The 53rd Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK) London, 1-3 July 2026
Andrew Francis begins proceedings
Conference Secretary Kim Salmons and attentive audience
Debra Romanick Baldwin makes a point
Jay Parker; Brian Richardson, Chandrakant and Vasudha Langare
Adam Lausch-Hołubowicz makes a point; Arati Banerjea and Kaoru Yamamoto digest it
First Conrad conference for Shujing Fu
A speaker’s view of things
Jay Parker
Kazuya Tanaka and Shujing Fu
Fred Yamusangie
Sylwia Wojciechowska
Susan Jones, Robert Hampson; Chris Cairney examines the middle distance
The commemorative plaque for Zdzisław Najder at the University of Opole
Freya, Jasper and Heemskirk: an illustration from Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech
Peter Fudakowski has an observation; Jamie Mellor and Riccardo Capoferro consult
Allan Simmons introduces speakers
Ewa Rzanna
Kevin O’Connor
Pictures owned by the Joseph Conrad Society (UK) displayed in the Polish Library
Conrad’s chess set, typewriter and tiny child’s reading books in the Polish Library examined by Joanna Skolik, Ellen Burton Harrington and Anna Szczepan-Wojnarska
Robert Hampson, Anthony Fothergill and Nataša Tučev
Robert Hampson: any resemblance to the gentleman on the wall beyond is purely coincidental
Joanna Skolik, Anna Szczepan-Wojnarska, Ellen Burton Harrington
Nataša Tučev
The Head Librarian of the Polish Library, Dobrosława Platt, with Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech
Nataša Tučev and Hugh Epstein
Tour guide Robert Hampson and various worthies in Bessborough Gardens
Monica Spence, Kaoru Yamamoto, Patrick Spence
Sanjay Krishnan
Yael Levin
Attentive listeners
Monica Spence and Kaoru Yamamoto
Which window was it that Conrad looked out of and into the opaline atmosphere?
Conrad’s lodgings in Gillingham Street
Perhaps the door to the elusive Russian Embassy in Chesham Square
Back to the lecture room with Jay Parker and Kaoru Yamamoto; Chris Cairney very much eyes to the front and Mattia De Luca beyond
Allan Simmons, genial
Jamie Mellor
Juan Rendon-Sanchez
Debra Romanick Baldwin
Mattia De Luca
John Murphy prepares; Chandrakant Langare speaks
Third day audience: Anthony Fothergill still writing
John Murphy
Peter Stockland; Adam Lausch-Hołubowicz contemplates beyond
Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan, Gudrun Kauhl, Kazuya Tanaka
Peter Stockland
Anna Szczepan-Wojnarska keeps going right to the end
Riccardo Capoferro
Katherine Baxter introduces the final session with Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan and Riccardo Capoferro