Thursday, 25 May
10:30 - 12:00 Murray Smith (University of Kent): ‘Theory construction and thick explanation: two strategies for a naturalised aesthetics of film’
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 Jonathan Frome (Lingnan): 'Film and narrative comprehension'
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 5:15 Brandon Cooke (Minnesota State University): ‘What is an art work, and what should we do with it?’
Friday, 26 May
10:30 - 12:00 Rafael De Clercq (Lingnan): ‘Does the debate about cinematic motion rest on a mistake?’
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 Mikael Pettersson (Lingnan): 'Doing aesthetics with eyes shut'
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 5:15 Paisley Livingston (Lingnan): 'On cinema as philosophy: the Kaila-Bergman connexion revisited'
5:15 - 5:30 Concluding remarks
All talks will be at AM310, Lingnan University.
10:30 - 12:00 Murray Smith (University of Kent): ‘Theory construction and thick explanation: two strategies for a naturalised aesthetics of film’
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 Jonathan Frome (Lingnan): 'Film and narrative comprehension'
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 5:15 Brandon Cooke (Minnesota State University): ‘What is an art work, and what should we do with it?’
Friday, 26 May
10:30 - 12:00 Rafael De Clercq (Lingnan): ‘Does the debate about cinematic motion rest on a mistake?’
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 Mikael Pettersson (Lingnan): 'Doing aesthetics with eyes shut'
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 5:15 Paisley Livingston (Lingnan): 'On cinema as philosophy: the Kaila-Bergman connexion revisited'
5:15 - 5:30 Concluding remarks
All talks will be at AM310, Lingnan University.