Oct. 27, 2003

Events at NC State University
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Language Scholar to Deliver Two Public Lectures at NC State

What: Dr. Gene H. Bell-Villada, professor and chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., will present public lectures on “Arts for Art’s Sake: Why Does It Exist? And How? And Where?” and “Looking for García Márquez: How It Was” at North Carolina State University. Bell-Villada is the author of “Borges and His Fiction,” “García Márquez: The Man and His Work,” and “The Carlos Chadwick Mystery: A Novel of College Life and Political Terror.”

Who: Presented by the NC State Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS).

When: Tuesday, Nov. 4. The “Art for Art’s Sake” lecture begins at 4 p.m. The
“Looking for García Márquez” lecture begins at 8 p.m.

Where: Both lectures will take place in room 2211 of Broughton Hall, located on East Dunn Ave. on the NC State campus.

Cost: Both lectures are free and open to the public.

Contact: For more information contact professor John Mertz in the NC State Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at 919/515-9297.

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