For the best source of information about the events in 2009 which celebrated the 'year of FitzGerald' (the 200th anniversary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of the first edition in 1859 of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) go to: www.omarkhayyamnederland.com.
And not only for what has happened but for what is happening now, you will soon discover that www.omarkhayyamnederland.com is an indispensable reference guide to all things khayyamic.