris
2024-06-12 19:30 - 23:00 | Jodhpur Palace, 42 All. Vivaldi, Paris, 75012, France
Keep your taste buds ready for an exclusive journey on the Spice Route to Indian Dinner at the Jodhpur Palace, Paris. This is a long-awaited event to the start of a new Series of World Cuisine.
Jodhpur is known as the Blue City and for its gastronomy, now made available in Paris
Exceptional menu selected with an aperitif, red & white wine to accompany.

Oxbridge Pétanque networking Apéritif & Blues match 18th June
2024-06-18 18:30 - 21:30 | Bar Ourcq, 68 Quai de Loire, Paris, 75019, France
Photo : Bruno Buisson
Click for bookings : https://www.oxfordinparis.com/event-5724845
Your code to register will be CAMPET
An evening to sip a glass of rosé and to display or discover your pétanque skills.
Oxford and Cambridge alumni (and friends) are invited for a balmy summer evening of friendly sport and conversation on the Bassin de la Villette, with refreshments from

Bar Ourcq (68 Quai de Loire, Paris 19ème)
18h30.
Metros : Jaurès, Laumière, Riquet

Cost : 10 € (includes first drink)
Make up a team of two (or three) to play ; after the action, dinner is an optional extra not included, please let us know if you are interested so that we can organise restaurant numbers.
Questions ? mailto:president@oxfordinparis.com

Trinity College Choir
2024-07-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Notre Dame d’Auteuil, Notre Dame d’Auteuil, Paris, 75016, France
Trinity College Choir
Notre Dame d’Auteuil
Thursday 11th July
8pm

As part of this year’s international tour, the Trinity College Choir will be visiting Paris for a concert at the Church of Notre Dame d’Auteuil on Thursday 11 July 2024.
It will be the Choir’s first concert in France under the new Director of Music Steven Grahl, who was appointed by the College in January of this year and who took over from Stephen Layton MBE, who served as Director of Music at Trinity for 17 years.
All Cambridge and Oxford alumni, and any other music lovers, are invited to attend this free concert (with retiring collection), which starts at 8pm and finishes around 9.30pm. For more information and to book your free places for the concert, please click here.
For more information about the Trinity College Choir, please visit Home | The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge (trinitycollegechoir.com)
We look forward to seeing you on the 11th of July.

Pre-Olympics wine sampling in Montmartre
2024-07-22 19:00 - 22:00 | Les Piqueurs, 6 rue Tardieu, Paris, 75018, France
EVENT CANCELLED
Unfortunately, too many of you appear to have left Paris for the Summer so with only 3 bookings we had to take the decision to cancel while we could still do so without any financial penalty.
However, we do hope to rearrange this event for September or October, so please watch this space…
Let’s have a relaxing evening together before the Olympic Games commence with wonderful company and lovely conversation! On Monday, 22nd of July, all members of the Society as well as our friends from the Oxford Society are cordially invited to an evening at Les Piqueurs, 6 Rue Tardieu, in Montmartre (metro Anvers, Line 2, or Château Rouge, Line 4). From 8 p.m. on, different wines – accompanied by a small selection of cheese and meats – will be served. Do not miss the chance to sample a selection of wines in a casual setting in the shadow of Sacré Cœur.
Tickets are €25 per person and can be booked by clicking on the “+” in the ticket section below to select the number of tickets wanted.

Freshers Welcome Drinks
2024-09-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Frog Revolution, 9 rue de Bastille, Paris, 75004, France
Each year, CamSoc takes part in the University’s world-wide program of events for those students who have recently been successful in gaining a place at Cambridge, whether as an Undergraduate or a Graduate.
The aim is to give them an opportunity to meet other new students coming from France and to chat to our members about their experience in Cambridge so they are better prepared on arrival in their College at the end of the month.
We have booked the upstairs room of the Frog Revolution, 9 rue de la Bastille (metro Bastille) with two drinks and snacks provided. There will be a charge of €25 per person for members, although admission is free for all current students of the University whether members of CamSoc or not and, of course, the Freshers.

