Co-sponsored by Veritas Forum and Regent College, Thinking Through the Arts gathers seven early- to mid-career scholars who are emerging as leading contributors to the study of music, fashion, and visual art. Join us for two afternoon colloquium sessions (March 25 and 26), as well as a special evening session (March 26) featuring world-renowned pianist and music theorist Mia Chung and philosopher Loren Wilkinson. All events are free and open to the public.
Colloquium 1: Thinking Through Music and Fashion
Monday, March 25 • 1:30–4 pm • Room 2
Hear from emerging scholars in the fields of music and fashion as they discuss the interplay between the arts, beliefs, and societies. Three 30-minute presentations will be followed by questions and discussion.
- Nicholas Chong, Beethoven and the Catholic Enlightenment: Rethinking Musical Modernity
- Andrew Chung, Music’s Long Anthropocene: The Climate of Empire and the Sound of Ecological Disaster
- Fiona Dieffenbacher, Fashion—Interfaith Dialogues in Academia
This event will be offered onsite at Regent College, Room 2, and will also be available live via Zoom (no recording available afterward). To receive the Zoom link, please email [email protected].
Coherence and Wholeness in Music
Monday, March 25 • 7–9 pm • Chapel
Join us for a special evening event with Mia Chung, a world-renowned pianist and music theorist, and Loren E. Wilkinson, a philosopher who works at the intersections of the arts, science, and earthkeeping.
- Mia Chung, Individuality Redefining Tradition: Structural Coherence in Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Piano Sonata and Schumann’s Papillons Suite
- Loren E. Wilkinson, Coherence and Wholeness
Colloquium 2: Thinking Through the Visual Arts
Tuesday, March 26 • 1:30–4 pm • Room 10
Hear from emerging scholars in the field of visual art as they explore the interplay among artistic creation, sight, and spirituality. Three 30-minute presentations will be followed by questions and discussion.
- Snow Yunxue Fu, Making Art in the Phygital (Physical + Digital) Space
- Christina Carnes Ananias, The Illuminating Spirit: Seeing the Trinity in Olafur Eilasson’s Beauty
- Jonathan Anderson, Conceptual Art, Theology, and Re-Presentation
This event will be offered onsite at Regent College, Room 10, and will also be available live via Zoom (no recording available afterward). To receive the Zoom link, please email [email protected].