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The Samuel Johnson Society of the West (SJSW) is open to all persons interested in conversation and discourse about the life and writings of Samuel Johnson, his circle, and the history and culture of his century. We welcome persons of diverse backgrounds, domestic or international, and invite you to join our society and participate in our activities.
All dues-paying members receive an invitation to the annual dinner meeting as well as periodic announcements on activities of interest. Annual dues are $50 per person.
To join, please e-mail the society’s secretary.
Samuel Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1775)
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Kate Chisholm, the author of Wits and Wives: Dr. Johnson in the Company of Women and Fanny Burney: Her Life will deliver the thirty-first Daniel G. Blum Memorial Lecture at the society’s annual meeting 11 October 2026. Ms. Chisholm has also published biographical essays on the Burney family (in The Cambridge Companion to Frances Burney) and Mary Wollstonecraft (in Mary Wollstonecraft in Context). Most recently, she edited Letters to Sophia: The Afterlives of Hester Thrale.
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