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The Adventures of Count
Boruwlaski
Trinity College English Professor to Discuss the Life of
an 18th-Century Polish Dwarf
Coverage Opportunity
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Barbara
Benedict will present the story of how nobly-born Joseph Boruwlaski
became one of the most famous dwarfs in history. During his 98
years, he traveled from the laps of kings to the cages of
circus-masters, wrote an autobiography translated into three
languages, and was depicted by a famous caricaturist. Come to this
talk and find out his extraordinary history, about what it meant to
be a dwarf, to be Polish, and to be Boruwlaski in particular—and
learn what he had to say about his astonishing life.
This
event is sponsored by the Women’s Center at Trinity College in honor
of Women’s History Month. |
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Thursday, March 16, 12:45-1:30 p.m. |
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Where:
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The
Women’s Center Lounge, Mather Hall on the Trinity College campus
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Barbara M. Benedict, Charles A. Dana Professor of English,
received her B.A. at Harvard and her Ph.D. at the University of
California, Berkeley. An 18th-century English literature and
culture scholar, her books explore the curiosities of
“forbidden” topics like the occult, sexuality, gender, and the
origin of power. Her publications include Framing Feeling:
Sentiment and Style in English Prose Fiction, 1745-1800,
Making the Modern Reader: Cultural Mediation in Restoration and
Eighteenth-Century Literary Anthologies, and
Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry.
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This presentation is free and open to
the public. For more information, please call (860) 297-2408.
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