John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona and current United States National Endowment for Humanities Fellow, will present his lecture “Postmodernity” on Wednesday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hollidaysburg Library.
ALTOONA, Pa. — The last lecture in John Eicher’s history series at the Hollidaysburg Area Public Library will take place April 10.
In conjunction with library and Hollidaysburg Heritage Guided Tours, Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona and current United States National Endowment for Humanities Fellow, has delivered seven lectures of an eight-part series on the history of Western Civilization from the Renaissance to the present.
The final lecture, “Postmodernity,” is Wednesday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hollidaysburg Library.
According to Eicher, this presentation is a frank acknowledgement that Westerners are either too unimaginative or too scared to experiment with radically new social, political and economic arrangements. It is defined by the largely apolitical and bureaucratic management of the world. The aim is not “progress,” but “sustainability.”
The event is one hour and includes a Q&A session and light refreshments at the end.
Other lectures, along with an introduction video, are available on YouTube.
