The Annual International Conference 2010
   

The Joseph Conrad Society’s 2010 Annual International Conference, its 36th, will be held on 14-17 September in Versailles and Paris as a joint conference with the La Société Conradienne Française. PROGRAMME and BOOKING FORM AVAILABLE

UPDATE:TRAIN TIMETABLES to St-Quentin-en-Yvelines from Central Paris

Trains from Montparnasse OR RER C Trains (pdf. reader required:). The most convenient trains on the opening day are as follows: From Gare Montparnasse, the train leaving at 11.58 and arriving at St Quentin at 12.33; or the next one leaving at 12.28 and arriving at 13.03. On the
RER C from St-Michel leaving at 11.33 and arriving at12.36 or leaving at 12.23 and arrriving at 13.06.

The Booking Form and tentative Conference Programme are posted here. Pre-booking is strongly advised in order to expedite registration and to avoid possible additional charges for currency exchange chargeable at registration at the conference. Please note that the conference schedule is subject to change.

Registration will open at 13.00, with sessions beginning at 14.00 on 14 September. Late Registration will open at 9.00 on Wednesday with a formal welcome at 9.45 and with sessions beginning at 10.00.

Participants should note that no formal arrangements will be made for lunch on Tuesday. Several restaurants are convenient to the university and in the shopping mall near the railway station. For lunch, if the weather is clement, the spacious university grounds afford possibilities for a sandwich and other light refreshments outdoors purchased at the railway station or along the way.

The conference will close with the Gala Dinner on Friday evening at the Brasserie Vagenende on the Boulevard St-Germain in the Latin Quarter, following the sessions at the Bibliothèque Polonaise in central Paris.

Venues

The Tuesday to Thursday sessions will be held at the Université de Versailles-St-Quentin in suburban Paris (easily accessible via the surburban train network, the RER, from the Latin Quarter at St-Michel or the Gare Montparnasse) and the Friday sessions at the Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris in the very centre of Paris on the Ile-de-la-Cité.

Membership

All participants who are not already members of one of the societies will be required to take out membership for one year in the society of their choice.

Practicalities

Participants will be expected to make their own arrangements for accommodation. The file Hotel Information contains suggestions about reasonably priced and conveniently located hotels in Paris.

The Montparnasse district is recommended as allowing ready access to the suburban train (RER: Line C) to Versailles-St-Quentin-en-Yvelines and to transportation by bus and metro in central Paris. The file How to Get There contains information on how to reach St-Quentin from central Paris and on access to the Polish Library.

 

 

Conference Archives 2005-2009

Information about Society conferences from 2005-2009, including programmes and links to photographs, may be accessed at: Conrad Conference Archives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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