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International workshop: “Kant on Arts, Artists, and Artworks” (Torino, 29-30 April 2026)

We are pleased to announce that the international workshop Kant on Arts, Artists, and Artworks will be held on April 29-30 in Turin.

The event is organized by Gabriele Gava and João Lemos (University of Turin) as part of the biennial research project «Kant’s Theory of Art in Context» (KantArt), funded by the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo.

Below is the workshop programme.

For further information, please write to: joaorodrigueslemos@gmail.com.

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WEDNESDAY, 29 APRIL
(Palazzo Nuovo, Biblioteca di Filosofia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Sala Incontri 1)

11:00-11:15
Gabriele Gava and João Lemos (University of Turin)
Opening remarks

11:15-12:45
Christel Fricke (University of Oslo)
Beauty, Art, and Aesthetic Experience in Kant’s Aesthetics

14:45-16:15
C.E. Emmer (Emporia State University)
In the Shadow of Longinus: Poetic Genius and Craft in Kant

16:45-18:15
James E. Mahon (Lehman College of The City University of New York)
Kant on Illusion and Deception

 

THURSDAY, 30 APRIL
(Palazzo Nuovo, Aula Gallino)

09:30-11:00
Serena Feloj (University of Pavia)
Is it possible to overcome disgust? Representing vices in Fielding’s Tom Jones and Kant’s aesthetics

11:15-12:45
Robert Clewis (Gwynedd Mercy University)
Reconstructing Kant’s Account of Dance in Light of His Aesthetic Theory

14:45-16:15
Susan Meld Shell (Boston College)
Bruegel’s Tower of Babel From a Kantian Perspective

16:15-17:00
Gabriele Gava and João Lemos (University of Turin)
Closing remarks

 

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