Program Schedule (11/11/2020)
Please note: all program times are EST
Registration
- All program participants and all attendees are required to (1) be a current ASA member in 2020 and (2) pay the registration fee of $10 ($5 for full-time students or unemployed)
- Be sure to log into the site first so it knows you meet the ASA membership requirement.
- On-line registration (credit cards only): click red REGISTER button near the top of this page
- Mail-in registration (checks in US Dollars only): mail in this form so it is postmarked
no later than November 1, 2020.
- CANCELLATION: Those who registered prior to May 28 received 100% of their registration fee refunded with no processing surcharge.
Student Social (hosted by the Editors of ASAGE)
Wednesday, November 11: 7:00-9:00 EST
*The editors of ASAGE invite all students (including lapsed members), whether or not they are attending the Annual Meeting, to join them for a student social.
*To join the social: send email no
later than Monday, November 9 to: minarik4@myumanitoba.ca
*Julia Minarik and Cheryl Frazier will address new plans for ASAGE and welcome your ideas.
Virtual Social Events
PDF schedule of Lunches and Happy Hours:
https://aesthetics-online.org/resource/resmgr/files/78th_meeting/ASA_social_events.pdf
The Program Committee has planned several virtual social events for all registered participants at the meeting:
Thursday, November 12
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. Social Lunch
- 5:00-6:00 p.m. Cocktail hour. Bring your own cocktail and unwind with your old and new-found ASA friends after a hard day’s philosophizing. It’s five o’clock somewhere! (In the Eastern time zone of the United States, as it happens.)
- 5:00-6:00 p.m. Joke hour.
- 5:00-6:00 p.m. Show and tell.
Friday, November 13
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. Social Lunch
- 7:00-8:00 p.m. Cocktail hour. Bring your own cocktail and unwind with your old and new-found ASA friends after a hard day’s philosophizing. It’s five o’clock somewhere! (In this case, in the U.S. Mountain time zone.)
- 7:00-8:00 p.m. Trivia night. (TBC)
- 7:00-8:00 p.m. Three minute micro-talks
Saturday, November 14
- 5:00-6:00 p.m. Cocktail hour. Bring your own cocktail and unwind with your old and new-found ASA friends after a hard day’s philosophizing. It’s five o’clock somewhere! (In the Eastern time zone of the United States, as it happens.)
- 5:00-6:00 p.m. Talent Show
Virtual Meeting Information
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ASA has contracted with a firm that is managing our virtual meeting and comes highly recommended from other ACLS societies, including APA.
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They are acquiring Zoom licenses for us for all sessions.
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We opted out of pre-recorded lectures, as it is contrary to our meeting culture of open discussion.
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You will be able to share your screen with PowerPoint.
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If you have notes, PowerPoint, or other hand-outs, please send to secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org so they can be added to the Grupio schedule.
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The day before the meeting, all registered persons will be sent the URL of the new landing page for the conference and instructions for logging in.
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Everyone who is registered will be authorized by our contractor to attend any sessions you want, based on the registration list we send them.
- The authentication process uses the email address you used when registering
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- If you are interested in volunteering to be a chair, please contact the program chair at ASA2020Washington@gmail.com
Grupio app
- Abstracts for all papers and panels are included on the app under "sessions"
- Download the free app from the Apple Store or Google Playstore
- If you already have the app, please uninstall and reinstall so you can access all the new features in 2020
- Search for "aesthetics" and you will find the 2020 meeting
- If the abstract for your session is missing or you would like to add a hand-out,. please send to secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org
- On your laptop: http://www.grupio.com/asa2020 has the identical content
If you pre-registered for the Washington, DC, meeting, the FCC luncheon, and/or the Diversity Committee luncheon, we made full refunds using the method of payment you originally used (credit card, bank wire, or paper check)
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The Board of Trustees of the American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce that C. Thi Nguyen, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah, has accepted its invitation to serve as program chair for the 78th Annual meeting. Nguyen,
the author of Games: Agency as Art (Oxford University Press, 2020), received his PhD from UCLA. UCLA. He previously served as chair of the ASA Diversity Committee and also served on the Program committee for the 2018 annual meeting.
