#97-09-26
For Release: 10-01-97
Contact: Peter Bailley pbailley@knox.edu


Jane Gallop to Speak
at Knox College

Jane Gallop, professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, will give a talk, "The Ethics of Reading: Close Encounters," on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 4:00 p.m., in the Common Room, Old Main, Knox College.

Gallop has written widely in the field of psychoanalytic feminist theory. She has published numerous books, including: Reading Lacan, Thinking Through The Body, and Around 1981: Academic Feminist Literary Theory. Her most recent book, Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment, was published this year by Duke University Press.

The lecture is sponsored by the Caxton Club.

Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college, located in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,100 students from 42 states and 33 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.

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