The Society has met annually since its founding in 2003. Every gathering we have a record of is listed here, with links to its page and program where we have them.
| No. | Year | Place | Dates | Theme | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 2026 | St. Pete Beach, FL | Nov 4–7 | Mailer at the Bicentennial | Conference page; Program; Program (PDF) |
| 22 | 2025 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Oct 9–11 | What Would Mailer Say? | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| 21 | 2024 | St. Pete Beach, FL | Nov 14–16 | Conference page; Program (PDF) | |
| 20 | 2023 | Austin, TX | Apr 20–22 | Norman Mailer at 100 | Conference page; Program (PDF) |
| 19 | 2022 | Long Branch, NJ | June 8–10 | “The Prisoner of Sex” Turns 50: Mailer on Gender and Sexuality | Conference page; Program |
| 18 | 2020 | Virtual | Oct 15–17 | Mailer and the Spirit of Democracy | Conference page; Program |
| 17 | 2019 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Oct 10–12 | Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture | Conference page; Program; Minutes |
| 16 | 2018 | Macon, GA | Oct 25–27 | 50th Anniversary of The Armies of the Night; 70th Anniversary of The Naked and the Dead | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| 15 | 2017 | Sarasota, FL | Oct 26–28 | Mailer Ascending | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| 14 | 2016 | Long Branch, NJ | Sep 28–Oct 1 | Return to Long Branch | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| 13 | 2015 | Provincetown, MA | Sep 30–Oct 3 | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes | |
| 12 | 2014 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Oct 9–12 | Norman Mailer: Continuing His Legacy | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| 11 | 2013 | Sarasota, FL | Oct 23–27 | Norman Mailer at 90: Novelist, Journalist, Essayist, Filmmaker, and much more | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| 10 | 2012 | Provincetown, MA | Oct 10–13 | Norman Mailer: Achievements and Paradoxes | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| 9 | 2011 | Austin, TX | Nov 9–12 | Mailer and Jones | Conference page |
| 8 | 2010 | Sarasota, FL | Nov 4–6 | Mailer and Hemingway | Conference page; Program (PDF) |
| 7 | 2009 | Washington, DC | Oct 23–24 | Washington Intersections: Ideology, Culture, and Biography | Conference page; Program (PDF) |
| 6 | 2008 | Provincetown, MA | Oct 16–19 | Norman Mailer: Memory and the Afterlife | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| 5 | 2007 | Provincetown, MA | Oct 11–14 | Mailer the Novelist | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| 4 | 2006 | Provincetown, MA | Oct 12–14 | The Political Norman Mailer | Conference page; Program (PDF) |
| 3 | 2005 | Provincetown, MA | Nov 5–6 | Conference page; Minutes | |
| 2 | 2004 | Provincetown, MA | Nov 12–13 | Conference page; Minutes | |
| 1 | 2003 | Brooklyn, NY | Nov 1 | Inaugural Conference | Conference page; Program (PDF); Minutes |
| — | 2003 | Cambridge, MA | May 22 | Founding meeting, at the American Literature Association conference | Minutes |
Earlier materials—calls for papers, registration details, and programs—are kept on each year’s page where we have them. If you have a program, photographs, or other materials from a conference that isn’t represented here, please let us know.