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Spring Lecture Series Begins at QCC
Contact: Cherie Ronayne
Office of Institutional Communications
508.854.2849
cronayne [at] qcc.mass.edu
Release Date:
1/11/2007
WORCESTER – On February 14th, Quinsigamond Community College will welcome Dr. Nina Scott, Ph.D. as part of its spring “Distinguished Lecturer Series.”
Nina Scott received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her M.A. and Ph.D in Spanish from Stanford University. She has taught at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst for 37 years and specializes in women’s literature, comparative literature of the Americas, and colonial Spanish American literature. She is also an avid art history and food culture enthusiast.
Scott’s lecture, titled, “Chocolate, Chile, and Fertile Sows,” will explore the transatlantic food exchange in the early years of colonial Spanish America.
The lecture is free and open to the public and will take place at QCC’s Harrington Learning Center at 2:00pm.
Quinsigamond Community College is the most affordable higher education in Worcester County. As a regional leader in education and workforce development, QCC serves the diverse educational needs of Central Massachusetts by providing affordable, accessible, and high quality programming leading to transfer, career, and lifelong learning.