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A design competition to create a room on the Southbank Centre, one of the most visible sites in the British capital, where up to two people at a time could spend a unique night in an exemplary architectural landmark. attracted 500 entries from around the world and has been won by David Kohn Architects.

The firm constructed a boat resembling Conrad's Roi des Belges in which he travelled on the Congo in 1890. Full details, pictures, and press coverage can be accessed at the following website: A Room for London.

 

 

The Cambridge Edition

The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad added new titles, its ninth and tenth, in January 2012: Lord Jim, A Tale, edited by J. H. Stape and Ernest W. Sullivan II, and Tales of Unrest, edited by Allan H. Simmons and J. H. Stape.

The early months of the new year will see the publication in the series of Within the Tides, edited by Alexandre Fachard with an Introduction by Laurence Davies and Notes by Alexandre Fachard and Andrew Purssell.

All three volumes have been awarded the Seal of Approval of the Committee on Scholarly Editing of the Modern Language Society of America.

Volumes currently under contract and actively in progress include The Shadow-Line, Under Western Eyes, An Outcast of the Islands, The Rover, and The Plays.

 

Chance: Centennial Essays

The Editors announce plans for a special issue of The Conradian (38.2: Autumn 2013) to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Chance.

The issue will be edited by Susan Jones, Allan H. Simmons, and J. H. Stape.Submissions for this issue are now being solicited. Deadline: May 2013.

 

Joseph Conrad Society 2012 Annual Conference, July 2012: Call for Papers

The Joseph Conrad Society’s 2012 Annual International Conference, will be held from 4-7 July 2012 at Bath Spa University's Sion Hill Campus in central Bath.

Proposals of 150-200 words on any topic related to Conrad's life and work are welcome. Given the upcoming centenary of the publication of Chance, which the Society will mark with a special issue of The Conradian, papers, or panels, on the novel are especially welcome. Proposals, due on 20 April, should be sent to Tim Middletonemail iconconrad2012@bathspa.ac.uk

See the Annual Conference page for further details and about practicalities including information about travel and accommodations.

 

Ford Madox Ford Conference: September 2012

The Ford Madox Ford Society announces a call for papers for "'Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End: Modernism and the First World War," an international conference to be held at the Institute of English Studies, University of London, 27-29 September 2012.

The conference will celebrate Ford's First World War Modernist masterpiece, with the first annotated critical editions of the four novels that make up Parade's End now available from Carcanet Press and a five-part television adaptation currently in production, scripted by Sir Tom Stoppard.

For detailed information about the Call for Papers and registration for the conference, visit the Ford Conference Website.

 
 

MLA Annual Convention 2013

The Joseph Conrad Society of America is sponsoring two sessions at the Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA), to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, in January 2013.

The Society will sponsor two panels. Persons presenting papers must be members of the MLA.

Comparative Territories. Topics might include overlapping territories, inner / outer voyages, domesticity and politics, gender and Modernism. Comparative papers discussing critically neglected texts will be given priority. 250-500 word abstracts by 10 March 2012 to Debra Romanick Baldwin email icondbaldwin@udallas.edu and Kathryn L. Simpsonemail iconsimpsokl@adf.bham.ac.uk .

Conrad’s Chance 100 Years Later. Exploration or reassessment of any aspect of this novel, Conrad's first blockbuster success, including history, narrative, economics, gender, ethics, or comparative study. 250-500 word abstracts by 10 March 2012 to Debra Romanick Baldwin email icondbaldwin@udallas.edu.


 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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