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Lowell Lecture

Feminist Perspectives from the Bible to Rousseau

Date & Time

Sept. 30, 2021 at 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Location

Virtual
, MA
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Speaker(s)

Barbara Abrams, PhD., Suffolk University, Mira Morgenstern, PhD, The City College of New York, and Karen Sullivan, PhD, Queens College/CUNY discuss their latest book, Reframing Rousseau’s Lévite d’Ephraïm: The Hebrew Bible, hospitality, and modern identity. The afternoon’s moderator is Jennifer Vanderheyden, PhD., Marquette University.

Presenting Organization

Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University

Topics

History

Contact

Susan Spurlock (sspurlock@suffolk.edu, 6175047297)

What can Enlightenment philosophes — especially Rousseau, arguably the most difficult of them all — have to tell us about modern life that we don’t already know? Join a team of scholars from different academic areas, each of whom offers a unique vantage point in understanding Rousseau’s texts.