Bringing great minds together
Thurs 7th March 2019 – The Cambridge Cutting Edge Lecture:  Gene Machine The race for the structure of the ribosome — a study in the sociology of science Everyone has heard of DNA — the molecule that seems to hold the secrets of all life, but hardly anyone has heard of the ribosome. While DNA …
Fri 15th March - Corpus Christi Choir at the Travellers British Luncheon (1916) and the Cambridge Society of Paris invite you to a recital by the choir of Corpus Christi College Cambridge at the Travellers Club, 25 Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris at 7.30 pm Friday 15th March. The choir will consist of Choral Scholars …
Thurs 28th March - Oxford and Cambridge Talk :Â The Menace of Monolinguism Is Monolingualism harming us? Does the study of language benefit the individual and society? Can multilingualism contribute towards our health and well-being, social cohesion and diplomacy? Who better to answer these questions than Wendy Ayers-Bennett, Professor of French Philology and Linguistics at the …
Tue 2nd April 19:00 – Meet with the Vice Chancellor, Stephen Toope Professor Stephen Toope, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, is coming to Paris and we have set up an opportunity for our members to meet him and get first hand information on how he sees the future of the University and what is being …
Wed 3th April 19:00 - 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. This month we have invited alumni from UCL to join us. We have renegotiated the deal with Murphy’s and you will need to present …
The President and Committee of the Oxford University Society of Paris are pleased to invite our members and guests to a dinner which will be addressed by: Dr. Paul Roberts,  Sackler Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum and governing body Fellow of Wolfson Oxford, MA Cantab (Downing 1980) on the subject of the exhibition he is curating: "Last Supper …
Sat 13th April – Visit to the Catacombs Trinity College Dublin Alumni in Paris has invited CamSoc to join them in a visit with a difference to the Catacombs. Audric de Campeau is a beekeeper with hives located on several rooftops in Paris. He makes mead in the Catacombs from his honey. The visit will include a …
Thurs 16th May - The first Glory Days of Paris lecture Artists of Montmartre; the Pilgrims of Babylon : Douglas Lyndon-Skeggs There is no name more evocative of Bohemian life, of high spirits, decadence, poverty and revolutionary art in Paris than Montmartre, home to some of France’s greatest artists. Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso would paint …
Fri 17th May 19:30 to Sunday 19th May 16:00 – A weekend in the Aude, at a Château and Winery Graham Nutter (Fitzwilliam 1996) runs the Château St Jacques d’Albas, a wine chateau in the Minervois region of France, approximately 20 minutes from Carcassonne and 90 minutes from Toulouse. He proposes that Cambridge Alumni come …
Thursday 23rd May at 6:30pm (sharp) The Oxford & Cambridge Garden Party at the British Ambassador's Residence The British Ambassador, Lord Llewellyn, has again agreed to welcome us at his Residence for our annual Garden Party. This year, in addition to members of the Oxford Society and their guests, members of the Cercle Franco-Britannique of Sciences …
THE ARTISTS OF MONTMARTRE -  Guided walk in Montmartre on Tuesday 28th May at 2:30pm There is no name more evocative of Bohemian life, of high spirits, decadence, poverty and revolutionary art in Paris than Montmartre, home to some of France’s greatest artists. Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso would paint canvases that would shake the very …
Tue 4th June - Shakespeare in the Shakespeare Garden, Bois de Boulogne (Pré Catalan) The Merry Wives of Windsor by the Tower Theatre Company The Women of Windsor take on Sir John Falstaff and his cronies, in a garden party extravaganza of Shakespeare's classic comedy. Laundry baskets at the ready! Ford and Page have a problem. Sir …