Mark W. Roche will present the Annual Hesburgh Lecture, “What’s So Funny About a Joke?,” on Thursday, March 23, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall 120. His talk will interlace humor with an analysis of the greatness and limits of Freud’s theory of jokes. Roche is Joyce Professor of German, concurrent professor of philosophy, and former dean of arts and letters at the University of Notre Dame.
This event is a collaboration by the Garaventa Center, the Notre Dame Club of Portland, and the Beckman Humor Project. For more info or ADA accommodations, contact the Garaventa Center at garaventa@up.edu or x7702.