Genootschap Nederland Engeland

Zuid Limburg Branch

Events

For more information about the speakers and their subjects, please click on the links (blue speaker names).
Evening venue (unless otherwise stated above)
Meeting room in Grand Hotel l’Empereur, Maastricht (opp. Railway station). 
 
Due to the limited number of seats, non-members are urgently advised to make a reservation (see contact details below)
Entrance fee for non-members: €5 each; students €4 each.

Talks start at 20:00hrs (interval at around 21:00hrs) and ends at around 22:00hrs.
Branch Committee
Chairman: Resy Snyders  043-3630269       (tsnyders@planet.nl).
Secretary: Jennifer de Feyter-Vidler  043-3647179
Membership Secr.: Davina Mommers 0032-12-261183
Treasurer: Hub Stevens,  046-4747139
For further details please contact one of the Committee members
Membership fees per season
Families €45.= ; Singles €30.=
Students 50% reduction.
Please transfer the appropriate amount to Genootschap Nederland Engeland,  Geleen Bank Account no. 5761.42.980 before 1 October 2009, f.a.o. Mr. Hub Stevens.  
Guests per evening  €5 each; students  €4 each.
Should you decide to later on to become a member, the entrance fee you paid for the introductory evening shall be deducted from the season`s membership fee.
For further information, please contact:
Secretary: Jennifer deFeyter-Vidler (Tel.: 043-3640.798)
Chairman: T. Snyders, tsnyders@planet.nl (Resy)
Treasurer: Hub Stevens (Tel. 046-4747.139)
Membership Secr.: Davina Mommers-Koppers,
Tel.#: 0032-12-261183
Latest news
The latest Bulletin of the Zuid Limburg is now also available in PDF-format: Please click here for a download.
Other activities
In 1988, to mark the William and Mary Tercentenary, a public speaking competition for schools was initiated by the GNE. In 1995, the 75th anniversary of the founding of the GNE was reason enough for the society to organize a young writers competition, set up in close cooperation with the British Council. The two competitions continued to grow in popularity and professionalism, thanks to the efforts of many GNE members and several generous sponsors. Since we have the BBC as main sponsor the two competitions are run in parallel as one annual event: the BBC Young Writers and Public Speaking Awards .
GNE organizes this competition for young people of course with more sponsors.
Thanks to the support of many parties, the Awards has now become a prestigious national event in the Netherlands - something the GNE can be very proud of!
For more information, please click this link BBC Awards
 

Lectures

During the GNE lecture season, talks are given about once a month and unless otherwise stated, these are delivered in English. The visiting speakers are all experts in their chosen fields and their lectures are both informative and entertaining. They may feature different aspects of British life, arts and culture, places and people. Occasionally we are also treated to a traveller`s tale. Wherever possible, lectures are illustrated.
An overview of this year`s programme is given below. For more details on the talks please click talks. For the full programme with dates, venues and entry fees per branch, please click branches.
John Pilkington: A Stroll through the Axis of Evil
John`s talk is titled `A Stroll through the Axis of Evil`; Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran are in the news for all the wrong reasons. Starting in Beirut, John will unravel a picture quite different to the news stories as he followed a winding route via the Euphrates, the Caucasus and the Valley of the Assassins to finish on the Persian Gulf. John Pilkington has been called “one of Britain’s greatest tellers of travellers’ tales”. Read more...
John Gilroy: Tyger, Tyger or The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere
John Gilroy retired from his post as Senior Lecturer in English at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge in 2005, but still teaches in its department part-time. He also teaches for the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education on both its residential courses and its international summer schools for which he is a course director.
John has lectured widely in Britain and internationally for organisations such as The English-Speaking Union, ‘Inscape’ Fine Art Tours and for GNE. He specialises in literature of the Romantic period and has published on Wordsworth, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Philip Larkin. His latest book, ‘Romantic Literature’, for the new York Connections series will appear in 2010.
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Julian Paren: A photographic evening: The Antarctic Experience or The global climate change
Julian has a choice of three talks:
1. A photographic evening:  Going South  - the Antarctic Experience
2. The global climate challenge
3. Exploring the islands and western coast of Scotland
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Andy Thomas: Exploring Unexplained Mysteries, Global Cover-Ups and 2012 Prophecies
Andy is a leading researcher into unexplained mysteries and is the world’s most prolific writer on crop circles. His many books include Vital Signs, described widely as the definitive guide to the circle phenomenon. His newest and much acclaimed title, The Truth Agenda, explores the link between paranormal mysteries and global cover-ups.
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Lawrence Goldman: Dutch Connection in British History: Dutch Lives in the Oxford Dictionary of Nat Biography
The illustrated lecture uses the Dictionary as a means of exploring the historic connections between Britain and the Netherlands in both directions, examining the Dutch who came to live and work in Britain from the Reformation onwards, and Britons who visited the Low Countries. Read more...