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The Samuel Johnson Society of the West (SJSW) is a non-profit society dedicated to the appreciation and study of the writings and life of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784).
Membership is open to all persons interested in conversation and discourse about the life and writings of Johnson, his circle, and the history and culture of his century. Dues-paying members meet for the annual dinner, in November, at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. The dinner features the Daniel G. Blum Memorial Lecture, delivered by an internationally recognized Johnson scholar or collector of Johnsoniana.
Samuel Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1775)
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Greg Clingham, Visiting Research Professor, Pennsylvania State University Humanities Institute, and Professor Emeritus Bucknell University, will present the twenty-ninth Daniel G. Blum Lecture at the annual meeting 24 November 2024. Prof. Clingham is the author of Johnson, Writing and Memory and editor of The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson. At Bucknell University, Prof. Clingham held the John P. Crozer Chair of English Literature and served as the director of Bucknell University Press.
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