34^th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf
‘Woolf and Dissidence’
5-8 July 2025, University of Sussex
(with opening event at King’s College London on 4 July 2025)

We are delighted to bring the Annual Virginia Woolf Conference back to the UK and to two sites – King’s College London and the University of Sussex – with such strong Woolfian connections. 

The pre-conference events will be held at King’s College London on Friday July 4^th: a visit to the King’s Archives and a panel discussion on ‘Virginia Woolf: Creative Engagements’ with contemporary writers and artists speaking about their multi-media engagements with Woolf’s writing. Our confirmed speakers include: Uzma Hameed, Jo Hamya, Olivia Laing, and Kabe Wilson.

To book your place at the King’s Events please visit this page:-

Select tickets – Pre-Conference events at King’s College London for the 34th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf – Strand Building

On Saturday July 5^th the conference proper will open for registration at the University of Sussex, where we are delighted to be joined by our keynote speakers Professor Madelyn Detloff and Professor Anne Fernald.

We are planning an exciting programme of events, including a performance of Between the Acts, events to mark the centenary of Mrs Dalloway, a conversation with Kim Jones and Charlie Porter, and a house tour and banquet at Charleston (limited spaces, at an additional charge) There will also be a post-conference visit to Monk’s House, as well as the option of trips to local exhibitions.

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The 4 Day conference ticket, and Saturday Day ticket, includes entry to the Between The Acts performance at the ACCA on Saturday 05^th July at 7.30pm. This special performance, adapted by Eleanor Lybeck and directed by Jen Heyes, will be the first time the work is shared in full with an audience, and the company are delighted to be joined by members of AVID and representatives of the event's sponsors, Refugee Tales, for a post-show Q&A.  

Limited campus accommodation will become bookable from the end of February, please check back here for the live link to book. 

Conference merchandise is available to pre-order here until the 13/06/25, there will be limited items for sale during the actual conference. 

The Suzanne Bellamy Travel Fund, established by the IVWS members in 2022, supports the travel of IVWS members to the Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: an affiliated but independent event that the IVWS has supported since 1991. Each year, the IVWS will match up to $1500.00 in donations to the fund, which it hopes will grow well beyond the $3000.00 goal we project. The fund is named in honour of Suzanne Bellamy (1948–2022), an artist and Woolf scholar, who passed away on June 21st, 2022—a little over a week after the 2022 Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf.

https://v-woolf-society.com/suzanne-bellamy-travel-fund/

Application closes: February 28th, 2025 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time (New York) 

The conference is hosted in wheelchair accessible University buildings, should you have any additional accessibility requirements please specify further at checkout.                                                                              

Please note cancellations within 14 days of the conference start date are non-refundable, outside of 14 days a 20% administration charge will be deducted. Cancellation requests should be sent to [email protected]  and  [email protected]