Dr. Marilea Bramer, Philosophy, will present at a Philosophy for All Fargo-Moorhead event Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Plains Art Museum Boardroom. The topic of her presentation is “Were Arthur and Lancelot Really Friends? A Kantian Analysis.”
Konrad Czynski, Philosophy, with Maestro Stephen Simon and Bonnie Simon published their 10th CD in the Maestro Classics “Stories in Music” series. This is Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals” with humorous (even nonsensical) verses written by Ogden Nash in 1950 for the conductor André Kostelanetz. Czynski narrates the whimsical poems evoking comical aspects of a variety of creatures, including Pianists!
Konrad Czynski, on Nov. 15 at the Plains Art Museum, under the auspices of “Philosophy For All” organized by Professor Emeritus Mark Chekola, led a discussion with several MSUM colleagues and students, as well as with Fargo-Moorhead community-members, titled “A Dialogue across the Centuries with Marcus Aurelius.” The focus of the philosophical gathering was his Stoicism-imbued reflections traditionally called “Meditations.”
Theodore Gracyk, Philosophy, was the guest of the First Year Experience program at the College of Charleston. He was invited to lead a freshman seminar that had read his work, and then gave a public lecture, “Covers as Social Commentary: Dylan, The Monkees, and Tiffany.” The public lecture was co-sponsored by the FYE, Philosophy, and Music programs.
Dr. Marilea Bramer, Philosophy, presented her paper “Were Arthur and Lancelot Really Friends? A Kantian Analysis” at the recent meeting of the Minnesota Philosophical Society on Oct. 27.