Speaker bio: Trinh T. Minh-ha is Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and of Rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley. A world-renowned independent filmmaker and feminist postcolonial theorist, she has published twelve books and has made eight feature-length films. As a recipient of two Masters degrees (in Music Composition and in French Literature) and a Ph.D. (French) from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Professor Trinh has a long history with the UIUC campus and will be visiting as part of the 40th Anniversary of Gender and Women’s Studies.
The lecture will be followed by a reception celebrating the 40th Anniversary of GWS (Gender and Women's Studies).