Tuesday, September 16

Bloomsbury, Gender, and Sexuality
A panel discussion on gender and sexuality as the key elements in experimental thinking and living within the Bloomsbury Group
Organized by: The Women's Studies Program and the Program in the Study of Sexualities
For audio and video of this session, go to iTunes U at:
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa
/Browse/new.duke.edu.1671370640
Information: Ranjana Khanna at rkhanna@duke.edu or (919) 668-2548

Thursday, October 30

Bloomsbury, Empire, and the Cosmopolitan
A scholarly examination of Bloomsbury's continuing influence on imperium and state
Organized by: The Center for International Studies
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Rare Book Room, Perkins Library, West Campus
Cost: Free
Information: Rob Sikorski at r.sikorski@duke.edu or (919) 684-2887

Saturday, November 1

Creative Communities: Bloomsbury and Others
A scholarly examination of forces that unite people in vibrant conversation to produce creative results
Organized by: Evelyn L. Forget, University of Manitoba, in collaboration with Duke University department of economics
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: University Room, Thomas Center, Fuqua School of Business
Cost: $80 per person (includes refreshments and lunch)
Information: Click here for website or contact Frances Conrad at fc32@duke.edu

Wednesday, November 19

DukeReads Howards End
Vice Provost Judith Ruderman leads an online discussion of E.M. Forster's classic novel with NPR's Frank Stasio
Organized by: Office of Alumni Affairs
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Live online
Cost: Free
Information: www.dukereads.com and Rachel Davies at rachel.davies@daa.duke.edu or (919) 681-6216

December 15 - March 2009

"How full of life those days seemed": New approaches to Art, Literature, Sexuality, and Society in Bloomsbury
An exhibition of books, manuscripts, and other items related to the Bloomsbury Group and the Hogarth Press
http://library.duke.edu/exhibits/bloomsbury/index.html Organized by: Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Time: during library hours
Location: Perkins Gallery, Perkins Library, West Campus
Cost: Free
Information: Will Hansen at william.hansen@duke.edu or (919) 660-5958; Meg Brown at meg.brown@duke.edu or (919) 660-5906

December 18 - April 5, 2009

A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections
At the Nasher Museum of Art
An exhibition of paintings, works on paper, decorative arts, and book arts borrowed from public and private collections throughout the United States.
http://nasher.duke.edu/exhibitions_roomoftheirown.php

Thursday, January 29

Bloomsbury Exhibition Panel
Led by Nancy Green, curator of "A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections."
Organized by: The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Nasher Museum of Art
Cost: Free
Information: Contact the Nasher Museum at www.nasher.duke.edu or at (919) 684-5135

Tuesday, February 17

John Maynard Keynes of Bloomsbury
Four leading historians of thought will explore the place of the renowned economist within Bloomsbury and offer an assessment of his legacy.
Organized by: premiere event of the new Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University Time: 6:00 p.m.
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Lecture Hall, Nasher Museum of Art
Cost: free, but seating is limited
Rain dates: March 4
Information: Diane Pettus at dianepettus@embarqmail.com or (919) 542-7014

Friday-Saturday, February 27-28

Duke in Depth: Bloomsbury Vision & Design
A weekend of panel discussions on Bloomsbury and America, a private viewing of the Nasher exhibition, staged readings of letters, interpretive rendering of Virginia Woolf's The Waves (for a trailer, click here), period dinners, and more.
Organized by: Office of Alumni Affairs
Time: begins Friday, February 27, at 11:00 a.m.
Information: Schedule; Beth Ray-Schroeder at beth.ray-schroeder@daa.duke.edu or (919) 684-3046

March 5, 26, 29

Film Series at the Nasher
Feature length films and documentaries exploring themes and influences in Bloomsbury art and life: Mrs. Dalloway, Howards End, To The Lighthouse
Organized by: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Time: TBD
Location: Nasher Museum of Art
Information: Contact the Nasher Museum at www.nasher.duke.edu or at (919) 684-5135

Sunday, April 5

Vita & Virginia
Coming to Duke from its 2008 Off Broadway revival, "Vita & Virginia," a play by Eileen Atkins, deftly weaves the letters and diaries of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West into the story of their friendship. The aloof literary genius Virginia and the aristocratic yet middle-brow novelist and poet Vita sustained an improbable, briefly physical and emotionally enduring relationship up until Woolf's suicide in 1941. Actresses Kathleen Chalfont and Patricia Elliot recreate their title roles as intimate and understanding friends who can fully respond to each other's sentiments and words, words in which "Dear Mrs. Woolf" quickly gives way to "My dear Virginia."
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Cost: Free. Space is limited and reservations are required, please click here.
Lunch: For pre-theatre lunch or brunch reservations in the Nasher Café, please call (919) 684-6032.
Location: Nasher Museum of Art
Information: Contact Diane Pettus at dianepettus@embarqmail.com or (919) 542-7014