What is a Woman?

Subtitle: 
Beauvoir’s Understanding of Sex as Situation
Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
Dr. Manon Garcia, Harvard University
Date: 
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 14:30 to 15:45
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the publication of Simone de Beauvoir's ground-breaking The Second Sex, Dr. Manon Garcia (Harvard) will offer a lecture for undergraduates titled 'What is a Woman?: Beauvoir’s Understanding of Sex as Situation.' All students are welcome! Talk in English!

Dr. Garcia (Harvard) recently published the well-received book On ne naît pas soumise, on le devient (“One is not born, but rather becomes, submissive”) (Flammarion, October 2018), which is part of a recent reconsideration of the legacy of Simone de Beauvoir.

Cosponsored by Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, the European Studies Center, the Honors College, and the Humanities Center.

UCIS Unit: 
European Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Department of French & Italian
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
No