| The American Society for Aesthetics and the British Society of Aesthetics are pleased to announce that Michael Morris will be the Richard Wollheim Lecturer at the ASA Annual Meeting at Arlington, VA, November 15-18, 2023. Professor Morris is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Sussex University. His principal research interests are in metaphysics, philosophy of language, aesthetics, and Wittgenstein (especially the Tractatus). The main focus of his research is on the question of the relation between the real world and our representations of it. His recent book, Real Likenesses: Representation in Paintings, Photographs and Novels (OUP 2020) presents a radical new approach to artistic representation. At its heart is a serious reconsideration of the relationship between medium and content in representational art, which counters current dominant theories that make attention to the former inevitably a distraction from attending to the latter. The result is an intuitive way of thinking about how these art forms work. For more information about Professor Morris, click here. For more information about Professor Wollheim, click here. The Richard Wollheim Lecture is jointly sponsored with the British Society of Aesthetics. The ASA nominates a lecturer to speak at the BSA annual conference in even years and the BSA nominates a lecturer to speak at the ASA annual meeting in odd years. Previous Wollheim Lecturers: 2022: Rachel Zuckert 2021: Matthew Kieran 2020: Yuriko Saito 2019: Eileen John 2018: Carolyn Korsmeyer 2017: Derek Matravers 2016: Susan Feagin 2015: Catherine Wilson 2014: Jenefer Robinson 2013: Gregory Currie 2012: Kendall Walton 2011: Berys Gaut 2010: Noël Carroll 2009: Peter Lamarque |
Michael Morris named 2023 Wollheim Speaker
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