CMC and Milosz: A Timeline

Claremont McKenna College has had a long relationship with Czeslaw Milosz and the Polish culture. Here are just a few selected entries from that history:

March 21, 1990: CMC hosts an evening with Czeslaw Milosz

• The Fortnightly: An Evening with Czeslaw Milosz

March 10, 1992: Czeslaw Milosz speaks at CMC's Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Poland

• The Fortnightly: Poland: Then and Now

Winter 1994: CMC's professor Robert Faggen Interviews Czeslaw Milosz for The Paris Review

• The Paris Review: Czeslaw Milosz, The Art of Poetry No. 70

April 11, 1995: Czeslaw Milosz reads from his work at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

• The Fortnightly: A Poet Reads from His Work

April 24, 1998: CMC hosts a festival honoring the work of Czeslaw Milosz featuring over thirty of the world's leading poets, authors, critics, editors, and scholars

• World's Leading Poets, Authors, & Critics In Claremont To Honor Work of Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz
• The Fortnightly: International Milosz Festival
• Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum: Speakers at the International Milosz Festival
• The Fortnightly: Confessions of an Object

January 17, 2002: Leszek Kolakowski named Podlich Distinguished Visting Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, to teach seminar with professor Robert Faggen

• Podlich Distinguished Fellow, Leszek Kolakowski, In Residence Through March 15

February 12, 2002: Leszek Kolakowski discusses the concepts of natural justice and natural law in lecture at CMC

• The Fortnightly: On Natural Law

March 7, 2002: Leszek Kolakowski discusses the meaning of truth in lecture at CMC

• Renowned Historian, Philosopher Leszek Kolakowski To Discuss The Future Of Truth
• The Fortnightly: On the Future of Truth

Summer 2002: CMC Professor Robert Faggen interviews Leszek Kolakowski

• CMC Magazine: Truth Be Told: A Q&A with Leszek Kolakowski, Renowned Philosopher and Podlich Distinguished Visting Fellow

April 4, 2005: CMC hosts Adam Michnik's discussion on the legacy of Czeslaw Milosz

• The Fortnightly: The Legacy of Czeslaw Milosz
• Adam Michnik to Discuss The Pope and Eastern European Politics and Culture

April 19, 2005: Joanna Zach speaks on Czeslaw Milosz at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

• The Fortnightly: The Mind in Captivity: Czeslaw Milosz and Modernity

April 22, 2005: CMC's professor Robert Faggen participates in the PEN International Tribute to the late Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz

• Professor Faggen to Speak At PEN International Festival
• Audio: Robert Faggen Reads To Mrs. Professor in Defense of My Cat's Honor and Not Only by Czeslaw Milosz

Summer 2009: Three CMC students receive Milosz Fellowships to study in Poland

• cmcIQ: Research Institutes Summer 2009 (PDF)

October 2009: CMC's professor Robert Faggen participates in the Czeslaw Milosz Literary Festival in Krakow, Poland

• Professor Faggen Among the Speakers Invited to Honor Polish Poet Czeslaw Milosz

February 22, 2010: Polish writer, historian, and lecturer Adam Michnik invited to speak at Claremont McKenna College

• Author and Human Rights Activist Adam Michnik Visits Feb. 22: The State of Democracy in Europe

October 2011: CMC hosts "Milosz and the Future: A Centenary Festival"

• The Fortnightly: Milosz Centenary Festival: Readings
• Milosz and the Future: A Centenary Festival in Honor of Czeslaw Milosz Three-day Event Oct. 19-21 Will Bring Notable Writers To Claremont McKenna to Celebrate Poland's Iconic Poet