45th Eunice Belgum Lecture "The Jazz of Freedom"

Students, faculty, staff are all welcome to attend the 45th Eunice Belgum Lectures. This year’s lecturer is Lewis Gordon.

Lewis Gordon’s lecture “The Jazz of Freedom” will untangle some of the meanings of “freedom” and their significance for aesthetic, ethical, and political life, culminating in a discussion of jazz as a leitmotif of democracy and freedom.

Each year for three decades the department has sponsored the Belgum Lectures, which honor the memory of Eunice Belgum, who graduated from St. Olaf College in 1967. The lecture series was established in the hope that Eunice’s tragic death in 1977 would not end her impact on the profession, teaching, and scholarship she loved so much. While the lectures may be on any topic, the philosophy department makes a special effort to choose topics in areas of special interest to Eunice, namely ethics, philosophy of mind, and feminism. These lectures are supported by a fund established by Eunice’s family and friends.

Reception to follow.