Program Committee: C. Thi Nguyen (Chair), Anthony Cross, Elizabeth Cantalemessa, Robbie Kubala, Adriana Clavel-Vasquez, James Haille III, Jonathan Weinberg, Erin Bradfield, Stephanie Patridge, Elizabeth Scarbrough, Sam Laio, Stephanie Ross, Jim Hamilton, Andrew Kania
Arthur C. Danto Memorial Lecture: Joyce J. Scott will deliver the Arthur C. Danto Memorial Danto Lecture on Friday, November 13. She is known for her depictions in bead work of
racially and politically charged subjects, drawing from several cultures, including Native American and African. She has said of her work, “I believe in messing with stereotypes. It’s important for me to use art in a manner that incites people
to look and then carry something home—even if it’s subliminal." Her lecture will be presented on the virtual program. For more information: Click Here
Presidential Lecture: ASA President Susan Feagin will deliver the Presidential Address at the virtual meeting.
Peter Kivy Prize Winners: The winning papers will be presented on the virtual program.
- Garry Hagberg, Bard College: “Kivy’s Mystery: Absolute Music and What the Formalist Can (or Could) Hear”
- Jason Leddington, Bucknell University/University of Antwerp: "Sonic Pictures"
- Bence Nanay, University of Antwerp: “Looking for Profundity (in all the wrong places)”
Irene H. Chayes New Voices Awards: The winning papers will be presented on the virtual program.
- Christopher Jenkins, Oberlin College, "Aesthetics of Classical Music: Assimilation vs. Integration."
- Hannah Kim, Stanford University, "Music, Convention, and Sound Symbolism."
Outstanding Student paper: Christian Kronsted, University of Memphis, “Catching the Ghost – What House Dance Teaches us about Expert Cognition and Creativity.”
Renee Conroy, Purdue University, Northwest, will provide the commentary at the virtual Annual Meeting.
Irene H. Chayes Travel Grants: Although there will be no travel to this meeting, we want to recognize the persons who had been selected for these grants.
- Larissa Berger, University ofSiegen
- Kathrine Cuccuru, Sussex University
- Ruth Curry, Northwestern University
- Nils-Hens Stear, Uppsala University
Student Travel Grants: Although there will be no travel to this meeting, we want to recognize the persons who had been selected for these grants.
- Shannon Brick, CUNY-Graduate Center
- Jordan Daniels, Emory University
- Patrick Grafton-Cardwell, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Octavion Ion, University of Toronto
- Jordan Kokot, Boston University
- Christian Kronsted, University of Memphis
- Jeremy Page, Uppsala University
- Nathan Smith, Duke University
- Rebecca Wallbank, Uppsala University
Feminist Caucus and Diversity Committee Meetings
- The Feminist Caucus will meet on Zoom on Monday, November 9, 2:00-3:30 pm EST.
- You do NOT need to register for the ASA Annual meeting to attend.
- To register for the meeting, send a message to secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org by Friday, November 6.
- Send requests for agenda items to gemma.arguellom@gmail.com
- The Diversity Committee will meet on Zoom on Monday, November 9, 12:00-1:30 pm EST
- You do NOT need to register for the ASA Annual meeting to attend.
- To register for the meeting, send a message to secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org by Friday, November 6
- Send requests for agenda items to nstear@umich.edu
- The mentoring committee has decided against holding a virtual meeting.
- They sent a questionnaire to assess interests earlier this year.
- All persons interested in being a mentor or mentee are welcome to participate in this project.
Policies on Discrimination, Harassment, and Respectful Behavior
The revised ASA Policies (effective July 12, 2019) will be in effect for this meeting. The ASA Ombudsperson, Jeanette
Bicknell, will be available throughout the meeting.
Policies for Accessibility at ASA Meetings
Policies on Video and Photographic Recording
The ASA Trustees adopted a new policy on October 7, 2020: https://aesthetics-online.org/resource/resmgr/files/Policies_on_Video_and_Photog.pdf
Policies on Meeting Cancellations and Registration Refunds
The ASA Board of Trustees adopted policies on meeting cancellations and registration refunds which went into effect in 2018. The policies can be found here
Please direct any questions to the Secretary-Treasurer at secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org
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