29
Apr 2026
Workshop Kant on Arts, Artists and Artworks
Palazzo Nuovo, Biblioteca di Filosofia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Sala Incontri 1
April 29, 2026
April 30, 2026
Program
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
Workshop Sponsors:
– Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
– Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences at the University of Turin
Workshop Partners:
– Labont – Center for Ontology
– Bloomsbury
Organised in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences at the University of Turin, this international workshop is the central event of the biennial research project Kant’s Theory of Art in Context (KantArt), funded by the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo.

