Programme
The course takes place on five fridays during a period of 1.5 month(s), in two three-hour sessions per friday. Morning-sessions: 10-13 hr. Lunches: 13-14 hr. Afternoon sessions: 14-17 hr.
24 october
- Morning: Rob van Gerwen (Utrecht): Introduction: Art as a moral practice
- Afternoon: Rob van Gerwen: Implication Art
31 october
- Morning: Jos de Mul (Rotterdam): 1. The technological sublime or 2. The tragic
- Afternoon: Arthur Cools (Antwerpen): Philosophy of the Image and Philosophy of Art
7 november
(no meeting) OZSW-conference
14 november
- Morning: Joseph Früchtl (Amsterdam): Film and Ontology
- Afternoon: Renée van de Vall (Maastricht): Contemporary Art and Phenomenology
21 november
- Morning: Robert Zwijnenberg (Leiden): Bio-art
- Afternoon: Bart Vandenabeele (Gent): Contemplating Beauty
28 november
- Morning: Stéphane Symons (Leuven): Jacques Rancière’s Concept of the Aesthetic Regime
- Afternoon: Rob van Gerwen: Rounding up
Course objectives
Since the research in philosophical aesthetics in the Netherlands could be characterized as leaning towards other traditions—analytical, hermeneutical, phenomenological—it might be understood in terms of bridging the gaps between the traditions. The aim of this course is to arrive at an overview of the contemporary traditions in the philosophy of the arts; to learn to recognize the differences amongst the philosophical traditions and to try to induce debates crossing the argumentative gaps between the traditions.
Coordinator/Lecturer
- Dr. Rob van Gerwen, Utrecht, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Co-ordinator of the course)
- Prof. dr. Jos de Mul (Rotterdam), <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
- Prof. dr. Arthur Cools (Antwerpen), <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
- Prof. dr. Joseph Früchtl (Amsterdam), <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
- Prof. dr. Renée van de Vall (Maastricht), <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
- Prof. dr. Robert Zwijnenberg (Leiden), <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
- Prof. dr. Bart Vandenabeele (Gent), <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
- Prof. dr. Stéphane Symons (Leuven), <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Preparation
The participants are expected to read all the assigned literature, to do assignments, to actively participate in the discussions and to write a paper at the end of the course
Costs
The course is free for:
- PhD students who are a member of the OZSW;
- 2nd year ReMa students who are a member of the OZSW
Participants who do not belong to one of these groups pay a course fee of 250 euro.
How to apply for the course?
Please fill out the registration form. This includes:
- your contact details (email address, telephone number, billing address);
- a brief motivation for taking part in the course;
- a description of your PhD project / research interests (max. 500 words)
In case of too many applications, the coordinator of the course will make a selection. In case of too little applications, the course will be cancelled. In case of cancellation, the OZSW will inform participants at least one week in advance. The OZSW is not responsible for any (accommodation) costs that students may have made in preparation for the course.
Important dates
The deadline for application is 15 September 2014.
Organization information
This course is coordinated by Rob van Gerwen. For further information related to the contents of this course, please contact him at the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For practical inquiries, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Jos de Mul studied philosophy, art history and social sciences at the universities of Amsterdam, Utrecht and Nijmegen (The Netherlands). At present he is full professor Philosophy of Man and Culture at the Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has also taught at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 2007-2008), Fudan University (Shanghai, 2008), and Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, 2016). In 2012 he became a visiting fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA. From 2005 to 2011 he was Vice-President of the Helmuth Plessner Gesellschaft, and from 2007 to 2010 President of the International Association for Aesthetics.