Cambridge Society of Paris Annual Dinner 2024
2024-10-14 19:30 - 23:30 | Maison de Polytechniciens, 12 rue de Poitiers, Paris, 75007, France
You are invited to the
Cambridge Society of Paris Annual Dinner
with Leigh Turner CMG
19h30 to 23h30
Monday 14th October 2024

La Maison des Polytechniciens, 12 Rue de Poitiers, 75007 Paris
l’Hôtel de Poulpry

The mansion was built in 1703. The house has accommodated several political and artistic organizations over the centuries. Successive occupants have left their mark with the installation of elegant fireplaces and balconies. The name “Poulpry” comes from one of its owners in the late eighteenth century.
The house is now the base of the Association des Amis des Polytechniciens and is also made available to other groups for their events.
Our Guest Speaker

Leigh Turner (Downing) is a writer and inspirational speaker based in London. He was UK Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from September 2016 to September 2021. Leigh’s previous roles were as HM Consul General Istanbul and Director General for Trade and Investment Turkey, Central Asia and South Caucasus; HM Ambassador in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Director of Overseas Territories in London, responsible for territories including St Helena, the Falklands and Bermuda.
Leigh grew up in Nigeria, Exeter and Lesotho, before education in Swaziland, Manchester and Cambridge. After hitch-hiking around 27 of the United States in 1979, Leigh had a 42-year diplomatic career, lessons from which he draws in his September 2024 book “Lessons in Diplomacy”. He is the author of three thrillers and “Seven Hotel Stories”, a collection of feminist black comedies, and is a former writer for the Financial Times. He lectures at the Oxford University Diplomatic Studies Programme, the LSE, Vienna University and the Danube University Krems, and is a Visiting Professor at Graz University.

Leigh has just finished writing his book “Lessons in Diplomacy – Politics, Power and Parties” and it was published on 24th September 2024. This book can be ordered from Amazon.fr for €29.56 (or £19.99 from Amazon UK). Book sales at the discounted price available to members have now closed.
Ticket Application
The Cambridge Society of Paris is delighted to invite you and your guests to one of the landmark events of the CamSoc year.
Members of the Cambridge Societies of Paris, Belgium or Luxembourg may apply for one or two members’ tickets. The price for aperitif, dinner and drinks is €75 per person. Additional guests are also welcome, although their ticket price is €85 each.
For our younger members, under 30 years of age, tickets are €55 per person, again with one guest being able to be invited at the same price, irrespective of the age of the guest. Additional guests are €85 each.
Alumni of Cambridge University who are not members of the Paris, Belgian or Luxembourg Societies may also join us, with tickets available at €85 per person.
To apply for tickets, use the plus sign to the right of each ticket type to select the tickets you would like to book. Please note that applications for more than two of the Standard Members tickets or U30 Members tickets will not be accepted.
If you have any questions about the Dinner, please contact Tony Banton, Treasurer.
Dress: Black tie (or lounge suits if preferred).
Please note that refunds will only be possible for cancellations received by Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Fontainebleau Day
2024-11-09 12:00 - 16:00 | Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau Day – Cambridge Society of Paris
An invitation to live like a sovereign for a day, right in the heart of Fontainebleau!
Saturday 9th November 2024

