Past Conferences

The Robert Graves Society in association with the St John's College Robert Graves Trust, the British Council, the University of Manchester, the State University of New York at Buffalo, the British School in Rome, the University of London, the University of the Balearic Islands, and the Fundació Robert Graves has organised the following conferences (click on titles in red to view PDF of conference programme - these will open on a separate tab):

Fifteeth International Robert Graves Conference

Robert Graves and Correspondences

Conference Programme

Speakers and Abstracts

CaixaForum, Palma de Mallorca, and Deià, Spain. 12th – 16th July 2022

Fourteenth International Robert Graves Conference

'Robert Graves and Europe: Good-bye to All That / But It Still Goes On'

CaixaForum, Palma de Mallorca, and Deià, Spain. 10th – 14th July 2018

Thirteenth International Robert Graves Conference

'Robert Graves and the First World War'

St John’s College, Oxford, UK. 7th – 10th September 2016

Twelfth International Robert Graves Conference

'Robert Graves: Humour, Irony, Tragedy, and the Grotesque'

Palma and Deià, Mallorca, Spain, 8th–12th July 2014

Eleventh International Robert Graves Conference

'Robert Graves and Modernism'

St John’s College, Oxford, UK. 4th – 8th September 2012

Tenth International Robert Graves Conference

'Robert Graves and the Mediterranean: Mythology, Classicism, Religion, Literature’

Palma and Deià, Mallorca, Spain. 6th–10th July 2010

Ninth International Robert Graves Conference

‘Innovation and Tradition: Robert Graves in the Twentieth Century'

St John’s College, Oxford, UK. 9th – 13th September 2008

Eighth International Robert Graves Conference

‘The Poetry of Robert Graves'

Institute of English Studies, University of London, London, UK. 5th – 6th July 2007

Seventh International Robert Graves Conference

‘Robert Graves and the Art of Collaboration’

Palma and Deià, Mallorca, Spain. 4th–8th July 2006

Sixth International Robert Graves Conference

‘Robert Graves and the Experience of War’

The British Council, France and the University of London British Institute in Paris, Paris, France. 6th–10th July 2004

Fifth International Robert Graves Conference:

‘Robert Graves And The Uses Of History’

The British School at Rome, Rome, Italy. 9th -- 13th July 2002

Graves Conference 2000:

‘Robert Graves In America'

Poetry/Rare Books Collection, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. 22nd -- 24th June 2000

A Conference Celebrating Fifty Years of The White Goddess:

‘Robert Graves and The White Goddess'

Hulme Hall, University of Manchester, UK. 3rd -- 5th September 1998

Robert Graves International Conference:

‘Robert Graves: A Centenary Celebration’

Palma and Deià, Mallorca, Spain. 7th -- 11th November 1995

The Robert Graves Centenary Conference:

‘Robert Graves: 100 Years’

St John’s College, Oxford, UK. 8th -- 12th August 1995