Violet Paget, Studio Broggi, Florence
“Literature is the universal confidant, the spiritual director of mankind" Vernon Lee
Portrait de Miss Paget par Berthe Noufflard, 1932
"L’avantage d’être écrivain, même sans lecteurs, c’est de pouvoir éviter tout malentendu et toute déloyauté en mettant sous les yeux des autres ce qu’on pense sous forme de livre." VL, Lettre à Berthe Noufflard 26 juillet 1925
Miss Paget, portrait photographique par André Noufflard
« Mais si seulement les gens voulaient reconnaître dans leurs semblables : des semblables, l’autre soi-même du Bouddhisme ou du moins une pauvre bête aussi capable de souffrance et d’erreur que soi-même ! » (Vernon Lee, Lettre à Mathilde Hecht, 30 décembre 1921)
Category Archives: Conferences
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
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
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
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
Dante Conference in Florence, 1-2 October 2021: Intarsi Danteschi
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”
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
Vernon Lee and HoL at ESSE 2021 !
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
Vernon Lee 2019: An Anniversary Conference, Florence, 30-31 May 2019
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
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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