American Society for Aesthetics October 25-28, 2006
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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETICS SIXTy-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN OCTOBER 25-28, 2006 An Association for Aesthetics, Criticism, and the Arts i-lotcllnfol"llIulion GREETINGS Hi lton Milwaukee Cit y Center 509 W. Wi sconsin Avc. Your are cordially invited to participate in the 64'h ASA Annual Meeting hosted by Milwaukee, WI 53203 Marquette University. The program committee, chaired by Stephanie Ross, has 4 14-27 1-725 0 planned a diverse and challenging program. There will be two plenary sessions, one 1-800-445-8667 featuring David Bordwell fro m the University of Wisconsin and the other the www.hiltonmilwaukee.com Presidential address by Carolyn Korsmeyer. Hospitality will include three $ I 29/night, single or double receptions, one at the Hotel on Wednesday night, one at the Milwaukee School of Art and Design on Thursday, and one at the Haggerty Museum on Friday. A special Reservations should be made directly with the Hilton Milwaukee City Center feature will be a Sunday morning tour ofa private home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and owned by one of the leading preservationists in Milwaukee. The Acknowledgments business meeting will be on Saturday afternoon and everyone is urged to attend. 2006 Program Committee Advance Registration is available on the web at Aesthetics-online.org or by sending Stephanie Ross (University of Missouri-St. Louis), Chair a check or credit card number (master card or visa only, please include type and Curtis Carter and Sebastian Luft (Marquette University), Local Arrangements expiration date) to the American Society for Aesthetics, Armstrong Atlantic Statc Curtis Carter, Marquette University University, 11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31 419. Cnnference Registration David Davies, McG ill University ., John Gibson, University of Louisville Members Non-members Students Sherri Irvin, University of Oklahoma 3 day attendance $75 3 day attendance $150 3 day attendance $40 Michael Kelly, University of North Carolina-Charlotte I day attendance $40 I day attendance $75 I day attendance $15 Alex Neill, University of Southampton Frank Lloyd Wright Tour - Sunday Morning, 10-11 - $20, open to all Jenefer Robinson, University of Cincinnati A bus will leave the hotel at 9:30 AM and airport drop off after the tour Larry Shiner, University of Illinois-Springfield is available Registration at the meeting is an additional $25. Please register in advance. Officers and Trustees of the ASA The Conference Hotel is the Hilton Milwaukee City Center, which is located within President: Carolyn Korsmeyer (University of Buffalo, SUNY) walking di stance of the Marquette Campus. Rates are $129/night, single or double. Vice President: Stephen Davies (University of Auckland) Attendees are urged to book at the Conference Hote l, which provides a substantial Secretary-Treasurer: Dabney Townsend (Armstrong Atlantic State University) di scount to the society on rooms and meeting rooms that is contingent on our Susan Feagin, JAAC editor, ex Officio meeting our guarantees. Failure to meet the guarantees results in a signifi ca nt extra Ivan Gaskell (Harard University) expense to the society. Paul Guyer (University of Pennsylvania) Ruth Lorand (Universi ty of Haifa) Hotel Reservations should be made directly with the hotel as early as possible. The Danny Nathan (Texas Tech) cut-off date for the reduced room rate is October 15, but it is available only as long Yuriko Saito (Rhode Island School of Design) as the reserved block remains. To make a reservation call or go on line to Larry Shiner (University of Illinois-Springfield) Hilton Milwaukee City Center Arnie Thomasson (Miami University) 509 W. Wisconsin Ave. Tom Wartenberg (Mt. Holyoke) Milwaukee, WI 53203 Kendall Walton (Universi ty of Michigan) 414-271-7250 1-800-445-8667 Hosted and Sponsored by Marquette University and the Haggerty Museum www.hiltonmilwaukcc.com AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETICS Be sure to specify that the reservation is for the American Society for Aesthetics Annual Conference meeting. October 25-28, 2006 Milwaukee, Wi sconsin Special Events and Meetings THURSDAY Book Display 9:00-9:55 Thursday and Friday 8:30-4:30, Saturday 8:30-12:00 Literature: McCarthur Room Mitchell Room Chair: Claudia Schmidt, Marquette University "David Hume, Jane Austen, and the General Point of View," Eva Dadlez, University Finance Committee Meeting .. of Central Oklahoma Wednesday 9- 12 Commentator: Chris Williams, University of Nevada, Reno Miller Room " Creativity: Walker Room Board of Trustees Meetings Chair: Sebastian Luft, Marquette Uni versity Wednesday 1-5:30, Miller Room "Merleau-Ponty's Aesthetic Examples: The Motifs of Art and Phenomenology," Matt Wednesday 6:00-8:30 Oak Room (Dinner) Goodwin, Southern lIlinois University-Carbondale Friday 12-2, Oak Room (Lunch) Commentator: Keren Gorodeisky, Boston University Reception Environmental Aesthetics: Juneau Room Wednesday 8:30-11 :00 Chair: Christopher Stevens, University of Maryland Monarch Ballroom "The Aesthetics of Shadows," Robert Ginsberg, International Center for the Arts, Humanities, and Value Inquiry Plenary Session Commentator: Sally Markowitz, Willamette University Thursday 5:30-6:30 Monarch Ballroom 10:00-10:55 Literature: McCarthur Room Reception "Virtual People" Ira Newman, Mansfield University Thursday 6:30-8:30 Commentator: Ismay Baewell, Victoria University of Wellington Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Creativity: Walker Room JAAC Editorial Board Meeting ''The Creati ve Process: An Aspect of Andre Malraux's Theory of Art," Derek Allan, Thursday 8 pm Australian National University TBA Commentator: Robin James, University of North Carolina-Charlotte 2007 Program Committee Meeting Environmental Aesthetics: Juneau Room Friday, 8 am "Toward a Post-Industrial Environmental Aesthetic." Jonathan Maskit, Denison TBA University Commentator: Andrew Light, University of Washington Presidential Address Friday, 5:30-6:30 Break 10:55-11:05 Helfaer Theater, Marquette University Reception Friday, 6:30-8:30 Haggerty Museum, Marquette University Business Meeting Saturday 1:00 - 2:45 (Lunch Included) THURSDAY THURSDAY 11:05-12:00 2:30-5:00 Aesthetic Value: McCarthur Room Panel: McCarthur Room Chair: John Koethe, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Paisley Livingston's Art and i1l1ention "The Aesthetic Incentive," Ryan Martin, University of Houston Chair: Mary Wiseman, Brooklyn College, CUNY Commentator: lenefer Robinson, University of Cincinnati ", Deborah Knight, Queens University Sondra Bacharach, Victoria University Pictorial Epistemology: Walker Room Anna Ribeiro, Texas Tech University Chair: Susan Feagin, Temple University Hans Maes, University of Kent " Pictorial Experience and Epistemic Seeing," Alon Chasid, The Hebrew University David Davies, McGill University of Jeru salem Respondent: Paisley Livingston, Lingnan University Commentator: Mark Rollins, Washington University Panel: Walker Room Happy Birthday, Wolfgang: A Tribute to Mozart on His 250'"' Juneau Room The Influence of Experience and Identity: Milwaukee Artists Talk About their Chair: Jennifer Judkins, UCLA Work "Mozart's Skull: Looking for Genius (in All the Wrong Places)," Peter Kivy, Rutgers Anne Ghory-Goodman and artists from Mi lwaukee and the Milwaukee Institute for University Art and Design 12:05-1 :00 Aesthetic Value: McCarthur Room Panel: Juneau Room "The Aesthetic Value ofldeas," Elisabeth Schellekens, University of Durham Coming to Our (lower) Senses: The Aesthetics of Taste, Smell, and Touch Commentator: Jame s Young, University ofYictoria Chair: Larry Shiner, University oflllinois-Springfieid "Wine, Taste, and Aesthetic Subjectivity," Kevin Sweeney, University of Tampa Pictorial Epistemology: Walker Room "The Aesthetics of Smell y Art," Yulia Kriskovets, Classika-Synetic Theatre " Pictorial Perception as Illusion," Katerina Bantinaki, The University of Manchester "Awakening our Senses: Aesthetics and Design," Yuriko Saito, Rhode Island School Commentator: John Di lworth, Western Michigan University of Design Commentator: 10 Ellen Jacobs, Millikin University Happy Birthday, Wolfgang: A Tribute to Mozart on His 250'"' Juneau Room "Mozart's Heart," N ick Wolterstorff, Yale University Plenary Session: 5:30-6:30 p.m. "The Modern Miracle You See Without Special Glasses: The Aesthetics of Lunch: 1:00 - 2:30 Cinemascope" David Bordwell, University of Wisconsin-Madison Monarch Room Reception and Studio Tour - Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. FRJDAY FRIDAY 9:00-9:55 11 :05-12:00 Kant: McCarthur Room Global Aesthetics Panel: McCarthur Room Chair: Rachel Nussbaum Wichert, Pacific Lutheran University Chair: Curtis Carter, Marquette University "The Standardness Condition in Kant's Conception of Beauty," Brent KaIae, Ales Erjavec, In stitute of Philosophy of th e Scientific Research Center Siovenian \, University of New Mexico 1 Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia Commentator: Rachel Zuckert, Northwestern University ~ Jos de Mul, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, thc Netherlands Nietzsche, Artworks, etc.: Walker Room Special Session: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Art: Walker Room Chair: Owen Goldin, Marquette University Chair: Anne Eaton, University of Illinois-Chicago Circle "Nietzsche and the Audience for Comedy," Tim Gould, Metropolitan State "The Philosophy of Richard Wollheim," Whitney Davis, University of California - University Berkeley Commentator: Richard Eldridge, Swarthmore College Music: Juneau Room Beauty: Juneau Room Chair: Matt Caldwell, University of Missouri-Kansas City Chair: Dan Vaillancourt,