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Indiana University’s First Lady,Peg Zeglin Brand willjoin the (IWILL) Indiana Women’s Institute for Learning and Leadership’sFall Forum 2000 to discuss her recently edited anthology, BeautyMatters. With a focus on the values and politics of society’s viewof beauty and how it affects the lives of women, Brand will speak at IndianaUniversity Northwest on November 3 at 1 p.m. in the SavannahCenter Auditorium. 

During the forum, Brand will look at the provocative essays includedin Beauty Matters that address issues such as a beauty queen’s desireto measure up as a flawless object, the motivation of an African Americanwomen to straighten her hair, how the “beauty culture” perceives the disabledbody, or the constant effort to remain young and slim. The essays by aninternational group of scholars also discuss the aesthetics in the arts,the tools of fashion, the materials of decoration and the big businessof beautification.

Brand is assistant professor of philosophy and gender studies at IndianaUniversity, Bloomington, and is adjunct professor of women's studies atIUPUI. Her principal areas of researchare philosophy of art, women's art, feminist art criticism and art theory,and gender differences in humor. She has a BA in fine arts from the Universityof Illinois at Chicago, a MAfrom the University of Wisconsin at Madison,and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.She will join IU Northwest’s First Lady, Cynthia Owen-Bergland, at theIWILL Fall Forum to help promote the Northwest Indiana’s recently createdinstitute for university and community women. The focus of IWILL is tocreate lifelong learning opportunities for all women in the region andto nurture women in leadership roles.

Following the presentation, a reception and a book signing by Brandwill be held in the SavannahCenter Lobby. The IWILL Fall Forum is part of IU Northwest’s DiversityProgramming series sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor. It is opento the community free of charge. To RSVP, telephone the IU Northwest Officeof Development, Marketing and Communications at 219-980-6685.