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1993 PROGRAM COMMITTEE NOTE: All Friday Afternoon Sessions Are at the LEVINSON and the RESISTING READER: William J 9:30 - 10:25 am VISTA MAR MONTE II IS THERE A DEFINITlDN OF ART? Vanda Boziccvic) Philosophy, University of Croatia 2:00 - 3:50 pm COMMENT: Stephanie Ross, Philosophy, FOUR QUESTIONS FOR MARGOLIS University of Missouri/Saint LOt~is Michael Krausz, Philosophy, Brytl Mawr C HAIR: Roger Shiner, Philosophy, University of Alberta MARGOLIS AND THE METAPHYSICS OF CULTURE Dale Jacquette, Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University Break: 10:30 - 10:45 am COMMENT: joseph Margolis, Philosophy, Tempi, University 10:45 - II :40 am CHAIR: Curtis Carter, Philosophy, Marquette University THE IMPACT OF JAZZ ON CHINESE AUDIENCES Shirley Kennedy, Black Studies, Break: 4:00 - 4:15 pm University of California/Santa Barbara COMMENT: David Samue ls, Anthropology, , 4:15 - 5:10 pm University of Texas/Austin PAINTINGS AND FRAMES CHAIR: jo Ellen jacobs, Philosophy, Millikin University Barbara Savedoft; Philosophy, CUNY/Baruch College COMMENT: Claudia Sole, Santa Barbara 11:45 am - 12:40 pm CHAIR: Susa n FC::lgin, Philosophy, IL FAUT ETRE ABSOLUMENT RADICALIEI University of Missouri/ Kansas City Peter Madsen, Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen COMMENT: Gary Shapiro, Philosophy, VISTA MA1~ MONTli III University of Richmond CHAIR: Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy, 2:00 - 4:00 pm Uni.versity of Massachusetts/Amh errt AESTHETICS AND YOUNG PEOPLE Marcia Eaton, PIJi/flwph.y, Ut/i,',.,'sily oj'Mimll:sota Cynthia Rost:lt1koW I'k.I, I'lul(/ltlp/~y, Sa" losr Seate University VISTA MAR MONTE III Ellen Handler Spill, P''Ytl!j·,fU'Y, Cornell Vlli"frllly Alr, IIII,! ( .·fI"~"( 8:30 - 10:20 am CHAIR: ROllnld Mllilr.;, I'/uhll(/jlhy, (J,;;j '''''''1'flrW"J!JilllltO ll DESIR I NG WOMEN: THE AESTHETICS OF JAPANESE EROTIC ART Break: 4:00 - 4: J 5 pill Mara Miller, PJJi/osoplJy, DreJII University HARMONIOUS WOMEN : 4: 15 • 5:20 pill THE PORTRAIT OF WOMEN IN CHINESE EROTIC FUNDAMENTUM : TOWARD ART IN THE MING·CHING DYNASTIES AN AESTHETICS OF UNDERWEAR Eva Kit-Wah Man, Humanities, Richard Manill, '11)( (,'thl/mJr In.IIWIr, Hong Kong Baptist Colleg' Metropolitan Musc"m (!/ 'Ar' COMMENT: Jill Fields, llhlm1, COMMENT: Barbara Sandrisser, University of SoutlJerll Ca./ij'oruin The Paul Partnership, New York Break: 10:30 - 10:45 am FRIDAY, 29 OCTOBER 10:45 - 11 :40 am REGISTRATION: 8:00 am 5:00 pm, Vista Mar Mo,ue I TIME AND AESTHETIC EX PERIENCE I N BOOK DISPLAY: 9:00 am 5:00 pm, Vista Mar Monte l CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY Tamara Hamlisch, Anthropology, Lake Forest College '-' .. nn'VH-"~ -'· . ..L .;"\.= O\- o. L' ''''''', f • .r" r ...· ~~ " v ,..Ii VISTA MAR MONTE II University of California/ Santa Barbara CHAIR: Butler Waugh, English, 8:30 - 9:25 am WEDNESDAY, 27 OCTOBER Florida International University PHOTO·OK REGISTRATION: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, La Cantina Patrick Maynard, Philosophy, University of Western Ontario 11 :45 am - 12:40 pm RECEPTION: 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm, La Cantina COMMENT: Joel Rudinow, Philosophy, Sonoma State College AESTHETICS, POLITICS, AND PERSONAL TRUSTEES DINNER MEETING: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm, CHAIR: Roger Seamon, English, ADORNMENT