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The Norman Mailer Society holds an annual conference that brings members together from all over the world. Activities include paper presentations, panel discussions, film viewings, and more — centered around the life and work of Norman Mailer.

No.	Year	Location	Dates	Theme	Information
19	2022	Long Branch, NJ	June 8–10	The Prisoner of Sex Turns 50: Mailer on Gender and Sexuality	Conference Page
18	2020	Virtual	Oct 15–17	Mailer and the Spirit of Democracy	Conference Page
17	2019	Wilkes-Barre, PA	Oct 10–12	Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture	Conference Page; Program
16	2018	Macon, GA	Oct 25–27	50th Anniversary of The Armies of the Night; 70th Anniversary of The Naked and the Dead	Conference Page; Program
15	2017	Sarasota, FL	Oct 26–28	-	Conference Page
14	2016	Long Branch, NJ	Sept 28–Oct 1	Return to Long Branch	Conference Page; Program
13	2015	Provincetown, MA	Sept 30–Oct 3	-	Conference Page; Program
12	2014	Wilkes-Barre, PA	Oct 26–28	Norman Mailer: Continuing His Legacy	Conference Page
11	2013	Sarasota, FL	Oct 23–27	Norman Mailer at 90: Novelist, Journalist, Essayist, Filmmaker, and much more	Conference Page
10	2012	Provincetown, MA	Oct 10–13	Norman Mailer: Achievements and Paradoxes	Conference Page
9	2011	Austin, TX	Nov 9–12	Mailer and Jones	Conference Page
8	2010	Sarasota, FL	Nov 4–6	Mailer and Hemingway	Conference Page
7	2009	Washington, DC	Oct 23–24	Washington Intersections: Ideology, Culture, and Biography	Conference Page
6	2008	Provincetown, MA	Oct 16–19	Norman Mailer: Memory and the Afterlife	Conference Page
5	2007	Provincetown, MA	Oct 11–14	Mailer the Novelist	Conference Page
4	2006	Provincetown, MA	Oct 12–14	The Political Norman Mailer	Conference Page
3	2005	Provincetown, MA	Nov 5–6	-	Conference Page
2	2004	Provincetown, MA	Nov 12–13	-	Conference Page
1	2003	Brooklyn, NY	Nov 1	Inaugural Conference	Conference Page
½	2002	Cambridge, MA	May 22	ALA Meeting	Conference Page

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