Joseph Conrad Society

F2. Maritime Culture, Heritage, Archaeology, Art and Museums

Definition

Literary society promoting Conrad's maritime fiction.

The Joseph Conrad Society (UK) is a literary society founded in 1973 to support study of Joseph Conrad. It publishes The Conradian, a peer-reviewed journal, holds an annual international conference, and awards the Juliet McLauchlan Prize for the best conference paper. A US counterpart, the Joseph Conrad Society of America, founded 1974, publishes Joseph Conrad Today. Both bodies anchor scholarship on Conrad’s maritime fiction and his merchant-marine career, maintaining bibliographies and supporting access to the Conrad archive.

Source: Joseph Conrad Society (UK), founded 1973; publisher of The Conradian.