CUNY PhD Students & Alumni to Present at American Society for Aesthetics Conferences

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)