FYI. Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator
------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Dr. Rosalyn Amenta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dear Colleagues, > > The SCSU Women's Studies Program, Women's Center and Multicultural Center > cordially invite you and your students to attend a lecture by Dr. Hanan > Ashrawi, Founder and Secretary General of the Palestinian Initiative for > the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy [MIFTAH], titled: > > "The Role of Women in the Search for Justice and Peace in the > Middle East" > > 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 17, 2002 > Lyman Center for the Performing Arts, > campus of Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. > Tickets are $15. reserves seating. For information and ticket reservations, > call the Lyman Center Box Office at (203) 392-6154. > > Please note: Those attending the lecture will not be allowed to bring > cameras, handbags, backpacks, recording devices or other similar items into > the theatre. Please arrive by 7:30 p.m.; doors will open at 7 p.m. > > > Dr. Ashrawi, one of the most prominent female Palestinian politicians and > activists, has served as an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative > Council since 1996. She held the position of Palestinian minister of higher > education and research from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, she resigned from that > post to protest political corruption in the government and Arafat's > handling of the peace talks. After resigning as the higher education > minister, she founded the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of > Global Dialogue and Democracy, and has served as secretary-general of that > organization since that time. > > Dr. Ashrawi received her bachelor and master's degrees in literature in the > Department of English at the American University of Beirut, and her Ph.D. > in Medieval and Comparative Literature from the University of Virginia, > Charlottesville. During that period of academic study, Dr. Ashrawi was > greatly influenced by the growing Women's Movement. In 1973 Dr. Ashrawi > returned to her homeland and established the Department of English at > Birzeit University on the West Bank, serving as Chairperson intermittently > for eight years. From 1986-1990 she was Dean of the Faculty of Arts. As a > feminist, she played a key role in promoting women's rights and > establishing women's organizations in her homeland. Dr. Ashrawi is the > author of numerous articles, books, short stories and poems that celebrate > Palestinian culture and analyze Palestinian politics. She is author of The > Modern Palestinian Short Story: An Introduction to Practical Criticism; > Contemporary Palestinian Literature under Occupation; Contemporary > Palestinian Poetry and Fiction; and Literary Translation: Theory and > Practice, From Intifada to Independence and her most recent publication, > her autobiography, This Side of Peace: A Personal Account. > > This event is part of the SCSU Women's Studies Program "Women in > Leadership" lecture series, held in conjunction with the Master of Arts > degree in Women's Studies at Southern Connecticut State University. > > > Rosalyn M. Amenta, M.A.R., Ph.D > Women's Studies Program and Student Affairs > Southern Connecticut State University > 501 Crescent Street > New Haven, CT USA 06515 > phone (203)392-5864; fax (203)392-5867 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Program website: http://www.southernct.edu/departments/womensstudies/Index.htm > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Director Environment, Society and Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 03-325-2811, x8643 ************************************
