New Series Looks At Lives Of Intriguing People

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University Park, Pa. -- "Beethoven's Lives: Interlocking Perspectives," a colloquium and recital by Scott Burnham of Princeton University and William Kinderman from Victoria University in Canada, are scheduled for Feb. 14-15 at Penn State as part of the "Lives!" free lecture series.

Kinderman will play "The Final Sonata Trilogy: Opus 109, Opus 110, Opus 111" in a piano recital at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, in the Music Building Recital Hall. At 8 p.m., Burnham will talk about "The Four Views of Beethoven: Perspectives from the Memorial Years 1827, 1870, 1927, 1970," and Kinderman will discuss "Beethoven's Creative Process: The Relationship of Life and Art," in the Assembly Room of the Nittany Lion Inn. A panel discussion on Beethoven is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, in the Alumni Lounge at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Other lectures in the"LIVES!"lecture series are:

-- Monday, Feb. 23: George Mauner, distinguished professor emeritus of art history and emeritus fellow and former director of the institute, will discuss his findings on Manet's "Son," at 5:30 p.m. in the Palmer Museum of Art.

-- Monday, March 23: " James L. W. West III, distinguished professor of English and fellow of the institute, will talk about his forthcoming biography of William Styron in "Being Boswell: Writing the Life of William Styron," with commentary from Nancy Tischler, professor emerita of English, and Rhoda Sirlin of Quenns College, CUNY, at 8 p.m. in the Palmer Museum of Art.

-- Thursday, April 2: Laura Knoppers, associate professor of English and term fellow of the institute, will talk about her recent book on Oliver Cromwell, "'Like a King:' The Death and Burial of Oliver Cromwell," at 12:15 p.m. in 102 Weaver Building.

-- Wednesday, April 29: Paul Lawrence Rose, professor of European history who holds the Mitrani Professorship in Jewish life and literature in the College of the Liberal Arts and is a fellow of the institute, will discuss his biography of the physicist Werner Heisenberg, "Heisenberg: Deception, Self-Deception and Nazi Atomic Bomb," at 12:30 p.m. in 102 Weaver Building.

The lecture series is sponsored by the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies.