
CUNY PhD Students & Alumni to Present at American Society for Aesthetics Conferences
A number of CUNY Graduate Center Philosophy PhD students & alumni will present at upcoming American Society for Aesthetics Conferences.
American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division Meeting
April 15-16, 2016 Independence Park Hotel Philadelphia
Friday, April 15
9 am-11 am
“Ethics & Aesthetics” Panel, including:
Jonathan Kwan (CUNY), “Ethical and Aesthetic Judgments in the Analects” Comment: Joseph Haroff (U. of Hawaii at Manoa)
2:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Invited Panel: “Reality in the Moving Image” (in collaboration with the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image), including:
Laura Di Summa-Knoop (Fairfield; CUNY Alumna)
Saturday, April 16
9 am-11 am
“(Un)Disciplining Bodies: Narrative Disparities of Ideal Body Aesthetics in Art, Sport, and Culture” Panel, including:
Lauren Alpert (CUNY), “Body Aesthetics and the Ethics of Dance Criticism”
11:15 am – 12:45 pm
“Sonic Images, Recordings, and Performances” Panel, including:
Jason Leddington (Bucknell), “Sonic Images” Comment: John Dyck (CUNY Graduate Center)
“Art History and Museums” Panel, including:
Sue Spaid (Independent Scholar), “Birthing Art Movements” Comment: Mary Wiseman (CUNY Graduate Center)
Graduate Conference in Aesthetics
Sunday April 17, 2016
Independence Park Hotel, Old City Philadelphia
11:00 Jonathan Kwan (CUNY)
“Philosophy through Ambiguity: Readings of Blade Runner”
2:00 Lauren R. Alpert (CUNY)
“Co-Authorship and the Ontology of Dance Artworks”
Organized by Katie Brennan (Temple), John Dyck (CUNY), Katherine Kurtz (Villanova), and Lindsey Fiorelli (University of Pennsylvania)