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Art and Aesthetics<\/h3>\n

Co-convened by Elisabeth Camp<\/a> (Philosophy) and Dominik Zechner<\/a> (German and Comparative Literature), the working group Art and Aesthetics<\/a>, sponsored by the Rutgers Center for Cultural Analysis, engages in an interdisciplinary discourse among philosophers, literary scholars, cultural historians, and others on\u00a0questions concerning aesthetics.<\/p>\n

During the 2025\u20132026 Academic Year, the CCA Art and Aesthetics working group will be exploring forms of attention, distraction, and aesthetic agency.<\/p>\n

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Recent and Future Meetings:<\/strong><\/h5>\n


\nMarch 6, 2026
\n<\/strong>Claire Bishop, Disordered Attention: How We Look at Art and Performance Today<\/em>
\nSiegfried Kracauer, Cult of Distraction<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>February 6, 2026<\/strong>
\nMaurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception<\/em> & C\u00e9zanne’s Doubt<\/em><\/p>\n

December 5, 2025
\n<\/strong>Whitney Davis, Looking for Nothing: “Evenly Suspended Attention” in Art-Historical Practice and Theory<\/em><\/p>\n

November 7, 2025<\/strong>
\nLucy Alford, Forms of Poetic Attention<\/em><\/p>\n

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Meetings are usually held on Zoom. If you have questions about the CCA working group, please reach out to dominik.zechner@rutgers.edu<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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