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

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
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Chair: Mrs. Bertine Clarke - phone: 076-561385 - email: mandbclarke@wanadoo.nl
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Treasurer: vacancy
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Secretary/editor: Mrs. Els Assman - phone: 0161-223369 - email: AssmanRT@xs4all.nl
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Member-at-large: Mrs Cherril Hollingsworth - phone 06-14920559 - email cherrilhelen@hotmail.com
GNE Breda - subgroups
Our Branch has 2 novel reading groups, a cookery club and a poetry reading group (the Joy Readers).














