Irena Grudzińska Gross has taught at Princeton University since 2008, sharing her time between the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of History. During her time at Princeton, she taught courses on East European literature and history and was the main force behind introducing and maintaining a new undergraduate certificate track in East European Culture and Society under the auspice of PIIRS.

Her books include a volume of essays Honor, Horror and Classics, Golden Harvest (with Jan T. Gross), Czesl̵aw Mil̵osz and Joseph Brodsky: Fellowship of Poets and The Scar of Revolution: Tocqueville, Custine and the Romantic Imagination.

A recipient of multiple awards, Gross has actively participated in building academic networks and institutions in Eastern Europe after the collapse of Communism. Between 1998-2003, she led the East-Central European Program at the Ford Foundation. Currently, she chairs the Board of the Friends of the Stefan Batory Foundation and the Board of Trustees of the Borderland Foundation in Poland.

After this term, Irena Grudzińska Gross retires from Princeton. Please join us in celebrating her career and contribution.

Co-Sponsored by:

PIIRS, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Department of History