CamSoc’s very own committee member and Fontainebleau resident Sylvie Leger is very kindly organising a visit to the town across Saturday 9th November.
Sylvie will host a lunch at l’Empreinte, the new restaurant of the Napoleon Hotel, followed by an address from Fonact (Fontainebleau’s Anglophone acting school) before leading the way to the town’s exquisite Château (summer residence of France’s sovereign rulers for eight centuries) for a visit to the internationally renowned Salon du Chocolat.
Coming to Fontainebleau, a town of character next door to Paris, will give you the opportunity to feel immersed in a stunningly welcoming universe. Spending one day in Fontainebleau will not only give you an insight into the splendours of its famous Château, but also a chance to live like a Bellifontain(e)!
AGENDA
Lunch & Speaker
12h00: Lunch at L’Empreinte, the newly opened restaurant of the Napoleon Hotel-Spa a few steps away from the Château.
After lunch, a speaker will introduce you to the fantastic work carried out by Fonact, the renowned Anglophone School of Acting, performing at the city theatre on a regular basis.
Tickets for the lunch, which includes soft drinks and wine, are €50 per person.
Salon “Impérial Chocolat & Gastronomie”
After the speaker’s address: Sylvie Leger will lead the group to the annual Salon taking place at the Château itself (outdoors and indoors), supervised by the famous chef Fréderic Cassel who owns a store in Fontainebleau.
The making of chocolate, tasting, chocolate sculptures of animals, and famous Parisians monuments are amongst the highlights. For those staying longer, the salon lasts three days: Saturday 9th November through Monday 11th.
Tickets for the Salon are €9 per person.
Fontainebleau Visit
16h00: Sylvie will guide a walking visit of the highlights of Fontainebleau (weather permitting!) for those interested, starting from outside the Salon.

TICKETS
Registration for the Lunch and the Salon are available below for Cambridge Society of Paris members and their guests. You can attend just the lunch, or just the Salon (in which case meet at the restaurant at 14:00 to get your ticket) but we hope most of you will come to both. You are also welcome to purchase Salon tickets separately via the official website on on-site, if you wish to visit on a different day.
If you have any questions about the day, please contact Sylvie Leger.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
i) Train from Paris
You are welcome to make your own way to Fontainebleau, but if you follow the schedule below, Sylvie will be waiting to guide you on arrival at Fontainebleau-Avon station.
Departure from Hall 1 Gare de Lyon, 10h16
Arrival time at Fontainebleau-Avon 10h56
(Stops: Melun; Bois le Roi; Fontainebleau-Avon. The train ride lasts 40 minutes. The train continues to Montargis or other towns. They are surface trains. Make sure you « punch » your tickets before getting on the train.
Tickets are €5.00 one-way. You can buy tickets from the machines located near the platform (usually letters between J and M).
ii) Bus to Fontainebleau
Upon arrival at Fontainebleau-Avon station, Sylvie will be there on the platform to welcome you.
A 10-minute bus ride will take us to the town centre. Tickets are €2.50 one-way.
Bus and train tickets and are not included in the event registration to accommodate those wishing to make their own way.
iii) Restaurant l’Empreinte
Address: l’Empreinte 9 Rue Grande, Fontainebleau.
2-course meal (main course and dessert)
Soft drinks, wine included
iv) Salon du Chocolat
Address: Château de Fontainebleau, Place Charles de Gaulle, 77300 Fontainebleau
v) Return to Paris
Sylvie will indicate the bus station in town, so that everyone can go back to the railway station according to their own schedules.
There are trains approximately every 30 minutes back to Paris, Gare de Lyon.
For those of you who would like to stay overnight and enjoy Sunday morning market, there are many options. Sylvie can easily advise you if you need directions or inspiration.
If you have any questions about the day, please contact Sylvie Leger.

LSE NETWORKING EVENING - INVITATION
2024-11-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Black Sheep Coffee, 10 rue la Boétie, Paris, 75008, France
LSE NETWORKING EVENING – INVITATION
Wednesday, 13 th November 2024

LSE Alumni in Paris kindly invite us to their inaugural networking evening in the heart of Paris :
Wednesday 13th November from 7 pm
Black Sheep Coffee 10 rue la Boétie Paris 75008
It will be a evening. Just turnup.
Métros St Augustin / Miromesnil / St Lazare
Entrance free

Carol Singing at the Travellers Club
2024-12-10 18:30 - 20:30 | The Travellers Club, 25 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 75008, France
Event sold out. A waiting list is available for those who are interesting in taking up any tickets that may become available due to cancellations. Please note that waiting list tickets will have to be paid for either by bank transfer or cheque as credit card payment is not available.

