The School of English, Media Studies and Art History's centenary event takes its inspiration from Virginia Woolf's famous remark that "on or about December, 1910, human character changed."

The event celebrates the influence of Virginia Woolf and her circle on the past 100 years of literary and visual culture, asks questions about the relationship between human character and modernity, and explores the role of the Humanities at UQ in the 21st century.  Events include an exhibition of self-portraits, a series of public lectures on Woolf and her legacy, and a dramatic performance of her experimental novel, The Waves. 

Schedule

10 December

16:00   Opening welcome (UQ Club – Eleanor Room)

16:30 - 19:00   Opening keynote address by Prof. Melba Cuddy-Keane followed by reception.

19:00 - 20:00    Staged reading of Virginia Woolf’s The Waves.

11 December 

(UQ Club – Kathleen Room)

11:00 - 16:00   Symposium on Virginia Woolf and the Nature of the Human, including

• keynote addresses by Prof. Gillian Whitlock and Dr Lorraine Sim, and
• panel sessions on Australian Modernisms, and the future of the humanities.

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch provided

16:30 – 19:00   Floor Talk (UQ Art Museum) followed by closing reception.

 For further information, contact s.wehi@uq.edu.au.

Cost: Free
RSVP/ ticketed event: Yes. Please RVSP for catering purposes to s.wehi@uq.edu.au

Transport info:

• General UQ parking information
• St Lucia parking map
• Public transport

Registration Registration for this event is open. RVSP for catering purposes to s.wehi@uq.edu.au.