Dear Colleagues in the Philosophy Department, *Guest Lecture, Lona Gaikis, 'Art as a Life Form: Thinking with Susanne K. Langer: 18:00, 11 April, Musicology Dept., HS 1* I'm delighted to invite you to a guest lecture by Lona Gaikis, who will be introducing us the thought of German-American philosopher Susanne Langer. Langer's philosophy of music has long been neglected by the musicological establishment, but fortunately that is changing, as evidenced by the recently published /Bloomsbury Handbook of Susanne K. Langer/ (2024), edited by Ms Gaikis. As well as lecturing at various universities in Austria, Ms Gaikis also runs the sonic and music experimental platform czirp czirp, which hosts works by various international sonic media artists. In her talk she will also be discussing how Langer's thought can help us to understand some of this avant garde work. More information can be found on the Musicology Dept. website, here <https://musikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/detailansicht/news/gastvortrag-lona-gaikis-akademie-der-bildenden-kuenste-wien-kunstuniversitaet-linz/?no_cache=1&cHash=8053b8e24ce6f765bd5add4beba4e1f2>. With warmest regards, Marc Brooks -- *Ass.-Prof. Dr. Marc Brooks *Department of Musicology, University of Vienna Spitalgasse 2, Hof 9 (Campus) A-1090 Wien, AUSTRIA e: marc.brooks(a)univie.ac.at w: https://musikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/team/brooks/