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Conradian Crosscurrents: Creativity and Critique, June 1 – 4, 2017
The Joseph Conrad Society of America is organizing a conference in New York City to be sponsored by Fordham University’s Comparative Literature Program and English Department and to be held at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus (and other locations to be announced) at the beginning of June of 2017 (June 1 – 4).
“Conradian Crosscurrents: Creativity and Critique” will explore how Conrad’s life and fiction intersect with creative and critical work of any kind. The conference will be open to scholarly work on Conrad and other writers; and on literary, artistic, and theoretical work from across the range of media (literature, music, performance, art, and mixed media).
We invite proposals for 15-20 minute papers. Please send 1-page abstract plus CV to newyorkconradconference@gmail.com by January 15, 2017.
Joseph Conrad Study Day at the British Library, 13 March 2017, 14:00-17:30
In association with the British Council, the Joseph Conrad Society (UK) and the Polish Cultural Institute, this study day considers Conrad’s career as a novelist and his contribution to British culture in the year that has been designated ‘Joseph Conrad Year’ in Poland.
Professor Robert Hampson initiates an afternoon of expert discussion with a lecture on Conrad as ‘England’s Polish Genius’. This is followed by the first of two panels which explores ‘Joseph Conrad and London’ with Dr. Hugh Epstein (‘Conrad’s Vision of London’), Dr. Patricia Pye (‘Listening to London: the sound of Conrad’s city’) and Dr. Mary Burgoyne (‘Homecoming: Joseph Conrad and the Great War).
This event is scheduled for 13 March 2017, 14:00-17:30 at the Knowledge Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB. For more information, see the announcement here.
42nd Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.)
The 42nd Annual Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society UK will be held at Edinburgh Napier University, in Edinburgh, Scotland, from Wednesday 29th June to Saturday 2nd July, 2016. A Call for Papers, Booking Form, and further conference details will be posted early in the New Year. These will include costs, travel and accommodation arrangements as well as an outline of the conference schedule.
The Call for Papers is now closed. To download the Final Programme for Edinburgh 2016, click here (for PDF), or here (MS Word).
The Booking Form for this year’s conference may be downloaded here. Those who wish to secure hotel accommodation in advance are advised to book rooms at The Bruntsfield Hotel where a number of rooms have been reserved for conference participants.
A list of recommendations for additional accommodations in Edinburgh may be downloaded here.
For the informational flier, click here.
Conrad’s Footprints: 2016 International Conrad Conference (Lublin, Poland)
The Centre for Conrad Studies, English Department, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland, will host its Sixth International Joseph Conrad Conference from June 20-24, 2016. Conradians and students and lovers of Conrad are heartily invited to attend.
WHERE: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
WHEN: 20-24 June, 2016
The organizers have also planned a special study tour of “Conrad’s footprints,” which is scheduled for 24-30 June, 2016.
For more information, visit the website of the Centre for Conrad Studies (Lublin) here. To submit an abstract, see the Call for Papers (available for download in PDF) here. Contact information is listed at both locations.
The Secret Agent – a Film by Stan Douglas
Victoria Miro is delighted to announce The Secret Agent, a solo exhibition by the celebrated Canadian artist Stan Douglas, featuring the UK premiere of a new multi-screen film installation along with a series of large-scale photographs. Saturated with information, and yet rejecting easily consumable messages, these works place the viewer within the charged atmospheres and ambiguous political and social intricacies of 1970s Portugal and postwar Vancouver, respectively.
WHEN: 2 February – 24 March 2016
WHERE: Victoria Miro Gallery I, 16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW
For more information, see the official announcement here.
Tenebra
A production of Teatro Nucleo, this inside and open-space performance is freely taken from “HEART OF DARKNESS” BY JOSEPH CONRAD and realized with the support of the Joseph Conrad Institute.
The performance features original music by Davide Della Chiara and Lorenzo Magnani. The duration is 50 minutes, and it is directed by Davide Della Chiara and Natasha Czertok. On stage are Davide Della Chiara, Natasha Czertok, and Lorenzo Magnani.
For more information, see the website: TeatroNucleo, or download the informational flier here.
The European Reception of Joseph Conrad
A One Day Colloquium at Senate House, University of London is scheduled for Friday, 6th November, 2015 from 9.30 AM – 5 PM. Registration is required by 30th October, 2015.
For full programme and registration form, click here.
The 2nd Annual Conference of The Joseph Conrad Society of Japan
Time: 10:00-18:00 Saturday, 7 November 2015; TEL 06-6485-5611
Venue: Room 1005, Osaka Umeda Campus, Kwansei Gaguin University (Address: 19-19 Applause Tower 10th Floor, Chaya-machi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0013) Tel: +81-6-6485-5611
Joseph Conrad Society of America: Proposals for SAMLA 2015
In keeping with this year’s SAMLA conference theme of Literature and the Other Arts, The Joseph Conrad Society of America invites proposals for a panel, titled “To Make you Hear, To Make You Feel… To Make you See.”
This panel will explore cross- and inter-disciplinary approaches to, or alternate mediations of, text within the works of Joseph Conrad. This may include (but is not limited to) novel approaches to criticism, mediations of text (for example, via film, theater, the press, or graphic novel), or creative responses of other artists to Conrad’s work.
Please submit 300 word proposal abstracts, and a brief bio (in Word format) to dmulry@ccga.edu. If there are likely to be any A/V requirements, please note those in your proposal.