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.

Call for Papers: ESSE 2014 in Kosice

A Conrad seminar, titled “The unexpected in Joseph Conrad’s fiction”, will be held at the 2014 ESSE Conference in Kosice, Slovakia (Friday 29 August – Tuesday 2 September, 2014). For more information, download the Call for Papers here.

The call for papers is now closed.

Conrad: Conflict and Solidarities, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 13-16 August 2014

Jointly hosted by The Joseph Conrad Society of America and Fairleigh Dickinson University-Vancouver, a conference celebrating and investigating facets of the life and work of Joseph Conrad will be held in Vancouver in mid-August.

The Call for Papers is now closed. Download the tentative conference schedule (in PDF) here.

The conference site is in downtown Vancouver at 842 Cambie Street. Participants will be expected to make their own arrangements for accommodation. A list of recommended nearby hotels, as well as two featuring conference discounts, can be accessed here.

For more information on practicalities, including arrival, dining options, and transportation in and around Vancouver, download the PDF here.

The 40th Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society UK, 2014

The 40th Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society UK will be held at the University of Kent at Canterbury, from Wednesday 2 July to Sunday 6 July 2014. For the complete final programme (updated 24 June 2014), click here.

Booking and registration for the conference is now open. For Conference Registration click here.

For information and to download application forms for the 2014 Juliet McLauchlan Travel Grant and Gail Fraser Memorial Travel Grant, see the Annual Conference page.

The conference will include a tour of Conrad’s houses in Kent.

Mistah Kurtz – He Not Dead: A multimedia exhibition inspired by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

Fiona Banner, in collaboration with Paolo Pellegrin and in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict, presents “Mista Kurtz – He Not Dead,” a multimedia exhibition inspired by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and accompanied by a text commissioned for the project from Dr. Giles Fraser.

This event is scheduled to take place at the PEER gallery (97 & 99 Hoxton Street London N1 6QL UK) from 5 June to 26 July 2014. An opening reception is scheduled for Thursday 5 June 6-9pm.

For more information, see the official PEER website announcement here.

Charity Premiere and UK Release for Peter Fudakowski’s Secret Sharer (2014)

Peter Fudakowski’s Secret Sharer (2014) will have its charity premiere on Monday 23rd June at the Curzon Mayfair cinema in London. This 6:15 PM screening of the film will be followed by a brief Q&A with the director and Jack Laskey.

Tickets are £25 per person, if purchased before 2nd June. After 2nd June, tickets are £50 per person. Proceeds from this charity event will go to the Foundling Museum and the Coram Foundation.

The film will also be released in selected cinemas in the UK, including the Curzon Mayfair and the Curzon Victoria, starting Friday 27th June. Tickets are £15 per person.

For more information, see the filmmaker’s official website at www.secretsharerthemovie.com.

An eBook of Conrad’s The Secret Sharer, with Fudakowski’s screenplay of the movie and a review by Gene Moore, has been published by Bloomsbury. For more information, or to order your copy, see the publisher’s website here.

Adapting Conrad: A multi-disciplinary conference on what happens to books when translated into other media

‘Adapting Conrad’ will be a one-day conference hosted by the Institute of English Studies at Senate House, London, on 30 May 2014. The conference is part of a series of events celebrating and criticizing adaptations of Conrad’s works.

For more information, see the official IES website announcement here. The Call for Papers is now closed.

The Cunninghame Graham Society, Launch Meeting

The Cunninghame Graham Society will host a Launch Meeting at 1:00 PM on Saturday, 8 March at The Smith Art Gallery & Museum in Dumbarton Rd, Stirling FK8 2RQ, UK. Download the announcement poster in PDF here.

The guest speaker will be Laurence Davies, co-author of Cunninghame Graham: A Critical Biography (Cambridge, 2008). Entrance is FREE and all are welcome.

For more information, contact the organizers at lachiemunro25@gmail.com.

There is a link to the Cunninghame Graham Society on the Links page.