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The Women's Studies Program at Oklahoma State University is pleased to announce that bell hooks, nationally and internationally known author and lecturer, will be in Stillwater, Oklahoma on Tuesday, March 29, 2005.
hooks, in a lecture entitled "Creating the Beloved Community: Ending Domination," will discuss the ways women and men can work together to end patriarchical domination and to create a better community for all individuals. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Little Theatre, OSU-Stillwater Campus. A book signing will follow the lecture with books available for purchase from the Student Union Bookstore. Admission is free and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
hooks will also participate in a conversation and reception at 2:30 p.m. on March 29 in the Willard Hall Living Room. This event is also open to the public and anyone interested in having an opportunity to meet hooks in a more informal setting is invited to attend.
bell hooks (nee Gloria Watkins) is currently on faculty at Berea College in Kentucky. She received her B.A. from Stanford University, her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. With a background in the discipline of English, hooks is well known for her interdisciplinary writings on a number of topics including gender, race, teaching, and the significance of media for contemporary culture. Her work emphasizes the interconnectedness of these issues and the importance of attempting to understand these issues individually. Over her career, hooks has published numerous books and articles and has become a nationally and internationally recognized scholar and speaker on these topics.
Sponsors of bell hook’s visit to Oklahoma State University include the OSU Women's Studies Program, the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the College of Arts and Sciences, the SGA Multicultural Affairs Committee, the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, the OSU Student Union Activities Board, the OSU College of Education, the OSU Sociology Department, the African American Student Association, the OSU Chapter of the National Organization of Women, the American Studies Program, and two generous private donors.
For more information visit http://home.okstate.edu/homepages.nsf/toc/WSbellhooks or e-mail Trish Long at longt@okstate.edu.
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