Most essays published in this volume are a selection of papers given at a conférence at the Université Lumière-Lyon II on April 21, 2012. It was hosted jointly by the Société Conradienne Française and the Lyon II Research Centre LCE (EA1853). The theme chosen was « The Paradigm of Displacement in Conradian Criticism. »

Displacement is indeed a complex and far-reaching notion, which opens numerous avenues of exploration of Conrad's works through various methodological approaches. If the figures of spatial displacement like journeys, exile, Wanderlust, colonialism and imperialistic ventures, continue to be relevant both biographically and fictionally for Conrad, more textual or textualized forms of displacement like intertextuality, transtextuality in the Deleuzian perspective of de-territorialization, not forgetting linguistic displacements were also taken into considération.