MONMOUTH, Ill. — Heather Brady, Monmouth College visiting assistant professor of modern foreign languages, will be the featured speaker at an International Luncheon on March 3 at noon in the Whiteman-McMillan Highlander Room in the college’s Stockdale Center.

Entitled “Excursions in Provence,” Brady’s lecture will describe her time spent in the region of Provence in southern France, including the fishing village of Cassis, the sprawling city of Marseille and her studies in the aristocratic Aix-en-Provence.

“Provence is famous for its lavender fields, its picturesque hills represented in the paintings of Van Gogh and Cezanne and its poetry and Mediterranean cuisine,” wrote Brady, who spent the 1998-99 academic year in Provence. “The region also boasts a surprisingly diverse ethnic composition and a tremendous sense of pride.”