The Eastern Europe Workshop of the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies presents the Czesław Miłosz Symposium. The symposium will discuss Miłosz in relation to World War II in Europe, academic life in Berkeley, and contemporary poetry of the 21st century. Co-sponsored by NYU Florence and the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute.

Speakers

Elisa Gonzalez, contemporary poet

Irena Grudzińska-Gross, author of Miłosz i dłlugi cień wojny (Miłosz and the Long Shadow of the War)

Cynthia Haven, author of Czesław Miłosz: A California Life

Moderators:

Małgorzata Mazurek, Associate Professor of Polish Studies, Columbia University

Larry Wolff, Julius Silver Professor of European History at New York University, executive director of the NYU Remarque Institute, and co-director of NYU Florence