INCLUSIVE ILLINOIS

Public lecture by Trinh T. Minh-ha, Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and of Rhetoric, University of California at Berkeley

Event Type

Lecture

Sponsor

Gender and Women’s Studies, Department of French and Italian

Location

Levis Faculty Center, 3rd Floor, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana

Date

Apr 4, 2019   4:00 pm  

Speaker

Trinh T. Minh-ha, Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and of Rhetoric, University of California at Berkeley

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Originating Calendar

School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Calendar

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).