Lectures to feature voices of Middle Eastern women

Case Western Reserve University's Women's Voices 2003: Voices from the Middle East lecture series continues with Evelyn Accad, speaking on "September 11 and its Implications for Women," at 4:30 p.m. September 30 in 309 Clark Hall.

Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Accad is a professor of comparative literatures, African studies, women's studies and Middle East studies at the University of Illinois. She has contributed a chapter to the book "September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives."

Her talk, sponsored by Case's Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, is the second of three public lectures that explore the unique cultural perspectives and experiences of Middle Eastern women.

The final lecture in the series, "Jerusalem Women Speak: A Conversation," at 3:30 p.m. October 17 in Harkness Chapel will feature the perspectives of Yehudit Keshet (an Israeli Jew), Mai J. Nassar (Christian Palestinian) and Zleikha Muhtaseb (Muslim Palestinian), who will share their personal stories of living in Jerusalem. They are part of the Jerusalem Women Speak tour, supported by Partners for Peace, a non-profit organization that seeks to educate the American public about the quest for peace in the Middle East. Their visit to Case is made possible by the United Protestant Campus Ministries.

Joan Brown Campbell—the director of the historic Chautauqua Institute and the first ordained woman to be General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States—will moderate the discussion.
The lecture series is co-sponsored by Case's Center for Women, department of religion, department of modern languages and literatures and the French Studies Program.

To learn more, call 368-0528.

Evolutionist to discuss Darwin

Robert J. Richards, director of the Fishbein Center for the History of Science at the University of Chicago and the author of numerous books on evolution and Charles Darwin, will speak on "The Science and Politics of Evolution: 19th and 20th Century Controversies about the Teaching of Darwin."

The lecture, sponsored by Case's History and Philosophy of Science Program and the Dittrick Medical History Center, is at 1 p.m. September 13 in Hatch Auditorium.

For more information, call 368-2614.

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