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Volume 38 Number 1 SpriNg 2018

1 Memorial Notice: Stanley Bates, by Timothy Gould

3 NewsfromtheNationalOffice

4 ConferenceReports

6 AestheticsNews

8 JAACSpecialIssues:CFP

13 CallsforPapers

14 UpcomingEvents

15 ActiveAestheticians

The AmericAN SocieTy for AeSTheTicS:AN ASSociATioN for AeSTheTicS,

criTiciSm, ANd Theory of The ArTS

Memorial Notice: Stanley BatesTimothy GouldMetropolitanStateUniversityofDenver

Ifirst knewof StanleyBates as the co-authorwithTedCohenofanessaycalled“MoreonWhatWeSay.”Thiswasintheearly‘70swhen Iwas in graduate school. The piece remains today (inmyview)oneof the twoor threebest essays onCavell’s earlyworkandespeciallyaboutwhat isnormativeaboutordinary language.ManywhoreaditdonotrememberthedeadpansendupofsomeofCavell’smostnotablecritics.Forawhile,IattributedthistonetoTed’sinfluence,butonlyuntilIhadknownStanleyawhile.Thenhisowndead-panhumorbecamemoreobvioustome.Itisperhapstypicalofthemthattheybothenactedakindofbigbrothermessingaround.Atdifferenttimesinthenextfewyears,eachofthemattrib-utedthephilosophicalmuscleintheessaytotheother.Itwastheirremarkablefriendshipthatwaspartofmyaccesstoeachofthem.

Afewyears laterStanleyhiredmeto teachatMiddlebury.Sohealsobecamemyfirstchairman,andhewaspresent fromthefirstdayIbegantoteachfull-time.Healsoaskedme—thisstillseemsabitunbelievable--ifhecouldsitinontheclasshehadaskedmeteach.Notsurprisingly,thiswasanaestheticsclass.WhathedidnotknowwasthatthiswasnotonlythefirstaestheticscourseIhadevertaughtbutthefirstaestheticsclassforwhichI’deverbeenpresent.StanleyCavell—ourmutualmentor—had of course taughtmanythingsthatcouldbecategorizedasaesthetics,buthehadnocoursebythatnameformanyyears.SoforBatesandme,anaturaltopicofourconversationswastheshapeofacademicaesthetics,ofwhatitcomprisedandwhatitleftout.

TosaythatIwasnervouswhenteachinginfrontofStanleyisonlypartlytrue.Iwasnervousprettymucheverywhereandaboutev-erything,andhecalmedmedownasmuchasanythingelse.Stanley

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oftenwalkedmeover to thebuildingwhere theclasswasheld. Iimaginethathewalkedwithmeinordertosteadyme.Irememberthewalkbackafterclassmuchmoreclearly.Hewouldanimatedlyquizmeabouttheclass,invitingmetotakemythoughtastepfur-ther.ThebuildingtheclasswasinwascalledtheChâteau,anditwas in thedomainof thepowerfulFrenchdepartment.Theclasswasheldinakindofdrafty,sparselydecoratedroom.AndyetallittooktofurnishtheroomwasacollectionofstudentsthatseemsowonderfulinretrospectthatIsometimesthinkImusthavedreamtit.ButtherewasStanleyintheupperrighthandcorner,calmandyettotallyfocusedonwhatwashappening.AndtherewasalsoanextraordinarilyyoungRichardEldridgeaspreparedandaspercep-tivethenasnow.

IttookStanleylessthanadaytoreassuremethathewasnotcheck-inguponme.Heonlywanted to seewhatwasupwithmeandwhatwasupwithCavellandhiscurrentstudents.IttookhimclosertohalfayeartoletmeknowthatIwaswhathewantedfromanaesthetician.Thisofcourseendearedhimtome.Butthenagain,Iwasalreadyendeared.

Along with the intro course where he took turns lecturing withDennisO’Brien,weco-taughtWittgenstein’sInvestigationsandHei-degger’sBeing and Time.Andwedidawintertermcourseonthemovies.WesharedthefilmswiththeFrenchdepartment,andsothelistwasalittleidiosyncratic.WedidUn Chien Andalou,alongwithPersona,Notorious,andRed River.Bateshandledthevarietywiththekindofequanimityonetakesforgrantedinahistoryofphilosophyofcoursebutnotalwaysintherestofthehumanities.Evendeal-ingwithasomewhatchallengingpresencefromtheFrenchdepart-ment,Batesmade it all seempart of ahistoryof amediumbothdiscontinuousandyetcoherent.Thatwas really thebeginningofmysensethatIcouldteachfilm.ItwasinfactwhenwereachedRed River—not theBuñuel—thathe leanedover tomeandsaid,“Areyoureadyforthis?”Hewassaying,Itookit,thatwhatistheplainandobviousecstasytoyoumayturnouttobethehardestthingtoteach.

Somehow a little communitywas formed around him even in asmallcollege.TherewasRobertPack,apoetofmanyawards,andsomeoneinAmericanStudies,whohadbeenaMarineandlikedthefactthatStanleysharedhisdistasteforintellectualsandartistsusingmetaphorsofviolence.AlongwiththiswasVictorNuovowhohadgradually emigrated from religious studies to philosophy.VictorwasverymuchapartofthelifeinthebasementofMunroeHall.Ithinkhe showedmore thananyone that thedifferences inphilo-sophicalsensibilitystemfromdifferencesintrainingandhowweread.HeandStanleywouldhavebeenfriendsanyway,butitwasshareddifferencesthatcementedthepactbetweenthem.

I amnot saying thatBateswas theonlycenterof this simmeringgroupof teachers andartists; only thathewasone centerof onegroup.SurelythissortofcentrifugalforcewaspartofthereasonhewastappedtobetheadministrativedirectoroftheBreadLoafWrit-er’sconference.ItalsocannothaveescapedtheattentionofwriterslikeBobPack thatBateshad justplainreadmore than justaboutanybody—andmoredifferentkindsofthings.

EveryonewhoknewStanleyknowshowdevotedahusbandandfatherhewas.Iwillnottrytoaddtothiscommonfundofknowl-edge.ButIcouldnotconcludetheseremarkswithoutmentioningVirginiaBates.MysenseofStanleyistiedupinmysenseofgrati-tudetoherfromthefirstyearsinwhichIknewthemasacoupletothelateryearsofamoreindependentconversation.

Iendwithonemorestory,lettingitrepresenttheyearsbetweenourfirstencountersandourlast.

At the end of a session on TedCohen’swork, not long after hisdeath,Stanleywaslookingatmewithsomeconcern.IwassureIwasmessingupmychancetosaysomethingaboutCohen’sMeta-phorsofPersonalIdentification,thoughIendedupwhereIwantedtobe,talkingaboutADoll’sHouse.Isaidsomethingtotheaudi-ence indicatingmy uncertainty about how I had put something.WhenthesessionwasoverStanleycameuptomeat thefrontoftheroom,“Don’tapologize,”hesaid.BywhichItookhimtomeansomethinglikethis:donotcoverupwhateversenseofembarrass-mentandself-consciousnessyoumayhavebyincreasingtheself-consciousnessofyouraudience.Thisisnotthetimeortheplacetotrytofixtheconfusionthatyouhaveperpetrated.Withouthisquiteintendingit,itwasakindofsummingupoffortyyearsofunself-consciousinstructionandfriendship.

Planning Ahead? ASA Meetings

ASA Eastern Meeting: CourtyardMarriott, Philadel-phia,PA,April20-21,2018;April5-6,2019;April17-18,

2020ASA Rocky Mountain Meeting: Drury Plaza Hotel,SantaFe,NM,July6-8,2018,July12-14,2019;July10-

12,2020ASA Annual Meeting:FairmontRoyalYorkHotel,To-

ronto,Canada,October10-13,2018ASA Annual Meeting:SheratonGrand,Phoenix,AZ,

October9-12,2019ASA Annual Meeting:HiltonCrystalCity,Washing-

ton,DC,November11-14,2020ASA Annual Meeting:HyattRegency,Montreal,No-

vember17-20,2021

For the complete schedule of all ASAMeetings andASAco-sponsoredconferences,seetheASAWebsite.At thebottomof eachpage, look for“meetings”and

click“more.”

StanleyP.Batesin1993.PhotocourtesyofSpecialCollections,MiddleburyCollege

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News from the National OfficeASA Annual Meetings

Workiswellunderwayinpreparingforour76thAnnualMeetinginTorontoOctober10-13,2018.Weexpectthepreliminaryprogramtobepostedshortlyonthewebsite.IntheAugustASANewsletter,weplantoincludetheentireprintprogram,asitexistsonJuly31,2018,sothosewhowantapapercopyoftheprogramwillhavethatatthemeeting.TheAugustNewsletteralsowillincludeformsthatcanbemailedinwithacheckforASAmembershiprenewalandAnnualMeet-ingregistration.

On-lineregistrationisavailablenowonthewebsite.BesuretologintothesiteFIRSTsoyougettheASAmemberdiscountedrates.Asubstantialdiscountforearly-birdregistra-tionalsoisavailableuntilSeptember10.TofindthepagefortheAnnualMeeting,lookforMEETINGSnearthebottomofanypageonthewebsiteandclick“more”toseetheentirelist.Weconsolidateallinformationwehaveoneachmeetingandconferenceasitbecomesavailableonthosepages(schedule,CFP,registration,map,etc.).

Pleasenotethaton-lineregistrationfortheFeministCaucusluncheon(October11)andtheDiversityluncheon(October12)isincludedontheregistrationsite.Thechairsofbothcommitteesdecidedtolimitattend-anceto40eachtoenablemoreproductiveconversations,soweurgeinterestedpeopletoregisterattheirearliestopportunityiftheywishtoattend.

SomehaveaskedwhytheTorontoandPhoe-nixmeetingsareinOctober,ratherthanNo-vember.Quitesimply,it’sallaboutcost.Asasmallsociety,wedonothavemuchbargain-ingpower,certainlynotcomparedwiththeAmericanPhilosophicalAssociation,whichhas10timesasmanymembersandrunsthreemajormeetingseachyearindifferentlocations.Weseekbidsforarangeofdatesfrommid-Octoberuntilmid-Novemberandgowiththeratesforsleepingroomsthataremostadvantageousforourmembers,alongwiththecostsoffood-and-beverageandmeetingrooms.WealsoavoidHalloweenweekend,whichhasbecomeamajorholidayinrecentyears.

