Join a community of avid readers and scholars for two days of discovery and discussion inspired by one of the world’s great political novels: Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo.

Rebellion, ambition, empire—Nostromo depicts to pervasive impact on commercial exploitation in a South American republic on the remote pacific coast.

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Declan Kiely speaking at Winter Weekend 2018. Photo by Dan D’Ippolito

Scholars

• Christopher GoGwilt (Fordham University and former President of Joseph Conrad Society of America)
  “Viva Costaguana!”: The Place of the Parrot in Nostromo
• Lillian Nayder (Bates College)
  Conrad, Nostromo, and gender
• Nadia V. Celis (Bowdoin College)
  Conrad, Colombia, and Gabriel García Márquez
• Declan Kiely (New York Public Library)
  Conrad’s Nostromo: The Fascination of What’s Difficult
• Javier Cikota (Bowdoin College)
  South American History through the lens of Nostromo

Program Details

• Winter Weekend kicks off at 5PM on Friday, March 8, in Kresge Auditorium on the campus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick.
• Our keynote speaker for 2019 is Christopher GoGwilt, President of the Joseph Conrad Society of American and Professor of English at Fordham University.
• The evening is rounded out with a cocktail reception and dinner, a taste of the time and culture reflected in Nostromo.
• The festivities continue at 9AM on Saturday, March 9, and includes a continental breakfast, presentations by four scholars, and lunch.

Photo by Dan D’Ippolito

Registration

We’re offering four registration options for Winter Weekend 2019, including a special Saturday only rate for librarians, teachers, and students. Registration includes:

• A copy of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo
• Background readings
• CEUs for teachers (3 credits/30 hours)

Lodging