26th annual Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference 

 "Technological Problems, Artistic Solutions?"

•  FEB 21- Friday,  The first event is a workshop with Dr. Andrew Mitchell (Emory University), at 4pm in our conference room POT 1445.
• At 6pm in the School of Art and Visual Studies room 207, there will be an experimental film screening of Meander & talkback with Filmmaker/Digital Arts and Animation lecturer, Lexi Bass.  Informal dinner to follow. 
   
   
• FEB 22- Saturday, the conference will be held in LAW 395 from 9am-7pm and will include:  Catered Breakfast and Lunch as well as....

1. 20min Presentations(w/10-20min Q&A after each), from four graduate students:
   -Kerry Clark (University of Tennesse) "Cultivating Creativity"
   -Kevin Bethell (Ohio University) "Virum Post Machina: AI-Generated Art Considered in a Kantian Framework"
   -Ryan Powers (Saint Louis University) "The Politics of Lingering: Byung Chul-Han and the Right to the City"
   - Andy Marquis (University of Kentucky) "The Art Life as Philosophy"
    
2. Collaborative events: 
   - a presentation by Dr. Richard Polt (Xavier University) on conversational typewriter poetry entitled "Of Mechanisms and Muses: The Theory and Practice of Street Typing"
   - an interactive storytelling workshop with Dr. Gregory Fried (Boston College) & professional storyteller/musician, Derek Burrows. *Please bring a meaningful photo of a family member to this event and prepare to share*
3. 5pm is our Conference Keynote by Dr. Andrew Mitchell- “Heidegger and Dürer: On Nominalism and Nationalism in Painting”