The Oxford and Cambridge Society of New England cordially invites you to the
Annual Christmas Dinner
Friday December 2nd, 2022
6:30-10:00pm
Winchester Country Club
Our Christmas dinner speaker, Eric Nelson (Trinity, Cambridge) is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Government at Harvard University. His talk is entitled:
The Early-Modern Rehabilitation of ‘Democracy’
Professor Nelson earned his PhD at Cambridge, where his advisor was Quentin Skinner. He has been a Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard, and he has written four books on the history of Western political thought. He was also the editor of Hobbes's translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey for the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. He has received numerous awards and fellowships for scholarship, and his many essays and papers have been widely published.
Attire for gentlemen will be black tie, college blazer or business suit.
The event is open to OxCamNE members and their guests. Tickets cost $125 per person ($95 for student members) including wine and port with dinner and a reception drink. Please register online. For more information contact secretary@oxcamne.org. Advance reservation is required and should be made by Sunday November 27th.
The Winchester Country Club has ample parking. The Clubhouse and its main and upper parking lots are located across the street from 11 Arlington Street, Winchester; we recommend you put this address into your GPS. The club is a short Lyft/Uber ride from the Alewife T Station.
The Annual Meeting of Members (AGM) and the Regular Meeting of Directors will take place at the dinner. Members in good standing will receive the official notice of the meeting in a separate email.
Sincerely,
Jason Ng
Jason Ng (New College, Oxford),
President of the Society