VEILS AND SARAH HUNTINGTON'S LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

Sarah Lanman Huntington Smith was born in Norwich, Connecticut, and from the late 1820s until 1833 she worked as a teacher for members if the Mohegan Tribe. She married missionary Eli Smith and the couple was sent to Syria where, after learning Arabic, Mrs. Smith started a school for girls at which she taught until her death in 1836.

Sarah Huntington's school evolved into the internationally renowned Lebanese American University, which is pleased to present Veils, an exhibition from LAU's Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World.

Sarah Lanman Huntington Smith Day

Schedule of Events

Saturday, June 20:

6:00 - Opening of LAU's Veils: Held in the Slater Memorial Museum's Converse Art Gallery. Light refreshments will be served. This exhibition of photographs depicts the diverse uses of the veil by contemporary women throughout the Middle East and North Africa. In addition, the exhibition portrays today the University which grew from Huntington’s early 19th c. school for girls in Beirut. Open to the public and free with museum admission.

Sunday, June 21:

4:00 p.m. - Sarah Lanman Huntington Smith Day Declaration: The day's activities will commence with the unveiling of a historic marker and reading of a proclamation by Norwich Mayor Benjamin Lathrop at the birthplace and home of Sarah Lanman Huntington at 181 Broadway.

5:00 p.m. - Sarah Lanman Huntington Smith: Norwich Missionary to the Mohegan Tribe and Arab Females: Al lecture by Rev. Robert D. Stoddard, Jr., Vive President (retired) of the Lebanese American University.  To be hled at Park Congregational Churhc - Chapel.

6:00 p.m. - Lebanese American University Reception: To immediately follow lecture at Park Congregational Church. Honored guests include LAU president Dr. Joseph Jabbra, Norwich Mayor Benjamin Lathrop and Mohegan Tribal Officials.