The Oxford and Cambridge Societies of Paris are delighted to invite you to their:
Annual Carol Singing at
“The Travellers”
25, avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8’eme
From 6:30 PM on Tuesday, 10th December 2024
Vin chaud and mince pies will be served prior to the singing
Numbers are limited to 100 in total. Places will be allocated on a “first come, first served” basis to members of the Cambridge Society of Paris, Oxford University Society in Paris, the English Speaking Union and The Arts Society – Paris and their guests.
NB: Please note that the Travellers Club
requires gentlemen to wear jackets and ties
Tickets, if they become available, are €25 per person. You can request to be included on the waiting list by selecting one ticket using the “+” button against the Carols 2024 waiting list line in the tickets section below.
A dropdown question will then ask if you would like to have one or two tickets, if there are any cancellations

Casual Wine Sampling - a return to Les Piqueurs in Montmartre
2025-01-27 19:00 - 22:00 | Les Piqueurs, 6 rue Tardieu, Paris, 75018, France
Event sold out
On Monday, 27th January, all members of the Society and our friends from OUSP are cordially invited to an evening at Les Piqueurs, 6 Rue Tardieu, in Montmartre (metro Anvers, Line 2, or Château Rouge, Line 4). From 7 p.m. on, different wines – accompanied by a small selection of cheese and meats – will be served.. Do not miss the chance to sample a selection of wines in a casual setting with fellow Society members in the shadow of Sacré Cœur.
Tickets are €25 per person. Event sold out – a waiting list is available and, if there are any cancellations, tickets will be allocated to the waiting list on a first-come, first-served basis.

LE GRAND DÎNER
2025-03-17 19:00 - 22:00 | cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
The CU French Society is pleased to extend an invitation to members to their Grand Dinner in Cambridge on the 17th March 2024. Members are requested to use the link below to make the reservations for the promising event in Cambridge.
https://forms.gle/6wTuk9NymiEt6xuX7
For any questions please contact the President of the Society Mithil Krishnan <mithilo@gmail.com>

Wine Sampling at Foy Global Wines
2025-03-31 19:00 - 22:00 | Foy Global Wines, 49 Av. de la Motte-Picquet, Paris, 75015, France
On Monday, 31st March, all members of the Society and our friends from OUSP are cordially invited to an evening at Foy Global Wines, 49 Av. de la Motte-Picquet (metro La Motte – Picquet Grenelle, Line 6, 8, and 10). From 7 p.m. on, different wines – accompanied by a small selection of cheese and meats – will be served. Do not miss the chance to sample a selection of wines in a casual setting with fellow Society members in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.
Tickets are €25 per person. Please use the booking section below by clicking on the “+” sign to request the number of tickets you want to book.

The Boat Race 2025: Sunday 13th April
2025-04-13 14:00 - 17:00 | The Bombardier, 2 Place du Panthéon, Paris, 75005, France
LATE CHANGE IN VENUE
THIS EVENT WILL NOW BE HELD AT LE BOMBARDIER
2 Place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris

Once again, we intend to gather to support Cambridge in an atmosphere of friendly rivalry with Oxford on Sunday 13th April.
We have, finally, today secured a venue at Le Bombardier, 2 Place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris (metro Cardinal Lemoine and Maubert-Mutualité (both on line 10) or RER B Luxembourg).
Our great thanks go to our colleagues at the Oxford University Society in Paris who have kindly organised the event this year, including all the efforts to secure the replacement venue.
Please use our booking form below if you intend to come; our initial intention was to offer a free drink for the first 20 Cambridge Society members who register, together with bar snacks provided for all. This may be complicated by the late change in venue, but we hope to get something similar in place. Charlie Tatham (OUSP) will be in charge on the day, so do look out for him and he will update you on the refreshment arrangements. So do register straight away to be sure of being in that first 20.
The Ladies’ race starts at 14h21 (Paris time), followed an hour later by the Mens’ race.
Further information is available on the official Boat Race website here.