Weareverypleasedthatsubstantialtravelsupporthasbeenofferedforthe2018meet-ing.The18studentswithpapersacceptedfor

theprogrameachwillreceive$1250intravelsupport.WehavelearnedincomparisonswithsisterorganizationsintheAmericanCouncilofLearnedSocieties(ACLS)thatweprovideamongthemostgenerousstudenttravelawards.Inaddition,forthefirsttimethisyear,sixpresenterswithoutinstitutionalsupportwillreceiveIreneH.ChayesTravelGrantstopresenttheirwork.Alsoforthefirsttimethisyear,twopeoplearereceiv-ingIreneH.ChayesNewVoicesAwards,withtraveland$1000prizes.Asalways,thewinnersofseveralprizes(theOutstandingMonographPrize,theTedCohenPrize,andtheSelmaJeanneCohenPrizeinDanceAes-thetics)willreceivetravelgrantsalongwiththeir$1000prizes.WealsoprovidetravelsupporttoallASAEditorsaspartoftheircompensationpackage(JAAC,ASAGE,ASANewsletter,WebEditor,FacebookManager).

Letmealsonote,contrarytomythologyIhaveheard,thattheASAtraditionallyhasnotprovidedanysupportforASATrusteestoattendthemeeting.Theassumptionhasalwaysbeenthathomeinstitutionsprovidethissupport.Becauseofconcernthatper-sonswithoutaccesstotravelfundsmightbediscouragedfromrunningfortheBoard,theTrusteeslastyearadoptedanewpolicytoassistwithTrusteetravelintheabsenceofinstitutionalsupport.

Wehavebookedmeetinghotelsthrough2021,makingourpracticesvomparabletothoseatsisterorganizationsintheACLS.Wehaveanunscientificsurveyonthewebsitewherepeoplecanindicateinterestsforfuturemeetingsites.Wehavetriedrepeatedlytogetcompetitivebidsfrompopularcities,suchasChicagoandSanFrancisco;costsareprohibi-tive,butwe’llkeeptrying.

ASA Divisional Meetings

Allthreedivisionsarethriving.Thesemeet-ingsprovideopportunitiesformemberstopresenttheirworkingeographicallocationsthatareoftenmoreeconomicaltoattend.Forthefirsttimethisyear,eachdivisionhas$1000touseforIreneH.ChayesTravelGrantstopersonswithoutaccesstoinstitu-tionaltravelfunds.Theorganizersforeachdivisiondecidehowtoallocatethesefunds.Forfuturemeetings,pleaseletthemknowwhenyousubmitapaperthatyouwouldliketobeconsidered.Inaddition,ASApro-videseachdivisionwith$2000forProgramEnhancement.ThegoaloftheTrusteesinestablishingthisfundingseveralyearsagowastosupportthecostsofbringinginmajorspeakerswhowouldhelpbuildattendanceatthemeetings.

TheASAEasternmeetingmovedthisyeartoanewhotel,theCourtyardMarriott,inthecenterofPhiladelphia,astheprevioussiteisremodelingandeliminatedthemeetingroomsneeded.Thesleepingroomsareactu-allymoreeconomicalthanattheprevioussite.Wehaveacontractthrough2020withthishotelandhopemembersliketheloca-tion.ManythankstoDavidClowneyandJohnDyckfororganizingthe2018meeting.

TheASARockyMountainDivisionisdraw-ingveryhealthyattendance.ItsnewlocationattheDruryPlazaHotelhasalsoprovenpopular,withitslocationadjacenttothehis-toricdistrictandreasonablelodgingprices.ManythankstoSherylTuttleRoss,RaphaelSassower,JamesMock,JulianneChung,andArthurStewartfororganizingthe2018meeting.

TheASAPacificmeetingparticipantshadaseriousdiscussionearlierthismonthaboutitsAsilomarvenue.Amajorconcernisthatthemeetinghasbecomesoexpensive,atanout-of-the-waylocation,thatmanystudentsandjuniorfacultyfinditdifficulttoattend.UnderourcontractwithAsilomar,weguar-anteetobookacertainnumberoflodgingrooms,whichmanyfindtooexpensive,andwebarelymetourrequirementsthisyear.Alternativesitesarebeinginvestigated,suchasmeetingroomsintheBayArea,withpar-ticipantsontheirowntofindahotel,aswellasalternativeresortsonthePacific.Unfortu-nately,everythingisexpensiveinnorthernCaliforniaandtheDivisionmightendupstayingatAsilomarnextyear.Wehopetobeabletoannouncethelocationanddatesinthecomingweeks.ManythankstoMargaretMooreandAnthonyCrossfororganizingthe2018meeting.WearegratefulthatAnthonyCrossandShelbyMoserhaveagreedtoco-organizethemeetingin2019.

Joint Meetings with Other Organizations

Iamsometimesaskedwhywedon’ttryjointmeetingswithotherorganizationswithsharedinterests.Iknowofonlyonetimewhenthisoccurredinthepast;in1954,theASAhadajointmeetingwiththeMid-westernCollegeArtAssociation.(Thepro-gramfromthatmeetingisonthewebsite:Members>ASARecords.)WehavediscussedthispossibilitywiththeExecutiveDirectoroftheAmericanMusicologicalSociety,whichalsomeetsinthefall,butthelogisticsofjoin-ingtheirmeetingarequitecomplicated.WedoorganizesponsoredsessionseachyearatthethreemeetingsoftheAmericanPhilo-sophicalAssociationandareopentosimilararrangementswithotherorganizationsifwecanfindthem.

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AnewopportunityIhopewecantakead-vantageofisASA’saffiliatemembershipintheCollegeArtAssociation.WesubmitnewsitemsaboutourconferencesandmeetingsfortheirNewsletter.Andwehavetherighttoa90-minutesessionateachoftheirannualmeetings.Wehavenottakenadvantageofthisinthepastbuthopetointhefuture.IfASA members who are also CAA members wouldliketousethis90-minuteASA-spon-soredsessionforfutureCAApresentations,pleasecontactmeatyourearliestopportu-nity,butnolaterthanDecember1.Ifmorethanonememberisinterested,we’llestablishanadhoccommitteetoreviewthesubmis-sions.WedonothavefundstosupporttravelorregistrationfortheCAAmeeting,sothiswouldmainlyappealtopersonsalreadypar-ticipatingintheCAA.ButthispromisestobeagoodwaytointroduceCAAmemberstoaestheticsandtheASA.TheCAAmeetseachyearinFebruary,alternatingbetweenNewYorkCityandChicago.Datesannouncedsofar:Chicago:February12-15,2020,andFebruary16-19,2022.NewYork:February10-13,2021,andFebruary15-18,2023.CAAgenerallyrequiresthatsessionproposalsbesubmittedtotheminAprilprecedingtheirnextmeeting. Support for Students

Manymembersareconcernedaboutthesupportwegivetostudentsinaesthetics.Asnoted,weareprovidingsubstantialtravelsupporttothe2018meeting.Inthepastfiveyears,ASAhasprovided93studenttravelgrantstotheannualmeetingsto66students,foratotalexpenditureof$99,147.Studentpa-persubmissionsarereviewedanonymouslywithallothers,withnoindicationofthesta-tusofthesubmitter,sotheirselectionfortheprogramisprofessionallymoremeaningful.WeareespeciallypleasedthatsomanyofthesestudentshavegoneontoactiverolesintheASAandhavewonavarietyofawardsandprizes.

Forseveralofourconferencegrantsinrecentyears,wehaveincludedadditionalfundstosupporttravelforstudentstoattendand/ortopresenttheirworkontheconferenceprograms.StudentsarealsoeligibleunderTrusteeguidelinesfortheIreneH.ChayesTravelGrantstotheDivisionalmeetings.

Formembershipandallmeetingregistra-tions,weoffersubstantiallyreducedratesforstudents.ThenewGREENmembershipin2017hasprovenespeciallyattractivetoin-ternationalstudents(whonowpay$32/yearinsteadof$50).(Overall,about20%ofourmembershipischoosingtheGREENoption.)

Conference ReportsASA Program Chair’s Report for the 2017 Annual Meeting

Wereceived100papersubmissions for themeeting. Two of thesewerewithdrawn toprotest the Trump Administration’s travelban.The chair also receivedword (and re-grets that they would not be submitting)from two other members that they would be boycottingtheUSforthesamereason.

Two members of the program committeereviewedeachofthe98remainingsubmis-sions,allofwhichwerepreparedforanony-mousreview.Wherethereviewers’verdictswerepolarized(oneverystronglyinfavor,oneverystronglyopposed),thesubmissionwassenttoanadditionalprogramcommit-teememberforreview.Therewerefivesuchsubmissions, and one was eventually ac-cepted.

ASAalsosubsidizesthefullcostofASAGE (ASA Graduate E-journal),whichisenteringits11thyearandprovidesauniqueforumforstudentpublicationandeditorship.ThisisthefourthyearforwhichASAissponsoringspeakersatthreesummerdiversityinstitutes,whichintroducepromisingundergraduatestudentstoaesthetics.Weareabouttoan-nounceourfourthDissertationFellowship,aprograminitiatedin2015.

ASA Archives

Wecontinueouron-goingprojectofdigitiz-ingASAprograms,minutes,andotherdocu-mentsandpostingthemundertheMemberstabofthewebsite,sotheyareavailabletoallASAmembers.WerecentlywereabletoscanseveralimportantdocumentsstoredattheSanDiegoStateUniversityArchives,includingrecordsofthe1977NEH-fundedSummerInstitute,programsandminutesfromthenow-defunctNorthwesternDivisionintheearly1950s,andcompleterecordsfromASA’spurchaseofJAACin1945.Weexpecttopostthesetothewebsitesoon.

Wearestillmissingafewthings.Ifyouarecleaningoutyourfilecabinetsandoffices,pleasecheckwithusfirstbeforeyoudiscardthings.Wewillreimburseyouforpostagetosendthemtousforscanning.Thingswestillneed:

• Newsletter:Vol.1(all),2.1,2.2,2.3,8.2,22.2•AnnualMeetingProgramsandMinutes:1956-1966•EasternDivisionPrograms:pre-1985,1987,1988,1991,1993,1994,1997-2005•RockyMountainDivisionPrograms:pre-2011,2012•PacificDivisionPrograms:pre-1972,1978,1979,1984,1996

Board of Trustees Actions SinceourDecemberreport,progresshasbeenmadeonseveralissues.

•Post-DoctoralFellowship:Theadhoccom-mitteehasmaderevisionsrequestedbytheBoard.TheproposalisnowbeingreviewedbyASA’slegalcounsel.

•AnnualMeetingCancellations:Alarmedatthedramaticincreaseinthenumberoflast-minutecancellationsbyprogramparticipantsattheannualmeeting,theBoardadoptedanewpolicyoncancellations,printedinfullelsewhereinthisNewsletter.(Thenewpolicyonmeetingregistrationrefundshasalreadybeenannounced.)

•Anti-discriminationandanti-harassment:

MembersoftheadhoccommitteemetwithAPAexpertsonthisissueattheSavannahAPAmeetinginJanuary.WehopetohaveadraftpolicyreadyfortheBoardtoreviewthissummerinanticipationoftheTorontomeeting.

•IreneH.ChayesNewVoicesAwards:Afterasuccessfulone-yearexperiment,theBoardapprovedcontinuingtheseeachyearforfutureannualmeetings.

Grants and Conferences Wecontinuetobrainstormwithmembersaboutyourideasforgrant-fundedconferenc-es,workshops,andotheractivities.Weareespeciallyinterestedinyourproposalsforre-gionalstudentaestheticsconferences.Guide-lines are on the web site under News>Grants andPrizes.Proposalsareacceptedatanytime.SendyourdraftproposalinWordatanearlyopportunityto<secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org>.

JulieVanCampSecretary-Treasurer&ExecutiveDirectorAmericanSocietyforAesthetics1550LarimerSt.#644Denver,CO80202-1602Secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.orgwebsite:<www.aesthetics-online.org>

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Weaccepted40papersfortheprogram,foranacceptancerateof40.8%ofrefereedsub-missions.32ofthesubmissionsweresolelyauthoredbywomen,andonehadawomanco-author.Ofthese32submissions,16wereaccepted,foranacceptancerateof50%.

We received 30 panel submissions, includ-ing 7 author-meets-critics proposals. Allprogramcommitteemembersreviewedtheremainingsubmissions,andthe16submis-sionswiththehighestaggregatescorewereaccepted (resulting in 12 panels and 4 au-thor-meets-criticssessions).Asinpastyears,panelproposalsweremorelikelythansub-mittedpaperstoaddresstraditionallymar-ginalized topics. Two acceptedpanelspro-posedtodirectlyaddresstopicsrelevanttoNewOrleans,andtwoproposedtoaddressthe75thanniversaryoftheASA.Weaccept-edmorepanelsthisyearthanwedidinpastyearsinpartbecauseofamuchhigherpanelsubmission rate (for the 2016 meeting, forexample,12panelsweresubmitted)coupledwithahigherrateofrepresentationoftradi-tionallyunderrepresentedgroupsandtopicsin the panel submissions relative to papersubmissions.Althoughweacceptedsignifi-cantlymorepanelsthisyearthaninthepast,ouracceptanceratewassignificantly lowerbecause of the unusually high number ofsubmissions.Thismadeforsomeparticular-lydifficultdecisionsbecauseof theoverallhighqualityofthepanelsubmissions.

The program committee consisted of Kris-tin Boyce, Peg Brand, Wiebke Deimling,GuyRohrbaugh, SherriRoss,YurikoSaito,Nils-HennesStear,PaulTaylor,andIngvildTorsen.Iamgratefultothemfortheirworkandsupport.

Respectfullysubmitted,JonathanNeufeld

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium: Black AestheticsAmherst,MAMarch31st-April1,2017 OnMarch 31 andApril 1, 2017, theQues-tioning Aesthetics Symposium: Black Aes-thetics (QAS-BA) took place atHampshireCollegeinAmherst,MA.OrganizedbyMi-chaelKellyandMoniqueRoelofs,QAS-BAconsistedoftwodaysofpanelsfeaturing15speakers, followed by a roundtable for allthe participants. The event was motivatedbytheflurryofrecentbooksinvolvingblackaesthetics,allrelatedtothecontinuingformsofinjusticeandcriticalaestheticengagementoccurringinthesocietyatlarge.

QAS-BA enjoyed widespread institutional

and financial support: sponsors includedHampshire College, the TransdisciplinaryAesthetics Foundation, the American Soci-ety forAesthetics, theFiveCollegeLectureFund, Amherst College, Mount HolyokeCollege, SmithCollege, and theUniversityofMassachusettsatAmherst.

The QAS-BA speakers included paintersand installation artists Caitlin Cherry and Meleko Mokgosi, and dancers, poets, andsoundandnewmediaartistsDeborahGoffe,SimoneWhite,andAnthonyCokes.Philoso-phersMickaellaPerinaand JamesHaile IIIwereamongthepresenters,andsowerefac-ultyinthefieldsofAfricana,Cultural,Liter-ary, Gender, andQueer Studies, includingGerShun Avilez, Jeremy M. Glick, PhillipBrianHarper,DaphneLamothe,AmyAbu-go Ongiri, and Kevin Quashie. An associ-atedworkshopthedaybeforeQAS-BAwithdesignerandarchitecturaltheoristMabelO.Wilson,alsoasymposiumspeaker,focusedontheconnectionsbetweenarchitectureandrace.QAS-BAliaisedwithconcurrentexhi-bitions by Cherry and KaraWalker at theUniversityMuseumofContemporaryArtattheUniversityofMassachusettsinAmherst,andalecturebypoetandtheoristFredMo-tenatHampshireCollege.

QAS-BAdrewagoodaudienceofapproxi-mately 150+ attendants over the twodays,whichwasaformidableturn-out,especiallyin lightofa snowstorm thatencompassedtheareatheentireweekend.Livelydebatesbroached new avenues of reflection, espe-cially concerning the role of resistance incomparisontoquestionsofinteriority,alive-ness,looking-with,andrelationality.Panel-istsdevelopednovelapproachestotheBlackArtsMovementanditsattendantnotionsofaesthetics and politics. Unsurprisingly, thethen ragingDanaSchutzWhitneyBiennialcontroversyprovokedanumberofexchang-es,astoalesserextentdidTrapMusicandmemes.

TheQAS-BA organizers launched the newinitiative of awarding graduate studenttravelgrants.Fourgraduatestudents(ASAmembers) were in attendance, which wasa real opportunity for their research and agreatcontributiontothesymposium.QAS-BAwaspreceded(thepreviousmonth)byatransdisciplinarygathering,BlackAesthet-ics: A Faculty Workshop. Ten HampshireandFiveCollegespeakersfromdiversedis-ciplinarybackgroundsspokeonthebasisoftheirartandresearchaboutthemeaningsofBlackAestheticsatHampshireCollegeonasunny,not-snowyFridayafternoon inFeb-ruary.

Readings recommendedand/orwrittenby

the participants, along with other materi-als (artist videos), were posted in advanceofQAS-BAtofamiliarizethespeakerswithone another’swork and toprepareHamp-shire students and other members of the audience. This material can still be foundon the symposiumwebsites,https://trans-aestheticsfoundation.org/and blackaesthet-ics.hampshire.edu, as they are intended asresources for further studyanddiscussion.Two Spring 2017 undergraduate seminarsonBlackAesthetics (oneatUNCCharlotteandoneatHampshireCollege)jumpstartedstudentengagementwiththefieldofBlackAesthetics.

Wearehappytoaddthatvideorecordingsofallthepanelsandroundtableare(orwillsoon be) posted on the same two sympo-siumwebsites.

In short, we believe Questioning Aesthet-ics Symposium: BlackAestheticswas a re-soundingsuccess.Weareexpectingtocon-tinue the conversations with a follow-upsymposiuminthenextyearorso.

ThankyoutoallASAofficersandmembersforyoursupportofQAS-BA.

Stay tuned!

Michael&Monique

MichaelKellyProfessorofPhilosophyUNC Charlotte

&Editor,EncyclopediaofAestheticsOxfordUniversityPress

&Founder+PresidentTransdisciplinaryAestheticsFoundation<AestheticsTAF@gmail.com><https://transaestheticsfoundation.org>

MoniqueRoelofsProfessorofPhilosophySchool of Humanities, Arts and CulturalStudiesHampshireCollege894WestStreetAmherst,MA01002

Due to an editorial oversight, the above report was not included in the Newsletter when it was originally received. Apologies to the organizers for the delay.

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Exploring Truth and Beauty in Worlds of Color: A Conference on Race, Art and Aes-theticsOberlinCollege,OHSeptember29-30,2017

The Exploring Beauty and Truth in Worlds of Color Conference held at Oberlin College(Oberlin,OH)ontheweekendofSeptember29-30, 2017 was a continuation of a grow-ing discourse around race and art seen inpanelpresentationsattheAmericanSocietyofAestheticsAnnualconferencesandorga-nizationoftheRace and Aesthetics: A British Society of Aesthetics Connections Conference held at TheUniversity of Leeds, UK,May19-20, 2015 and theBlack Aesthetics Sympo-sium atHampshireCollege,March31-April1,2017.Theinterestintheseconferencesandincreasing interest in expanding and com-plicating the topics, issuesandparticipantsinAestheticssignalsthepossibilityofadra-maticdevelopmentinthefield.

Exploring Truth and Beauty in Worlds of Color: A Conference on Race and Aesthetics wascon-sciouslydevotedtoprovidingaspacewherevoices and visions, normally marginal tomainstream aesthetics, could take centerstage.Importanttothisgoalwasencourage-ment of inter-disciplinary conversations asscholars from across disciplines and fieldscould gather together and exchange ideasfromdifferentperspectivesoncommontop-ics.

