Brodsky Symposium 10/13-14 at University of Oregon

[Katya Hokanson]

On Friday and Saturday, October 13 and 14, the Oregon Brodsky  
Symposium will be held on the University of Oregon campus. The  
symposium is dedicated to the life and works of the important Russian- 
American poet, Joseph Brodsky, recipient of the Nobel Prize in  
Literature in 1987 and Poet Laureate of the United States from 1991  
to 1992. This is a particularly appropriate time for us here at  
Oregon to reflect on the role that Brodsky played in Russian and  
American letters, since this year marks the tenth anniversary of the  
poet's death, as well as the thirtieth anniversary of his extended  
visit to the University of Oregon. This event will bring together  
scholars from across the United States and will demonstrate the range  
of exciting new approaches to Brodsky and to contemporary poetry. The  
schedule for the symposium, which is free and open to the public, is  
as follows:

OREGON BRODSKY SYMPOSIUM, Friday & Saturday October 13-14

	Day One: Friday October 13

	Browsing Room, Knight Library


10:00 a. m. Andrew Reynolds, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"The Last Creative Act: Brodsky, Mandelstam and the Death of the

Poet"


11:00 a. m. Marat Grinberg, Reed College

"The Midrash from Joseph: Brodsky and the Question of Jewish Poetics"


2:00 p. m. Nila Friedberg, Portland State University

"Rule-makers and Rule-breakers: Brodsky's and Slutsky's Metrical

Experiments"


3:00 p.m.  Stephanie Sandler, Harvard University

"Questions of Travel: Brodsky and Sedakova"



4:00 p.m. Clare Cavanagh, Northwestern University

"Brodsky, Milosz and the Mystery of the Missing Second World"


Reception follows, Knight Browsing Room



Day Two: Saturday, October 14

185 Lillis Hall



10:00 a.m. James L. Rice, University of Oregon

Discussion: "Some Brodsky Letters of Historic Value"

  This event is made possible by the generous support of the  
University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences, the Russian and  
East European Studies Center, the Comparative Literature Program, the  
Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, the Department of  
English, and the Creative Writing Program.












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