UMD News: April 5, 2005

Communication Associate: Public Relations | Lori Melton | lmelton@d.umn.edu | (218) 726-8830

April 5, 2005
Susan Beasy Latto, Director, UMD Public Relations, (218) 726-8830, slatto@d.umn.edu
Larry Knopp, Professor, UMD Department of Geography (218) 726-6246, lknopp@d.umn.edu

The UMD Department of Geography
with substantial support from the Office of Equal Opportunity
and the UMD Commission on Women

presents:

Kath Browne, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Geography
Department of Geography
University of Brighton (England)

speaking on:

"Tales of Dublin City: Non-Heterosexual Women/Lesbians Write the 'Fair City'"

Free and Open to the Public

Monday, April 11, 7 p.m.
UMD Campus, Life Sciences building, Room 185

Dr. Browne is a rising scholar in the field of lesbian geographies and geographies of gender and sexuality. She received her PhD from the University of Gloucestershire in 2002, with her dissertation: "Power, Performativities and Place: Living Outside Heterosexuality".

Dr. Browne has an impressive list of papers and conference participation. In 2000, she was awarded the Jacquelyn Beyer award for a student paper competition at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. She has also chaired and organized conference sessions for Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers, the Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, and the Association of American Geographers, and published or presented over 20 academic papers.

A reception will be held immediately following the lecture. For more information, call (218) 726-7076 or (218) 726-6246.

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