Gazebo University of British Columbia Renee Lorraine, Music, University of Tennessee/ Chattanooga 9:30 - 10:25 am THURSDAY, 28 OCTOBER COMMENT: Sarah Fowler, Philosophy, Roosevelt University THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF LOU MARCUS: REGISTRATION: 8 am - 5 pm, Vista Mar Monte I IMAGES OF MEMORY, VENERATION , DECAY , AND BOOK DISPLAY: 9 am - 5 pm, Vista Mar Monte I DESECRATION Lunch: 12:45 - 2:00 pm Joyce Brodsky, Fine Arts, FEMINIST CAUCUS MEETING University of California/Santa Cruz r il,NTINA COMM ENT: Catherine Sousloff, Art History, ,/ University of California/ Santa Cruz LA CANTINA \ , ," - 10:30 am CHAIR: Allen Carlson, Philosophy, University ofAlberta CENSORSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY 2:00 - 3:50 pm IN THE ARTS Break: 10:30 - 10:45 am Mary Devereaux, Philosophy, Simmons College THE POLITICS OF AESTHETIC RESPONSE: CULTURAL CONSERVATISM , THE NEA, AND ICE· T David Novitz, Philosophy, University ofCanterbery 10:45 - 11:40 am David Slayden, Communication, George Wilson, Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University SA USSURE , PIERCE, AND GOMBRICH AMONGST Southern Methodist University COMMENT: Julie Van Camp, Philosophy, THE ABORIGINES CENSORSHIP AND SILENCING: California State University/Long Beach Shelly Errington, Anthropology, FEMINISM , PHILOSOPHY, AND THE ARTS CHAIR: Jerrold Levinson, Philosophy, UniversityofMaryland University of California/Santa Cruz Lynne Tirrell, Philosophy, COMMENT: Tom Huhn, New York City University of Carolina/Chapel Hill BREAK: 10:30 - 10:45 am CHAIR: Andrea Pappas, Art History, University of California/Berkeley 10:45 am - 12:45 pm COMMENT: Judith Genova, Philosophy, Colorado College CHAIR: Richard Shusterman, Philosophy, SOME DIRECTIONS IN AESTHETICS: 11:45 am - 12:40 pm Temple University AUTHORS DISCUSS THEIR RECENT BOOKS MARKETING GENDER· FREE SPACE: Arnold Berleant, Philosophy, Long Island University HOSPITALS IN MONTREAL Break: 4:00 - 4:15 pm Kathleen Higgins, Philosophy, University of Texas/Aurtin Shelley Hornstein, Fine Arts, York University Lucien Krukowski, Philosophy, Washington Unil1ersity COMMENT: Maureen Ryan, Art History, 4:15 - 5:10 pm COMMENT: Stephen Davies, Philosophy, University of British Columbia ART AND WAR: PARADOX OF University ofAuckland CHAIR: Zev Trachtenberg, Philosophy, THE BHAGAVAD· GITA CHAIR: Philip A. Alperson, Philosophy, University of Oklahoma University ofLouisville Crispin Sartwell, Philosophy, Vanderbilt University COMMENT: David Fisher, Philosophy, North Central College VISTA MAR MONTE III CHAIR: Annette Barnes Philosophy, (t", IoMAR MONTE II 1 University of Maryland/ Baltimore County 8:30 - 9:25 am ~0-9:25 am WHAT IS LACAN SAYING ABOUT VISION? 5:30 - 6:30 pm REVIVING THE MIRROR METAPHOR: WHY SHOULD I CARE? AND CAN I POSSIBLY PLENARY SESSION REALISM ANO ANTIREALISM IN ART THEORY CARE ENOUGH TO PUT UP WITH THAT PROSE? DE KOONING ' S TIMELESSNESS Ira Newman, Philosophy, Mansfield University Stephen Melville, Art History, Ohio State University Richard Shiff, Art History, University of Texas/Anrtin COMMENT: Ruth Lorand, Philosophy, Unipersity of Haifa COMMENT: Richard Boothby, Philosophy, Loyola College CHAIR: Kendall Walton, Philosophy, Unipersity ofMichigan CHAIR: Mary Wiseman, Philosophy, CUNY/Brooklyn College 9:30 - 10:25 am MAIN LIBRARY/8TH FLOOR VISTA MAR MONTE III THE AESTHETICS OF SCIENCE EXHIBITION Hilde