Timothy Brennan holds the Samuel Russell Chair in the Humanities and is a professor in the University of Minnesota Departments of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature and English. His lecture, “Green Misanthropy,” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. April 20 in the ballroom of the Muenster University Center. Brennan, who is hosted by the USD English department, will discuss the public and media devaluation of the humanities, deference to the sciences and the unacknowledged dependence of science on ideas originating in the humanities.

The initiation ceremony begins at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday. Prior to Brennan’s lecture, Matthew C. Moen, dean of the USD College of Arts and Sciences, will present the James M. Doyle Humanities Teaching Award.

Brennan has authored books, essays and chapters on topics that include continental literary and cultural theory, comparative literature, post-colonial theory and Afro-Latin music and modern jazz. He has taught at Cornell University, Humboldt University in Berlin, and has been a featured speaker at over 70 universities and cultural institutions around the world.

The Lifto Amundson Lecture series was established in 1988 by Marjorie Lifto Amundson and her son, Dr. Loren H. Amundson of Sioux Falls. The program brings distinguished speakers to USD each year from disciplines in the liberal arts and sciences. Both Mrs. Amundson and her son were members of Phi Beta Kappa at USD. Dr. Amundson received his M.D. degree in 1954 and was named a distinguished alumnus in 2004. The lecture and event are free and open to the public.

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