Dr. Evelyn Accad visits Professor Cynthia Hahn’s classes

October 22, 2015

Dr. Evelyne Accad, author, activist and professor emerita of French, Women’s Studies, African and Middle East Studies at the University of IL, visited Professor Cynthia Hahn’s classes October 13.

Dr. Accad spoke about the worldwide impact of the Syrian refugee crisis, and the Lebanese mixed cultural context in terms of colonization and globalization,  in French in FREN320: French for International Affairs and Business, and in English in  FIYS168: Global Cultures: Chicago and Beyond. She also sang songs on the theme of peace and global community for the classes in French and Arabic