Tag Archives: International Vernon Lee Society

Happy 169th Birthday Vernon Lee !

Posted on 14/10/2025 by geoffroysophie

On this day, October 14, 1856, 169 years ago, Violet Paget, later known as “Vernon Lee”, was born at the Château du Pont Feuillet, Saint Léonard near Boulogne-sur-Mer (France). It is such a pleasure to recall our discovery of the … Continue reading →

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Vernon Lee and the European cultural heritage: Reciprocal influences and intermedial dialogue – Influences réciproques et dialogue intermédial – Paris, September 18 & 19, 2025

Posted on 15/04/2025 by geoffroysophie

Dear readers, we are delighted to forward the final programme of the conference organised by Prof. Christophe GELLY (Université de Clermont Auvergne) and Emilie LAURENT (PhD Université de Clermont Auvergne), under the aegis of ECHELLES UMR 8225 and CELIS 4280, … Continue reading →

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Dedication: Unfurling Vernon Lee’s Kinship Networks, Online 16 & 17 October 2024

Posted on 10/10/2024 by geoffroysophie

Dear readers and friends of Vernon Lee, we are delighted to share the final programme of the online conference “Dedication: Unfurling Vernon Lee’s Kinship Networks”, supported by the International Vernon Lee Society. Organized by Frankie Dytor (University of Exeter), Lucinda … Continue reading →

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Dedication: Unfurling Vernon Lee’s Kinship Networks -16 & 17 October 2024

Posted on 20/08/2024 by geoffroysophie

We are delighted to announce that registration is now OPEN through eventbrite at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dedication-unfurling-vernon-lees-kinship-networks-tickets-990567924327 Looking forward to seeing you there, to celebrate Vernon Lee’s birthday together for the 11th time since the IVLS was created! The event is … Continue reading →

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Vernon Lee, Queer Musicology and a Book review

Posted on 19/07/2024 by geoffroysophie

Review of Kristin M. Franseen, Imagining Musical Pasts: The Queer Literary Musicology of Vernon Lee, Rosa Newmarch, and Edward Prime-Stevenson , Liverpool: Liverpool University Press & Clemson University Press, 2023. ISBN 9781638040583. eISBN 9781638040590. 280 pages The book is organized … Continue reading →

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Revues en lutte : les sciences sociales contre l’extrême droite

Posted on 02/07/2024 by geoffroysophie

Chers lecteurs et lectrices, En cette heure grave, face à l’extrême droite qui est désormais aux portes du pouvoir en France, et comme Vernon Lee qui ne renonça jamais à sa liberté de pensée et d’expression face au fascisme, au … Continue reading →

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Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino: 2 events: May 30 and June 4, 2024

Posted on 27/05/2024 by geoffroysophie

Dear friends and readers of Vernon Lee, we are delighted to share with you the exciting news from our sister association, the Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino, which keeps Vernon Lee’s heritage alive and thriving. For Vernon Lee scholars, Anatole France … Continue reading →

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CFP: Dedication: Unfurling Vernon Lee’s Kinship Networks, An International Vernon Lee Society Symposium. Online, October 16 & 17, 2024

Posted on 28/03/2024 by geoffroysophie

Call For Papers Dedication: Unfurling Vernon Lee’s Kinship Networks An International Vernon Lee Society Symposium Online, 16 & 17 October 2024 In the essay ‘New Friends and Old’ in Hortus Vitae: Essays on the Gardening of Life (1903), Vernon Lee … Continue reading →

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The International Vernon Lee Society Welcomes New Committee Members

Posted on 03/03/2024 by Sally Blackburn-Daniels

Introducing the new members of the International Vernon Lee Society. Continue reading →

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Time for membership renewal

Posted on 01/02/2024 by geoffroysophie

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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