The Annual International Conference 2010
The Joseph Conrad Society’s 2010 Annual International Conference, its 36th, was held in conjunction with the Société Conradienne Française on 14-17 September in Versailles (St-Quentin-en-Yvelines) and Paris.
The sessions of 14-16 September were held at the Université de Versailles-St-Quentin. The sessions of 17 September were held at the Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris on the Ile-de-la-Cité.
Keynote lectures were given by Laurence Davies, Zdzislaw Najder, and Claude Maisonnat, and three sessions on Under Western Eyes were held in anticipation of the centenary of the novel’s publication.
John Lester and Zdzislaw Najder
Brian Richardson / Jeremy Hawthorn / Jean Szczypien / Claude Maisonnat / Steven Vervaet
Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan / Bjorg Hawthorn / Linda Dryden
Helpers from Universite de St-Quentin
Owen Knowles (at entry) / Student Helpers from the Universite de St-Quentin
Zdzislaw Najder (keynote speaker) / John Stape (chair)
Andrew Busza
Carola Kaplan
Stephen Donovan
Paul Eggert (chair) / Catherine Delasalle / Chris Cairney / Stephanie Bernard
Audience
Participants
Claude Maisonnat / Wieslaw Krajka / Jeremy Hawthorn
Sunny Day at St-Quentin (Foreground: Kim Salmons / Roberta Borgna / Balazs Csizmadia
Michael Gorra and Marta Puxan
Balazs Csizmadia / Michael Gorra
Nidesh Lawtoo / William Atkinson
Paul Eggert and Jakob Lothe
Amar Acheraiou and Leonard Orr
Claude Maisonnat / Catherine Delasalle / Nathalie Martiniere
The French Connection (Claude Maissonat centre)
Jean Szczypien / John Attridge/ Linda Dryden
Jean Szczypien/John Attridge/ Linda Dryden
Geoffrey Nowell-Smith / Louis-Anthony Martinez / Jennifer Wellman / Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan (chair)
Panel on (Post) Imperial Subjects and Narrators
Leonard Orr / Frank Forster / Jakob Lothe/ Richard Ambrosini (chair)
Leonard Orr
Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan and Bjorg Hawthorn
Lunch at St-Quentin (Robert Hampson and Peter Mallios in foreground)
Laurence Davies standing / David Mulry (green jacket) /William Atkinson / Keith Carabine
Helen Chambers / Andrew Francis / Brian Richardson / John Stape
Lunch at St-Quentin (Jennifer Wellman / Robert Hampson / Carola Kaplan / Claude Maisonnat)
Claude Maisonnat and Bjorg Hawthorn
Keith Carabine and Claude Maisonnat / Bjorg Hawthorn and Nathalie Martiniere
Hugh Epstein and John Lester
Laurence Davies (keynote speaker) and Keith Carabine (chair)
Keynote Audience for Laurence Davies
Another view: Keynote audience for Laurence Davies
Happy Listeners
Laurence Davies (President, Joseph Conrad Society (UK))
John Stape, questioner
Allan Simmons
Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan /Jeremy Hawthorn /Jacques Pothier / Louis-Anthony Martinez
Peter Mallios, Josiane Paccaud-Huguet / Jennifer Wellman
Amar Acheraiou / Anne Luyat / John Lester (making a point) / Allan Simmons (looking sage)
Hugh Epstein / Jakob Lothe
David Mulry /Josiane Paccaud-Huguet / Jennifer Wellman
Richard Ambrosini
Debra Romanick Baldwin
Debra Romanick Baldwin / Karen Zouaoui
Coffee Break at Bibliotheque Polonaise
Pause cafe
Andrew Busza and Zdzislaw Najder
Andrew Francis and Robert Hampson