American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division meeting

American Society for Aesthetics

Eastern Division Meeting, April 15-16, 2016

Independence Park Hotel, Philadelphia

CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline Monday, January 4, 2016

Monroe Beardsley Lecture, Temple University

Carolyn Korsmeyer (University at Buffalo - SUNY)

Plenary Lecture

Robert Hopkins (New York University)

Papers on any topic in aesthetics are invited, as well as proposals for panels, author-meets-critics, or other special sessions. Papers and proposals from traditionally underrepresented groups (including women, racial minorities, and persons with disabilities, among others) are encouraged.We welcome volunteers to serve as session chairs and commentators.  To submit a paper or panel proposal for consideration you must be a member of the national American Society for Aesthetics and if your paper is accepted you must register for the conference.  Papers should not exceed 3,000 words, should be accompanied by a 100-word abstract, and must be prepared for blind review. Panel proposals should include a general description of the topic or theme, along with the names and affiliations of all proposed participants and brief abstracts of all papers.

Please send submissions in PDF, Word, or RTF format to Aili Bresnahan, Margaret Moore, and Alessandro Giovannelli at [email protected].

Please feel free to direct questions to the Program Co-Chairs: Aili Bresnahan (University of Dayton) [email protected], Margaret Moore (University of Tennessee - Knoxville) [email protected], or Alessandro Giovannelli (Lafayette College) [email protected].