Category Archives: Conferences

The Future of Intelligence in Florence, Villa Il Palmerino 8-10 september 2023

Posted on 28/08/2023 by geoffroysophie

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The Future of Intelligence: a Multidisciplinary Vernon Lee Conference, 8-10 September 2023, Florence and Online

Posted on 25/01/2023 by geoffroysophie

“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!

Posted on 26/12/2022 by geoffroysophie

« … 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

Posted on 23/09/2022 by geoffroysophie

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

Posted on 11/09/2022 by geoffroysophie

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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Dante Conference in Florence, 1-2 October 2021: Intarsi Danteschi

Posted on 26/09/2021 by geoffroysophie

Dear friends of Vernon Lee and her circle, this year marks the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death (Ravenna, September 1321). We are delighted to forward the invitation to attend the important Conference held in Florence, where the poet of poets … Continue reading →

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Annual Vernon Lee Lecture of the IVLS : Madeleine Goodall on “The Humanism of Clementina Anstruther-Thomson”

Posted on 23/09/2021 by geoffroysophie

Dear readers, this year’s annual event will be dedicated to Vernon Lee’s bosom friend and collaborator: the humanist Clementina (“Kit”) Anstruther-Thomson, who passed away a century ago, on July 7th 1921. We are delighted and honoured to announce that this … Continue reading →

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Vernon Lee and HoL at ESSE 2021 !

Posted on 27/08/2021 by geoffroysophie

Dans le cadre du 15ème colloque international de l’ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) organisé par l’Université de Lyon et qui se déroulera en ligne du 30 Août au 3 Septembre 2021, la base de données Holographical-Lee (HoL) Vernon … Continue reading →

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Vernon Lee 2019: An Anniversary Conference, Florence, 30-31 May 2019

Posted on 27/06/2019 by geoffroysophie

  Dear Readers and Vernon Lee scholars, we are just back from Florence, barely touching ground after the major Vernon Lee event of the year. Generously housed at the British Institute and the Villa Il Palmerino, beautifully organised by Patricia … Continue reading →

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CFP: Vernon Lee Seminar in Paris, March 8, 2016

Posted on 25/01/2016 by geoffroysophie

Dear friends, dear colleagues chers ami-e-s et collègues, a one-day seminar on Vernon Lee will take place next March 8th, 2016 (International Woman’s Day), at the Université Paris-Diderot-Sorbonne-Cité about: « Vernon lee and her circle : Women committed to freedom … Continue reading →

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