On October 9th, historian Bianca Premo will be at the University of Connecticut as part of the Gender and History Visiting Scholars program. http://history.uconn.edu/about-the-department/visiting-scholars-in-gender-and-history/
Dr. Premo's lecture is titled, "“Love Letters: Ordinary Women, Civil Law and Writing during the Spanish Imperial Enlightenment” and will be at 4:30 PM in the Konover Auditorium on October 9th. A public reception will follow.
Dr. Premo, an associate professor in history at Florida International University, will be presenting a lecture related to her recently published monograph, The Enlightenment on Trial: Ordinary Litigants and Colonialism in the Spanish Empire. Dr. Premo’s lecture will focus on women, civil law, and writing during the Spanish Imperial Enlightenment. While at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Premo will be also be leading a workshop entitled, “Little Mothers: Looking at Precocious Puberty in Mid Century Peru.”
For more information, contact: Susan O'Hara, History Department at susan.o\'hara@uconn.edu