NEWS AND EVENTS

2008 United States Program and Events Full listing of 2008 US Events Current William Morris Society in the United States Newsletter Wednesday, 19 November - Freshwater. Reading of Virginia Woolf's play, Grolier Club, New York, NY. Sponsored by the William Morris Society in the United States, the Grolier Club, American Friends of Arts and Crafts in Chipping Campden, the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, and the Victorian Society in America. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets. 27 - 30 December - William Morris Society Activities at the 2008 Modern Language Association Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA JOIN the United States Branch of the Society Members, please renew for 2008 2008 William Morris Society of Canada Events William Morris Society of Canada JOIN the Canadian Branch of the Society. William Morris Events in New Zealand 14 March - 29 June - Morris & Co. The World of William Morris. Exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery (organized by the Art Gallery of South Australia), accompaniend by lecutres, performances, a one-day conference, and an auxillary display of fine printing inspired by the Kelmscott Press. 2008 William Morris Events in Italy 13 August - 18 November - The Rossettis Return to Vasto. Exhibition at Pallazo d'Avalos, Vasto William Morris Events in Japan Until 9 November - Life and Art: Arts & Crafts from Morris to Mingei. Exhibition at National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, specially created for Japan, following the V&A’s International Arts and Crafts exhibition, which was shown in London in 2005. The work of William Morris and his influence on the Arts and Crafts Movement forms an important aspect to the exhibition, which features a room set inspired by Kelmscott Manor.

2008 United Kingdom Program and Events Full listing of 2008 UK Events 20 September - London Open House Day, at Kelmscott House. 4 October - A Small Whirlpool of Industry: The Collaborative Genius of Morris & Company. Kelmscott Lecture by Peter Cormack, formerly keeper of the William Morris Gallery. . 13 October - Visit to the Palace of Westminster. 18 October - Recital by Quintetti, retiring collection, at Kelmsoctt House. 30 October - Visit to the Wellcome Institute Library. The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE) holds a large numbe rof books from Morris's library. 1 November - The Enigma of Jane Morris. Lecture by J. B. Bullen, at Kelmscott House. 29 November - The Secret Life of Morris & Co at Hampton Court Palace, 1912-1941. Lecture by Jenny Murray Bond, at Kelmscott House. JOIN the UK/Worldwide Branch of the Society More News Education programs at Kelmsoctt House<. Aimed at students in levels KS1 and KS2, these free school visits to Kelmscott House encompass units in History and English. News from Anywhere, the blog of the William Morris Society List of blogs and other internet resources devoted to Morris, the Pre-Raphaelites, and the Arts and Crafts movement Updated Guidelines for Contributors for the Journal of William Morris Studies. More articles online from the Journal of William Morris Studies Forthcoming One of the Morris Society's major projects is the Morris Online Edition. We hope to be able to reproduce and create scholarly editions of nearly all of Morris's writings and make them available to the public for free.