JCSA sponsored Joseph Conrad Panels at the virtual MLA Convention Toronto (Canada) 7 & 9 January 2021

“Comparatism Now: Faulkner and Conrad”  7 January from 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST. Hosted by the Joseph Conrad Society of America and the William Faulkner Society

“Planetary Conrad” 9 January from 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM EST. Hosted by the Joseph Conrad Society of America

“Energy in Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad’s Works,” at ESSE Conference (European Society for the Study of English) Lyon, France, 31 August – 4 September 2020

“Energy in Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad’s Works,” at ESSE Conference (European Society for the Study of English) Lyon, France, 31 August – 4 September 2020

The ESSE conference 2020 cannot be held on 31 August / 4 September.

For further details see the conference website here

Convenors Richard Ambrosini richard.ambrosini@uniroma3.it

Peggy Blin-Cordon peggy_cordon@hotmail.com

Nathalie Martinière nmartiniere@gmail.com

Joseph Conrad Panel at the MLA Convention Seattle (USA) 9-12 January 2020

Conrad and the Senses

The sensory turn of the last decades marks a new direction in literary studies. Informing a wide range of paradigms from biopolitics to poststructuralism, new critical interest in the senses allows us to reconsider Conrad’s writing, to intervene in the commonplaces of traditional criticism, and to expand our investigation of the way in which the senses inform the stylistic and thematic aspects of his poetics. Any form of engagement with the significance and articulation of the senses is welcome.

The Conrad Panel at SAMLA Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (USA) 8-10 November 2019

South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia

‘Conrad and Power’: The panel organizers are especially interested in 15-20 minute papers on power in any aspect of Joseph Conrad’s life and works. Proposals addressing the broader elements of the conference theme or on any Conradian theme in multimedia contexts are also welcome.

The 4th Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society of Japan 10 November 2019

Bukkyo University, Nijo Campus, Kyoto, Japan

The special theme for the 4th Conference is “Conrad in Japan: Crosscultural Encounters.” While all submissions related to Joseph Conrad are welcome, participants are especially encouraged to submit papers (of about 20 minutes) exploring the cultural intersection of Conrad and Japan.

‘Ford and Toulon: Biography, Culture and Environment in the 1920s and 1930s’ June 28-29, 2019

Université de Toulon, Ford Madox Ford Society

Proposals are invited for an international conference on ‘Ford and Toulon: biography, culture, and environment’ to be held at the Université de Toulon, France.

This conference will bring together scholars working on Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939), a major twentieth-century novelist, editor and cultural commentator. It forms part of a series of events celebrating writerly culture and experience in the city of Toulon, where Ford spent time in the 1920s and 1930s.

For more information, see here

Heart of Darkness — Touring theatre show, March, April, May 2019

Co-produced by Marche Teatro and Cast. Supported by Arts Council England, Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University and Theatre by the Lake.

Following the popular and critically acclaimed adaptation of Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, imitating the dog turn their attention to Joseph Conrad’s extraordinarily influential novella, Heart of Darkness.

This bold new staging of the Conrad classic is a visually rich, multi-layered work which fuses live performance with digital technology.

More information, including venues and dates, may be accessed here

Joseph Conrad Study Day at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, TW1 4SX, 14 February 2019 12:30-5:00

St Mary’s University will be hosting a ‘Conrad Day’ on Thursday 14 February in the Senior Common Room at St Mary’s campus in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. There will be four papers including ‘Some Recent Trends in Conrad Studies’ presented by the Chair of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK), Professor Robert Hampson.

For more information, full programme, and the booking form, see here

Conrad Panel at MLA Convention Chicago (USA) 3-6 January 2019

Conrad’s Politics of Hope

In the spirit of recent challenges to the hermeneutics of suspicion, we invite papers that take the idealism in Conrad’s writing seriously. The law of unintended consequences rules Conrad’s fiction, and characters who voice idealistic aspirations usually fail to achieve them, but does the failure of idealism necessarily discredit it? Does Conrad imagine alternatives to the hypocrisy, selfishness, and materialism he portrays? Does he balance critique with hope?