Bio: Kirsten recently graduated with a Master’s Degree in English Literature from Brigham Young University. Though her studies spanned the British literary canon, Woolf’s writing repeatedly surfaced in her research projects and papers. Her thesis investigates the connection between Woolf’s obsessive memories of her mother, which she psychoanalyzed in the process of writing To the Lighthouse (1927),Continue reading “IVWS Office Profile: Kirsten Burningham (Membership Co-Coordinator)”
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IVWS Officer Profile: Shilo McGiff (Social Media Coordinator)
Bio Shilo McGiff is a founder and Co-Conspirator at the Woolf Salon Project. Along with Valérie Favre, she is Guest Editor of the Virginia Woolf Miscellany Issue #99: “Portmanteau Woolf.” Her writing can be found in Virginia Woolf and the Anthropocene (June, 2024), Virginia Woolf – Objects, Things, Matter (forthcoming, 2025), Virginia Woolf and Ethics:Continue reading “IVWS Officer Profile: Shilo McGiff (Social Media Coordinator)”
IVWS Officer Profile: Marcia James (incoming Secretary-Treasurer)
Introduction Greetings and thank you for allowing me to serve as the Secretary/Treasurer of the International Virginia Woolf Society from 2024 through 2027. I was asked to run for election because I happened to mention in an email thread “my boring financial experience” (and probably because I kept asking questions about money). I’ve enjoyed myContinue reading “IVWS Officer Profile: Marcia James (incoming Secretary-Treasurer)”
IVWS Officer Profile: Amy Smith (incoming Vice President)
Bio Amy C. Smith is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in English at Lamar University (Texas, USA), where she teaches courses in Ethics, Mythology, and British and World literatures, and from 2017-2020 served as Director of Faculty Development. She holds degrees in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from Binghamton University (SUNY), and has published on Woolf, Iris Murdoch,Continue reading “IVWS Officer Profile: Amy Smith (incoming Vice President)”
IVWS Officer Profile: Ben Leubner (incoming President)
Bio Ben Leubner studied literature at the University of California-Santa Cruz, Southern Oregon University, Montana State University, and Northeastern University, where he earned his PhD in 2009, writing his dissertation on 20th century American poetics and Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language. He has taught literature at Montana State University ever since, where he regularly offers coursesContinue reading “IVWS Officer Profile: Ben Leubner (incoming President)”
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)”
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”
Call: IVWS Membership Coordinator(s)
Please see the call below (written up by Erin Kingsley!) for an IVWS Membership Coordinator. Erin’s term is coming to an end this June 2022, and we’re all so grateful for the time and attention she’s given to our members over the past few years. We need someone new—maybe two someones—to serve in this role. Please read throughContinue reading “Call: IVWS Membership Coordinator(s)”
IVWS Members Event feat. Emily Kopley (8 November 2021)
IVWS 2021 Fall Lecture: Virginia Woolf’s Poetry Library Date: 8 November 2021Time: 1:00pm 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.) In this talk, Emily Kopley studies the extant library of VirginiaContinue reading “IVWS Members Event feat. Emily Kopley (8 November 2021)”
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