Williams Society Biennial

Since its inception in 2005, the Williams Society Biennial Conference has adopted a unique & lively roundtable format which allows the work of up to 12 scholars to be presented in one hour slots across two days of presentations. Please note: due to covid-19, the Williams Society Biennial was postponed to 2022.

2024
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez  February 15–18 2024

2022
Challenging Williams,” June 23-25, Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago, USA. The FULL schedule is available here.

2019   
“William Carlos Williams and Europe,” June 19–21, Center for American Studies, Rome, Italy

2017   

“To Him Who Wants It”: Celebrating the Centennial of the Publication of Al Que Quiere! Seventh Biennial William Carlos Williams Society Conference, June 22–23, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey. Conference Program.

2015   

“The News from Poems,” Sixth Biennial William Carlos Williams Society Conference, June 18–20, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey. Conference Program.

2013   
“Williams and Women,” Fifth Biennial William Carlos Williams Society Conference, 27–29 June, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey

2011   
“Life along the Passaic River,” Fourth Biennial William Carlos Williams Society Conference, 16–18 June, 2011. William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey

2009   
“William Carlos Williams’s Paterson: The Province of the Poem.” Third Biennial William Carlos Williams Society Conference, 18–20 June, 2009, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey

2007   
“Dividing and Waning: Openness and Incompleteness in the Poetic Life of William Carlos Williams.” Second Biennial William Carlos Williams Society Conference, 7–9 June, 2007, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

2005   
“Points of Contact: The Heritages of William Carlos Williams.” Inaugural Biennial Conference of the William Carlos Williams Society, 27–29 July, 2005, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany