Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Lillian S. Robinson, 1941-2006
:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/27/2006 03:08:00 AM Concordia Professor, Comics Scholar
Lillian S. Robinson, a feminist scholar and activist, has died of ovarian cancer in Montreal. A respected lecturer and writer, Robinson was for the past six years Principle of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia Univerisity. A seasoned protestor and former SDS-member, she wrote several scholarly books of criticism and cultural theory. Her last, Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes, was published in 2003 by Taylor and Francis.
Concordia has posted a full obituary and has established and is soliciting donations for the "Lillian S. Robinson Scholars Program" to bring lecturers to the Institute.Labels: obituaries
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