The International Virginia Woolf Society is pleased to host the Annual Undergraduate Essay Competition in honor of Virginia Woolf and in memory of Angelica Garnett, writer, artist, and daughter of Woolf’s sister, Vanessa Bell. For this competition, undergraduate essays can be on any topic pertaining to the writings of Virginia Woolf. Essays should be betweenContinue reading “Call for Submissions: 2023 Angelica Garnett Undergraduate Essay Prize”
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Call for Nominations: New Officers and Advisory Board
In May 2023, the IVWS will hold elections for new officers as well as members of its Advisory Board (i.e., members-at-large). Current members-at-large may self-nominate to continue their service on the board. Per a pre-election ballot held earlier in March, the Society will expand its Advisory Board, accommodating up to 10 members. Per the resultsContinue reading “Call for Nominations: New Officers and Advisory Board”
IVWS Members Event feat. 2021/2022 Winners of the Angelica Garnett Prize (24 March 2023)
IVWS Spring Virtual Event Featuring a Panel of the 2021/2022 Angelica Garnett Undergraduate Essay Prize Recipients Date: 24 March 2023Time: 2:00–3:30pm EDT (New York)/6:00–7:30pm GMT (London)(The event will take place over Zoom. Members will be sent a Zoom link via email ahead of the event. The event will be recorded and made available to IVWSContinue reading “IVWS Members Event feat. 2021/2022 Winners of the Angelica Garnett Prize (24 March 2023)”
Alex Clarke: Woolf as Expressionist? (Approaches to Emotional Expression)
Triangulating Lukács, Bloch, and Woolf As part of a Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies research project at Birkbeck University (London), I learned to situate Virginia Woolf’s works in relation to a thought-battle between German Expressionists and Realists. Specifically, the study looked at the fiery discussion between George Lukács and Ernst Bloch in Aesthetics and Politics.Continue reading “Alex Clarke: Woolf as Expressionist? (Approaches to Emotional Expression)”
2022 Angelica Garnett Undergraduate Essay Prize Results
Each year, the IVWS runs the annual Angelica Garnett Undergraduate Essay Prize contest. The winner traditionally wins a cash prize and publication in a future issue of Virginia Woolf Miscellany. This year, the field was incredibly competitive. The judges recommended a winner, but the second and third place essays were so excellent that they alsoContinue reading “2022 Angelica Garnett Undergraduate Essay Prize Results”
Gwen Rose: Thoughts on the Woolf Salon Project
On September 30th, a number of Woolfians assembled online for a meeting of the Woolf Salon Project, a semi-formal, regular gathering , to discuss Woolf’s work. The Woolf Salon Project is amazing, though I’ve only been a part of it for a short time—and this session, in particular, transcended literary discussion in a way thatContinue reading “Gwen Rose: Thoughts on the Woolf Salon Project”
Marlene Dirschauer: “If a book has a base that is stands upon…”
If a book has a base that it stands upon, if it is a bowl that one fills and fills and fills, then my book without a doubt stands upon this memory. It is of lying on my balcony on a lovely spring afternoon, reading To the Lighthouse (1927) for the first time and beingContinue reading “Marlene Dirschauer: “If a book has a base that is stands upon…””
IVWS Members Event feat. Beth Rigel Daugherty (10 Oct 2022)
IVWS 2022 Fall Lecture: Learning and Essaying: From Adeline Virginia Stephen to Virginia Woolf Date: 10 October 2022Time: 1:00–2:30pm ET (New York)(The event will take place over Zoom. Members will be sent a Zoom link via email ahead of the event. The event will be recorded and made available to IVWS members.) The IVWS isContinue reading “IVWS Members Event feat. Beth Rigel Daugherty (10 Oct 2022)”
James Kearns: Woolf Walks
“I don’t think I could ever grow tired of this country.” [1] Whenever we are there, we walk the circumference of these standing stones: The Merry Maidens. We do this each time because we know that Virginia Woolf would have done the same; we touch the top of each of them in turn before walkingContinue reading “James Kearns: Woolf Walks”
Call for IVWS Blog Posts
Have you recently published an essay, an article, or a book that addresses Virginia Woolf and/or her circle? Are you an artist whose work is inspired by or a response to Woolf? Would you like a way to promote your research and/or art to a wide, Woolf-interested audience? We have more questions! Do you connectContinue reading “Call for IVWS Blog Posts”
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