Thediscussions anddebates from the con-ferencewereprovocativeaspresentersfromthe fields of Art History, Philosophy, His-tory,Ethno-Musicology,Theater,Compara-tive Literature, Cinema Studies, CreativeWriting and Africana Studies, performers,practitioners and scholars navigated themethodological,discursiveanddisciplinarydifferences and engage in discussions thatexpandedinsightintothepaneltopics. Theparticipants in theconferencewere in-vitedtowrite fromtheirresearchandfieldongeneralpaneltopics.Thesepanelswere:Fashion, Afro-Futurism, Humor, Technol-ogy,Film,VisualArt,Music.TwoadditionalpanelswerecreatedforstudentparticipantsfromOberlinCollege,who ina fascinatingtechnical display, screened a filmed FaceTime interview with Dr. Paul Taylor ofPennsylvaniaStateUniversityonthechap-ter,“Makin’ItFunky;OrMusic’sCognitiveTravelsandtheDespotismofRhythm”fromhisrecentwork,BlackisBeautiful:APhilos-ophyofBlackAesthetics.Thefinalpaneloftheconferencewasaninvitationtothreere-centASACurriculumDiversitygrantrecipi-ents(Drs.MeilinChinn,MarianaOrtegaandMonique Roelofs) to discuss the results of

theirwork.Thekeynoteaddress,“WeHaveVoice,WeHaveTemper:AfricanAmericanArtists and Public Discourse,” was deliv-ered byDr.Kymberly Pinder,Dean of theCollege of Fine Arts at The University ofNewMexico.Dr.Pinder’saddressstruckaparticularlypowerfulchordasmuchofthediscussiondealtwithquestionsofthesocial-politicalandculturalundertonesofaestheticproductionfromracializedperspectives.Dr.Pinder’saddressexploredtheworksofart-ists,AugustWilson,RomareBearden,CocoFusco,HowardenaPindellandKerryJamesMarshall as examples of black artists whohavebeencompelled tonotonlymakepo-litically-engagedartbut tousewritingandspeaking to further a public discourse onraceandtherepresentationofblackart.

The conferencewas supportedby a gener-ous grant from theDean of theCollege ofArtsandSciencesofficeatOberlinCollege,a Major Project Initiative Grant of $7000from the American Society of AestheticsandanASAGraduateStudentTravelGrantof $1000. Oberlin College’s ConservatoryofMusic and the departments of AfricanaStudies, Art History, Studio Art, English,Creative Writing, Cinema Studies, Com-parativeAmericanStudies,PhilosophyandTheateralsoprovidedsupport,forthecon-ference.

Theconferencewaswellattendedwithover400 audiencemembers in attendance, overthecourseoftwodays.IncludingmembersofOberlinCollege’scommunity,theattend-ees included, local community members,teachers and students fromClevelandareaschoolsandmembersoftheCleveland,Ohiomuseum and arts community. The confer-ence and its theme, “Race andAesthetics”isthebasisofanupcomingspecialissueofthe Journal of Art and Art Criticism (JAAC)co-edited byDrs.Anne Eaton andCharlesPeterson(Vol.77,No.3,2019).

Theconferenceorganizerswouldliketogivea special thanks toMr. DavidDivins, Ad-ministrative Assistant for the Departmentsof Africana Studies and Gender, Sexual-ity andFeminist Studies (OberlinCollege),OberlinCollege’sOfficeofCommunicationsandTheFeveRestaurantofOberlin,OHfortheirextraordinarysupport. CharlesF.PetersonAssociateProfessorofAfricanaStudiesOberlinCollege<cpeterso@oberlin.edu>

Aesthetics NewsWinners of the 2018 Irene H. Chayes Travel and New Voices Awards

Irene H. Chayes New Voices Awards

TheAmericanSocietyforAestheticshasannouncedthewinnersofthe2018IreneH.ChayesNewVoicesAwards:EmmanuelOr-dóñezAngulo,UniversityCollege,London,andDanielWilson,UniversityofAuckland,NewZealand.Bothpaperswillbepresentedatthe76thAnnualMeetingoftheASAinToronto,October10-13,2018.

OrdóñezAngulo’spaper,“TransformativeTorture,”drawsfromhisexperienceasafilmmakerinMexicoconsideringtherepre-sentationofviolenceinfilmandhiscurrentphilosophicalstudiesinepistemologyandphilosophyofmind.

Wilson’spaper,“WehiandtheSublime,”drawsfromhisheritageasMāori(thein-digenouspeopleofNewZealand)andhisstudiesinphilosophyandliteratureontheteachingofthetraditionalMāorischoolofhigherlearning.

Theawardswereestablishedin2017bytheBoardofTrusteesoftheASA,attherequestoftheASADiversityCommittee,tonour-ishandsustainanethosofinclusivityinallaspectsoftheSociety’sactivities,andinthedisciplineofaestheticsmorebroadly.

Applicantswereaskedtodemonstratethefollowingcharacteristics:

1.Theauthor’sunderstandingofthebar-riersthatleadtotheunderrepresen-tationofwomen,ethnicandracialminorities,non-gender-conformingindividuals,personswithdisabilities,personsfromlow-socio-economic-statusbackgrounds,andothermembersofgroupshistoricallyunderrepresentedinhighereducationcareers.Evidenceofthisunderstandingmaybedrawnfromtheauthor’slifeexperiencesandeducationalbackground,andshouldbeexplainedinashortpersonalstatement.

2.Theauthor’scapacitytoapplytheirunder-standingoftheconditionsofunderrep-resentationtotheirresearch.Applicantsshoulddemonstratethiscriticalperspec-tiveby,forexample,proposingresearchtopicsthatpertaininasubstantialwaytotheartisticproductionoraestheticexperienceofunderrepresentedgroups.

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Preferencewasgiventoapplicantswhoarestudents,facultyonfixed-term,non-tenurestreamcontracts,ornotinacademicemploy-ment.

Awardrecipientswillreceive$1,000plusatravelgrantof$1250topresenttheirworkatthe2018AnnualMeetinginToronto,October10-13,2018.PapersubmissionswerereviewedanonymouslywithallotherpapersforthemeetingbytheASAprogramcommittee,withoutanyinformationontheirrequestfortheNewVoicesAwardorothersupport.EligibilityfortheIreneH.ChayesNewVoicesAwardwasreviewedbythechairoftheASAdiversitycommittee.ThefinalselectionwasmadejointlybytheChairsoftheProgramCommitteeandtheDiversityCommittee.

TheASABoardofTrusteeshasunanimous-lyapprovedcontinuationoftheIreneH.ChayesNewVoicesAwardsforfuturean-nualmeetingsoftheASA.Itisexpectedthattheapplicationdeadlineforthe2019AnnualMeetinginPhoenixwillbeJanuary15,2019.

Irene H. Chayes Travel Grants

ThewinnersoftheIreneH.ChayesTravelGrantstopresenttheirworkatthe2018AnnualMeetinginTorontoareElisaCal-darola,PanosParis,NinaPenner,SummerRenault-Steele,andEmineHandeTuna.Uptosixawardsof$1250eachareavailablefortheAnnualMeetingforpersonswithnootheraccesstotravelfundstopresenttheirwork.Personsinterestedinapplyingforthe2019awardsshouldindicatetheirinterestandeligibilitywhensubmittingtheirpaperforanonymousreviewattheJanuary15,2019deadlineforsubmittingfortheAnnualMeeting.

ThewinnersoftheIreneH.ChayesTravelGrantstopresentworkattheASADivisionalmeetingsthisspringhavebeennamed.East-ern:LaraGiordano(KansasCityArtInsti-tute),KathrynWojtkiewicz(CUNY-GraduateCenter),XiaoyanHu(Liverpool).Pacific:CaterinaMoruzzi(Nottingham).(Thewin-nersfortheRockyMountainDivisionwillbeannouncedlaterthisspring.)

EachDivisionhas$1000tosupporttravelforpersonswithnootheraccesstotravelfundstopresenttheirwork.Forthe2019meetings,interestedapplicantsshouldapplytotherespectivedivisionofinterest.

Irene H. Chayes

Alloftheseawardshavebeenmadepossiblebythegenerosityofalargebequestfromthe

estateofIreneH.ChayestotheAmericanSocietyforAesthetics.IreneHendryChayes(1916-2014)receivedherB.A.andM.A.fromNewYorkUniversityandherPh.D.fromJohnsHopkinsUniversity.Shetaughtlitera-tureattheUniversityofMaryland,HollinsCollege,andSUNYBinghamton.

Student Travel Grants

Eachyear,theASAfundstravelforfull-timestudentswhosepapershavebeenselectedfortheprogramattheAnnualMeetingafteranonymousreview.FortheTorontomeet-inginOctober2018,18studentswillreceiveStudentTravelGrants:DanielAbrahams,AlekseyBalotskiy,ElizabethCantalamessa,JohnDyck,JonathanFine,PatrickGrafton-Cardwell,IanHeckmann,RobbieKubala,KathrynLawson,IreneMartinezMarin,DarlaMigan,TylerOlsson,JeremyPage,MadeleineRansom,MatteoRavasio,RebeccaWallbank,WeijaWang,ZacharyWeinstein.

Twelve Participants Announced for ASA-UBC Summer Seminar on “Beauty and Why It Matters”

TheAmericanSocietyforAestheticsandtheDepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofBritishColumbia,arepleasedtoannouncethetwelveparticipantsselectedforthefirst-everASA-UBCSummerSeminar,tobeheldJuly9-27,2018ontheUBCcampus.

TheASABoardofTrusteesawarded$33,000insupportoftheparticipantstipends,withsubstantialcost-sharingprovidedbyUBCforthedirector,DomLopes,andgraduateas-sistant,facilities,andtechnology.Thetopicoftheseminaris“BeautyandWhyItMatters.”

Theparticipantswereselectedfrom43ap-plicants,withpriorityforjuniorfaculty(eitheruntenuredorwithintenyearsofthedoctorate)andfacultyatteaching-orientedinstitutionsinNorthAmericaandwithspacereservedforatleasttwocontractfaculty.Adoctoratewasrequired,sopostdoctoralfel-lowswereeligible,butnotgraduatestudents.Someseniorapplicantsareincluded,withaneyetowhattheyarelikelytocontributetothedevelopmentoftheirjuniorcolleagues.

Thetwelveparticipantsare:

JulianneChung,AssistantProfessorofPhi-losophy,UniversityofLouisvilleAnthonyCross,LecturerinPhilosophy,TexasStateUniversityKerenGorodeisky,AssociateProfessorofPhilosophy,AuburnUniversitySarahHegenbart,Post-DoctoralLecturerin

TheoryandHistoryofArchitecture,ArtandDesign,TechnicalUniversityMunichAlexandraKing,AssistantProfessorofPhi-losophy,UniversityatBuffalo,SUNYSamanthaMatherne,AssistantProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruzChristopherNguyen,AssistantProfessorofPhilosophy,UtahValleyUniversityNickRiggle,AssistantProfessorofPhiloso-phy,UniversityofSanDiegoElizabethScarbrough,LecturerinPhiloso-phy,FloridaInternationalUniversityJamesShelley,ProfessorofPhilosophy,Au-burnUniversityBrianSoucek,ActingProfessorofLawandMartinLutherKing,Jr.HallResearchSchol-ar,UniversityofCalifornia,DavisJonathanWeinberg,ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofArizona

ASAmembershipwasrequiredatthetimeofapplicationforphilosophersspecializedinaesthetics.Forallothers,ASAmembershipwasrequiredatthetimeofacceptingaseatintheseminar.Participantswilleachreceiveastipendof$2700tocovertravel,housing,andotherexpenses.

