The tragic events of the last four years in the former Yugoslavia have again brought these issues to the fore, reminding the world of the disturbing regularity with which they recur throughout human history. At a time when the Dayton peace agreement and the deployment of NATO troops to Bosnia have secured a fragile, but promising peace, a symposium to be held at Wellesley College will bring together a distinguished group of activists, writers, scholars and artists to focus on the history of the Balkan conflict, and the prospects for peace and social justice in the region. Among the participants are Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Lewis, human rights attorney Srdja Popovic, and Yale historian Ivo Banac. They will be joined by authors, filmmakers, historians and photographers from around the world.
All programs are free and open to the public.
The symposium is supported by funds from the late Carolyn O. Wilson, who graduated from Wellesley in 1910 and then became a war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, chronicling World War I. Additional support comes from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Wellesley College Department of Sociology, and numerous other departments at the College.