Few American philosophers had as great an impact on modern American culture and society as John Dewey. From his early experimentalism to his groundbreaking philosophies of education and aesthetics, Dewey not only changed the shape of American philosophy, but his ideas reshaped the way that we think about art, literature, and poetry. This panel seeks to examine further the influence of Dewey's ideas on American poets of the early twentieth century, as well as how his philosophy might help us to rethink the way that we read and understand poetry and its relationship to society, politics, science, and the arts. Possible topics include:

• Dewey and modernist culture
• Poetry as instrumentalism
• Poetry and "The Live Creature"
• "The Reflex Arc Concept..." and poetic experience
• Dewey, public, art and American poetry
• Poetry and/as education
• American poetry and democracy
• Dewey as philosopher-poet
• John Dewey, Poetry, and emotion
• Dewey and Moore/Stevens/Williams/Bishop,Roethke,etc.

All submissions will be considered (with the author's consent) for inclusion in a proposal for a possible edited collection on John Dewey and American Poetry.

Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words and CV to James Hoff at jhoff@bmcc.cuny.edu Deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 15, 2015.