London and Oxford Photo Gallery

Edward Sugden and Wyn Kelley receiving gifts from The Melville Society to thank them for their work on the Eleventh International Melville Conference committee. June 30, 2017. Photo courtesy of Colin Dewey.

Janet Floyd, the third member of the Conference committee, with Alex Calder. June 27, 2017. Photo courtesy of Colin Dewey.

Hester Blum delivering her plenary address, "Melville in the Arctic." June 27, 2017. Photo courtesy of Colin Dewey.

Jaime Campomar, T. Walter Herbert, John Wenke, and John Rocco participating in a roundtable on "Melville and Biography." June 27, 2017. Photo courtesy of Brian Yothers.

The audience claps as Pawel Je˛drzejko, at right, finishes speaking on "A Guidebook to Experience" in the panel "Melville in Dialogue: Philosophy and Melville's Poetry." From left: Cody Marrs, Corey McCall, Thomas Nurmi, and Pawel. June 28, 2017. Photo courtesy of Brian Yothers.

A pensive session: Christopher Sten, Dawn Coleman, Paolo Simonetti, and Kohei Furuya at the panel on "Atlantic Forms: Influence." June 28, 2017. Photo courtesy of Brian Yothers.

Tea time during the Eleventh International Melville Conference at King's College London. Photo courtesy of Colin Dewey.

Artists' Panel at "Looking for Melville," a public engagement event held at the British Library. From left: Eva McGrath, Caroline Hack, Michael Hall, Shelley Piasecka. June 28, 2017.

Photo courtesy of Colin Dewey. Paul Gilroy delivering his plenary address, "Melville's Drowned and Saved." June 29, 2017. Photo courtesy of Hester Blum.

Maryse Jayasuriya, Brian Yothers, and Wyn Kelley visit 25 Craven Street, where Melville lived during his 1849 visit to London. June 29, 2017. Photo courtesy of Maryse Jayasuriya.

Colin Dewey, Executive Secretary of the Melville Society, thanking the conference committee—Janet Floyd, Wyn Kelley, and Edward Sugden—for the wonderful Eleventh International Melville Conference. Balliol College Hall, Oxford. June 30, 2017. Photo courtesy of Brian Yothers.

Timothy Marr and Corey McCall. Balliol College Hall, Oxford. June 30, 2017. Photo courtesy of Colin Dewey.

Pilar Martinez Benedi and Ralph James Savarese. Balliol College Hall, Oxford. June 30, 2017. Photo courtesy of Colin Dewey.

Off to Liverpool with the Melville Society for a tour of Melville sites organized by Edward Sugden. Front row, from left: Mary K. Bercaw Edwards, Mikayo Sakuma, Elizabeth Schultz, Robert K. Wallace, Edward Sugden, John Bryant; back row, from left: Wyn Kelley, John Wenke, Dawn Coleman, Caverlee Cary, Samuel Otter, Beverly Voloshin, Liya Liu. July 1, 2017. Photo courtesy of Shoko Tsuji.