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January 25, 2017
by Rebecca Millsop
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ASA to Sponsor Aesthetics Speakers at 2017 Diversity Institutes

The Board of Trustees of the American Society for Aesthetics has approved sponsoring aesthetics speakers at three diversity institutes in the summer of 2017: (1) the Summer Program for Women in Philosophy at UC San Diego, June 28-July 8; (2) the 20th Annual Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy, July 10-17; (3) the Summer Immersion Program at Brown University, July 28. For each of the three institutes, the ASA-sponsored speaker will attend the Institute for two days, give a 2-1/2 hour presentation (including a question and answer period), and take meals with the students. Each speaker will receive an honorarium, plus travel, lodging, and meals at the institute site. For more information on each institute, please consult their web sites: Brown: http://www.sippatbrown.com/ Rutgers: http://philosophy.rutgers.edu/events-335/summer-institute UCSD: http://spwp.ucsd.edu/2017-program/ Applications are now be sought for these appointments. Applicants to be the ASA speaker must be current members of the ASA. Applicants should … Continue reading

December 14, 2016
by Rebecca Millsop
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New Arthur Danto/ASA Prize Announced

The American Philosophical Association and the American Society for Aesthetics are pleased to announce the establishment of the Arthur Danto/American Society for Aesthetics Prize. The prize recognizes outstanding published work in aesthetics in honor of the late Arthur Danto, a past-president of the APA-Eastern Division. The Prize will be awarded to a member of the APA and ASA for the best paper in the field of aesthetics, broadly understood, in a refereed journal, or an original book chapter or original essay published in a collection with a multiplicity of contributors. The award will be presented in even-numbered years, commencing in 2018. The winner will receive a $1,000 prize. In addition, a symposium in honor of the recipient of the Prize will be held at the APA Eastern Division meeting, normally the next such meeting following the selection of the prize winner. The symposium will normally include a summary of the … Continue reading

November 9, 2016
by Rebecca Millsop
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ASA Funds Logos Dance Collective

The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce that it has awarded $5136 in support of Post-Performance Philosophy Panels after programs of the Logos Dance Collective in New York City in March 2017. This project, organized by Professor Barbara Montero of the CUNY-Graduate Center, aims to engage academics, artists, and the general public with great questions of philosophy. The panels will draw from work by Proust, Aristotle, Tolstoy, Plato, Nietzsche, Kant, and others. As more information becomes available concerning the schedule and participating philosophers, it will be posted on the ASA web site and Facebook. For the complete list of grants awarded by ASA in 2011-2016: http://aesthetics-online.org/resource/resmgr/files/grantsprizes/Grants_awarded.pdf For the original posting: http://aesthetics-online.org/news/316351/ASA-funds-Logos-Dance-Collective.htm

November 9, 2016
by Rebecca Millsop
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New Diversity Curricula in Aesthetics

The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce three new aesthetics diversity curricula prepared by ASA members. Asian Aesthetics by Meilin Chinn The Aesthetics of Portraiture by Hans Maes Aesthetic Othering—The Case of Photographic Representation by Mariana Ortega In addition, two curricula prepared in 2015 are available: What is Art? A Reading List by Simon Fokt Theories of the Aesthetic by Monique Roelofs Each received a grant of $5,000 to prepare a diversity curriculum. This is a project of the ASA Diversity Committee, chaired by A.W. Eaton. The ASA has a three-year commitment to this project. Three more awards will be made in 2017. Guidelines will be available in the spring of 2017. For future reference, all are available on this web site: http://aesthetics-online.org/?CurriculumGrants From the ASA web site, go to the red tabs in the upper right: ASA ==> Diversity

October 26, 2016
by Rebecca Millsop
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ASA Funds Symposium on Black Aesthetics

The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to provide $7500 in partial support of the Questioning Aesthetics Symposium: Black Aesthetics, to be held at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, March 31-April 1, 2017. Funding is also being provided by Hampshire College, the Five Colleges, and the Transdisciplinary Aesthetics Foundation. The conference is co-organized by Monique Roelofs, Professor of Philosophy at Hampshire College, and Michael Kelly, Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and the Founder and President of the Transdisciplinary Aesthetics Foundation. The symposium will be free and open to the public. As more information becomes available, including the schedule of events, it will be posted on ASA’s website: http://aesthetics-online.org/news/314368/ASA-Funds-Symposium-on-Black-Aesthetics.htm.

