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Coming up next: 
Monday 30 April 2012:
-Special 3-course pre-lecture dinner + toast to Queen Beatrix (€ 23,50)

20.00 hrs - prof. Maggie Humm - Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and Domestic Photography

Writer Virginia Woolf and her sister, the artist Vanessa Bell, created self-portraits, portraits of their friends and family, and also of the places where they lived. Both were autobiographical artists whose portraits draw on visual memories shaping fictional identities and painted figures. As autobiographical artists, their lives provide an insight into their work and their numerous domestic photographs provide further insights into both work and their lives. The sisters took, developed and mounted over 1,000 photographs each and exchanged photographs with a wide circle of friends, including Lady Ottoline Morrell and Lytton Strachey, at a time when photography was permeating popular culture.
Mrs Humm is a Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London and has published widely on the subject

 

Venue information

The usual venue for lectures and other events is Sociëteitsgebouw `t Turfschip, Wilhelminapark 19  in Breda (see picture below).  
Pre-lecture dinner:  At this venue a modestly priced dinner is served before each lecture. This is the ideal opportunity to meet and speak with other members and the guest speaker in a pleasant and informal way. The pre-lecture dinner starts at 18.00 hrs. (Contact the chairperson).
The new caterers are: K-eet zinnenprikkelend 

www.k-eet.nl             

                                         

GNE Breda Afdeling

Wij zijn een vriendelijke sociale club voor Nederlanders en Engelsen wonend in Nederland. Tijdens onze bijeenkomsten worden vaak lezingen gegeven over een breed scala van onderwerpen die te maken hebben met aspecten van het Engels en / of Britse sociale, artistieke, literaire, educatieve, wetenschappelijke, politieke of culturele leven.
Wij proberen om ruimte te houden voor het sociale element: het bevorderen van contact tussen de leden. Onze bijeenkomsten beginnen doorgaans met een gezamenlijk diner.
 
Wij organiseren het hele jaar op regionaal en nationaal niveau een scala aan uitstapjes naar bezienswaardigheden.

Wij zijn blij als nieuwe leden zich bij ons aansluiten, en bezoekers zijn altijd van harte welkom om onze bijeenkomsten bij te wonen. Aspirant-leden worden uitgenodigd om enige tijd bij ons door te brengen, om voor zichzelf te zien of zij zich al dan niet als lid bij onze groep aan willen sluiten.


GNE Breda Branch

Welcome to the Genootschap Nederland-Engeland Breda Branch.
Our aim is to promote friendly relations between The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, chiefly by making England and the English point of view on literature, art and politics more widely known in our country.
The Genootschap Nederland-Engeland was established in 1920; the Breda Branch in 1987. Our branch now has about 85 members. On September 1st, 2007, Breda Branch celebrated its 20th anniversary.

We have a bi-monthly Newsletter with contributions from the subgroups (see below) and individual members and all the information about coming events. 

Admission is free for members; non-members pay € 7,50. Everyone is welcome to attend our meetings. Christmas and End of Season Parties are only for members and their guests.
The membership fee 2011/2012 amounts to:
€ 57,--  for couples / € 32,-- for singles / € 16,--  for students up to the age of 25.
If you wish to become a member, please contact a member of the committee (see below).
  


GNE Committee


GNE Breda - subgroups    

Our Branch has 2 novel reading groups, a cookery club and a poetry reading group (the Joy Readers).



 

 
events

During the GNE lecture season, events are regularly held and 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 our events and talks please click events & talks. For the full programme with dates, venues and entry fees per branch, please click branches.

 
Prof. Maggie Humm:

Maggie Humm is a Professor in the `School of Arts and Digital Industries` at the University of East London
http://culturalstudiesresearch.org  and http://culturalstudiesresearch.org/. Her books include Border Traffic, The Dictionary of Feminist Theory, Modern Feminisms, Feminism and Film, Modernist Women and Visual Cultures: Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell. She was an editor of the Routledge Encyclopaedia of Women and has been a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Professor at many universities including Massachusetts, San Diego State, Stanford, Rutgers, Queen`s Belfast, and Karachi. Her most recent book is ‘The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts’.
 

Virginia Woolf and AestheticsMore information...
Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and Domestic PhotographyMore information...
 
Dr. Martin Myrone:

Dr. Martin Myrone is Lead Curator of Pre-1800 British Art at the Tate Britain in London.
Dr. Myrone leads the team of curators responsible for the collections of 16th, 17th and 18th century British art.
Martin Myrone has written more than 14 books. Martin Myrone`s most popular book is ‘Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination’.