First Wednesday Drinks in May - a change in venue
2025-05-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Titi Palacio, 17 Boulevard Morland, Paris, 75004, France
First Wednesday drinks
AN INVITATION FROM HARVARD
Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
from 7 pm until 10:30 pm
Titi Palacio
17 boulevard Morland, 75004 Paris

For the May First Wednesday drinks, we have been invited by Harvard to join them and other Ivy League Alumni in Paris at the Titi Palacio in the 4th arrondissement.

The nearest metros are Sully-Morland (Line 7) or Bastille (Lines 1, 5 & 8).
We will be meeting at our usual time and there is no need to book, just come along at any time from 7pm to meet up with Harvard alumni and the usual group from Oxford and Cambridge. Our host from Harvard is Tiifany-Amber Torres so if you don’t see our group when you arrive, just ask the bar staff to point out where Tiffany-Amber is.
We will be back to the usual venue at the Frog XVI in June.

Exclusive visit to the BnF Museum
2025-06-24 18:00 - 20:30 | BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France), 58 rue de Richelieu, Paris, 75002, France
Visit to the Museum of the BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

24th June 2025 from 18h (visit starts at 18h30)
An exclusive guided visit of the BnF Museum
Join us for a unique and enriching experience at the BnF Museum, a hidden gem in the heart of Paris. The BnF Museum boasts an extraordinary collection showcasing the rich heritage of French literature, history, and culture.
Organised by committee member Vijay Phadke, we will be hosted by Marta (of Les Visites de Marta), renowned for exceptional guided tours in Paris. Marta previously hosted our visit to the Van Gogh exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay in December 2023.
Upon arrival, members will proceed through security checks, store any bags at the cloakroom, and collect audiophones before assembling in the courtyard, where Marta will be waiting to greet everyone.
From 18h at the BNF Museum Groups Entrance: 58 rue de Richelieu 75002.
The closest metro is Bourse, on line 3
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Price: €25 for Cambridge Society of Paris, Oxford University Society in Paris, or English Speaking Union Members. Members of these three organisation may invite up to two guests for €30 per guest.
Price is all-inclusive of entrance fees, guide charges, and audiophones / headphones.
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An optional dinner will follow the visit at DAROCO, 6 rue Vivienne, Paris 75002 (close to the BnF exit point). Cost expected around €35 per person. Payment for the meal will be at the restaurant by each diner.
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Contact: events@camsocparis.org or vmp@phadkelaw.com for more information

Talk, drinks, and buffet with Oxford: Cold War Espionage - Deborah Lawrenson
2025-06-26 19:00 - 22:30 | Marilou Restaurant, 46 rue de la Victoire, Paris, 75009, France
Secret women of the Cold War

Our friends at the Oxford University Society in Paris are organising a talk by Deborah Lawrenson, alongside drinks and buffet/tapas/desserts at the Marilou Restaurant, 46 rue de la Victoire, Paris 75009.
Cambridge Society members can sign up at the Oxford rate using code CAM007 at the following page:
https://www.oxfordinparis.com/event-6191353
Deborah Lawrenson spent her childhood moving around the world with diplomatic service parents – Kuwait, China, Singapore – before reading english at Trinity Cambridge. Initially a journalist (including a stint as a Fleet Street gossip columnist) she has published eleven novels ranging from historical fiction to whodunnits set in France.
When researching the shadowy world of espionage in 1950’s Cold War Moscow for The Secretary she was able to draw on a unique source, her mother’s diaries, which tell of bugged apartments and KGB tails. And much more…
Deborah will help us to relive that period, and reflect on why so few female spies appear in literature. She will also share her experience of coming to see her enigmatic, deeply private mother in a new light.
Venue : Marilou Restaurant, 46 rue de la Victoire Paris 9ème
Metros : Line 7 Le Peletier / Chaussée d’Antin ; Line 12 Trinité / N.D. de Lorette
Cost : 35 € includes drinks and buffet/tapas/desserts

