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The Joseph Conrad Society (UK)
Joseph Conrad Study Day at the British Library, 13 March 2017, 14:00-17:30

Joseph Conrad Study Day at the British Library, 13 March 2017, 14:00-17:30

In association with the British Council, the Joseph Conrad Society (UK) and the Polish Cultural Institute, this study day considers Conrad’s career as a novelist and his contribution to British culture in the year that has been designated ‘Joseph Conrad Year’ in Poland.



Professor Robert Hampson initiates an afternoon of expert discussion with a lecture on Conrad as ‘England’s Polish Genius’. This is followed by the first of two panels which explores ‘Joseph Conrad and London’ with Dr. Hugh Epstein (‘Conrad’s Vision of London’), Dr. Patricia Pye (‘Listening to London: the sound of Conrad’s city’) and Dr. Mary Burgoyne (‘Homecoming: Joseph Conrad and the Great War).




This event is scheduled for 13 March 2017, 14:00-17:30 at the Knowledge Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB. For more information, see the announcement here.