The Power and Politics of the Aesthetic in American Culture

7. Akademiekonferenz der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie:

The Power and Politics of the Aesthetic in American Culture

An International Conference at the Bavarian American Academy at the Amerika Haus, Munich, June 9-11 2005

The aesthetic is back on the agenda of cultural criticism. During the last decade, a number of important studies have set out to reexamine the role of the aesthetic in art, culture and society. 

Program of conference

Thursday, June 9

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

BAA business meeting

6:15 – 7:00 p.m.

Welcome

7:00 – 7:50 p.m.

Emory B. Elliott (University of California, Riverside) "Terror, Aesthetics, and the Humanities in the Public Sphere"

Introduction: Ulla Haselstein (Free University of Berlin)

7:50 – 9:00 p.m.

Reception

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Friday, June 10

9:30 - 10:50 a.m.

Judith Halberstam (University of Southern California) “Notes on Failure”

Chair: Jochen Achilles (University of Würzburg)

10:50 - 11:05 a.m.

Coffee break

11:05 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.

Juliane Rebentisch (University of Potsdam) “The Politics of Art and the Power of the Aesthetic”

Chair: Udo Hebel (University of Regensburg)

12:25 - 2:15 p.m.

Lunch break

2:15 - 3:35 p.m.

Barbara Vinken (University of Munich) “Signs of the Time: The Designer as Rag Picker"

Chair: Kerstin Schmidt (University of Bayreuth)

3:35 – 3:50 p.m.

Coffee break

3:50 - 5:10 p.m.

Fred Moten (University of Southern California) “Gestural Critique of Judgment”

Chair: Harald Zapf (University of Erlangen)

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Saturday, June 11

9:30 - 10:50 a.m.

Winfried Fluck (Free University of Berlin) “Aesthetics and American Culture”

Chair: Helmbrecht Breinig (University of Erlangen)

10:50 - 11:05 a.m.

Coffee break

11:05 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.

Miles Orvell (Temple University) “Photography and the Dilemmas of Postmodern Culture”

Chair: Klaus Benesch (University of Bayreuth)

12:25 - 2:15 p.m.

Lunch break

2:15 – 3:35 p.m.

Philip Fisher (Harvard University) “Wonder and Attention: Aesthetics of Singular Objects”

Chair: Berndt Ostendorf (University of Munich)

3:35 – 3:50 p.m.

Coffee break

3:50 – 5:10 p.m.

Panel discussion

Moderators: Klaus Benesch (University of Bayreuth), Ulla Haselstein (Free University of Berlin)

Panelists: the conference speakers

4:45 p.m.

End of conference