Annual General Meeting
2025-07-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Maison de la Vie Associative et Citoyenne du VIIe, 4 rue Amélie, Paris, 75007, France
The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held on Tuesday 1st July 2025 at 7pm at the Society’s registered office, the Maison de la Vie Associative et Citoyenne du VIIe, 4 rue Améile, 75007 Paris (métros Invaldes, lines 8 and 13, and LaTour Maubourg, line 8).
The meeting will be followed by light refreshments and a presentation by one of the students who has recently been awarded a Trevor Brown Bursary?
All memebers may attend, either in person or online, although it is requested that those intending to come along register using the “ticket’ section below.
Full details, including the agenda, a proxy form, a committee nomination form and the link to attend online will be sent to members by email.

Oxford and Cambridge "First Wednesday" Monthly Drinks
2025-09-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Frog XVI, 110 bis Avenue Kléber, Paris, 75016
First Wednesday drinks
BACK TO THE FUTURE!
Yes, after 7 years at various Frogs, we are returning to MURPHY’S HOUSE for our Monthly Drinks from 1st October.

All Oxford and Cambridge Alumni, whether or not members of the Paris Societies, are cordially invited to join us for our Monthly drinks get-together at this centrally located bar – very close to Opera metro and Auber RER stations – at 10 rue de la Chaussée d’Antin, 75009 Paris.

We have arranged to use the first floor area, but if you don’t find us ask the staff where we can be found. However, do note that this is a European Champions’ League date with both PSG (away) and Monaco (at home) playing so there may be noise from the screens in other areas of the pub.

Argentinian Wine Sampling
2025-09-23 19:00 - 21:00 | La Casa de Los Franceses, 31 Boulevard de Courcelles, Paris, 75008, France
Argentinian Wine Sampling exclusive event
Event sold out

23 September 2025 at
LA CASA DE LOS FRANCESES
31 Bd de Courcelles – 75008 Paris

For this occasion, a specially curated personalized selection of Argentine wines is selected and designed to take you on a unique journey through most emblematic grape varieties. The tasting will also highlight bottles from vineyards located at different altitudes — from 250 to 1,800 meters above sea level — offering a remarkable diversity of styles and expressions.
The private tasting room is available for our members and we will have exclusive access to the entire venue, creating an intimate and memorable setting.
Come and enjoy the rentrée with Argentinian flair…

The nearest metros are Monceau (Line 3), and Villiers (Lines 2 and 3).
Tickets are €25 per person. Event sold out – a waiting list is available and, if there are any cancellations, tickets will be allocated to the waiting list on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information about the event, you can contact Vijay Phadke, Events Coordinator.

Cambridge Society of Paris Annual Dinner 2025
2025-10-24 19:30 - 23:00 | Maison de Polytechniciens, 12 rue de Poitiers, Paris, 75007, France
You are invited to the
Cambridge Society of Paris Annual Dinner
with Debbie Prentice, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University
19h30 to 23h30
Friday 24th October 2025
La Maison des Polytechniciens, 12 Rue de Poitiers, 75007 Paris
Booking is now closed.
A small number of places may become available due to late cancellations. If you are interested in going onto the waiting list for these, please contact Tony Banton, Treasurer. However, please note that it may not be possible to take into account any dietary requirements.
l’Hôtel de Poulpry

The mansion was built in 1703. The house has accommodated several political and artistic organizations over the centuries. Successive occupants have left their mark with the installation of elegant fireplaces and balconies. The name “Poulpry” comes from one of its owners in the late eighteenth century.
The house is now the base of the Association des Amis des Polytechniciens and is also made available to other groups for their events.
Our Guest Speaker

