Category Archives: IVLS

10th Anniversary Annual Meeting of the IVLS – Villa Il Palmerino, Florence, September 9, 2023

Posted on 25/09/2023 by geoffroysophie

Sabato 9 settembre 2023, si è tenuto il nostro decimo incontro annuale presso Villa Il Palmerino, a Firenze: casa di Vernon Lee, ora sede della nostra cara associazione gemella: l’Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino. Questo evento è stato un’esperienza indimenticabile, un’occasione … Continue reading →

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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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“Perhaps because it was Christmas Eve…”

Posted on 24/12/2021 by geoffroysophie

Dear readers, Chers amis de Vernon Lee, with this charming piece from Vernon Lee’s collection Hortus Vitae, we wish you all a merry Christmas! avec ce charmant texte extrait du recueil de Vernon Lee Hortus Vitae nous vous souhaitons un … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: IVLS annual event: Humanism and Freethought with Humanists UK

Posted on 15/10/2021 by geoffroysophie

Dear readers, followers and friends, Yesterday was Violet Paget’s birthday. Born on 14th of October 1856 at Château St Léonard, Boulogne-sur-mer, she would have been 165 this year. When she was born, the doctor congratulated her mother with a typical … 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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