Thursday, March 19 2026, 5 - 6pm Friday, March 20 2026, 9am - 4pm The Athenaeum and Georgia Museum of Art The University of Georgia and the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts are proud to sponsor symposium on the intersection of the arts and emerging technologies. Join us for two days of special programming dedicated to this subject. Thursday, March 19, 2026 5 pm, Peabody Hall 205S Éric Morales-Franceschini(UGA English) "Tenacious Beauty: Four Theses on (Third World) Militancy as an Aesthetic" Please note that this event will be hosted in Peabody Hall, Room 205S. Friday, March 20, 2026 9am to 12pm, The Athenaeum (287 West Broad Street Athens, GA) Maxwell Barton (UGA Philosophy) “The Hyperreality of Contemporary Nature Documentaries” Danielle Kotrla (UGA Philosophy)“The Stories Reality Television Can Tell: Reality Competition and the Bildungsroman” Shagun Sharma (UGA Philosophy)“Howzat?!: What the Computer is Doing in the Gentleman’s Game” Rissa Willis(UGA Philosophy)“The Value of Making Things the Hard Way” 2pm to 4pm, Georgia Museum of Art, Education Center Katarina Mohar(Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, France Stele Institute of Art History)“Imagining What Is Missing: AI, Art History, and the Visualization of Lost Works” Rok Benčin(Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy)“Toward an Aesthetics of Generation: From Calvino's Writing Machine to Generative AI” Followed by a tour of the Museum at 4pm. Supported by: Office of Global EngagementSlovenian Academy of SciencesDepartment of EnglishAesthetics Lab, Department of PhilosophyDepartment of Comparative LiteratureWillson Center for Humanities and Arts Research Areas: Aesthetics