Professor Deborah Prentice became the University of Cambridge’s 347th Vice-Chancellor on July 1, 2023.
An eminent psychologist, Professor Prentice carried out her academic and administrative career at Princeton University, which she first joined in 1988. She rose through the academic ranks and took on administrative responsibilities of increasing scope, chairing the Department of Psychology for 12 years, serving as Dean of Faculty for three years, and then serving six years as Provost, with primary responsibility for all academic, budgetary, and long-term planning issues.
Her academic expertise is in the study of social norms that govern human behaviour – particularly the impact and development of unwritten rules and conventions, and how people respond to breaches of those rules. She has edited three academic volumes and published more than 50 articles and chapters, and she has specialised in the study of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and gender stereotypes.
Ticket Application
The Cambridge Society of Paris is delighted to invite you and your guests to one of the landmark events of the CamSoc year.
Members of the Cambridge Societies of Paris, Belgium or Luxembourg may apply for one or two members’ tickets. The price for aperitif, dinner and drinks is €75 per person. Additional guests are also welcome, although their ticket price is €90 each.
For our younger members, under 30 years of age, tickets are €55 per person, again with one guest being able to be invited at the same price, irrespective of the age of the guest. Additional guests are €90 each.
Alumni of Cambridge University who are not members of the Paris, Belgian or Luxembourg Societies may also join us, with tickets available at €90 per person.
To apply for tickets, use the plus sign to the right of each ticket type to select the tickets you would like to book. Please note that applications for more than two of the Standard Members tickets or U30 Members tickets will not be accepted.
If you have any questions about the Dinner, please contact Tony Banton, Treasurer.
Dress: Black tie (or lounge suits if preferred).
Please note that refunds will only be possible for cancellations received by Wednesday 12th October 2025.

Musée d'Orsay - Sargent Exhibition - Dazzling Paris (1874-1884)
2025-11-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Musée d’Orsay, Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Paris, 75007, France
Sargent Exhibition – Dazzling Paris (1874-1884)
Event sold out

13 November 2025
An exclusive guided tour organised by the Cambridge Society of Paris. Visit the Musée d’Orsay to see a specially curated exhibition of Sargent Paintings – a rare opportunity for members to view the exhibition. Marta, our highly competent guide, will peacefully take you through the collection with live commentary.

John Singer Sargent (Florence, 1856 – London, 1925), along with James McNeill Whistler, was the most famous American artist of his generation and certainly one of the greatest painters of the 19th and early 20th century. Revered in the United States (his Portrait of Madame X is regarded as the Mona Lisa of the American art collection conserved by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York), he is also famous in the United Kingdom, where he spent most of his career. In France, however, his name and work remain largely unknown, a situation that the exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay hopes to change in the autumn of 2025.Assemble at 17:30 on the esplanade of the museum by the sculpture of the Rhino (on the river bank) Esplanade Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, 75007 Paris. Priority access is provided, but we need to pass the security check, leave any bags or coats in the cloakroom and get the audiophones. Please be there on time to be sure to enter on time as our tour slot is booked for 18:00 and we must not be late starting. Marta will be there to greet us and has made all necessary arrangements.
Price: €30 per person. all-inclusive of entrance fees, guide charges, the audiophones / headphones
Optional Dinner is possible after the visit at the Café Orsay in the same street as the Museum. Good food and reasonable fixed menu options available. Cost around €40 per person. Please indicate if you intend to stay on for dinner when making your tour reservation. Payment for the meal will be at the restaurant by each diner.
Event sold out: and there is already a long waiting list so it is no longer possible to register for this event.
Contact: events@camsocparis.org for more information.

