The Archives

The Joseph Conrad Society has held an annual international conference since 1974. Information about the past few conferences is archived below.

Programmes of earlier conferences are housed in the Society's archives, which may be accessed upon request to the Honorary Secretary.

The Annual International Conference 2009

The Joseph Conrad Society’s 2009 Annual International Conference, its 35th, was held on 2-4 July at two venues in London. The third Philip J. Conrad Memorial Lecture was delivered by Andrea White.

The sessions of 2 July were held at the Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) at 238-246 King Street in Hammersmith. The sessions of 3 and 4 July were held at the University Womens' Club at 2 Audley Square, Mayfair.

The final conference programme is posted here as an MS Word file document: 2009 Conference Schedule.

Click here for Conference Photographs Click on 'Photos by Joseph Conrad' to access the Gallery. Click thumbnails for a larger version of the individual photographs (slightly blurry opening resolution resolves to normal quality resolution after a few seconds). Photographs courtesy of and © Hugh Epstein. Dowload Cooliris for enhanced 3-D viewing.

The Annual International Conference 2008

The Joseph Conrad Society’s 2008 Annual International Conference, its 34th, was held at Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln, 2-5 July.

The final conference programme is posted here in two formats: 2008 Conference Schedule (MS Word) and as a pdf. file (Acrobat Reader required) 2008 Conference Schedule (pdf.)

In addition to a full schedule of papers, activities included a tour of Lincoln Cathedral and the Tennyson Research Centre and a plenary lecture by C. T. Watts on Under Western Eyes.

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The Annual International Conference 2007

The Joseph Conrad Society’s 2007 Annual International Conference, its 33rd, was held at The Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) in Hammersmith and at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich on 5-7 July.

Special sessions on Conrad's letters and on the writing of an opera based on "Heart of Darkness" were held. The Philip J. Conrad Memorial lecture was delivered by J. H. Stape, who spoke on Conrad biography.

The final conference programme is posted here in two formats: 2007 Conference Schedule (MS Word) and as a pdf. file (Acrobat Reader required) 2007 Conference Schedule

Click here for Conference Photographs Click on the Image of Greenwich Observatory to open the Album. Click on thumbnails for larger version of the individual photographs (slightly blurry opening resolution resolves to normal quality resolution after a few seconds). Photographs courtesy of and © Véronique Pauly. Dowload Cooliris for enhanced 3-D viewing.

The Annual International Conference 2006

The Joseph Conrad Society’s 2006 Annual International Conference, its 32nd, was held at The Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) at 238-246 King Street in Hammersmith, London, on 6-8 July.

There were two special sessions on The Secret Agent in anticipation of the centenary of the novel's publication in 2007, and papers on several topics, biographical and critical.

The final conference programme is posted here in two formats: 2006 Conference Schedule (MS Word) and as a pdf. file (Acrobat Reader required) 2006 Conference Schedule.