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Columbia University philosophy professor to present two Belgum lectures

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October 11, 2001

Lydia Goehr, professor of philosophy at Columbia University, will present her series titled "Listening, Laughing and Learning" during two Eunice Belgum Memorial Lectures at St. Olaf College on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

The lectures, free and open to the public, will be at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Room 501 of Holland Hall. In the first lecture, Goehr will be speaking on "Music, Humor and Philosophical Form in Wittgenstein." In the second lecture, she will be speaking on "Music, Humor and Philosophical Form in Adorno." The two lectures will be appropriately interconnected, as well as independently understandable.

Goehr is the author of several books and essays on the philosophy of music, including a book of essays on philosophy, politics and music with a focus on Richard Wagner. She has also authored numerous articles and reviews for magazines, as well as essays on several philosophers. Her current research is the writing of two books, one on the philosophy of modernist operas, the second on the history of philosophy.

The Eunice Belgum Memorial Lectures were established by friends and family to honor Eunice Belgum, a 1967 St. Olaf graduate. Belgum earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University and was a highly respected philosophy faculty member at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., when she died in 1977. The Eunice Belgum Memorial Fund supports an annual lecture series sponsored by the St. Olaf College Philosophy Department.

St. Olaf College prepares students to become responsible citizens of the world, fostering development of mind, body and spirit. A four-year, coeducational liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), St. Olaf has a student enrollment of 2,950 and a full-time faculty complement of approximately 300. It is one of Money Guide?s top 100 "elite values in college education today," and it leads the nation?s colleges in percentage of students who study abroad.

Contact Carole Leigh Engblom at 507-786-3315 or leigh@stolaf.edu.