The OUSV hold regular social events for members and guests throughout the year including the Annual Dinner, quarterly speaker lunches and informal drinks.
Check out the Photo Gallery to see past events. For Calendar view click HERE.
To join this group, please contact secretary.ousv@gmail.com
The guest speaker for our June Lunch is Dr Miranda Wallace
The title of Miranda’s presentation is:
Collecting Monet: Boston and the French Impressionists
Dr Miranda Wallace is Senior Curator of International Exhibitions at the NGV. She studied art history at the University of Queensland before undertaking her PhD at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. For the last 18 years she has specialised in exhibition curation, working in partnership with international museums, and collaborating with curators and exhibition designers to develop major exhibitions about modern and contemporary art and design.Since joining NGV in 2015 she has curated or co-curated major exhibitions including MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art in 2018, Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto in 2021, The Picasso Century in 2022 and Yayoi Kusama in 2024. Most recently she has worked on the 2025 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition, French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Lunch is at the Kelvin Club (www.kelvinclub.com) where we meet from 12-30 pm onwards. A two-course meal is served at 1 pm and the formal part of the proceedings will conclude around 2-15 pm.
OUSV and CSV members and guests $70
Non-members $80
Drinks may be purchased at the bar in advance
Queries: please contact secretary.ousv@gmail.com
The Patron and President of the Oxford University Society in Victoria request the pleasure of your company at the Society’s 30th Anniversary Dinner
Dress Code: Black Tie preferred
Russell Goulbourne completed his MA, MSt and DPhil at Keble College, Oxford. He was Professor of Early Modern French Literature at the University of Leeds and also Head of Department. In 2014 Russell moved to King’s College London as Professor of French Literature and was Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. In 2019 he joined the University of Melbourne as Professor of French Literature and was Dean of the Faculty of Arts from January 2019 to January 2024.
Dinner - Early Bird Price - OUSV Members & Guests pp – $160 – until 18 July
Dinner - Full Price - OUSV Members & Guests pp – $175
FYI the dinner is arranged in tables of 10.
OUSV Lunch - Kelvin Club - 17 September 2025
Save the Date - Details to follow
OUSV Annual General Meeting and Dinner
Save the date - Details to follow
2 December 2025 - Details to follow
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