Date: Thursday, June 26
Time: 6:00 pmLocation: Avon Old Farms Hotel, Seasons Restaurant, 279 Avon Mountain Road, Avon 06001
Fee: $35 per person, only $30 for members of the classes of 2009–2013
RSVP: By June 20, 2014, to Carrie Field, 48 Concord Street, West Hartford, CT 06119Please send a check to Carrie Field at the address above and indicate meal choice on check (chicken, fish, or veg).
QUESTIONS: Email Carrie or call 860-380-7033 for questions.
GIVE A RIDE: If you are available to drive an alum to this event, email Annmarie Merritt or call 860-707-2238. We appreciate your help.
Information about the evening’s speaker
Join us for the annual Mary Lyon Dinner and a presentation by Joan Cocks, professor of politics.
Having joined MHC as a political theorist in 1975, Joan Cocks has not only influenced
numerous students, but also how they are educated at Mount Holyoke instituting interdisciplinary courses across disciplines. She is particularly interested in the ways that people understand (and fight over) such essentially contested concepts as freedom, power, justice, property, community, and individuality. Over the course of her career, she has focused on the role of ideas in the political struggles of women, ethnic minorities, colonized cultures, and other politically marginalized groups, often looking at those struggles through the eyes of insightful political thinkers. She has won the faculty prize for teaching as well as represented the college as president of the MHC chapter of American Association of University Professors.
We hope you join us for this interesting discussion, to catch up on club news and to hear about future club initiatives.