The 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics will be held in New Orleans November 15-18, 2017.

75th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet

Program (updated 11/18/17)

• Abstracts: Papers on the Program (updated 9/30/17)
• Abstracts: Panels on the Program (updated 11/9/17)

Feminist Caucus: Agenda for meeting 11/16/17

http://aesthetics-online.org/resource/resmgr/files/75th_Meeting/ASAFCC2017MeetingAgenda.docx

We are very pleased that Bloomsbury Publishing will be exhibiting books at this meeting.
They will be in the Astor Foyer adjacent to the registration desk.
Please be sure to stop by and see what they are offering.

We are pleased to announce that the Freddy Banker Jazz Ensemble (students from Loyola-NOLA) will provide entertainment at the opening night reception from 8-9 pm in the Astor Ballroom III. Join us!

REGISTRATION:

• To register on-line (with a credit card), click the red REGISTER button on this page.
• To receive the discounted ASA member rates, please log into the ASA site FIRST.
• To register on-site (with a check), use this form. (Please do not mail a form at this late date. We won't receive it in time.)
  

Everyone on the  program (as a presenter, panelist, commentator, or chair) MUST register for the meeting and MUST be a member of the ASA.

Meeting app: Grupio for your Apple or Android Smartphone or tablet:

• download the free app from the Apple Store or Google Playstore
  
• search for "aesthetics" and you will find the 2017 meeting
• On your laptop: http://www.grupio.com/asa2017 has the identical content

Helpful information:

• Wollheim Lecturer:  Professor Derek Matravers, Open University, UK (presented Thursday, November 16, 5:30 pm, Astor Ballroom III-2nd floor)
• Arthur Danto Memorial Lecturer: Fahamu Pecou (presented Friday, November 17, 5:30 pm, Astor Ballroom III-2nd floor)
• John Fisher Memorial Prize: Emine Tuna Hande (Brown University), "Kant on Informed Pure Judgments of Taste" (presented Thursday, November 16, 2:45-5:00 pm, St. Louis Room-Mezzanine)
• Outstanding Student Paper Panos Paris (University of Birmingham), "Functional Beauty, Pleasure, and Experience" (presented Saturday, November 18, 9-11 am, St. Ann-Mezzanine)
• Ground Travel recommendations in New Orleans
• Day Care Subsidies
• Registration waivers for local Minority Serving Institutions
• New Orleans Street Cars
• New Orleans Public Transportation (including express bus from airport)
• Astor Crowne Plaza (meeting hotel)

Sightseeing Highlights:

• Restaurant recommendations from Bon Appetit: https://www.bonappetit.com/city-guides/package/new-orleans
• New Orleans Museum of Art: https://noma.org/
• Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University: https://newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu/
• New Orleans Arts District: http://www.artsdistrictneworleans.com/>
• Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans: http://cacno.org/
• Ogden Museum of Southern Art: http://ogdenmuseum.org/
• New Orleans African American Museum of Art, Culture, and History: http://www.noaam.org/
• The McKenna Museum of African American Art: http://www.themckennamuseum.com/
• New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park: https://www.nps.gov/jazz/index.htm
• New Orleans Tourist Bureau: http://www.neworleansonline.com/
• New Orleans Ballet Association: Performances: http://www.nobadance.com/nobamainstage.cfm