CFP: Race and Aesthetics: A British Society of Aesthetics Connections
Conference Race and Aesthetics: A British Society of Aesthetics
Connections Conference raceandaesthetics.weebly.com May 19th and 20th, 2015 Leeds, UK
CALL FOR PAPERS: (Please note the revised submission
deadline and format.) We invite papers that are on the conference
themes: the psychological, political, and methodological intersections
between philosophical studies of race and aesthetics. Please send either
a *4000-word full paper draft* or a *1500-word extended abstract* that
outlines the central argument, suitable for anonymous review, as an
attachment to raceandaesthetics@gmail.com and include in the main text
of the email: the paper title, your contact information, and your
current affiliation. Please bear in mind that the papers should be
suitable for a thirty-minute presentation. Each paper will be evaluated
on the strength of its central argument and its embodiment of the
conference’s spirit. Members of traditionally underprivileged groups in
academia and junior scholars are warmly encouraged to apply. The
submission deadline is *March 15th 2015*. We aim to make decisions within a month.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: Alia Al-Saji (McGill University)
Nathaniel Adam Tobias C̶o̶l̶e̶m̶a̶n̶ (University College London)
Kristie Dotson (Michigan State University) A.W. Eaton (University of
Illinois – Chicago) Sherri Irvin (University of Oklahoma) Ron Mallon
(Washington University in St Louis) Charles W. Mills (Northwestern
University) Jennifer Saul (University of Sheffield) Paul C. Taylor
(Pennsylvania State University)
CONFERENCE AIM AND THEMES: Nearly 100 years ago, the
two founding giants of the academic field that became philosophy of
race — W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke — debated the proper social and
artistic conception of black aesthetics. Since then, there has been
impressive growth in both philosophy of race and philosophical
aesthetics. Unfortunately, the advances in each of these philosophical
fields seemed to have gone unnoticed by the other (with a few
exceptions). Our aim with this conference is to reunite philosophy of
race and philosophical aesthetics. To return the spirit of Du Bois and
Locke to contemporary discourse, we have invited philosophers who tackle
philosophical problems related to race from diverse perspectives and
philosophical aestheticians with demonstrated interest in race. We have
chosen three intersections between race and aesthetics to focus on:
psychology, politics, and methods. For more information on these themes,
please visit the conference website: http://raceandaesthetics.weebly.com/themes.html .
ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY: We are adopting the
BPA/SWIP-recommended good practices. We aim to be an inclusive
conference and we will do our best, within our budgetary constraints, to
help with childcare and lower the barrier of participation for disabled
philosophers. Please email us to discuss how we can best offer
accommodation. We have chosen a conference venue, Leeds Art Gallery,
that has a strong accessibility infrastructure. Disabled parking is
available, and the gallery entrance, the conference room, and toilets
are all fully accessible. The conference room is equipped with a sound
enhancement system for induction loops, and conference speakers will be
asked to use microphones that connect to the system. Guide and
assistance dogs are welcome.
SUPPORTED primarily by British Society of Aesthetics Connections Grant with ADDITIONAL SUPPORT from Centre for Aesthetics and Centre for Racism and Ethnicity Studies at University of Leeds
All questions can be directed to conference organizers, Shen-yi Liao and Aaron Meskin, at raceandaesthetics@gmail.com
