The Conradian
The journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK)
Published twice yearly, with issue in the spring and autumn, The Conradian: The Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK) is a refereed journal of scholarship devoted to the life and writings of Joseph Conrad. It is the recognized journal of record in the field of Conrad studies. Recent issues have included work on all aspects of Conrad.
General Editors
Robert Hampson, (Royal Holloway, University of London); Jay Parker, (The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong); Allan H. Simmons, (St Mary’s University, Twickenham); James Ward.
Contributing Editor
Richard Niland, (Imperial College, London).
Advisory Editors
Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech (University of Silesia); Katherine Baxter (University of Northumbria); Mary Burgoyne; Hugh Epstein; Jana Giles (University of Louisiana at Monroe); Ellen Burton Harrington (University of South Alabama); Yael Levin (Hebrew University of Jerusalem); Nic Panagopoulos (National & Kapodistrian University, Athens); Kaoru Yamamoto (University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan).
The journal is included in the cost of membership and sent to all members of The Society. It is available by subscription to libraries. For information on current rates for members/subscribers as well as methods of payment, please see the Membership page.
The Conradian is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography, The Year’s Work in English Studies , Abstracts in English Studies, and Victorian Studies. The journal from 1981 to 2021 is available in digital form from JSTOR.
The Conradian Green Open Access policy to support researcher funder and mandate compliance (e.g. the REF in the UK): policy.
Back issues are available for certain years and may be purchased by contacting The Honorary Secretary. A sample issue (PDF file) and a list of back issues available, prices, and payment methods see the links below.
Current Issue
Contents of The Conradian 51.1 (Spring 2026)
- Ewa Kujawski-Lis In the Heart of Political Darkness: Conrad in the Service of Politics
- Debra Romanick Baldwin Conrad, Freedom and Censorship
- Robert Hampson “Only a wretched novelist”: Conrad and Casement Revisited
- Mattia de Luca The Act of Naming in Chance : Language, Identity, and Subversion
- Anna M. Szczeepan-Wojnarska Intrusive Sounds and Silences in “Freya of the Seven Isles”
- Isabelle Loréal The “livid expanse of snow”: Razumov’s Motherland as Inhuman Land
- Patricia Pye “For there is a soul in things”: an artist’s voice in Victory
- John G. Peters A Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides about Joseph Conrad: 2021-2025
- Jakob Lothe Jeremy Hawthorn (1942-2025)