New Feminist Research Lecture Series

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program, The MFA in Writing, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity, and the Department of English invite you to the Winter 2014 lecture in the

New Feminist Research Lecture Series

Recounting The Truth Of War Through Feminist Fiction

Friday, March 28, 2014 - 3:00 p.m.
The Gordon Snelgrove Gallery

Melanie Schnell will discuss the research she undertook in Sudan for her award winning novel, While the Sun is Above Us. She will address how she came to know women who had been embroiled in a decades-long war, her understanding of their roles in the conflict, and how these experiences informed her novel thematically in terms of women understanding their positions in relation to one another. Melanie grew up in rural Saskatchewan, has lived in Regina, Vancouver, Toronto, Boston, Colombia, Thailand, Kenya and Sudan, holds a B.Ed in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. She has published fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and written for television. Winner of the Saskatchewan First Book and City of Regina Awards for While the Sun is Above Us, she spent the better part of a year living in South Sudan in the midst of civil war, researching her novel.

Refreshments Provided; Everyone Welcome

For More information contact: Marie Lovrod
marie.lovrod@usask.ca