Theseminarwillbeorganizedaroundfourapproachestoansweringthequestionwhyaestheticvaluematters:(1)ThePowertoPlease,(2)AestheticandOtherValues,(3)AestheticActivityandHumanWell-Being,and(4)PersonallyMeaningfulAestheticPursuits.

MaterialsfromtheseminarwillbepublishedonapublicwebsitehostedatUBCandlaterarchivedontheASAwebsite.Participantswithstrongpedagogicalinterestswillbeinvitedtocraftannotatedbibliographiesandsamplesyllabi,whichwillalsobepostedonthesewebsites.

ASA Announces Organizers for Group Ses-sions at APA Meetings

TheAmericanSociety forAesthetics ispleasedtoannounceorganizersfortheASAGroupsessionsatfuturemeetingsoftheAmericanPhilosophicalAssociation.ASAisverygratefulfortheserviceoftheseorgan-izers.

APA-Eastern:David Friedell,UniversityofBritishColumbia,willorganizethesessionsforthe2019and2020meetings,continuingtheworkhehasdoneforthe2017and2018meetings.

APA-Central:Tim Gould,MetropolitanStateUniversityofDenver,willorganizetheses-

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RaceandAesthetics:ASpecialIssueofThe Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

(Publicationdate:November2019)

GuestEditors:A.W.EatonandC.F.Peterson

Thisissueaddressesquestionsandissuesinaestheticsthroughabroadlensthatembracesavarietyofracializedvoicesandawiderangeofapproachesandmethodologies.Submissionsonanyphilo-sophicaltreatmentofraceandaestheticsarewelcome,butpapersaddressingtheaestheticandartistictraditionsandperspectivesofthefollowingcommunitiesandtraditionsareespeciallyencouraged:

●Latina/o/x●East,South,SoutheastandCentralAsian●PacificIslander● Indigenouspeoples Examplesofquestionsthatmightbeaddressedinclude:

●Whatroledoesaestheticsplayinarticulatingracialideologiesandprojects?●Whatrelationshipdoartandaesthetictheoryhavewithsocialandpoliticalengagement?●Howdoesaestheticpresentationarticulateracialidentity?●Howdoinnovationsintechnologyaffecttraditionalartisticrepresentationsofrace?●Howcanintersectionalidentitiesinformartisticandaestheticpresentation?

Submissionsshouldnotexceed7,500wordsandmustcomplywiththegeneralguidelinesforsubmissions.(See“Submissions”ontheJAACpageontheAmericanSocietyforAestheticsweb-site:www.aesthetics-online.org)UploadsubmissionstotheJAAConlinesubmissionwebsite,<https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jaac>,makingsuretheyareidentifiedassubmissionsforthespecialissue:atthepromptformanuscripttype,select“specialissue”ratherthan“originalarticle.”

Ifyouhavequestions,pleasecontact:A.W.Eaton,<eaton@uic.edu> C.F.Peterson,<cpeterso@oberlin.edu>

DeadlineforSubmissions:January1,2019

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Stand-UpComedyandPhilosophy:ASpecialIssueofThe Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

(Publicationdate:November2020)

GuestEditor:SheilaLintott Submissionsonanyphilosophicaltopicsorthemesrelatedtostand-upcomedyarewelcome,including,butnotlimitedto:

• Stand-upcomedy’srelationstootherarts(e.g.,tootherperformingartssuchasmusicanddance,toothercomedicartssuchassketchcomedyandimprov,toothertext-basedartssuchaspoetryandstorytelling)•Howstand-upcomedyconfrontsculturalissuesandanxieties•Analysesofjoke-structureandstyle• Stand-upandemotion,includingself-consciousemotions(e.g.,shame,guilt,pride)• Stand-upandaudiencereceptiontheory•Publicpersonaandcomicidentity• Stand-upandidentity(e.g.,race,gender,ability,age,class)• Stand-upcomedy,politicalcorrectness,offensiveness,andfreedomofspeech•Truthandauthenticityinstand-upcomedy• Stereotypesandtropes(questioned)instand-upcomedy•Thestatusofstand-upinphilosophyofartandaesthetics• Implicationsofnewtechnologiesforstand-upcomedyasartandpractice• Stand-upcomedyand/aspopularartoravant-gardeart•Ethicsofstand-upcomedy• Stand-upcomedyandtraditionaltheoriesofhumor

Submissions should not exceed 7,500 words and must comply with the gener-al guidelines for submissions (see “Submissions” on the JAAC page on the Ameri-can Society for Aesthetics website: www.aesthetics-online.org). Upload submis-sions to the JAAC online submission website, <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jaac>, making sure they are identified as submissions for the special issue.

Ifyouhavequestions,pleasecontact:SheilaLintott,<sheila.lintott@bucknell.edu>

DeadlineforSubmissions:November15,2019

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sionforthe2019meeting.Sandra Shapshay,IndianaUniversity-Bloomington,willorgan-izethesessionsforthe2020and2021meet-ings.WearegratefultoStephanie Patridge for herexcellentworkorganizingthesessionsforthe2017and2018meetings.

APA-Pacific:Jonathan Weinberg,UniversityofArizona,willorganizethesessionsforthe2019and2020meetings.

ThesesessionsgiveASAanimportantop-portunitytoshowcaseworkinaestheticsatthesemeetings,tocomplementtheotheraestheticssessionsonthemainprogram.AlthoughAPAhasa“one-appearancerule”foritsmainprogram,thatdoesnotrestrictparticipationinthegroupsessions.

ASA-Sponsored Speakers in Aesthetics at Summer Diversity Institutes

TheAmericanSociety forAesthetics ispleasedtosponsorspeakersonaestheticsatthreesummerdiversityinstitutesinsummer2018.

JamesB.Haile,III,AssistantProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofRhodeIs-land,willspeakattheSummerImmersionPrograminPhilosophyatBrownUniver-sity.ProfessorHailereceivedhisPhDfromDuquesneUniversity.HewillspeakonAfro-FuturisminAestheticsandthefilmBlack Panther.

SarahWorth,ProfessorandChairofPhiloso-phyatFurmanUniversity,willspeakattheSummerProgramforWomeninPhilosophyatUCSanDiego,andatthe21stAnnualRut-gersSumerInstituteforDiversityinPhiloso-phy.ProfessorWorthreceivedherPhDfromtheStateUniversityofNewYorkatBuffalo.ShewillpresentonStreetArtandAesthetics.

2018isthefourthyearthattheASAhassponsoredaestheticsspeakersatsummerdiversityinstitutes.ASAcoversallcostsforthespeakersandispleasedtohelpsupporttheseimportantdiversityprograms.AllASAmemberswereeligibletoapplyfortheseap-pointments.ThespeakerswereselectedbyinstitutedirectorsfromrecommendationsmadebyareviewcommitteeofseniorASAmembers.

Inpreviousyears,manyASAmembershavebeensponsoredbyASAtomakepresenta-tionsonaestheticsattheseinstitutes:SondraBacharach,A.W.Eaton,JaneForsey,Shen-LiLiao,AnnaRibeiro,andMaryBethWillard.

Open Access Publishing and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism is theofficialjournaloftheAmericanSocietyforAesthetics.ASAmemberssometimesaskaboutthepossibilityofopenaccessforJAAC.Itmightbeofsomeinterest,therefore,toun-derstandthedifferencebetween“gold”and“green”access.GreenaccessisalreadythedefaultforallmaterialpublishedinJAAC,andgoldaccesscanbepurchasedbyauthorsortheirinstitutions.

Goldaccessgrantscompleteopenaccess:anyonewithinternetaccesscangotothepublisher’swebsiteandaccessthepublishedarticle.Openaccessbeginsonthedateofpublication.Inotherwords,goldaccessgiveseveryonethesameaccessthatyoucur-rentlyreceivewithyourASAmembership,butwithoutanyrequirementofmembershiporpaymentofanyaccessfees.

For JAAC,thedefaultisgreenaccess,whichisaformofself-archiving.Authorshavetherighttopostcopiesoftheirworkontheinternetwithincertainparameters.Authorsdonot,however,havetherighttopostaPDForscannedcopythatwaspreparedbythepublisher.(Authorsmaynot,forexample,downloadthePDFcopyfromtheJournalwebsiteandthenrepostthatcopy.)Butauthorsdohavetherighttopost,andcreateopenaccessto,thetextthatwassubmittedto JAAC andsubsequentlypublishedthere.However,ifthereisadifferencebetweenthesubmittedtextandtheversionacceptedfollowingrevisionsmadeinresponsetopeerreviewand/oreditorialcomment,thensomeconstraintsapply.Thepost-peerreviewtextcannotbepostedwithopenaccessuntiltwoyearsfromthedateofpublication.Foreitheroftheseversionsofthetext,postingmustbeaccompaniedwithashortacknowledgementofitsrelationshiptothecopyrightedtextinJAAC,andpostingislimitedto:

• theauthor’spersonalwebsite•theauthor’sinstitutionalrepositoryorarchive•not-for-profitsubject-basedrepositoriessuchasPubMedCentral

Inaddition,theauthormaysendortrans-mitcopiesofthefinalpublishedarticletocolleaguesonaone-to-onebasis(e.g.,inresponsetoapersonalrequestforacopy).

Whydoesn’ttheASAarrangeforgoldac-cesstoallJAACmaterial?Currently,libraryandotherelectronicaccesstoJAAC are an annualrevenuesourcetotheASAthatre-ducesourmembershipfeesandsubsidizes

ourotheroperatingcosts,includinglowfeesfornationalandregionalmeetings.ShiftingtogoldaccesswouldrequiretheASAtopaythepublisherforeacharticlethatJAAC pub-lishes,andtherewouldbelittleornofurtherrevenuefromthepublicationoftheJournal.InsteadofJAACsubsidizingtheASA,theASAwouldhavetosubsidizethecostofpublishingJAAC.ThesameissuewouldariseiftheSocietydecidednottorenewitspublishingcontractatsomepointinthefuture,takingtheJournal“independent”ofthemajoracademicpublishers.TheJournalwouldbecomeasignificantcosttotheASA,ratherthanitsprimarysourceofrevenue.

