The Hans van Marle Collection

The archives of the eminent Dutch Conradian Hans van Marle (1922–2001) containing his correspondence, papers, photographs, and books, have now been catalogued and delivered to Senate House Library, University of London. The Conradian published a selection from these papers, edited by Gene M. Moore, who has catalogued them as a project of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK).

A detailed catalogue / finder’s aid is available in pdf here: Hans van Marle Collection. (If the page does not appear immediately, enter "van marle" on the search screen).

A joint conference to be hosted by the Joseph Conrad Society (UK) and La Société Conradienne Française will be held on 15-18 September 2010 at the Université de Versailles-St-Quentin and in central Paris at the Bibliothèque Polonaise on the Ile-de-la-Cité.

Further information and the Call for Papers can be accessed on the Annual Conference page of this website.

BARGAINS

Conradian Sale: Back Issues

For a limited period of six months (1 November 2009 to 30 April 2010) selected back issues of The Conradian beginning with Volume 6 (1981) are on sale for one-third the normal price. (Postage and packaging are not included in this offer.)

For a list of back issues available, prices, and payment methods, see MS Word Back Issues or PDF Back Issues. The forms provide details about payment and ordering.

Research & Pizza

Members of the Society who frequent the British Library may wish to know that a 20% discount is offered at the Pizza Express directly across from the Library upon presentation of a current Reader's Pass (offer only vaild before placing an order).

Membership Fees: Special Limited-Time Offeron Life Memberships

Life Membership will remain at £250 only until 1 April 2010; thereafter it will go up to £500.

Arnold Bennett Conference: June 2010

Organised by the Arnold Bennett Society, the Society's Seventh Annual Conference celebrates the centenary of the publication of the Clayhanger Trilogy.

The conference will be held on Saturday, 12 June 2010 at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery Hanley, Stoke on Trent. Total cost for the day, including lunch, is £25.

For further information and to reserve a place, contact: the Arnold Bennett Society: arnoldbennettscty@btinternet.com

Calls for Papers

The Conradian: Special Issue on Under Western Eyes

To commemorate the centenary of the publication of Under Western Eyes, the Editors and Editorial Board of The Conradian invite essays to be published in the journal's Autumn 2011 issue. Deadline for submission is 30 April 2011.

Special issues of the journal are published as monographs by Rodopi of Amsterdam. This volume will be edited by Jeremy Hawthorn, Allan H. Simmons and J. H. Stape.

Conradiana: Special Issue on Critical Practice

John Crompton, well-known British Conradist, will serve as guest editor for an issue of Conradiana tentatively planned to appear in 2010. Papers are welcome that (a) identify and challenge some commonplace or accepted idea or interpretation in Conrad studies, to loosen the concrete in Con-crit, and (b) offer new and bold departures in interpretation.

The full call for papers may be accessed here: Special Issue of Conradiana

Forthcoming Conferences: December 2011

Outposts of Progress: Joseph Conrad, Modernism, and (Post)colonialism , University of Cape Town

An international conference on Conrad to be held 6–10 December 2011 in South Africa at the University of Cape Town is in the planning stages. A Call for Papers and further details will be announced in due course and announced on this website.

Annual Modern Language Association Convention, Los Angeles

The usual two sessions on Conrad, sponsored by the Joseph Conrad Society of America, will be held at the annual meeting of the MLA.

Conrad's Under Western Eyes

In celebration of the novel's centenary, papers are welcome on any aspect of the novel. Send abstracts (250 words) to Lissa Schneider elizabeth.schneider-rebozo@uwrf.edu by 20 March 2010.

Conrad and Narrative

Papers on any aspect of narrative in the work of Conrad for a panel jointly sponsored by the Joseph Conrad Society of America and the International Society for the Study of Narrative. Send abstracts (250 words) to Brian Richardson richb@umd.edu by 20 March 2010.

Membership in the MLA is required to attend sessions and to present papers.