Hamilton, NY — ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s annual Reading Lecture will this year present Bonnie S. Anderson, author of Joyous Greetings: The First International Women’s Movement 1830-1860, on Wednesday, March 6. Anderson will discuss the subject of her book at 4:00 p.m. in Persson Hall Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Anderson is professor of history at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. Her major prior work is the two-volume text A History of their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present. ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Reading Lecture honors the late Douglas K. Reading, who was a 1933 graduate of the university and a member of the history faculty from 1938 to 1980.
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ, founded in 1819, is located in Hamilton, New York. A highly selective, independent, liberal arts college with 256 faculty members and 2,750 undergraduate men and women enrolled in programs that lead to the bachelor of arts, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ also offers a small graduate program. The university’s general education core curriculum embodies ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s longstanding commitment to integrated learning. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently designated ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ as one of 16 Leadership Institutions that offer a national model for excellence in innovative education. Students currently enrolled at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ hail from 44 different states, 3 U.S. territories and 26 countries. Log on to www.colgate.edu to learn more about ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ.
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