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Events & Dining
Thursday
5
OCT
2023
Emma Connects: Monthly Puzzle
Get your thinking hats on with Bobby Seagull's mind-bending monthly puzzle (to be released on 5th October).
September's puzzle can be found by clicking here and all previous solutions are in the PDF link below.
If you like Maths and want more puzzles you can visit Bobby's YouTube channel where he and Susan Okereke post every Tuesday and Thursday.
Tuesday
17
OCT
2023
The Economic History of English Gardens
6:00pm – Zoom
Join us for an intriguing talk by Sir Roderick Floud on the economic history of English gardens, with a special focus on the changes made to the Emma pond and paddock areas in the 1960s.
Sir Roderick Floud is an economic historian, with publications on topics as diverse as technological change, the use of IT in the study of history, the evolution of technical education and changes in human height, health and welfare. He holds six honorary fellowships and degrees from Oxbridge and London institutions, was elected an Academician of the Social Sciences in 2000 and became a Fellow of the British Academy in 2002.
Please complete the booking form to register for this online talk. Joining details will be emailed to you ahead of the talk.
Wednesday
18
OCT
2023
Entrepreneurs' Workshop with Dej Mahoney (1982): Realising Creative Value through Rights, Experience and Relationships
6:00pm – Zoom
Join Dej Mahoney as he leads October's workshop, entitled 'Realising Creative Value through Rights, Experience and Relationships'.
Dej is trained as a barrister, became a senior executive with Sony Music and is currently non-executive Chairman of West One Music Group: the leading, independent supplier of music to the broadcast and media industries. His eccentric career path, through dealings under his company label AOB, has seen him as a co-founding director of respectively the first ever Barclaycard World Freerun Championships, the world’s largest children’s choir concert series and most recently, India’s first, subscription-based content platform serving its burgeoning community of creators.
He is keen to explore the opportunities in entrepreneurship for those who are not savant inventors or online marketing prodigies, but who may simply be able to attach themselves to valuable intellectual properties and/or dynamic ventures through demonstrating relevant skills and leveraging fertile networks.
To book, please complete the form here, and the Zoom details will be sent to you shortly before the event. Booking closes on Monday 16 October 2023.
Friday
20
OCT
2023
Emmanuel Society Dinner in Liverpool
7:00pm – Hope Street Hotel, 40 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9DA
We invite Members to join the Master and Dr Bendall for dinner in the boutique surroundings of Liverpool's magnificent Hope Street Hotel. Pre-dinner drinks are served from 7:00pm, followed by dinner at 7:30pm. The dress code is lounge suits or equivalent.
Please click here to be taken through to the booking form. Booking closes on Tuesday 3 October.
Members are also being offered a discounted rate (subject to availability) if they would like to stay overnight. If you wish to take advantage of this offer, please contact the Development Office to request the promotional code.
Wednesday
8
NOV
2023
Talk by Dr Jason Bell, author of Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada’s Greatest Spy
5:30pm – Harrods Room, Queen's Building, Emmanuel College
In public life, Emmanuel member Winthrop Bell (1884-1965, matric 1909) was a Harvard philosophy professor and wealthy businessman. As MI6 Secret Agent A12, he evaded gunfire and shook pursuers to break open Nazi conspiracies. His reports, the first warnings of the plot for World War II, went directly to top of MI6 and to prime ministers, sabotaging the Nazis in ways only now revealed.
Fighting an epic intelligence war from Ukraine, Russia, and Poland to France, Germany, Canada and Washington, DC, Bell was the real-life 007, waging a single-handed fight against madmen bent on destroying the world. Without his courage, the Nazis could have won the war.
Jason Bell, Ph.D., is associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick. He has served as Fulbright Professor in Germany (at Göttingen, Winthrop Bell’s alma mater), and has taught at universities in Belgium, the United States, and Canada. He was the first scholar granted exclusive access to Winthrop’s declassified espionage papers.
Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada’s Greatest Spy, the new book by Jason Bell, is informed by recently declassified documents, and is the first book to illuminate the exploits of Winthrop Bell, Agent A12.
Dr Bell will discuss his work in a special presentation, followed by a discussion and questions from the audience.
This free-to-attend talk will tell the story of a little-known character with a connection to the college.
Following the talk, members are invited to join the Master and Dr Bell at High Table by using their dining privileges.
Saturday
11
NOV
2023
Handel's Messiah from Scratch
2:00pm – Chapel, Emmanuel College
An opportunity to enjoy a sing- and play-through of Handel’s Messiah 'from Scratch' (no rehearsal!) in the college chapel, conducted by Graham Walker, Director of Music. We will be joined by the chapel choir and members of the Emmanuel College Music Society.
Singers and players are invited to join in, as well as brave listeners! This event is always tremendously fun for musicians and listeners alike, adding an exhilarating twist to Handel's festive masterpiece.
Messiah is scored for strings, oboes, bassoon and trumpets.
There is a charge of £10 for members attending this special musical event. Following the performance, refreshments will be served in the atmospheric surroundings of the Old Library.
To book, please complete the online booking form. Further details on arrangements for players will be sent out ahead of the event.
Friday
17
NOV
2023
Emmanuel Society AGM
6:00pm
The Emmanuel Society AGM takes place on Friday 17 November. This event is open to all members of the college. Refreshments will be served. Members are invited to join the meeting and use their High Table dining rights for dinner after the meeting, from 7:15pm.
If you would like to attend, please complete the booking form.
Saturday
25
NOV
2023
Emmanuel Society Culture Club - A visit to the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
4:45pm – Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA
We are delighted to offer members the opportunity to visit Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy for a special guided tour and talk with Paul Fellows, Chair of the Cambridge Astronomical Association (1982).
The guided visit will comprise a tour of the historic buildings and telescope observatory, and a talk by Paul on the discovery of planets beyond the solar system.
If the evening is clear, you'll have the opportunity to look up at the night's sky through the telescopes and learn to navigate the constellations. If the weather is not conducive to stargazing, you'll enjoy a planetarium-style show indoors.
This free-to-attend event takes place at the Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Meet the group in the Hoyle Building from 4.45pm. The event will finish at around 7pm.
Places are limited, so early booking is recommended. Guests are warmly welcomed. Booking closes on Friday 17 November 2023.
Tuesday
28
NOV
2023
Entrepreneurs' Workshop with Ryan Walter (2021)
6:00pm – Zoom
Join Ryan Walter as he leads November's workshop. Further details will follow in due course.
To book, please complete the form here, and the Zoom details will be sent to you a few days before the event. Booking closes on Monday 27 November 2023.
Tuesday
5
DEC
2023
College and Society Carol Service
6:30pm – The Temple Church, King's Bench Walk, London, EC4Y 7BB
Members are invited to our annual Advent carol service in London. Join the Chapel Choir as they sing carols and share festive greetings!
Refreshments will be available after the service. There is no need to book but it is helpful to give us an indication of numbers for catering. Please complete the booking form if you can.
Tuesday
12
MAR
2024
Saturday
23
MAR
2024
Gathering of Members (1992, 1993 & 1994)
Our March 2024 Gathering sees us welcome back Members who matriculated in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Further details and invitations will be sent out towards the end of January 2024.
Saturday
21
SEP
2024
Gathering of Members (1984, 1985 & 1986)
Our September 2024 Gathering sees us welcome back Members who matriculated in 1984, 1985 and 1986. Further details and invitations will be sent out towards the end of July 2024.