Hein, Philosophy, Holy Cross College 2:15 - 3:10 pm 9:00 - 9:55 am COMMENT: Penley, Constance Film Studies, THE MONSTROUS NOVEL: SHOSTAKOVICH ' S TENTH SYMPHONY AND University of California/Santa Barbara AN ESSAY IN LITERARY HISTORY THE MUSICAL EXPRESSION OF COGNITIVEL Y Frederik Tygstrup, Comparative Literature, COMPLEX EMOTIONS Break: 10:30 - 10:45 am University of Copenhagen Jenefer Robinson, Philosophy, and Gregory Karl, Music, COMMENT: Martin Donougho, Philosophy, University ofCi1'tci1mati 10:45 am - 12:35 pm University of South Carolina COMMENT: Lydia Goehr, Philosophy, Wesleyan U1'tiversity THE ARCHITECTONICS OF MEMORY CHAIR: Garry Hagberg, Philosophy, Bard College CHAIR: Peter Kivy, Philosophy, Rutgers University Rodney Douglas Parker) Architecture, University ofMichigan 3:15 - 4:10 pm 10:00 - 10:55 am TECTONICS AND ARCHITECTONICS IN COLD WAR AESTHETICS BEYOND DESCRIPTION, INTERPRETATION, KARL BiiTTICHER'S THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE Casey Haskins, Philosophy) SUNY/Purchase AND EVALUATION: THE CRITIC AS COMMISSAR History ofArchitecture, Mitchell Schwarzer, COMMENT: Preben Mortensen, Philosophy, Capilane College OF THE OBSCENE University of Illinois/Chicago CHAIR: Douglas Dempster, Philosophy, Peg Brand, Philosophy, University of Oregon Eastman School ofMusic COMMENT: Anita Silvers, Philosophy, COMMENT: Edward Carr, Architect, Seattle San Francisco State University CHAIR: Dabney Townsend, Philosophy, CHAIR: H.L. Hix, Philosophy, Kansas City Arts Institute University of Texas/Arlington LOTTE LEHMAN HALL 11 :00 - 11:55 am 4:15 - 5:30 pm ALICE'S DISCRIMINATING PALATE: VISTA MAR MONTE III PLENARY SESSION: THE ALLEGED SUBJECTIVITY OF TASTE MULTICULTURALISM : PRACTICE Kevin Sweeney, Philosophy, University of Tampa 8:30 - 10:20 am Peter SeUars, Director, L.A. Festival COMMENT: John Bender, Philosophy, Ohio University THE RISE AND FALL OF ABSTRACTION IN CHA IR: AJex Neill, Philosophy, Trinity University EIGHTEENTH· CENTURY ART THEORY David Morgan, Art, Valparaiso University THE EXPERIENCE OF ART 15 PARADISE 5:30 - 6:15 pm REGAINED: KANT AND THE CONDITIONS OF RECE PTION: The University Art Museum AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETICS ARTISTIC BEAUTY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dennis Dutton, Fine Arts, University oJCanterbety 6:30 - 7:50 pm Philip A. Alperson (EditOr,jAAC) B UI'FET DINNER: Faculty Club Philosophy, UlliJ1t!l'sity IIf L/J//iSllilft t;uMM HN I ~ 1 1111{JI hy llould, j'/nllJsophy, Joyec Brodsky Metropolita1~ State College of Denver Fine Arts) U1tiversity ofCalifor1lia/Santa Cruz CHAIR: Carolyn Korsmeyer, Philosophy, SUNY/Buffalo ISLA VISTA THEATER George Dickie (President) Philosophy) University of Illinois/Chicago Break: 10:30 - 10:45 am Marcia Muller Eaton (Vice President) 8:00 - 9:30 pm PlJilosophy, University ofMinnesota/Twin Cities COLOR IN MOTION PICTURES, 1900·1950: 10:45 - 11 :40 am Lydia Goehr TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUE DECONSTRUCTION AND HERMENEUTICS: Philosophy, Wesleyan University A visual su rvey, with Robert Gin, PreserJ'lJ.tio1t Officer, DERRIDA AND GADAMER Kathleen Higgins UCLA Film and Television Archive Philosophy, U'liversiry ofTo:as/AI/st in Leon Surette, English, University of Western 01Jtario Peter Kivy (Past President) COMMENT: Deborah Knight, Philosophy, Philosophy)
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