FormoreonaccessissuesandJAAC,seeourwebpageat<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1540-6245>andselect“OpenAccess”fromthemenuintheleftcolumn.

Doyouhavequestionsorsuggestionsabouttheseissues?Pleasedirectquestionsorcom-mentstoTedGracykat<jaac@mnstate.edu>.

TheodoreGracyk,Co-editorThe Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

The 2019 John Fisher Memorial Prize

TheAmericanSociety forAesthetics ispleasedtoannouncetheguidelinesforthe2019JohnFisherMemorialPrize,anawardforanoriginalessayinaesthetics,createdinmemoryofthelateJohnFisher,editorofTheJournalofAestheticsandArtCriticismfrom1973to1988.

Theregulationsforthecompetitionareasfollows:

Amount.TheamountofthePrizeis$1,000.Deadline.Thedeadlineforsubmissionsis15January2019.

Eligibility.ThePrizeisintendedtofosterthedevelopmentofnewtalentinthefieldofaesthetics.Thecompetitionislimitedtothosepersonswhohavecompletedthetermi-naldegreeintheirfieldandareintheearlystagesofparticipationintheirprofession.PersonsindoubtabouttheirqualificationsareencouragedtoconsulttheeditorsofJAAC inadvance<jaac@cmich.edu>.Entrantsshouldincludewiththeirentryastatementindicatinghowtheyqualify.EntryislimitedtomembersoftheASA.

Essay Content and Length.Theessaymaybeonanytopicinaestheticsunderstoodaccord-ingtothecharacterizationonthemastheadof JAAC.Theessayshouldbeamaximumof

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7,400wordsincludingreferences.EntrieswillalsobeconsideredforpublicationinJAAC,unlesstheentrantrequestsotherwise.

Judging.ThejudgesforthePrizearedrawnfrom members of the JAACEditorialBoardbytheeditorsinconsultationwiththeBoard.(ThePrizemaynotbeawardedif,intheopinionofthejudges,noentryofsufficientmeritisreceived.)

Presentation.AdecisiononthePrizewillbemadebyApril10,2019.ThewinningessaywillbepublishedinJAAC. The author will alsobeinvitedtoreadthepaperatthean-nualmeetingoftheAmericanSocietyforAestheticsinOctober2019.

Submission Requirements.Submissionsmaynothavebeenpreviouslypublishedorunderconsiderationforpublicationelsewhere.Up-loadsubmissionstotheJAAConlinesubmis-sionwebsite<http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jaac>.Submissionsshouldincludeanabstract.MakesurethesubmissionletterclearlyidentifiesthepaperasasubmissionfortheJohnFisherMemorialPrize,andin-cludeastatementofqualifications.

Questions.Contact<jaac@cmich.edu>.

Deadline:January15,2019

Special Issue of the ESPES Journal

Vol 6/2, December 2017. AleksandraŁukaszewiczAlcaraz (ed.), “Aesthetics Be-tweenArt and Society. Perspectives ofAr-nold Berleant’s Postkantian Aesthetics ofEngagement.”

Theselectionofpapers in theSpecial Issueof the ESPES journal focusus on thedevel-opment, analyses and critique of ArnoldBerleant’s ideas on aesthetic engagement,social aesthetics, negative aesthetics, andenvironmental aesthetics. These issues areaproachedbyresearchersfromvariouscon-tinentsshowingtheinspiratorypotentialofBerleant’s perspective, inviting metaphors,openingpathsforindividualdevelopmetinthefieldofartphilosophyandaesthetics.

Content

AleksandraLukaszewiczAlcaraz, Introduc-tion to Arnold Berleant’s PerspectiveArnold Berleant, Objects into Persons: The Way to Social AestheticsYuriko Saito,The Ethical Dimensions of Aes-thetic EngagementCheng Xiangzhan, Some Critical Reflections on the Berleantian Critique of Kantian Aesthet-

ics from the Perspective of EcoaestheticsMadalina Diaconu, Engagement and reso-nance: two ways out from disinterestedness and alienationKatarzynaNawrocka,Architecture of Move-mentBennoHinkes,Installation Art and AistheticsThomas Leddy, A dialectical approach to Berleant’s concept of engagement

<https://espes.ff.unipo.sk/index.php/ESPES>

Call for Nominations: Chair and Assistant Chair, ASA Feminist Caucus Committee

The Feminist Caucus Committee of theAmerican Society for Aesthetics will electnewofficersatthe2018AnnualMeetinginToronto.Please contact current chair, Shei-la Lintott <sheila.lintott@bucknell.edu> tonominate anASAmember for either posi-tion.

Termlength:2yearsaschair+2yearsasas-sistantchair.Thismakesthenormalterm4years(with2asassistantand2aschair).Italso means that whomever is chair begin-ningin2019willonlyserve2years.

Elections:At the FCC luncheon at theAn-nualMeeting.Electionswilltakeplaceevery2 years (Fall 2018, Fall 2020, etc) and newtermswillbeginJanuary1ofthefollowingyear.Neitherof thecurrentofficerswillberunningforthesetwopositions.

Nominations: anymember of theASA cannominateanymemberoftheASA,includingself-nominations.Pleasecheckfirstwiththeperson you are nominating to ensure thatpersoniswillingtorun.

ASA Annual Meeting Luncheon: Thursday, Oc-tober 11:

• Boxed luncheswith salad, rolls,wholefresh fruit, almond squares, crackers& cheese, soft drink and a choice ofHoney Ginger Glazed Chicken, Teri-yakoGlazedSalmonFillet, vegetarian,orvegan(selectyourchoicewhenyouregister)

• If you have additional dietary restric-tions, please register for a vegetarianmealandsendane-mailASAPto<sec-retary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org>

• Pleaseregisterandpayforyourlunch-eonselectionwhenyouregisterforthemeeting.

• Registrationislimitedto40personsforthis luncheon,due tospace limitationsatthehotel.

• Cost:$15regular($10students)withthebalancesubsidizedbytheASA.

• ToRegister:<http://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=671721&group=>

SheilaLintott,FCCChairSondraBacharach,FCCAssistantChair

ASAGE Search for New Editors ASAGE (the American Society for Aesthetics Graduate E-Journal)announcesasearchforanewManagingEditorandAssistantEditor.

Thesepositionsprovideanopportunityfortwo outgoing and detail-oriented gradu-ate students to gain insight into the innerworkings of professional journals, to forgeprofessionalrelationshipswithworkingandfuture aestheticians, to show dedication toadvancing the profession, to gain valuablework experience in online publishing, andtorepresentthejournalattheASA’sannualmeeting.

The ASA has allocated the funds to builda new WordPress website for the journal.Withthesupportoftheoutgoingeditors,theneweditorswilloverseethedesignprocess.Workingincollaboration,theManagingEd-itorandAssistantEditorareresponsiblefor:

SolicitingsubmissionsOverseeingthereviewprocessCopyeditingandformattingacceptedsub-missionsCorrespondingwithauthorsandreviewersAdvertisingthejournalReportingtotheBoardofTrusteesMaintainingcontactandconsultingwiththeadvisorycommittee

Compensation

ManagingEditor:$3000peryearplus$1250travelallowanceforAnnualMeetingAssistantEditor:$2000peryearplus$1250travelallowanceforAnnualMeeting

The new editors will shadow the currenteditors beginning in the summer of 2018.Editors are appointed for two-year terms,July 1, 2018-June 30, 2020.AllASAeditorsmust bemembers of theAmerican SocietyforAesthetics.

Toapply,sendacoverletterandCVtoNickCurry, Managing Editor: <editor@asage.org>.

Deadline:May10,2018

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Policies on Annual Meeting Cancellations and Refunds

TheASABoardofTrusteesisalarmedatthedramatic increase in thenumberof cancel-lationsbyprogramparticipantsforthe2017Annualmeeting, farmore than in thepast.Ofspecialconcernarecancellationsbypre-sentersthatleftscheduledcommentatorsinthelurch.Althoughchairscanreadthepa-per inapresenter’sabsence, thepossibilityofdialogueatthesessionisalosstoall.Alsoofconcernwerelatecancellationsbystudentpresenterswhowerereceivingsubsidiesthatcouldhavegone toanother student.Whencancellationsarereceivedearlyinthesum-mer,itispossiblefortheprogramcommitteetosubstituteanotherpersoninthattimeslotfromtheirlistofalternatepresentations.TheBoard understands that some last-minutecancellationsareduetoseriousemergenciesthatcannotbeavoided.Wehopetoimpressuponpeoplethatlettingusknowasearlyaspossibleoftheirinabilitytoattendthemeet-ingwillbegreatlyappreciatedandisanim-portantprofessionalcourtesy.

Inviewofthisproblem,theBoardadoptedonFebruary27,2018,anewpolicyonAn-nual Meeting Cancellations. We hope thatthiswillbeasufficientdeterrentthatprob-lematic cancellations andno-showswill beminimalatfuturemeetings.

Hereis thenewpolicy,whichgoesintoef-fectforthe2018Annualmeeting:

1. Context

Confirmed conference participants some-times cancel their appearances quite closeto the timeof themeetingorsimplyfail toappear. These late cancellations and no-showsaredisruptiveandleavegapsintheprogramthatareasourceoffrustrationforattendees. This policy aims to discouragethesedisruptions.

2. Deadlines

Presentersmaycancelwithoutriskofpenal-tynofewerthan60daysbeforethefirstdayof the meeting, Wednesday. The programcommitteerepresentativeshouldincludein-structionsforcancellationinallnotificationemailssenttopresentersandsessionchairs.The policy shall also be publicized in theASANewsletterandontheASAWebsite.

3. Scope and exceptions

Acancellationislateifitoccursfewerthan60daysbeforethefirstdayofthemeeting.Ascheduledpresenterwhodoesnotappear

atallandwhodoesnotnotifytheProgramChair of their inability to present will bejudgedano-show.

Presenters with understandable and una-voidablereasonsforcancellationorabsencewillbeexemptfromanylatecancellationorno-show penalties. Reasons warranting anexemptionincludebutarenotlimitedtothefollowing:medical issues, family emergen-cies, unforeseen and unforeseeable travelproblems, and similar situations outsideof a presenter’s control. Presenters shouldemail the ASA Secretary-Treasurer or theSecretary-Treasurer’s designee and brieflyindicate the relevant considerations. TheexemptionrequestswillbereviewedbytheSecretary-Treasurer and one other officer(President, Vice-President, or ImmediatePast-President).

