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> CONFERENCE > Aesthetics and Modernity from Schiller to Marcuse > > > Thursday, 10 - Friday, 11 September 2009 > Venue: Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London Stewart House/Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU > > Co-Ordinators: Professor Steve Giles, Dr Jerome Carroll and Dr Maike > Oergel (University of Nottingham) > > Call for Papers > From Schiller to Marcuse the aesthetic dimension has been conceived > among other things as a kind of moral forum, a critical mirror for > society, an outlet for otherwise impermissible drives, and as a > dimension in which a more affirmative mode of existence is possible. > It has been seen as characteristic of modernity's orientation around > the individual and as a means of counteracting the rationalisations of > modern life. This two day-conference will investigate the many and > conflicting relationships between aesthetics and modernity. > In particular, the 250th anniversary of Schiller's birth in 1759 seems > a timely point to reflect on the German tradition of socio-cultural > and aesthetic theory and artistic practice from the late Enlightenment > to the Frankfurt School and beyond, in which Schiller played such a > seminal role. Papers are therefore invited on any and all aspects of > the relationship between aesthetics and modernity from the 1790s to > the 1970s, and in particular, contributions that develop an > interdisciplinary perspective - embracing German studies, philosophy, > social and cultural theory, aesthetics, literature, music, art.... > Papers should last no more than 30 minutes; the conference languages > will be English and German. Please send proposals (including an > abstract of 200 words max.) by 31 August 2008 to: > Dr Jerome Carroll <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > and > Dr Maike Orgel <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > An edited collection of papers from the symposium will be published. > > INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC & ROMANCE STUDIES > University of London School of Advanced Study > Room ST272, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU > Telephone: +44 (0)20-7862 8966 Fax: +44 (0)20-7862 8672 > Email: jane.lewin @sas.ac.uk Website: http://igrs.sas.ac.uk > > > >