The 50th Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK) 6-8 July 2023
The Joseph Conrad Society (UK) held its 50th Annual International Conference at St Mary’s University, London 6 – 7 July plus one day at POSK in Hammersmith on 8 July 2023.
Let the jollity commence: Kim Salmons and Ellen Burton Harrington
Serious matters: Douglas Kerr, Sree Kumar, Jack Peters, Jim Ward, George Legg
The Waldegrave Drawing Room and delegates at their best in opening morning attentiveness
An Ning ponders
Modes of contemplation: Debra Romanick Baldwin and Sylwia Wojciechowska
Modes of concentration: Robert Hampson and Andrew Francis
An inner smile: Debra Romanick Baldwin
Allan Simmons
Douglas Kerr
Some form of entreaty: Hugh Epstein
Prayers answered: Hugh Epstein, Debra Romanick Baldwin, Douglas Kerr
On the other hand: Ellen Burton Harrington, Nic Panagopoulos, Chris Cairney
Foregoing the inviting evening sun on the St Mary’s running track: Tania Zulli, Yael Levin, Anna Szczepan-Wojnarska, Katherine Baxter, Kim Salmons
Yes, a little chilly: Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech, Andrew and Ann Francis, Chris Cairney
The next morning and foremost amongst us: Mattia De Luca, Pat Pye, Chris Cairney, Adam Lausch-Hołubowicz, Katherine Baxter, Yael Levin
Modes of reflection: An Ning, Allan Simmons
At the mic: Robert Hampson
Riccardo Capoferro
William Atkinson
Chris Cairney
Debra Romanick Baldwin, Helen Chambers, Jay Parker
Joanna Skolik, Nic Panagopoulos, Chris Cairney, Ellen Burton Harrington
The morning concludes with the general approbation of these good gentlemen: Douglas Kerr, Andrew Francis, Brian Richardson, Jack Peters, John Lester
Still jolly: unsuspecting conference participants await the rigours of the R68 bus service
And best foot forward, undaunted: George Legg, Ellen Burton Harrington, Brygida Pudełko, Adam Lausch-Hołubowicz, Hugh Epstein
Under the gates of Hampton Court Palace
Gala Dinner: our host, Kim Salmons
The Italian connection: Riccardo Capoferro and Tania Zulli
Cheerful conference participants gathered around Keith Carabine
Saturday at POSK: Jack Peters
Sylwia Wojciechowska and Nic Panagopoulos
Mark Deggan
Ésprit fort: Genia Maresch
Quick confab: Robert Hampson and Douglas Kerr
Up on the roof: Helen Chambers, Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech, Imen Chemengui
Unseemly hilarity in the pizzeria: Tania Zulli, William Atkinson, Katherine Baxter, Kim Salmons, Ellen Burton Harrington, Yael Levin
Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech prepares to give the Philip Conrad Memorial Lecture
Table at the POSK dinner
The other table
Amicable conversation before the dancing: Jamie Mellor, Brygida Pudełko, Genia Maresch, Hunt Hawkins
Up for a dance after all that? Ellen Burton Harrington, Kim Salmons, Tania Zulli
Not so sure: Jay Parker casts a sceptical eye on Mark Deggan, Hugh Epstein, Allan Simmons
The last delegate makes it back to the ancestral home