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March 7, 2005

Yen Le Espiritu To Speak On War, Race and Immigration At Boise State March 31

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The Department of Sociology at Boise State University presents a lecture by Yen Le Espiritu at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, in Room 106 of the Liberal Arts Building, located west of the Student Union Building on University Drive. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Espiritu, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, San Diego, will speak on “War, Race and Asian Immigration.” Espiritu specializes in gender, migration, race, U.S. militarism, refugee studies and Asian American studies. She recently published “Home Bound: Filipino American Lives Across Cultures, Communities and Countries.”

Espiritu’s address is part of the department’s Spring 2005 Guest Lecture Series. For more information, call (208) 426-3406.

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Contact: Teri Shafer, Department of Sociology, (208) 426-3406, tshafer@boisestate.edu             
                                                  

Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Relations, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

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