October 19, 2016
by Rebecca Millsop
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ASA Present: Notes on the Aesthetics of Grunge

The American Society for Aesthetics is hosting their 74th Annual Meeting. Along with a bunch of awesome talks and presentations, you can also attend a talk on the aesthetics of grunge! The event is taking place in Seattle, WA… so break out your plaid and your old cassette tape of Nevermind and join the fun! For more information on the 74th Annual Meeting, check out the ASA site: http://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=671718

June 22, 2016
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ASA Announces New “Green Membership” Option

The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announced that the ASA Board of Trustees has unanimously approved adding a “Green Membership” option, commencing on January 1, 2017. The traditional print membership will continue, at the same dues rates in 2017 as 2016. Features of the Green Membership option include: All member benefits except any and all mailing of print materials, including JAAC, the ASA Newsletter, and any additional postal mailings during the green membership term; Green members will continue to be able to access all JAAC issues in the Wiley On-Line Library (which commences with Vol. 59-2011) immediately upon publication; access to the Wiley On-Line Library is restricted to 100 pages/day; Green members will be able to access all current and archived issues of the ASA Newsletter on the ASA web site via the member log-in; A reduction in dues ranging from $3/year (domestic) to $18/year (international). The switch to green … Continue reading

May 18, 2016
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ASA Announces Ted Cohen Prize

To honor the enormous contributions of Ted Cohen to aesthetics and the American Society for Aesthetics, Andy Austin Cohen and the ASA established in 2014 a $1000 annual prize “to recognize writing that is clear, graceful, and unencumbered by jargon or academic clichés. It should examine serious problems in aesthetics while also giving pleasure to the reader.” In memory of Ted, his wife Andy Austin Cohen has generously funded this prize. The 2016 prize winner will be selected by a committee of three members appointed by the President of the ASA and will be notified by August 1, 2016. The award will be announced publicly during the national meeting of the ASA in Seattle, WA, November 17-19, 2016. The winner will be encouraged but not required to attend the meeting, and travel expenses to the meeting will be provided. The prize may not be awarded if, in the opinion of … Continue reading

May 18, 2016
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ASA Curriculum Diversification Grants Announced for 2016

The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Curriculum Diversification Grant competition: Meilin Chinn, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Santa Clara University. Project title: Asian Aesthetics. Hans Maes, Senior Lecturer, History and Philosophy of Art, and Director, Aesthetics Research Centre, University of Kent (UK). Project title: The Aesthetics of Portraiture. Mariana Ortega, Professor of Philosophy, John Carroll University. Project title: Aesthetic Othering—The Case of Photographic Representation. Each will receive a grant of $5,000 to prepare the proposed diversity curriculum. These will be posted on the ASA web site in September 2016. This is a project of the ASA Diversity Committee, chaired by A.W. Eaton. To see the final curricula of the 2015 winners, click here. The ASA has a three-year commitment to this project. Three more awards will be made in 2017. Guidelines will be available in the spring of 2017.

May 4, 2016
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ASA Junior Scholars Essay Contest Winners Announced

The American Society for Aesthetics has announced the five winners of the Junior Scholars Essay Contest on the future of aesthetics and the ASA. First Prize: John Dyck, Doctoral Student in Philosophy, CUNY-Graduate Center Second Prize: Brian Soucek, Assistant Professor of Law, University of California Davis School of Law Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order): Robert R. Clewis, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Gwynedd Mercy University Peter Doebler, Hone Research Fellow for Museum Engagement, The Dayton Art Institute Sarah Gokhale, Graduate Student, CUNY The five winning essays will be posted on the ASA web site in early September. In addition, all five winners will present their ideas on the future of aesthetics and the ASA at the ASA Annual Meeting in Seattle, at a special session Saturday morning, November 19. We encourage everyone interested in the future of aesthetics and the ASA to read their essays and attend the special session to share your … Continue reading