Registration is now open for the Trollope Society’s 2026 conference, which will take place at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Trollope: The Law and Transgression

This conference will bring together readers, scholars and Society members to explore how legal and social boundaries are drawn, challenged and enforced in Anthony Trollope’s fiction. Across the novels, questions of law, property, marriage, inheritance, reputation and moral responsibility recur with striking force, offering rich ground for discussion and debate.

The conference opens at 2.00pm on Friday 27 March and concludes at 2.00pm on Saturday 28 March. Following lunch on Saturday, delegates will have the option to join a walk via the Backs to the Fitzwilliam Museum. This walk is optional and will be offered as a separate booking, with tea at the museum available at an additional cost.

A limited number of residential places remain available, and we are also pleased to offer a range of non-residential and day delegate options, allowing members and guests to attend in a way that suits them.

Delegate rates

Residential – £285

Includes bed and breakfast in a single en-suite room at Cripps Court, Magdalene College (Friday night), reception and conference dinner on Friday 27 March, all talks and lectures, and a two-course lunch on Saturday 28 March.

Non-Residential (including conference dinner) – £170

Includes reception and conference dinner on Friday 27 March, all talks and lectures, and a two-course lunch on Saturday 28 March.

Non-Residential (excluding conference dinner) – £100

Includes all talks and lectures and a two-course lunch on Saturday 28 March.

Conference dinner only – £70

Includes the reception and conference dinner on Friday 27 March.