OPEN CAMBRIDGE
Education and culture in Europe have created a mosaic.
Cambridge University has laid some of its pieces. Its colleges have long welcomed students from all parts of Europe and beyond.
The NEW EUROPE Society intends to bring people together.
We organise cultural events from concerts and recitals, to exhibitions and talks, building new bridges of understanding and dialogue.
NEW EUROPE
We live in a Europe much changed in recent decades.
Europa – In Greek mythology a Phoenician princess abducted by Zeus.
The term “Europe” derives from the Greek words meaning broad or wide (eurys) and face or eyes (ops) which would suggest intelligence or open-mindedness.
Geographically it stood for mainland Greece and by 500 BC the term was extended to the north.
The division of the Roman Empire into “Oriens-Occidens Europa”, Latin in the West, Greek in the East, marked the continent profoundly.
In 1956 princess Europa appeared on postage stamps commemorating a “United Europe” and as a symbol of pan-europeanism is depicted on the Greek €. 2 as on several other commemorative coins.
Europe is one of the seven continents. It covers 10,180,000 square kilometres or 2 % of the Earth’s surface and 6.8 % of the planet’s total land area with a population of 731 million, about 11% of the world’s population.
Fight for survival, freedom and liberty have marked Europe’s history.
Territories have changed hands, peoples moved and fled to other countries.
Differences of language, religion and economic system have brought people together or separated them.
Education and culture in Europe have created a mosaic.
Cambridge University has laid some of its pieces and celebrates next year its 8th centenary. Its colleges have long welcomed students from all parts of Europe and beyond. Their improved knowledge helped make people in their countries aware of the possibilities of collaborative growth.
The Austro-Hungarian empire, united middle Europe’s 11 principal national groups. Its motto “indivisibiliter ac inseparabiliter” should still apply and we adopt it as our symbol.
Freedom of expression, movement, election and union are rights we take for granted.
The NEW EUROPE Society celebrates our liberties, brings people together, connect dreams, aims, lives. We organise cultural events from concerts and recitals to exhibitions, talks, on literature, music, art, language, technology and science, building new bridges of understanding, dialogue and collaboration for everybody interested.
OPEN CAMBRIDGE
FROM OUR PATRON
I do believe that the NEW EUROPE Society has
an important role to play, providing through a
varied programmes of events, an opportunity
to share knowledge and cultures, creating
good will and a greater sense of understanding.
On behalf of “The NEW EUROPE Society”, to all
those who have given support in various ways
and have helped to make this Society such a
success, may I say a big – Thank You!
Countess Ilona Esterhazy
Patron of
The NEW EUROPE Society
FROM OUR CHAIRMAN
Your attendance at our events shows appreciation
for our work and our chosen performers.
We are very grateful for your support.
Adrian Tuchel
Chairman