Harvard Emmanuel Dinner

As the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, I have the pleasure, together with the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom, of inviting you to the annual Harvard Dinner on Saturday, 28 June 2025 at Emmanuel College.

We are delighted to announce that Ms Sonita Alleyne OBE, will deliver the after-dinner talk entitled Leadership. Ms Alleyne was elected Master of Jesus College Cambridge in 2019. She leads the governing body of the College and is proud to have created initiatives at Jesus College, which focus on Careers, Community Engagement, and Creative Practice.

The dinner offers a wonderful opportunity for Harvard graduates in the United Kingdom and current Harvard students to meet, share memories of Harvard, and enjoy a formal evening in the College from which John Harvard graduated in the 17th century. This year the Cambridge University Schola Cantorum will provide music during the evening. You will receive a warm welcome from this year’s Harvard-Cambridge Scholars: Dhruv Goel, Sameer Khan, Evon Thompson and me.

The Harvard Dinner is very popular and can seat only 130 guests. At times the event is oversubscribed, and replies are handled strictly in the order of receipt online or by email. Therefore, please apply for your places as early as possible before the deadline of Friday 13 June. Applications received after the Hall is filled will be placed on a waiting list.

Drinks will be served from 6.45pm in the Master’s Garden or, in case of rain, in the Old Library. Dinner will commence promptly at 7.30pm in Hall. Dress is black tie.

If you are planning to spend a night or weekend in Cambridge, we recommend that you arrange accommodation now [http://www.visitcambridge.org/accommodation]. June is peak season for Cambridge hotels. We regret that no guest accommodation or parking are available in Emmanuel College.

We hope you are able to join us at the dinner where the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom, my fellow scholars and I very much look forward to meeting you.

Kari Traylor, Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar, 2024-2025

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Joan Porter MacIver, HCUK Annual Harvard Dinner Coordinator & HCUK Past President