Syracuse University’s Religion and Society Speaker Series’ Oct. 23 installment to focus on postmodern events

Tuesday, October 21, 2003, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Religion and Society Speaker Series’ Oct. 23 installment to focus on postmodern eventsOctober 21, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu

Hugh Silverman, professor of philosophy and comparative literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, will visit Syracuse University on Oct. 23 to speak on “Postmodern Events: Heidegger, Lyotard and the Painting of Gerhard Richter.” The presentation will begin at 4 p.m. in the Kilian Room, Room 500 of the Hall of Languages.

The lecture, part of “Virtual Religion,” the Department of Religion’s Fall 2003 Religion and Society Speaker Series, is free and open to the public. Visitor parking is available on a paid, space-available basis in the Irving and University Avenue garages.

Silverman is executive director of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature (IAPL). His areas of specialization include continental philosophy; contemporary European thought; and philosophy, literature and the arts.

Call the Department of Religion at 443-3861 for more information.