News
Day School to be held in June 2008
Eminent Pre-Raphaelites: Rossetti, Holman Hunt, Millais and Ruskin
Saturday 21 June, 2008, 9.30 a.m. – 4.45 p.m.
Library Theatre, Birmingham Central Library
For full details and application form for the Day School to be staged in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, please download the Publicity Flyer (PDF Version).
John Pickard Essay Prize Announcement for 2008
We are now inviting entries in the form of a monograph of not more than 2000 words for The John Pickard Essay Prize for 2008. The monograph may be on any individual related to the Pre-Raphaelite Circle.
The winner will receive a £100 prize and publication in the Spring 2008 Review and subsequently the essays of runners-up may also be published. The final decision will be made by the Committee of the Pre-Raphaelite Society.
Entries are to be received by the Editor by 31st December 2007, and may be emailed to Serena Trowbridge, or posted to:
Serena Trowbridge
28 Windermere RoadMoseley
Birmingham
B13 9JP
October 2008: Pre-Raphaelite Society 20th Anniversary
In October 2008 the Society will be celebrating its 20th anniversary. If members have any suggestions for how we might celebrate this, please contact Secretary - Barry Johnson at 37 Larchmere Drive, Hall Green, Birmingham B28 8JB.
Publication Dates
Editions of The Review will be published in early April, August and December each year. Members are invited to submit articles, essays, book reviews, event reports and short pieces on their favourite poems or paintings for inclusion. Please read the Contributors’ Guidelines for further information.
PRS US Newsletter
The Pre-Raphaelite Society Newsletter of the United States will see its 20th issue published during 2008 – this will be a special edition to link with the Society’s 20th Anniversary celebrations. Under the enthusiastic stewardship of Tim McGee, the publication contains articles on American based PRB art collections, notices of upcoming exhibitions and meetings, a directory of current websites, reviews of early exhibitions and stories of the few in the PRB circle that have visited America. All material for publication in the PRSUS Newsletter should be addressed to:
Tim McGee
1209 Palm AvenueSan Mateo
California
USA 94402
Email: timmcgee@hotmail.com
Events
The Society organises a varied programme of lectures and visits to exhibitions and places of interest each year. Please note that lecture events marked with an asterisk * are Birmingham based.
Our schedule for 2008 includes:
16 February 2008
Victorian Novelists and the Pre-Raphaelites*
Talk to be given by Simon Cooke.
12 April 2008
Vernon Lushington and the Pre-Raphaelites*
David Taylor – well known local historian and writer, will speak on the relationship between the lawyer Vernon Lushington and a number of Pre-Raphaelite artists.
17 May 2008
Robert Braithwaite Martineau – Echo of a Pre-Raphaelite Painter*
Amelia Yeates will provide a lecture on R.B. Martineau’s work, how he was received and the extent of his Pre-Raphaelitism.
21 June 2008
PRS DAY SCHOOL
Eminent Pre-Raphaelites: Rossetti, Holman Hunt, Millais and Ruskin
Saturday 21 June, 2008, 9.30 a.m. – 4.45 p.m.
Library Theatre, Birmingham Central Library
For full details and application form for the Day School to be staged in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, please download the Publicity Flyer (PDF Version).
25 October 2008
AGM and Founder’s Day Lecture
The Picture of Prophecy: Holman Hunt’s Holy Land*
Nicholas Tromans, from the University of Kingston, Surrey, will speak on the relationship of the painter William Holman Hunt to Palestine and to Jerusalem particularly, where he spent several years between the 1850s and the 1890s.
Disclaimer Members participate in events at their own risk, and neither the Society, nor the organiser of any event, accepts any liability of any kind whatsoever, however arising.
The Pre-Raphaelite Society reserves the right to cancel, alter or postpone events if necessary. Members are reminded that they should have adequate personal and travel insurance.