Fontainebleau Day - Saturday 29th November
2025-11-29 10:00 - 16:00 | Fontainebleau
An invitation to live like a sovereign for a day, right in the heart of Fontainebleau!
Saturday 29th November 2025

After last year’s successful event, CamSoc’s very own committee member and Fontainebleau resident Sylvie Leger is again very kindly organising a visit to the town across Saturday 29th November.
Sylvie will host a lunch at l’Hôtel Mercure Château de Fontainebleau Demeures de Campagne, followed by an address from a speaker from Fontainebleau’s INSEAD business school, before leading the way to the town’s exquisite Château (summer residence of France’s sovereign rulers for eight centuries) for a visit to the internationally renowned Salon du Chocolat.
Coming to Fontainebleau, a town of character next door to Paris, will give you the opportunity to feel immersed in a stunningly welcoming universe. Spending one day in Fontainebleau will not only give you an insight into the splendours of its famous Château, but also a chance to live like a Bellifontain(e)!
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AGENDA
Lunch & Speaker
12h00: Lunch at l’Hôtel Mercure Château de Fontainebleau Demeures de Campagne a few steps away from the Château.
After lunch, there will be a speaker from the INSEAD Business School.
Tickets for the lunch, which includes soft drinks and wine, are €52 per person.
Salon “Impérial Chocolat & Gastronomie”
After the speaker’s address: Sylvie Leger will lead the group to the annual Salon taking place at the Château itself (outdoors and indoors), supervised by the famous chef Fréderic Cassel who owns a store in Fontainebleau.
The making of chocolate, tasting, chocolate sculptures of animals, and famous Parisian monuments are amongst the highlights. For those staying longer, the salon lasts two days: Saturday 29th November and Sunday 30th November.
Tickets for the Salon are €9 per person.
Fontainebleau Visit
16h00: Sylvie will guide a walking visit of the highlights of Fontainebleau (weather permitting!) for those interested, starting from outside the Salon.

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TICKETS
Registration for the Lunch (€52 per person) and the Salon (€9 per person) are available through the ticket section below. You can attend just the lunch, or just the Salon (in which case meet at the restaurant at 14:00 to get your ticket) but we hope most of you will come to both. You are also welcome to purchase Salon tickets separately via the official website or on-site, if you wish to visit on a different day.
If you have any questions about the day, please contact Sylvie Leger.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
i) Train from Paris
You are welcome to make your own way to Fontainebleau, but if you follow the schedule below, Sylvie will be waiting to guide you on arrival at Fontainebleau-Avon station. If you make your own way to the restaurant, please be there by 12 noon.
Departure from Hall 1 Gare de Lyon, 10h08 – Arrival time at Fontainebleau-Avon 10h57
(Stops: Melun; Bois le Roi; Fontainebleau-Avon. The train ride lasts 40 minutes. The train continues to Montargis or other towns. They are surface trains.
Tickets are €2.50 one-way as long as you have a Navigo card, which means your metro/RER travel to Gare de Lyon is also included. You will need to present your Navigo pass when you leave the station (do not go down the stairs). If necessary, you can load your pass with the amount required for the return trip to Paris at Fontainebleau-Avon station.
ii) Bus to Fontainebleau
Upon arrival at Fontainebleau-Avon station, Sylvie will be there on the platform to welcome you.
A 10-minute bus ride will take us to the town centre and so the Château. Tickets are €2.50 one-way (€1.49 if you have a Navigo Easy Pass). It is bus Line 1 if you miss the 10h16 train and so need to make your way to the restaurant on your own.
Bus and train tickets are not included in the event registration to accommodate those wishing to make their own way.
iii) L’Hôtel Mercure Château de Fontainebleau Demeures de Campagne
Address: 41 rue Royale, 77300 Fontainebleau.
3-course meal
Soft drinks and wine included
iv) Salon du Chocolat
Address: Château de Fontainebleau, Place Charles de Gaulle, 77300 Fontainebleau
v) Return to Paris
Sylvie will indicate the bus station in town, so that everyone can go back to the railway station according to their own schedules. There are trains approximately every 30 minutes back to Paris, Gare de Lyon.
For those of you who would like to stay overnight and enjoy the Sunday morning market, there are many options. Sylvie can easily advise you if you need directions or inspiration.
If you have any questions about the day, please contact Sylvie Leger.
