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WHAT: This lecture is a part of John Carroll University’s Cardinal Suenens Center Fall 2008 Book Series. Dr. Rosenthal will discuss her book, Race Mixture in Nineteenth-Century US and Latin American Fictions: Gender, Culture, Nation Building. Dr. Rosenthal asks the question: how were interracial sexual relationships depicted in fiction in the 19th-century Americas, and why is this important? In this fascinating book, Rosenthal looks at the ways literally representations of intimacy and sex took on political dimensions. WHO: Dr. Rosenthal is a professor of American literature in the English Department at John Carroll University. She was a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University 2005-2006 and is the author or editor of four books, including a new edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. WHEN: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Noon *Beverages provided. Participants are welcome to bring a lunch. WHERE: John Carroll University 20700 North Park Boulevard University Heights, OH Murphy Room in the D.J. Lombardo Student Center CONTACT: Professor Doris Donnelly, Director 216.397.4991 or 216.397.1651 suenens@jcu.edu