Philosopher and author Graham Harman will speak Feb. 18 at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, as part of the school's 2013-2014 College Colloquium series dedicated to the theme of "revolution."

The lecture will take place 7 p.m. in Zimmerman Recital Hall of the Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery. Zimmerman recital hall is across the street from the main LVC campus in the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, 1 W. Church Street, Annville.

Harman will present his lecture titled "Revolution in Science, Politics, Philosophy, and the Arts." Harman's talk will bring his philosophy to bear on his experience of the revolutions unfolding in Cairo, Egypt and the Middle East as a whole.

Harman is professor of philosophy and associate provost of research administration at The American University in Cairo.

He is the author of nine books, most recently "The Quadruple Object" and "Quentin Meillassoux: Philosophy in the Making," both published in 2011. Harman is the editor of the "Speculative Realism" book series at Edinburgh University Press and co-editor of the "New Metaphysics" book series at Open Humanities Press.

Harman is a former Chicago sportswriter.

The "Revolution" program is a yearlong integrated series of guest speakers, performances, exhibitions, films, and academic courses examining the ideas of revolution and evolution as competing yet interdependent ways to describe the changes surrounding and shaping human life.

For information visit www.lvc.edu/colloquium.