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Upcoming Conferences
The Joseph
Conrad Society of America
January 2010 Conference in California
The Joseph Conrad Society of America will host will host a conference
on Joseph Conrad's life and works at Chapman
University in the city of Orange,
California, near Los Angeles, from 7-10 January 2010.
The Call for Papers and information about registration and accommodation
for this conference is available at Conrad
Under Californian Skies.
Société Conradienne Française
and The Joseph Conrad Society (UK)
September 2010 Conference in Versailles
and Paris
A joint conference to be hosted by the Joseph Conrad Society (UK)
and La
Société Conradienne Française is in the
planning stages. The conference will be held in September 2010 in
venues in central Paris and at the Université de Versailles-St-Quentin.
Dates and specifics about registration, as well as the Call for
Papers, should be issued in mid-summer 2009.
Outposts of Progress: Joseph Conrad, Modernism,
and (Post)colonialism
December 2011, 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.
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Heart
of Darkness: Theatre Piece
A theatre piece based upon 'Heart of Darkness'
with music by Andrew Synnott and performed by Gavin Kostick is being
given two performances as part of the 2009 London Literature Festival.
Performances take place at St Paul's Pavilion,
6th Floor, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, on Saturday 11 July and
Sunday 12 July at 18.00. Tickets are £7 plus a £1.45
booking fee. Book through 20871 663 2500. The performance time at
Dublin was 5 1/2 hours.
The piece was awarded a prize in the Spirit
of Dublin Fringe 2007 as part of th city's Polska!
celebrations and was supported by the Polish Cultural Centre.
For further information, see the following
links: St
Paul's Pavilion and on the Dublin performance: Dublin
Fringe 2007
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The
Public Face of Joseph Conrad
The Republic of Singapore has commemorated
Conrad's presence in the city, part of the Straits Settlements during
the writer's lifetime, with a monument in a prominent location in
the central business district. The full image of this monument may
be accessed here: Singapore
Monument. The memorial joins others in Hamburg, Gydnia, and
Sydney in celebrating the writer.
In 2007, the Republic of Poland issued 200,
10, and 2 zloty coins to commemorate the 150th anniversary
of the writer's birth. Full information and detailed images of these
coins may be accessed here (pdf file): Conrad
Coin. Collections of these coins may be obtained through numaticists.
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The Cambridge
Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad
A new editorial arrangement for the Edition,
headed by J. H. Stape and Allan H. Simmons, with a Board comprised
of Helen Baron, Linda Bree, Laurence Davies, Jeremy Hawthorn, and
Owen Knowles, has been approved by Cambridge University Press.
The Cambridge editions of Youth,
Heart of Darkness and The End of the Tether, edited by Owen
Knowles, Last Essays, edited by Harold Ray Stevens and
J. H. Stape with the assistance of Mary Burgoyne and Alexandre Fachard,
and Suspense, edited by Gene M. Moore and the late Hans
van Marle, were recently delivered to the Press. Publication of
these titles is scheduled for 2010 and early 2011.
Under contract and scheduled for delivery in
January 1910, is Within the Tides, edited by Alexandre
Fachard with an Introduction by Laurence Davies and Notes by A.
M. Pursell and Alexandre Fachard. Publication is scheduled for late
2010 or early 1911. The volumes in prospect after that are An
Outcast of the Islands, edited by Allan H. Simmons and Lord
Jim, A Tale, edited by J. H. Stape and Ernest W. Sullivan II.
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Accommodation for
Scholars and Writers in Historic Rye
Visitors to England or writers wishing a retreat might be interested
in renting a property in Rye for holidays or work. Farthing House
comprises the two upper storeys of a Tudor townhouse in the heart
of the citadel and just down the road from Henry James’s Lamb
House.
The premises sleep six comfortably. Cleaning can be arranged. For
specifics and photographs of the house, see Farthing
House.
The property is available year round. Bookings are for a full week
from Friday to Friday, with no minimum stay between November and
March. Rents are £250 low season to £500 high season
per week.
Shorter stays are worked out on a sliding scale rather than pro
rata, depending upon the time of year. Bookings less than a week
incur a £20 supplement. A 15% discount is offered to members
of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK).
For enquiries and information, contact: Kate Colqhuon kate@f2s.co.uk
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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
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Modern Language Association
Convention, Philadelphia, December 2009
The Joseph Conrad Society of America will host its usual two panels
at the annual meeting of the MLA, to be held in Philadelphia on
27-30 December 2009. Proposals for papers are now closed.
Conrad and the Uncanny
In addition to dismemberment and horror, this panel welcomes proposals
on different aspects of the uncanny in Conrad's work. For more information,
contact Yael Levinyael_levin@yahoo.co.uk
Joseph Conrad and Charles Darwin
How do traditional concepts and codes function in the framework
of Joseph Conrad's post-Darwinian fiction? Papers will deal with
this and related topics. For more information, contact contact Anne
Luyatanneluyat@yahoo.fr
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Conrad First
The Joseph Conrad Society (UK) has formally become a co-sponsor
of Conrad
First: The Joseph Conrad Periodical Archive.
The website, edited and designed by Stephen Donovan, makes accessible
serial versions of Conrad's works in a context rich digital format.
Aaron Zacks is the site's graphics editor and software is by Alan
Donovan.
The Society has approved a partnership with the website for an
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