Late cancellations due to a presenter’s in-ability tosecure funding toattendarecon-sidered avoidable. Presenters in uncertainfundingsituationsshouldcancelbythecan-cellationdeadline.

4. Penalties

Confirmedparticipantswho,withoutnotice,fail to appear for a scheduledpresentationwill be barred from presenting at nationalmeetings for twoyears.Confirmedpartici-pants who cancel their presentations afterthecancellationdeadlinewillbebarredfrompresentingatnationalmeetingsforoneyear.

During the presentation ban, the programcommittee will not consider any paper orpanel proposal that lists the penalized au-thor as a presenter. The banned presentermaystillbelistedasacoauthororattendtheconference.Thebanisforpresentingafor-maltalkorpanelpresentationorservingasacommentatoronly.

The ASA Divisions are not bound by thispolicy, but are free to adopt their own, astheywish.

5. Other Recommendations

If unavoidable circumstances prevent at-tendance for a scheduled presentation,scheduledpresentersshoulddothefollow-ing:

A.Attempttofindanotherpersontomakethepresentationontheirbehalf.Acoauthorisideal,butthesubstitutespeakerdoesnotnecessarilyneedtobeacoauthor.

B. The program chair for themeeting, theSecretary-Treasurer, and the session chair

shouldallbenotifiedat theearliestoppor-tunityoftheproposedsubstitutionorthein-abilitytofindasubstitute.

After themeeting, the Program Chair andSecretary-Treasurer will compare recordsof cancellations for the meeting and com-pilealistofthosewarrantingpenalty.Eachpersononthe listwillbenotifiedprivatelyby the Secretary-Treasurer to inform themof thepenalty andprovide anopportunitytocorrecttherecord,asappropriate,within10calendardays.Thefinallistofpersonsre-ceivingpenalties shall be forwarded to theBoard of Trustees for its information andtotheProgramChairforthefollowingtwoyears. The names shall not be recorded inpublicminutesoftheASA,butdataoncan-cellationsmaybeincludedinpublicreportsandminutes.

NOTE: This policy does not apply to re-quests for refunds of prepaid registrationfees,whicharehandledseparately.

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AtitsmeetingNovember15,2017,theBoardalso adopted a new policy on refunds ofannual meeting registrations, beginning in2018,asfollows:

(a)Iftherefundrequestisreceivednolaterthan30calendardayspriortothefirstdayoftheAnnualMeeting,therefundwillbepaidin fullusing thesamemethodas theorigi-nalpayment(creditcardorcheck),withtheWednesdayarrivaldayandreceptioncount-ingasthefirstdayoftheAnnualMeeting;

(b) If the refund request is received fewerthan30calendardayspriortothefirstdayoftheAnnualMeeting,refundswillbemadeonly inextraordinaryemergencysituationsand shall be subject to the review and ap-proval of the Secretary-Treasurer and oneother officer of the ASA (President, Vice-President, and/or Immediate Past Presi-dent);

(c)NorefundswillbepaidforspecialeventsormealsforwhichtheASAhasalreadypaidthevendorandcannotitselfobtainarefund.

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5.What Led to Formalism? Flaubert’s Ac-countofSentimentalism6.Art’sDetour:AClashofAestheticTheo-ries 7.TheEndofArtRevisited 8.TheElementsofTaste:HowManyAreThere? 9.TheNEAandItsOpposition:Danto’sArgu-mentforArtforOurSake10.DoesFilmWeakenSpectatorConscious-ness? 11. Artists as Persons: Collingwood’s Ac-count

ASAmembersdesiringno-costbindingsofAestheticsInsideOutshouldfeelfreetocon-tact Dr. Stewart at <arthur.stewart@lamar.edu>,orhisExecutiveAssistant,Ms.AshleyThibodeaux, at <athibodeaux@lamar.edu>,withsurface-maildetails.

Dr. Stewart is a Former President of theASA’s Rocky Mountain Division. CPS isnowinitseighteenthyearasSustainingIn-stitutionfortheDivision.

Where Should ASA Meet After 2021?

ASA has scheduled future annual meet-ings in the followingcities:Toronto (2018),Phoenix(2019),Washington,DC(2020),andMontréal (2021). For more information onthesemeetings, look for “Meetings” at thebottom of each web page on this site andclick“more”toseethecompletelist.

Many factors enter into these selections,including reasonable hotel costs and com-petitiveairfares.Inaddition,eightstatesarecurrentlybannedforstate-fundedtravelbyCalifornia because of discriminatory anti-LGBT laws (Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky,Mississippi,NorthCarolina, SouthDakota,Tennessee, Texas). Many ASA memberswork in California and many more sharetheviewsofCaliforniainavoidingtraveltothesestates.

As we begin work on locations for futuremeetings,wewouldliketoknowyourpref-erences.

Pleaseselectnomorethanthreecitieswhereyouwouldliketoattendameeting.< h t t p : / / a e s t h e t i c s - o n l i n e . o r g /surveys/?id=ASA_Meeting_after_2021>.

What Are your Aesthetics Priorities?

We would like to learn more about yourprioritiesinaesthetics.Thissurveyisanony-mous.WewillpostresultsfromtimetotimeonASA’sFacebookpage.

Aesthetics Inside Out: Santa Fe Papers by Spencer K. Wertz

NowAvailable:Aesthetics Inside Out: Santa Fe Papers bySpencerK.Wertz.

Dr.Arthur Stewart,Director andAccountsManager of The Center for PhilosophicalStudies (CPS) at Lamar University, Beau-mont,TX, isdelightedtoannouncethe lat-estCPSbookpublicationanditsimmediateavailability,atnocosttoASAmembers.

Title:Aesthetics Inside Out: Santa Fe Papers by SpencerK.Wertz(ISBN978-0-692-89238-1).Wertz is Emeritus Professor of PhilosophyfromTexasChristianUniversity,Ft.Worth,TX,nowretiredtoSantaFe,NewMexico.

Aesthetics Inside Out: Santa Fe Papers pre-serves eleven essays that Professor Wertzpresented to theRockyMountainDivisionof the American Society for Aesthetics be-tween1995and2016,inSantaFe,NewMex-ico.Tenoftheseessayshaveappearedpre-viously,intheJournal of Aesthetic Education,Southwest Philosophy Review, the Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, and inPhilosophy and Literature.Hiseleventhessaymakesitsfirstappearancehere.TheseessaysspantheerasofModernandContemporaryPhilosophy,thusbeginningwithHumeandDescartesandproceedingthroughSiegfriedKracauer,ArthurDanto, andR.G.Colling-wood.

Covers and spine employ ivory lettering(Monotype Corsiva, Castellar, and Gara-mondtypefaces)overadark,ruby-redback-ground.Thevol.runs208pp.,total,includ-ingReferencesandIndex,andtrimsto6”x8.5”.

Aesthetics Inside Out: Santa Fe Papers isNo.6 in the Lamar Philosophical Studies (LPS)book series, samepublished byCPS. Simi-larly,SantaFePapersvolumesbyProfessorsJamesMockandEvaDadlezoftheUniver-sity of Central Oklahoma are planned ascontinuationsoftheLPS Santa Fe Paperssub-series.

Contents EditorialPracticesPrefaceIntroduction 1.Hume’sNarrowCircleAesthetically Ex-panded2.Hume’sAestheticRealism 3.ArtandHumanNature:FromDescartesandHumetoTolstoy4.TheAnalogybetweenFoodandArt:Tol-stoyandEaton

To take the survey: <http://aesthetics-online.org/surveys/?id=Aesthetics_Priori-ties>.

Welcome, New Co-editor of the ASA Newsletter!

Michel-AntoineXhignesseisaSSHRCpost-doctoral fellow at theUniversity of BritishColumbia.His research focuses on the on-tologyofartandsocialkinds,authorial in-tent,andtheproblemoftruthinfiction.HereceivedhisPhDfromMcGillUniversityin2017,withadissertationonthenatureofourcommitment to art’s intention-dependenceandwhatitentailsforart’sontology.

He is currently working on a monographconcerning the explanatory role that intu-itionsandexperttestimonyplayinground-ing our judgements about the ontology ofartworksandothersocialkinds.

Calls for PapersAesthetic Clarification: Days of Young Re-searchers in Analytical Aesthetics

OrganizedbyVincentGranataandGuil-laumeSchuppert(UniversityofLorraine,HenriPoincaréArchives).

GuestSpeakers:ClémentCanonne(Cnrs,ircam,APM)DominicMcIverLopes(UniversityofBritishColumbia)RogerPouivet(UniversitédeLorraine,AHP,IUF)CaroleTalon-Hugon(Universityofcôted‘Azur,crhi,iuf)

TheUniversityofLorraineandtheHenriPoincaréArchives(Umr7117)willhostaconferenceforyoungresearchers,entitledaestheticclarificationson16,17and18Jan-uary2019,inNancy.Weinvitestudents,PhDstudents,post-doctoralstudentsandsimilarprofessionalstogivea25-minutepresentationonathemeatthecrossroadsofphilosophyandthearts,asdiscussedintheanalyticaltradition.Althoughtheconferenceisofphilosophicalorientation,westronglyencourageyoungresearchersworkinginrelateddisciplines(arthistory,literature,musicology,cinematheory,andsoon)tosendaproposal.Philosophicaltrainingisnotrequiredtoparticipate;however,the

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presentationwillhavetoincludephilosophi-calcontent.

Wewillsupporttheaccommodationandmealsofthespeakers;forthisreason,thenumberofparticipantsselectedwillbelim-ited.ApplicantsMustsubmit750-1000wordsoneasychairbefore15July2018.Theaddressisasfollows:<https://easychair.org/cfp/ce2019>.

Formoredetailssee:<http://poincare.univ-lorraine.fr/fr/manifestations/clarifications-esthetiques-journees-des-jeunes-chercheurs-en-esthetique-analytique>.

Foranyquestionsabouttheorganizationofthesymposiumorsubmissionprocedures,pleasewriteto<ce2019nancy@gmail.com>.

Deadline:July15,2018

Special Issue of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism: Race and Aesthetics

Submissionsonanyphilosophicaltreatmentofraceandaestheticsarewelcome.

GuestEditors,A.W.EatonandC.F.Peterson.Seepage8inthisissueformoredetails.

Deadline:January1,2019

Special Issue of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism: Stand-Up Comedy and Philosophy

Submissionsonanyphilosophicaltopicsorthemesrelatedtostand-upcomedyarewelcome.

GuestEditor,SheilaLintott.

