The Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity will host the next Power of Diversity Lecture Tuesday, March 22, at 4 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom.
Lisa Nielson, the Anisfield-Wolf SAGES fellow and lecturer of music, will present “Concubines, Courteasans, Poets and Slaves: Music and Politics in the Medieval Islamic Courts.”
Nielson is an historical musicologist with a specialization in women’s studies. Her research focuses on musicians, musical culture and the relationship between music and society in the medieval Islamic courts.
Each semester the lecture series features a national thought leader and two CWRU faculty scholars.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
To RSVP to the event, email contact information to diversity-rsvp@case.edu. For more information visit case.edu/diversity or email janetta.hammock@case.edu.