Book launch of Conrad’s Reading: Space, Time, Networks. Institute of English Studies Senate House, London, 13 September 2018, 5.00pm

Join Dr. Helen Chambers, Honorary Associate in English at the Open University for the launch of her monograph, Conrad’s Reading: Space, Time, Networks, (Palgrave Macmillan, New Directions in Book History). This title aligns concepts and methods from book history with new literary research on this globally studied writer, and explores Conrad’s childhood and maritime reading, his many fictional representations of readers and material texts, and the reading he shared with literary women as well as men.

The event is free to attend but registration is required, further information and the booking form may be accessed here.

45th Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.)

The 45th Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.), 5 – 7 July 2018, was held at Writtle University College, Chelmsford, Essex.

The final 2018 conference programme can be downloaded from the Annual International Conference Archives page.

Objects in Hardy and Conrad: Conference to be held at the University of Rouen on 24-25 May 2018

This two-day conference focused on the significance of “objects” in the works of Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad, both in terms of how objects are represented — as social markers, for example — and the works themselves as objets d’ art. It was organized by FATHOM (French Association for Thomas Hardy Studies), and held at the University of Rouen on 24-25 May 2018.

You may download the full notice here (in English) and here (in French).

Placing Conrad: Space and Geography in Conrad’s Fiction. Senate House, London, 17 February 2018

This symposium, which marks the occasion of Professor Hampson’s retirement from full-time teaching, celebrates his contribution to Conrad Studies by bringing together new, established and independent scholars to develop fresh perspectives on a key area of his oeuvre: the spaces of Conrad’s fiction.
The past decade has witnessed a tremendous quickening of interest in the spatial and environmental humanities. These trends have proven remarkably important for scholars of English literature. Whether in building on earlier works in spatial theory, eco-criticism and psychogeography, in conducting geographically informed distant readings, or in exploring the global, transnational, and geopolitical contexts of specific writers and works: scholarship in English literature is increasingly concerned with the interactions between literary texts and their environments.

This symposium examines a range of spatial topics in relation to Conrad’s works including space and time, gesture, law, maps, and reception. The day concludes with a plenary lecture from Iain Sinclair and a reception.

Enquiries to: Katherine.baxter@northumbria.ac.uk        Download programme here

“Precarious Lives in Conrad and Ford”: Proposal for a Special Session at the 2018 MLA Convention

Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers exploring any aspect of the states of precariousness or insecurity represented in the fictions of Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. This proposal is for a non-guaranteed special session at the 2018 MLA Convention in New York City (USA) and jointly sponsored by the Ford Madox Ford Society and The Joseph Conrad Society of America.

You may download the full CFP here. This CFP is now closed.

The 43rd Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society was held at POSK (the Polish Social and Cultural Organisation) in Hammersmith, London, 7th – 9th July 2017.

Photographs from the conference, in addition to the 2017 Final Programme, are linked through the Annual Conference Archives page.

Heart of Darkness: Joseph Conrad’s Colonialism

Join Harvard professor and historian of the British Empire, Maya Jasanoff and V&A Director Tristram Hunt for a discussion about Jasanoff’s ground-breaking new book The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World, and how Conrad’s work resonates today.

This discussion is scheduled to be held at The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre from 19.00 – 20.45 on Wednesday, 1 November 2017.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, see the following official announcement from the Victoria and Albert Museum website.

The 3rd Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society of Japan

The 3rd Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society of Japan is scheduled to be held at Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Nursing, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, on November 12, 2017. Details of the conference will be posted on the university website when available: Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Nursing.

The deadline for submission of abstracts has passed.

For more information regarding this conference, download the promotional flyer in .pdf HERE, or download the final conference programme in .pdf HERE.

International Conference on Joseph Conrad. Twixt Land and Sea, 17–18 November 2017

This conference will take place at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn in the heart of the picturesque Polish Lake District (http://www.uwm.edu.pl/en/node/36 ). The organisers will offer moderately priced accommodation on the university campus (details will be announced on the website) for the duration of the conference. The conference fee covers: coffee breaks, lunches, gala dinner, and conference materials.

Proposals for 20-minute presentations should be sent to the following conference address: conrad2017olsztyn@gmail.com. Please download and attach a submission form in .docx linked HERE. Submissions are welcome until September 1st, 2017. Notifications of acceptance will be forwarded within 2 weeks since the receiving of your submission form.

For more information regarding this conference, download the promotional flyer in .pdf HERE.