Programma
- 13.30 uur: deuren open
- 14 uur: Introductie door Sarah van Kersschaever, hoofdredactrice van De Standaard der Letteren
- 14.20 - 15.30 uur: Dr. Claire Nicholson, Chair Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, "Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own”, gevolgd door Q&A. Nicholson brengt een lecture over Virginia Woolf en over één van Woolfs meest invloedrijke essays tot op de dag van vandaag: A Room of One’s Own. Claire Nicholson beheerst de kunst om zowel de leek als de Woolf-adept te begeesteren over het genie van Virginia Woolf. (Voertaal: Engels)
- 15.30 - 16 uur: pauze met frisdrank aangeboden door de Gordon Square Society
- 16 uur: Introductie door Sarah van Kersschaever, hoofdredactrice van De Standaard der Letteren
- 16.10 - 17 uur: performance door Hilde Van Mieghem, Marie Vinck en Tess Bryant: Beyond Borders II - Isabel Miquel Arqués in dialogue with Virginia Woolf (Voertaal: Engels en Nederlands)
Praktisch
- Donderdag 23 november van 13 tot 17 uur
- Nottebohmzaal, ingang via Hendrik Conscienceplein 4, 2000 Antwerpen
- Prijs ticket voor de hele middag: € 30
- Reserveren via info@gordonsquaresociety.net
- Deze activiteit is intussen uitverkocht.
BLOOMSBURY GROUP & VIRGINIA WOOLF
The Bloomsbury Group consisted of a group of English intellectuals (including writers, philosophers, economists, and artists) in London at the beginning of the 20th century. Its main members were Virginia & Leonard Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, Vanessa & Clive Bell, Duncan Grant, E.M. Forster, Roger Fry, Desmond & Molly MacCarthy, Saxon Sydney-Turner and Lytton Strachey .
The group had its origins in a secret society of undergraduates at Cambridge called The Apostles. From 1904, Thoby Stephen, the brother of Vanessa & Virginia Stephen, continued the weekly discussions with his intellectual friends at the At Homes in his home at 46 Gordon Square, in London's Bloomsbury district. From these meetings steadily grew a desire to live by a set of new principles.
The Bloomsburies broke with prevailing conservative Victorian morality, which preached rigid social conventions, sexual repression and strictly defined artistic norms. They valued intellectual discussions and encouraged innovation and individual freedom of expression in art, literature and life. They favoured gender equality and were open to various forms of relationships and sexuality. In short, from their humanist beliefs, they were aiming for a more liberated and open society in which individuals could follow their own path, free from stifling traditional norms and expectations.
Beauty was an important and comprehensive concept for the Bloomsbury Group. It was not merely regarded as an aesthetic quality, but also as a tool of giving meaning and purpose to life. For them, it was a source of inspiration and enrichment.
Virginia Woolf was a central figure within the Bloomsbury Group. She owed her influence not only to her brilliant innovative literary creations, but also to her sharp wit, her critical mind and her progressive ideas on art and feminism.
November Boekenmaand
Deze activiteit maakt deel uit van November Boekenmaand in Antwerpen. De hele maand november staat in het teken van het boek en (voor)leesplezier. Het programma is groot: in bibliotheken, boekhandels, musea, culturele centra en op tal van andere plaatsen word je literair verwend. Vul je weekends met bruisende activiteiten en ontmoet je favoriete auteurs.
Ontdek op boekenmaand.be waar jij straks van de schoonste woorden smult.
