[SydPhil] public lecture by Cynthia Freeland at the AGNSW

Jennifer McMahon jenny.mcmahon at adelaide.edu.au
Mon Jul 3 10:39:04 AEST 2017


Dear Philosophers and Friends of Philosophy,

Cynthia Freeland is giving a public lecture on "Do Portraits require posing?" on Wednesday July 12th at 6.00pm at the Art Gallery of NSW, in the lead up to the Archibald Prize. Details and registration here:
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/calendar/do-portraits-require-posing/

Cynthia is the John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Philosophy at the University of Houston. She publishes extensively on aesthetics, ancient philosophy and feminist philosophy. Cynthia's 2001 book Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press has been translated into fourteen different languages. Of particular relevance to this lecture, her Portraits and Persons, was published by Oxford University Press in 2010. Cynthia gave the National Portrait Gallery Annual Lecture in Canberra Australia in 2011. She is currently the President of the American Society of Aesthetics.

All best
Jenny

Professor Jennifer A. McMahon
Department of Philosophy
The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005
Executive member, Australasian Association of Philosophy
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