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.

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The Annual International Conference 2011

The Joseph Conrad Society’s 2011 Annual International Conference, its 37th, was held in London on 7-9 July.

The sessions of 7-8 July were held at the Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) at 238-246 King Street in Hammersmith. Those of 9 July were held at the University Women's Club at 2 Audley Square, Mayfair.

The Philip J. Conrad Memorial lecture was delivered by C. T. Watts, who spoke on 'Heart of Darkness'.

The final conference programme is posted here as a pdf. file: 2011 Conference Programme

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.

The Annual International Conference 2010

The Joseph Conrad Society’s 2010 Annual International Conference, its 36th, was held in conjunction with the Société Conradienne Française on 14-17 September in Versailles (St-Quentin-en-Yvelines) and Paris.

The sessions of 14-16 September were held at the Université de Versailles-St-Quentin. The sessions of 17 September were held at the Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris on the Ile-de-la-Cité.

Keynote lectures were given by Laurence Davies, Zdzislaw Najder, and Claude Maisonnat, and three sessions on Under Western Eyes were held in anticipation of the centenary of the novel's publication.

The final conference programme is posted here as a pdf. file: 2010 Conference Programme

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 © Véronique Pauly.

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 a .pdf file: 2009 Conference Programme

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.

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 as a pdf. file: 2008 Conference Programme

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.

Click here for Conference Photographs 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.

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 as a pdf. file: 2007 Conference Programme

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.

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 as a pdf. file: 2006 Conference Programme