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Wendy Doniger of the University of Chicago to be the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer

by Sandra Gilderhus
April 18, 2005

Professor of History of Religions at The University of Chicago Divinity School, Wendy Doniger will present a lecture titled "You can't get here from there: the logical paradox of creation myths" at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 18, in Viking Theater, Buntrock Commons. The lecture is part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecture series. Doniger has taught at the University of Chicago since 1978 and has been a Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of History of Religions since 1986. She is also a past president of the American Academy of Religion and the Association of Asian Studies. As part of her visit, Doniger will be attending visiting classes and meeting with faculty and students.

Contact Sandra Gilderhus at 507-646-3032 or gilderhu@stolaf.edu.