American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division Meeting

Plenary Lecture  

Jerrold Levinson (University of Maryland, College Park), “The Artist and the Aesthete.”

Temple University’s Beardsley Lecture

Cynthia Freeland (University of Houston), “Questions about Genre: Westerns and Murder Mysteries.”

Invited Panel: “The Cognitive Relevance of Aesthetics”

Hanne Appelqvist (University of Helsinki), JukkaMikkonen (University of Tampere), and KallePuolakka (University of Helsinki)

Invited Panel: “Game Aesthetics”

Thi Nguyen (Utah Valley University), Shelby Moser (Azuza Pacific University), and Andrew Edgar (Cardiff 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 American Society for Aesthetics, and if your paper is accepted you must register for the conference. You can join ASA on-line: http://aesthetics-online.org. Papers should not exceed 3,000 words, should be accompanied by a 100-word abstract, and must be prepared for blind review. Panel proposals must include a general description of the topic or theme, the names and affiliations of all proposed participants, and a long abstract (approximately 1000 words) for each of the presentations.  The abstract should articulate the thesis and central argument(s) of the talk. 

Please send submissions in PDF, Word, or RTF format to Brandon Cooke and Alessandro Giovannelli at [email protected].

Please feel free to direct questions to the Program Co-Chairs: Brandon Cooke (Minnesota State University, Mankato) [email protected] or Alessandro Giovannelli (Lafayette College) [email protected].