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The 41st Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society UK, 2015
The 41st Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society UK will be held at the Polish Cultural Centre (P.O.S.K.) in Hammersmith, West London, and the University Women’s Club in Mayfair, from Thursday 2 July to Saturday 4 July 2015.
The Call for Papers is now closed. To download this year’s Conference Booking Form, click here (for PDF), or here (for MS Word).
This is a non-residential conference, and participants are invited to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. We have reserved a number of rooms at the University Women’s Club (open to both genders!), and if this option appeals to you we recommend that you book directly as soon as possible. Contact Simona by email, or by phone 020 7499 2268. See the University Women’s Club website for more details.
To download the 2015 Final Programme, including the lists of speakers, venues, and meal options, click here. (Updated 29 June).
Opera Parallèle’s Heart of Darkness
Opera Parallèle’s upcoming production of Tarik O’Regan’s adaptation of Heart of Darkness will run from 1-3 May, 2015 at the Z Space, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco. The set and backdrop will incorporate artwork by Matt Kish, whose illustrated edition of Heart of Darkness was reviewed in the Fall 2014 issue of Joseph Conrad Today.
WHERE: Z Space, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco
WHEN: May 1-3, 2015 at 2 PM and 8 PM
For tickets, please click here to purchase.
Cuore Di Tenebra (Heart of Darkness)
Cuore Di Tenebra (Heart of Darkness), adapted from the novel by Joseph Conrad, and directed by Virginia Acqua with Valerio Di Benedetto, will run from 19-29 March, 2015 at the Teatro Studio Uno, Rome-Italy (www.teatrostudiouno.com).
For more information, see the producers’ Facebook page here.
Radio adaptation of Victory
Scheduled for Saturday, 28 February, on Radio 4, the world premiere of Harold Pinter’s screenplay of Joseph Conrad’s Victory, in a special adaption for radio by Sir Richard Eyre, will star Simon Russell Beale as the Narrator; Bjarne Henriksen as Heyst; Vanessa Kirby as Lena; Mark Strong as Ricardo; and Robert Portal as Jones.
Others include Patrick O’Kane (Schomberg); Helen Schlesinger (Mrs. Schomberg); Martin Marquez (Pedro); Paul Chan (Chang); and Flaminia Cinque (Mrs. Zangiacomo).
For more information, go to the BBC Radio 4 website here.
Terra Incognita: the feminine in Joseph Conrad’s works, Lyon, France, 12 December 2014
The Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies at University Jean Moulin-Lyon 3 and the French Conradian Society will host a one-day conference on the feminine and space, the known and unknown, in the writings of Joseph Conrad. This conference is scheduled to take place at University Jean Moulin-Lyon 3 (69007 Lyon, France) on Friday, 12th December 2014.
For more information, download the full programme here.
The 40th Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society UK, 2014
The 40th Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society UK was held at the University of Kent at Canterbury, from Wednesday 2 July to Sunday 6 July 2014.
NEW: Photographs from the 2014 conference can now be accessed through the Annual Conference Archives, and Keith Carabine’s closing address as Chair can be found in Society News.
SAMLA 86: Sustainability and the Humanities, November 7-9, 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
A special session on Conrad in the classroom, titled “Sustainable Conrad: Teaching Heart of Darkness and Other Texts by Joseph Conrad to Undergraduates,” will be held at this year’s South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) conference in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The theme of this year’s conference, scheduled for November 7-9, 2014, is Sustainability and the Humanities.
View the Call for Papers here. This session is sponsored by the Joseph Conrad Society of America.
Submit abstracts of about 300 words on any example of teaching Conrad in the classroom, along with A/V requirements, by June 20, 2014 to Chris Cairney, Middle Georgia State College, at christopher.cairney@mga.edu or ccairney@hotmail.com.
Call for Papers: Arnold Bennett and His Circle, Keele, Staffordshire, UK, 17-18 October 2014
The Edwardian Culture Network and the Arnold Bennett Society (UK) invite abstracts for ten-minute papers on any aspect of Bennett’s Edwardian writing, biography and wider circle. Abstracts should be emailed to edwardianculture@hotmail.co.uk by Monday 30th June 2014.
This conference is scheduled to take place at Keele University (Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK) from 17th to 18th October 2014.
For updates about the event, please visit www.edwardianculture.com. The call for papers is now closed.
For programme and registration information, click here.
Poland and the Conrad Problem (Polskie zmagania z Conradem), Cracow, Poland, 28-30 September 2014
As part of the celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of Joseph Conrad’s return visit to Cracow in 1914 and the 90th anniversary of his death in 1924, the Jagiellonian University Joseph Conrad Research Centre and the Joseph Conrad Society (Poland) invite scholars to take part in a conference to be held at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow from 28-30 September 2014.
The Call for Papers gives details about the conference, registration fees, and provides other information. The deadline for abstracts is 30 June 2014.
For more information, see the official JCRC website announcement here.