House of Tenderness
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program
- Location
- 2043 Lincoln Hall
- Date
- Mar 3, 2022 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Speaker
- Dr. Evelyne Accad
- Registration
- Zoom Registration
- Contact
- Anita Kaiser
- arkaiser@illinois.edu
- Views
- 60
- Originating Calendar
- Women's Resources Center
March 3, 2022 12-1pm in person at 2043 Lincoln Hall & virtual via Zoom. Zoom registration is at
https://go.illinois.edu/AccadTalk Masks are required for in-person attendance. Dr. Evelyne Accad
will talk about her book, House of Tenderness, a collection of five short stories recounting various
forms of violence experienced by women in Lebanon. The stories center on the role of tenderness,
as a guide to understanding and reconstructing the inner house of the self.