Poetry and Politics in the 20th Century: Boris Pasternak, His Family, and His Novel Doctor Zhivago

Poetry and Politics in the 20th Century: Boris Pasternak, His Family, and His Novel Doctor Zhivago
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The international conference “Poetry and Politics in the Twentieth Century: Boris Pasternak, His Family, and His NovelDoctor Zhivago” to be held at Stanford between September 28 and October 2, 2015 (Oak Room, Tresidder Union), is the largest ever on this major twentieth-century Russian writer. Some fifty papers will be presented by scholars from the United States, Russia, Great Britain, France, Italy, Sweden, Estonia, and Israel during the five-day conference. Among the participants will be members of the Pasternak family from Moscow and England, three generations of specialists in Russian literature, and Stanford students. 

For conference agenda and information see event website:https://dlcl.stanford.edu/events/poetry-and-politics-20th-century-boris-pasternak-his-family-and-his-novel-doctor-zhivago