New Professor to Speak On Darwin And Feminism As Part of Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The exploration of possible connections between Darwin's theories of biological evolution and feminism will be the topic of the first University at Buffalo Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender Distinguished Faculty Spring 1999 Lecture Series.

Elizabeth Grosz, professor of comparative literature and newly appointed Julian Park Chair in Humanities, will discuss "Darwin and Feminism: Preliminary Investigations into a Possible Alliance" at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

A reception will follow in the Center for the Arts Atrium to honor Grosz, who joined the UB faculty this semester. The lecture and reception will be free and open to the public.

A scholar in feminist theory, politics and European philosophy, Grosz has published more than 80 journal articles and book chapters and has edited nine anthologies. Her books include "Sexual Subversions, Three French Feminists," "Jacques Lacan. A Feminist Introduction," "Volatile Bodies. Toward a Corporeal Feminism" and "Space, Time and Perversion Essays on the Politics of Bodies."

Originally from Australia, she taught critical theory, philosophy and women's studies from 1992-95 at Monash University in Melbourne (Australia), where she was director of the Institute for Cultural and Critical Theory.

She also has taught at the University of Sydney (Australia), the University of Richmond, George Washington University and Johns Hopkins University.

She holds bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the University of Sydney.