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Evelyne Accad Event Poster

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
E-Mail
arkaiser@illinois.edu
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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.

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