The Tenth Biennial Conference of the Defoe Society

Theme, CFP, dates (July 2027), and location forthcoming.

Past Conferences

The Eighth Biennial Meeting of the Defoe Society
Discoveries and Improvements, 1660–1740
July 3–5, 2025 (Lichfield Guildhall, Staffordshire, UK)

The Seventh Biennial Meeting of the Defoe Society
Atlantic Routes and Roots (organized in partnership with the Early Caribbean Society)
July 11–14, 2023 (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

The Sixth Biennial Meeting of the Defoe Society
Crusoe at 300: Adaptations, Afterlives and Futures
July 10–12, 2019 (University of York, UK)

The Fifth Biennial Meeting of the Defoe Society
Tolerance and Intolerance in the Age of Defoe
September 7–9, 2017 (New Haven, Connecticut, USA)

The Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Defoe Society
Nature in the Age of Defoe
July 22–23, 2015 (Bath, UK)

The Third Biennial Meeting of the Defoe Society
Global Defoe: His Times and His Contemporaries
August 9–10, 2013 (Normal, Illinois, USA)

The Second Biennial Meeting of the Defoe Society
The Culture of Grub Street
July 14–16, 2011 (University of Worcester, UK)

The First Biennial Meeting of the Defoe Society
September 25–26, 2009 (Oklahoma State University, USA)

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