Seepage9inthisissueformoredetails.

Deadline:November15,2019

Upcoming Events

American Society for Aesthetics2018 Annual MeetingRoyalYorkHotelToronto,Ontario,CanadaOctober10–13,2018

ProgramChair,Dr.DeborahKnight(Depart-mentofPhilosophy,Queen’sUniversityatKingston,Canada),at<Deborah.Knight@queensu.ca>

<http://aesthetics-online.org>

American Society for Aesthetics, EasternDivision MeetingPhiladelphia,PAApril20-21,2018

Plenary Address

PaulC.Taylor(ProfessorofPhilosophyandAfricanAmericanStudies,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity)authorofBlackisBeautiful:APhilosophyofBlackAesthetics(Routledge,2016;WinneroftheASAOutstandingMono-graphPrizefor2017).

Temple University’s Monroe C. Beardsley Ad-dress

MurraySmith(ProfessorofFilmStudies,UniversityofKentandLauranceS.Rockefel-lerVisitingFacultyFellow,PrincetonUni-versity),authorofFilm,Art,andtheThirdCulture:ANaturalizedAestheticsofFilm(Oxford,2017).

ProgramCo-Chairs:DavidClowney(RowanUniversity)<clowney@rowan.edu>orJohnDyck(CUNY-TheGraduateCenter)<john.dyck@gmail.com>

ASA Rocky Mountain DivisionDruryPlazaHotelinSantaFe828PaseodePeraltaSantaFe,NewMexico87501July6-82018

TheDivisionwillhave$1000fromtheIreneH.ChayesTravelFundandtheAmericanSocietyforAestheticstosupporttraveltothemeetingforpersonswithnootheraccesstotravelfunds.

SherylTuttleRoss<stuttleross@uwlax.edu>(608)785.8427

Taste, Bad Taste, TastelessnessAscea,ItalyMay25-28,2018 Tasteisacommonsenseconcept.Almosteve-ryonethinksthattheyhavetaste–indeed,thinkstheyhavegoodtaste–insuchthingsasconduct,arts,dress,design,cuisine,andsoon.Butmanyofthemarealsowrong.FrankSibleydescribedtasteasanabilityinvolvingperceptiveness,sensitivity,aestheticdiscrim-ination,andappreciation,andfurthernotedthattaste“isasomewhatmorerarecapacitythanotherhumancapacities”;relativistsandskepticswoulddisputethis,andarguethattasteislittlemorethanliking,orpreferring,

somethingsoverothers.Thiscallisforfreshanddetailedexaminationsofthelogicoftheconceptof‘taste’.Rehearsalsandexegesisoftraditionorhistory(e.g.Hume,Kant,etc.),sociology(e.g.Bourdieu),empiricism(e.g.Brunius)falloutsidethescopeofthisconferenceasdoescriticismofsuchtypesofspeculationsunlesssignificantlyadvancingphilosophicalexplicationoftheconceptof‘taste’.

TheVIIIthInternationalWassardEleaSym-posiumisdedicatedtoransackingthiscoretopicinaesthetics.Weseektoengagephilos-ophersandscholarsinaconceptualanalysisofwhatitmeanstohave–orlack–taste.

Organizers

Prof.LarsAagaard-Mogensen,Italy:<was-sardelea@gmail.com>,orProf.JaneForsey,UniversityofWinnipeg,Canada:<j.forsey@uwinnipeg.ca>

2018 Canadian Society for AestheticsUniversityofReginaRegina,Saskatchewan,CanadaMay26-28,2018

The2018annualmeetingoftheCanadianSocietyforAestheticswilltakeplaceincom-panywith70otherCanadianassociations,aspartofthe87thCongressoftheHumanitiesandSocialSciences.Submissionsonanytopicinaestheticsareinvited.Butspecialin-terestisexpressedforpapersinthefollowingareas:1)Environmentalandeverydayaes-thetics2)Philosophyoffictionandnarrative3)Ethicalandpoliticalissuesinanyofthearts3)ImagesandRepresentation4)Aes-theticeducation5)Philosophyofmusic.

InquiriesmaybesenttoIraNewmanPhilosophy,MansfieldUniversityMansfieldPA16933(USA)<inewman@mansfield.edu>

European Society for AestheticsMaribor,SloveniaJune14-16,2018

TheEuropeanSocietyforAestheticswouldliketoinviteyoutoattendtheESAConfer-encethatwilltakeplaceinMaribor,Slovenia,fromthe14thuntilthe16thofJune2018.

Keynote Speakers

RobertHopkins(NewYork)GiovanniMatteucci(Bologna)CatrinMisselhorn(Stuttgart)

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Programme

Wewillhavebothsystematicandhistori-calpresentationsofpapersfromdifferenttraditionsandonalargevarietyoftopicsinphilosophicalaesthetics.Foreachtalk,therewillbetimefora20-minutepresentation,withaboutanother25minutesdesignatedfordiscussion.AllacceptedandpresentedpaperswouldbeeligibleforpublicationintheproceedingsoftheESA.

Registrationdeadline:May24,2018

Summer Seminar on “Beauty and Why It Matters” UniversityofBritishColumbiaJuly9-27,2018

Theseminarwillbeorganizedaroundfourapproachestoansweringthequestionwhyaestheticvaluematters:(1)ThePowertoPlease,(2)AestheticandOtherValues,(3)AestheticActivityandHumanWell-Being,and(4)PersonallyMeaningfulAestheticPursuits.

UniversityofBritishColumbiaDepartmentofPhilosophy1866MainHallVancouver,BritishColumbiaV6T1Z1Canada

DominicMcIverLopes<dom.lopes@ubc.ca>

World Congress of PhilosophyBeijing,ChinaAugust13-20,2018

The 24th World Congress of Philosophywill be held in Beijing, China, August 13-20, 2018. Although the initial deadline forpapers and proposals was October 1, theyarestillbeingacceptedonaspace-availablebasis until February 1, 2018. Curtis Carter,formerSecretary-TreasureroftheASA,isamemberofthecommitteereviewingaesthet-icssubmissions.The website for the Congress: <http://wcp2018.pku.edu.cn/yw/index.htm>.

The British Society of Aesthetics Annual ConferenceSt.Anne’sCollege,OxfordSeptember21-23,2018

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

SallyHaslanger(MIT)CarolynKorsmeyer(UniversityatBuffalo)ClioBarnard(UniversityofKent&filmmak-

er:The Arbor(2010),The Selfish Giant (2013),Dark River (2017).

Programme Committee

HansMaes(co-chair,Kent),KatherineThom-son-Jones(co-chair,Oberlin),CatharineAbell(Manchester),EmilyCaddickBourne(Hert-fordshire),JamesGrant(Oxford),LouiseHanson(Cambridge),AndrewHuddleston(Birkbeck),LisaJones(StAndrews),MaríaJoséAlcarazLeón(Murcia),JeneferRobinson(UniversityofCincinnati).

<http://www.british-aesthetics.org>

ASA opportunities in 2018

Prizes

TedCohenPrize:$1000prize< h t t p : / / a e s t h e t i c s - o n l i n e .org/?page=TedCohenPrize>Deadline:May1,2018

SelmaJeanneCohenPrizeinDanceAesthet-ics:$1000prize< h t t p : / / a e s t h e t i c s - o n l i n e .org/?page=CohenPrize>Deadline:May1,2018

ForthecompletescheduleofallASAMeet-ingsandASAco-sponsoredconferences,seetheASAWebsite.Atthebottomofeachpage,lookfor“meetings”andclick“more.”

Grants

Proposalsacceptedatanytime.

MajorProjectInitiativeGrants< h t t p : / / a e s t h e t i c s - o n l i n e .org/?page=majorgrants>

Active AestheticiansSAAM TRIVEDI haspublished Imagination, Music, and the Emotions: A Philosophical Study with State University of New York Press(2017).ItwillalsobeavailableinpaperbackasofJuly1,2018.

KEVIN W. SWEENEY has published The Aesthetics of Food: The Philosophical Debate About What We Eat and DrinkwithRowman&LittlefieldInternational(2017).

JASON LEDDINGTON has been awarded aprestigiousMarieSkłodowska-CurieIndi-vidualFellowshipfromtheEuropeanCom-mission for “The Art of the Impossible: APhilosophical Study of Theatrical Magic.”The fellowship will fund a 24-month re-searchappointmentattheCentreforPhilo-sophical Psychology at the University ofAntwerpinBelgium.DirectedbyProfessorBenceNanay, the Centre for PhilosophicalPsychology is one of the world’s leadingresearchcenters for interdisciplinaryphilo-sophicalaesthetics.

During his time at the Centre, ProfessorLeddingtonwill complete his book on theaesthetics of theatrical magic (now undercontractwithTheMITPress),writeseveralscholarlyarticles,organize readinggroups,deliver a series of public lectures, produceessaysforpopularaudiences,andplanandhostan internationalworkshoponthephi-losophyandpsychologyofmagic.The fel-lowshipappointmentbeginsinAugust2019andrunsthroughJuly2021.

GRANT TAVINOR and JONATHAN ROBSON have publishedThe Aesthetics of Videogames withRoutledgeResearchinAes-thetics (2018).Anumber ofASAmemborshaveauthoredchaptersinthisbook.

The editors welcome any submissions about your professional acheivements: books published, grants, prizes, honors and accolades, and more. Please send your news to <michel.xhignesse@ubc.ca> or <shelby.moser@gmail.com>.

Correction: In the hardcopy Issue 37.3, the affili-ation for author Jeffrey Strayer was incorrectly stated as CUNY - The Graduate Center. It should have read Purdue University Fort Wayne.

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ASA Newsletteredited by

Shelby Moser &

Michel-Antoine XhignesseISSN 1089-1668

The Newsletter is published three times a year by the American Society for Aesthetics. Subscriptions are available to non-mem-bers for $15 per year plus postage. For subscription or membership information:

ASA, c/o Julie Van Camp, 1550 Larimer St. #644, Denver, CO 80202-1602 Tel. 562-331-4424; email: <asa@aesthetics-online.org> or <secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org>.

Send calls for papers, event announcements, conference reports, and other items of interest to:

Shelby Moser, Department of Art & Design, Azusa Pacific University, 901 E Alosta Ave, Azusa, CA 91702. <shelby.moser@gmail.com>or

Michel-Antoine Xhignesse, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, 1866 Main Mall, Buchanan E370, Vancouver, Brit-ish Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1. <michel.xhignesse@ubc.ca>

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