The Aim of the Conference:
There is a growing interest in understanding emotions and their place in \;human experience. What is emotion &ndash\; is it a state\, or is it a process? \;What\, if anything\, do our emotions tell us about the world or our needs? \;What is and should be the role of emotions in\, for example\, approaching \;ethical dilemmas? One of the areas in which these questions become most \;vibrant is in thinking about art in its broadest possible sense (fine arts\, \;music\, cinema\, literature\, etc). Do artworks arouse real or quasi emotions? \;How do we derive pleasure from experiencing negative emotions in art? Is \;there any moral &ndash\; or pragmatic &ndash\; value in an emotional engagement with \;artworks? If artworks succeed in evoking emotion\, what can that tell us \;about the nature of emotions *per *se? This conference is designed to \;provide postgraduate students who are working on said issues in aesthetics\, \;philosophy of mind\, philosophy of art and other relevant fields (inc. \;psychology\, arts\, and literature) the opportunity to present their \;work-in-progress \;to peers for review and dialogue.
Keynote Speakers:
Matthew Kieran
Professor of Philosophy and the Arts\, Leeds University
Co-author of Media and Values: Intimate Transgressions in a Changing Moral \;and Cultural Landscape*\, 2008\, Chicago: UCP.
Revealing Art: Why Art Matters\, 2005\, London: Routledge.
Amy Coplan
Associate Professor of Philosophy\, California State University\, Fullerton
Co-editor of Empathy: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives\, 2011\,
New York: OUP.
Guest Commentator:
Anthony Long
Professor of Classics and Irving G. Stone Professor of Literature\; \;Affiliated Professor of Philosophy and Rhetoric\, University of California\, \;Berkeley
The conference is free of charge (including tea\, coffee and snacks during \;the conference days).
In addition\, we will offer on-campus accommodation for two nights to up to \;5 non-HK based participants. Please indicate if you wish to be considered \;for this award.
Contact: \;art.emotion.hku@gmail.com
Organizing committee: Ho Ka Yan Kathleen\, Li Hong-Ting\, Suzuki Yumi\, Ulas \;Ekin\, Yeung Lorraine.
Department Advisers: Dr Timothy O&rsquo\;Leary and Dr Edoardo Zamuner
This Conference is supported by the Postgraduate Students Conference Grant \;of the Research Grants Council\, Hong Kong. It is also supported by the \;Department of Philosophy and the School of Humanities at HKU.
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