Applications Invited for 2021 Summer Diversity Institutes

The American Society for Aesthetics invites applications to serve as a speaker on aesthetics at one or both of the institutes in the summer of 2021: (1) the Summer Program for Women in Philosophy at UC San Diego and/or (2) the 24th Annual Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy.  (The Summer Immersion Program at Brown University will not be held in 2021.)

For both of the 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. The speaker will receive an honorarium ($400), plus travel, lodging, and meals at the institute site, if held in peron.

For more information on each institute, please consult their web sites:

• Rutgers: https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/summer-institute (July 19-23)
• UCSD: http://spwp.ucsd.edu/ July 19-29 (Virtual)

Applicants to be the ASA speaker must be current members of the ASA. Applicants should send a brief current CV (or URL of a current CV) and a brief statement (no more than 750 words) of the proposed presentation.  In each case, presenters will be introducing aesthetics to undergraduate philosophy majors with little or no experience with aesthetics. Presenters also informally advise students about North American doctoral programs and opportunities in philosophy and should demonstrate familiarity with these in the application.

Applicants should clearly indicate which program(s) for which they would like to be considered. Applicants can ask to be considered for one or both of the institutes, but only one application should be submitted. Sponsored ASA speakers at previous summer institutes are eligible, although priority will be given to well-qualified applicants who have not previously presented on ASA’s behalf.

Applications should be sent by e-mail no later than February 1, 2021, to Julie Van Camp, Secretary-Treasurer at secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org. A decision by ASA on finalists is expected no later than March 1 by an ad hoc committee appointed by the ASA President. The final speaker selection will be made by each respective institute director.

This will be the seventh year of ASA's sponsorship of speakers at the summer diversity institutes. In previous years, many ASA members have been sponsored by ASA to make presentations on aesthetics at these institutes: Sondra Bacharach, Julianne Chung, A.W. Eaton, Jane Forsey, James B. Haile, Alexandra King, Shen-Li Liao, Christy Mag Uidhir, Anna Ribeiro, Mary Beth Willard, and Sarah Worth.

Updated: January 9, 2021