Chouki El Hamel of Arizona State University will give a public lecture 6 p.m. Wednesday in Swen Parson Hall, room 188.

The Graduate Colloquium Committee, Department of History, and Phi Beta Delta-Zeta Gamma Chapter of NIU will present El Hamel’s lecture “Patriarchy and Women’s Resistance in Morocco on the Eve of Colonialism.”

The aforementioned parties will also hold a graduate seminar at 10 a.m. Thursday in Watson Hall, room 110 titled “Between Slavery and Freedom and the Denial of Racism in Morocco.”

Those interested in the recommended readings should contact Andy Bruno at [email protected].