“Poetic Grief: Form and Remembrance after National Socialism”
Simone Stirner (Harvard University)
Professor Stirner will pre-circulate chapter 3—”Solidarities of Grief,” concerning the work of Irena Klepfsz and Paul Celan—from her recently published book Poetic Grief: Form and Remembrance after National Socialism (2026, Fordham University Press).
To attend: If you are interested in joining the conversation, please RSVP to yudkoff@wisc.edu by Monday, November 30. This event will be limited to 20 participants. Faculty and students at all levels are warmly welcome.
Simone Stirner is Assistant Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University and affiliated faculty at the Center for Jewish Studies. Her research focuses on poetry and poetics, memory studies, queer studies, and German-Jewish thought. Her monograph Poetic Grief: Form and Remembrance after National Socialism (Fordham UP, 2026) was the recipient of a Jordan Schnitzer First Publication Award.
Co-sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies