Announcements
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On this day, February 13, 1935: Vernon Lee turned to the wall…
Cui bono J’ai en moi le sentiment grandissant du manque complet de but dans la vie en elle-même, ou plutôt de la nature illusoire des différentes fins que nous appliquons, par manière d’acquit, aux différentes parties de la vie. Mais,… Continue reading
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Time for membership renewal
Dear members, dear friends, with my very best wishes for 2024, I wish to express, like I did last year, my dearest wish that peace may reign on earth, as Vernon Lee herself desired. During the past year, this natural… Continue reading
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The Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese Translations of Vernon Lee
Queridos lectores, amigos de Vernon Lee, A principios de 2024, quiero destacar el notable trabajo realizado por los traductores, editores científicos, críticos, estudiantes o simples aficionados de Vernon Lee en español, catalán, portugués de Portugal y portugués de Brasil. La… Continue reading
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The Future of Intelligence in Florence, Villa Il Palmerino 8-10 september 2023
Ticket sales are open, the Eventbrite page is here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-intelligence-a-multidisciplinary-vernon-lee-conference-tickets-648328958367?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl Continue reading
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Ossessioni: a new translation of Hauntings in Italian
Ossessioni, Raccolta di raconti gotici At long last, a translation into Italian of Vernon Lee’s best-known fantastic texts! This is great news indeed! Continue reading
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The Future of Intelligence: a Multidisciplinary Vernon Lee Conference, 8-10 September 2023, Florence and Online
“Intelligence is especially preservative and sheltering. It is the natural purifier and tidier-up where Genius and Stupidity, disrupting and corrupting by turns, have played the deuce with our poor mortal heritage. And in the face of the millionfold sacrifices of… Continue reading
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
« … presents give me a very lively and special pleasure; have done so always ever since my days of Christmas-trees and birthday candles, leaving all through my life a particular permeating charm connected with certain dates and seasons, like the… Continue reading
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Colloque international, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 13-14 Octobre 2022
Dear readers, We are delighted to invite you to attend the international conference organised by Pr. Marc Rolland (ULCO) in Boulogne-sur-mer, where Violet Paget was born on October 14, 1856. The annual General Meeting of the International Vernon Lee Society… Continue reading
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Vernon Lee, Aesthetics & Empathy: Conference in Cambridge, 12-13 September 2022
Dear Vernon Lee friends, Don’t miss tomorrow’s important conference on Vernon Lee’s philosophy of art and empathy, organised by Derek Matravers and Sally Blackburn-Daniels! Conference Programme 12th September 09:00 Tea and Coffee 09:30 Welcome 09:40 Jesse Prinz: ‘Is Aesthetic Experience… Continue reading
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A Summer with Vernon Lee : 28-31 August 2022 at Villa Il Palmerino
Dear friends and readers, we are delighted to announce the series of events organised by the Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino. Scheduled on August 28, 29, 30 and 31: IN VERNON LEE’S NAME will present a series of artistic and creative… Continue reading