A visit to the Rijksmuseum Twente, in Enschede, for a lecture and tour of a collection of British portraiture on loan from Tate Britain will be followed by a traditional garden party at the Theetuin Twekkelo.
The visit to the museum and the garden party are part of many celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II that will take place both in the UK and the Netherlands.
 

British portraiture from Tate Britain and traditional British garden partyMore information...
 
Redmond O`Hanlon:

Dr. Redmond O`Hanlon (Dorset, 1947) is een Brits schrijver. Redmond O`Hanlon genoot zijn universitaire opleiding in Oxford. Redmond O`Hanlon werd lid van de Society for the Bibliography of Natural History in 1982, lid van de Royal Geographical Society in 1984 en lid van de Royal Society of Literature in 1993.
Gedurende vijftien jaar was Redmond O`Hanlon redacteur van The Times Literary Supplement op het gebied van natuurlijke historie. In 2009 voer Redmond O`Hanlon mee op het schip dat de historische reis van Charles Darwin met de Beagle herdacht door deze te herhalen.

Redmond O`HanlonMore information...
 
John Cameron-Webb:

The objective of the trip is to "live" the poetry of some of the best known First World War Poets, look at the experiences and visit some of the battlefields which inspired their poetry. How the war influenced their lives and see the events in their poems during the battles in the area of the Somme.

Weekend pilgrimage to the Somme BattlefieldsMore information...
 
Christine Robinson:

With a degree in History, Christine took on the role of Housekeeper for the visitor route at Chatsworth in 1981. Chatsworth has grown to become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. Her own role within the enterprise has developed to that of Head Housekeeper and Head of Visitor Welcome, so that she now has the pleasure of ensuring a warm welcome for all the many visitors, and making sure that the House is fit for them to see. She is also leader of the team preparing special Christmas displays for visitors in the months of November and December.

Christmas at ChatsworthMore information...
The Gardens at ChatsworthMore information...
 
Peter Gillman:

Born in Cape Town and learned Afrikaans at school as his second language. He spent his working life running libraries and information centres in industry. For five years he lectured on the Masters course in library management and information retrieval at University College London. In 1999 he began working for the National Trust at Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, as a room steward and leading guided tours. For five years he has been a member of the Trust’s Speakers Panel, giving around 50 talks a year on behalf of the Trust.

Below StairsMore information...
KNOLE and the SACKVILLES More information...
 
Lance Goffort-Hall:

Lance is Landscape Manager at Boughton House. His background is in landscape construction and Arboriculture. He was trained at Merrist Wood (Guildford) and is a registered project manager. His work experience has covered 25years in the UK, Bermuda, Jersey and New Zealand working predominantly in large parks and historic gardens. He manages a multiple range of large scale works at Boughton along with the day to day running of the teams. He has now set up a subsidiary company of Boughton Estates called ‘Contour’ to carry out external landscape and waterscapes contracts within the UK and Europe.

Boughton AwakensMore information...
 
Michael Burgess:

After university Michael lived for a year in Rotterdam and worked with the Missions to Seafarers. His first parish was a mining town near Newcastle - then he moved down to parishes in Cornwall, and then into Wales to serve as subwarden at St Deiniol`s Library, Hawarden - a library founded by Gladstone in the Victorian period which trained ordinands and welcomed guests from all over the world. In 1991 he returned to parish life. He is the Rector of Oughtrington and Warburton. He also has been involved in clergy courses and for the last 8 years served as chaplain to the diocesan Mothers` Union.

Faith, Fun and FellowshipMore information...
The Seven Deadly SinsMore information...
 
Prof.W.R.F.Cunningham:

Professor of Economics at the Maastricht School of Management. Director of Studies, Stanford Hall  Management Centre, Loughborough England. Senior Lecturer, UK Civil Service College. Various posts in Public Sector in UK and Zambia. Visiting professor in Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, China, and Peru, Adviser/Consultant to World Bank, E.U. and UNDP.

Going DutchMore information...
 
Unity Harvey :

Unity Harvey obtained her Certificate in Education in 1960 and a Diploma in Education in 1982. She married in 1964 and raised a family. During her career, she taught in mainstream schools and hospital settings as well as working with motor-impaired children. In 1994, she became a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.
Since the year 2000, when she retired from teaching, she has had a regular voluntary job as guide at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) London Wetland Centre.
 

Walking in the London Wetland CentreMore information...