Conference: Art, Social Justice, and Critical Theory, Kalamazoo, May 16-18
ART, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND CRITICAL THEORY
Olmsted Room, Kalamazoo College
May 16th – 18th, 2013
Thursday Evening 8:00 PM:
- Keynote Address: “Active Passivity: On the Aesthetic Variant of Freedom.” Martin Seel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main.
- Wine Reception: Humphrey House Lounge:
Friday Morning: Theories of Art and Aesthetics: Focus Seel and Zuidervaart:
- 8:30 – 10:30
- Paul Guyer, “The Moving Appearance of Truth” (Philosophy, Brown University)
- Richard Eldridge: “Modernity, Art, and Expressive Freedom” (Philosophy, Swarthmore College)
- Comments:
- Martin Seel (Philosophy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität)
- Lambert Zuidervaart (Philosophy, ICS and University of Toronto).
Coffee Break:
- 11:00 – 1:00
- Michael Kelly: “Just True Art” (Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
- Elizabeth Millán: : “Aesthetic Opportunities and the Spanish American Landscape: A Look at Alexander von Humboldt’s Aesthetic of Nature through the Lens of Seel’s Aesthetic of Appearing.” (Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago)
- Comments
- Martin Seel (Philosophy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität)
- Lambert Zuidervaart (Philosophy, ICS and University of Toronto)
Lunch: 1:00 – 2:00: Banquet Room
Friday Afternoon: The Theory and Practice of Activating Art:
- 2:00 – 3:45
- Sandra Shapshay (Philosophy, Indiana University): “”Schopenhauer on the Symbiotic Relationship between Artistic and Philosophical Truth, a Reconstruction and Defense”
- Veronique Fóti:“Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty” (Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University)
- Comments:
- Martin Seel (Philosophy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität)
- Lambert Zuidervaart (Philosophy, ICS and University of Toronto)
Refreshments:
- 4:15 – 6:00 Panel Discussion: Mural as Public Art: Artist Dialogue:
- Christine Hahn [Moderator] (Art History, Kalamazoo College)
- Conor McGrady (Independent Artist, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Dan Wang (Artist, Madison, Wisconsin)
- Sonia Baez-Hernandez (Artist in Residence, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Kalamazoo College)
6:00 – 8:00 Dinner, Stone Room
8:00 – 9:15 Keynote Address: “Theses on Pictures and Films.” Martin Seel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main.
Wine Reception: Humphrey House Lounge:
Saturday Morning:
- 9:00 – 10:30 Panel Discussion: The Aesthetics and Politics of Food:
- Amelia Katanski (English, Kalamazoo College)
- Alison Geist (Director, Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning, Kalamazoo College)
- David Strauss (History, Kalamazoo College)
Coffee Break
- 11:00 – 12:30 Panel Discussion: Museums and Curatorship:
- Lambert Zuidervaart [Moderator] (Philosophy, ICS and University of Toronto)
- Christine Hahn (Art History, Kalamazoo College)
- Paul Wittenbraker (Art, Grand Valley University)
- Alexandra Gravely (Art, K’13)
- Eeva Sharp (Art, K’13)
12:30 – 2:00: Lunch: Stone Room:
Saturday Afternoon:
- 2:00 – 3:30: Panel Discussion: Performance Art:
- Adriana Garriga-Lopez (Anthropology/Sociology, Kalamazoo College)
- Shanna Salinas (English, Kalamazoo College)
Coffee Break:
- 4:00 – 5:30: Round Table Discussion & Closing Comments:
5:30 Reception, Stone Room
6:30 – 9:00 Dinner, Stone Room