The Joseph Conrad Society of America

Panels at the Modern Language Association Conference, January 2026, Toronto

The Joseph Conrad Society of America is currently celebrating its half-centenary 1975-2025.

Third Conrad Symposium 25 – 26 September 2025, Paris

‘The Resonance of Joseph Conrad- Korzeniowski in Contemporary Culture’

Celebrating the legacy of Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski and his global impact.

Event poster here

Conrad Information Board at Canterbury Cemetery – 8 November 2024

The installation of the Conrad Information Board at Canterbury Cemetery, was overseen by Hugh Epstein, Secretary of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK), in assocaition with Jonathon Kreffer, the Registrar of the cemetery.

More information and images here

Joseph Conrad 1924 – 2024 – 3rd of August 2024

The Joseph Conrad Society (UK) commemorated the centennial anniversary of Conrad’s death at the recently renovated Conrad family grave in Canterbury Cemetery, and at Conrad’s final home, Oswalds, in Bishopsbourne, Canterbury.

Details of the day may be found here and here

(Images courtesy of © Mary Burgoyne and Peter Fudakowski)

Conrad’s Polish-Ukrainian “Graveyard”: A New Digital Collection and Exhibit at Duke University Libraries, Durham, North Carolina, 15 October 2024 – 5 April 2025

Curated by Ernest Zitser and Kimberly Kresica.  More information here

“Kent’s Remarkable Writers” Exhibition

The Marlowe Kit, Stour Street, Canterbury CT1 2NZ.  Telephone: 01227 78778

Open Saturdays 10am-5pm & Sundays 12pm-5pm – admission free

A free exhibition about the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Christopher Marlowe, and Aphra Behn. Explore their connections to Canterbury and the very different worlds in which they lived, through objects and immersive activities (including the chance to dress-up as an Elizabethan actor and use a typewriter from Conrad’s time).

The exhibition’s collection includes historic items, and belongings from the personal collection of Joseph Conrad.

CFP The Joseph Conrad Society of America

Panel at the MLA Convention, New Orleans 9-12 January 2025

Joseph Conrad: Tyranny and Revolution

More information here

CFP The Joseph Conrad Society of America

Special Session at the MLA Convention, New Orleans 9-12 January 2025

Making Visible: Conrad, Poland, and World Literature

More information here

CFP The Société Conradienne Française and Ehic-EA 1087 Université de Limoges – One-day conference 14 November 2024

Conrad, a Hundred Years After His Death

More information here