Norman Mailer Society/Conference

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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 |
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20 | 2023 | Austin, TX | April 20–22 | Mailer’s Centenary Celebration | Conference Page |
19 | 2022 | Long Branch, NJ | June 8–10 | “The Prisoner of Sex” Turns 50: Mailer on Gender and Sexuality | Conference Page; Program |
18 | 2020 | Virtual | Oct 15–17 | Mailer and the Spirit of Democracy | Conference Page; Program |
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; Program |
14 | 2016 | Long Branch, NJ | Sept 28–Oct 1 | Return to Long Branch | Conference Page; Program |
13 | 2015 | Provincetown, MA | Sept 30–Oct 3 | - | Program |
12 | 2014 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Oct 26–28 | Norman Mailer: Continuing His Legacy | Conference Page; Program |
11 | 2013 | Sarasota, FL | Oct 23–27 | Norman Mailer at 90: Novelist, Journalist, Essayist, Filmmaker, and much more | Program |
10 | 2012 | Provincetown, MA | Oct 10–13 | Norman Mailer: Achievements and Paradoxes | Program |
9 | 2011 | Austin, TX | Nov 9–12 | Mailer and Jones | Program coming soon |
8 | 2010 | Sarasota, FL | Nov 4–6 | Mailer and Hemingway | Program |
7 | 2009 | Washington, DC | Oct 23–24 | Washington Intersections: Ideology, Culture, and Biography | Program |
6 | 2008 | Provincetown, MA | Oct 16–19 | Norman Mailer: Memory and the Afterlife | Program |
5 | 2007 | Provincetown, MA | Oct 11–14 | Mailer the Novelist | Program |
4 | 2006 | Provincetown, MA | Oct 12–14 | The Political Norman Mailer | Program |
3 | 2005 | Provincetown, MA | Nov 5–6 | - | Program coming soon |
2 | 2004 | Provincetown, MA | Nov 12–13 | - | Program |
1 | 2003 | Brooklyn, NY | Nov 1 | Inaugural Conference | Program |
½ | 2002 | Cambridge, MA | May 22 | ALA Meeting | - |
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