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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>On Tuesday (10/12), Evelyne Accad, Professor Emerita in French and Comparative Literature will be giving a presentation "<B>Women's Survival Narratives in the Camps of Sabra and Chatila</B>." The talk will be at <STRONG>noon</STRONG> in Rm 101, International Studies Building, at the corner of Fifth and Chalmers. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>On a Fulbright Fellowship in Lebanon in 2001, Accad concentrated on the effects of war on women’s lives and on health issues. She interviewed women in the refuge camps of Sabra and Shatila, "where the memories of the massacres – rapes and dismemberment of women – are still very acute, and fear is very much present."</FONT> <BR></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></div><br>
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