Where on Earth was Joseph Conrad Born?
Explore the mysteries of Conrad's birthplace with Ludmilla Voitkovska!
Event
Literature Matters
Talks by members of the Department of English
Where on Earth was Joseph Conrad Born?
by Ludmilla Voitkovska
Fri Nov 19
3 - 4 pm
Via Zoom
Lecture is free and open to the public.
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https://josephconrad_voitkovska.eventbrite.ca
Joseph Conrad’s birthplace is shrouded in mystery. With empires shrinking and borders moving, one could go to bed in one country and wake up in another. We will be reading the tea leaves of political and cultural history of the region to determine where exactly Conrad was born.