‘Reinventing Themselves, Reinventing Brazil’ at Cal State L.A. Jan. 11
CSULA Latin American Studies to host Fulbright scholar Margareth Rago
What & Who: The Latin American Studies Program at Cal State L.A. presents “Reinventing Themselves, Reinventing Brazil: Feminism, Subjectivity and Politics”—a lecture by Margareth Rago, a history professor at the State University of Campinas (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and a Fulbright scholar at the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University.
When: Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, 6:15 - 8 p.m.
Where: Salazar Hall C366 on the CSULA campus. The University is located at the Eastern Avenue exit, San Bernardino (I-10) freeway, at the interchange of the 10 and 710 freeways. (Campus map and directions: www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.php)
Details: Rago’s research focuses on many themes, including post-structuralism, feminism, anarchism, subjectivity, and gender. She obtained her undergraduate degrees in history and philosophy from the University of São Paulo, and a Master of Arts and doctorate degree in history at the University of Campinas.
More: This event is co-sponsored by the History Department and the College of Natural and Social Science at Cal State L.A. It is also supported by the Fulbright Occasional Lecturer Fund.
Info: Free to the public. For more information on the lecture, call Angela Vergara at (323) 343-2223 or [email protected].
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