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The George Herbert Society
UNCG Libraries Research Travel Grant Supports Travel to George Herbert
Collection--Apply Now!
Though the great Metaphysical poet George Herbert traveled little—he never left Britain—his
poetry has traveled far, and so does the international George Herbert Society. We gather in
places important to Herbert’s personal and family relations, and to his extensive cultural
legacies. Symposia and conferences have met where Herbert studied, spoke, and ministered, in
Cambridge and Salisbury/Bemerton; in Greensboro, North Carolina, home to the GHS and one
of the world’s largest rare Herbert collections; Powys, Wales, site of his birth and early
childhood and home to his still living relations, the Earls of Powis; and Charleston, South
Carolina and Grove City, Pennsylvania, outposts of the widening Atlantic World that Herbert
envisioned. Most recently, The George Herbert Festival of July 10-13, 2014 drew thousands to
Herbert’s home ground in Salisbury; and our Fourth Triennial George Herbert Society
Conference, October 16-18, 2014 in Phoenix/Tempe Arizona, saw the presentation of The
Chauncey Wood Dissertation Award. Over the next three years, GHS events will include a return
to Herbert’s Welsh childhood haunts for The Marcher Metaphysicals Conference, October 29November 1, 2015 at Gregynog Hall, Tregynon, Mid-Wales, and our Fifth Triennial
Conference, May 18-20, 2017, in the Latin Quarter of Paris. A little further out, we hope to
visit Herbert’s formative Westminster School boyhood haunts in London; and gather at
Cambridge and at Oxford where George and Edward, respectively, pursued their studies. Come
join us!
Mission and Purposes: The George Herbert Society promotes knowledge and appreciation of
Herbert's life and work by sponsoring international and regional events, publications, awards and
prizes, and an ongoing website. While emphasizing scholarly approaches to Herbert, the Society
is open to all who share an interest in his life, work, and lasting influence; while non-sectarian,
the Society welcomes varied religious uses and appreciations of Herbert, and celebrates his
living legacies as one of the world's great poets and spiritual writers.
For information about George Herbert Society Membership Dues and Benefits, please see
http://english.uncg.edu/george_herbert/Dues.html
NEWS! THE DIGITAL TEMPLE HONORED BY CHOICE MAGAZINE
An Outstanding Academic Title of 2013
“Quite simply an amazing piece of scholarship”
Choice Review
http://www.upress.virginia.edu/2014/01/27/outstanding-academic-titles/
NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
PRESS/ROTUNDA:
The Digital Temple A Documentary Edition of George Herbert's English Verse
Edited by Robert Whalen and Christopher Hodgkins
http://digitaltemple.rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/
http://www.upress.virginia.edu/rotunda/purchase/
NOW IN PRINT AND E-BOOK FROM UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PRESS:
George Herbert's Travels: International Print and Cultural Legacies Selected essays from the
Greensboro 2008 George Herbert Society Conference, Edited by Christopher Hodgkins
George Herbert's Pastoral: New Essays on the Poet and Priest of Bemerton Selected essays from
the Salisbury 2007 George Herbert Society Conference, Edited by Christopher Hodgkins
FORTHCOMING:
Locating George Herbert: Family, Place, Traditions Selected essays from the Gregynog 2011
George Herbert Society Conference, Edited by Sidney Gottlieb and Christopher Hodgkins
Choice Observations on George Herbert Selected essays from the Phoenix/Tempe 2014 Fourth
Triennial Conference of the George Herbert Society, Edited by Sidney Gottlieb and Chauncey
Wood
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GHS Mission
Information and Dues Structure
o Membership Form for 2015-2016
GHS Fund Application Instructions
UNCG Research Travel Grant
Chauncey Wood Dissertation Award
Conference Programs:
o Salisbury 2007
o UNCG 2008 [.pdf]
o Locating George Herbert: Family, Place, Traditions 2011
o Locating George Herbert Photo Retrospective
o George Herbert Festival 2014
o Phoenix 2014 Photo Retrospective
Publications:
o George Herbert's Pastoral: New Essays on the Poet and Priest of Bemerton
o George Herbert's Travels: International Print and Cultural Legacies
o The Rivered Earth
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Vikram Seth
publishes Herbert-inspired poems in TLS
Links:
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The George Herbert in Bemerton Group
Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Atlantic World Research Network
The George Herbert Society
Department of English, MHRA 3143
UNCG
1111 Spring Garden St.
Greensboro, NC 27412
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