Activities supported by the society
The Scottish Aesthetics Forum is delighted to announce its next lecture: Dr Stacie Friend (Birkbeck) “The Factual Basis of Learning from Fiction” Thursday, 1 March, 2018, 4:15 – 6:00pm 7 Bristo Square, Room 1.203 University of Edinburgh The lecture is … Read More
British Society of Aesthetics Travel Stipends Early career researchers are now eligible for these awards, as well as postgraduate students. We invite postgraduate students and early career researchers in the UK to apply for stipends of up to £800 towards … Read More
Educating Character Through the Arts University of Birmingham Conference Centre, 19th-21st July, 2018 Call for Abstracts – Deadline: 10 February 2018 From antiquity to the present, the virtues – construed in terms of such excellences of character as honesty, fairness, … Read More
The lecture is free and open to all! Abstract: “Impossible colours are mixtures of hues that do not appear on the colour wheel. They are widely taken to be impossible to mix, experience or even imagine. This paper draws on … Read More
The British Society of Aesthetics Cambridge Lecture Series Venue: Seminar Room, Newnham Terrace Seminar Room, Darwin College, Cambridge. Time: Wednesday 22nd November, 5.00pm to 7.00pm Robert Good (Artist and author of A New Dictionary of Art): ‘What is Contemporary Art … Read More
* First Call for Papers* The Fourth British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference: Movement and Aesthetics 27 – 28 April 2018 University of Durham, UK Keynote Speakers: Associate Professor Barbara Gail Montero, CUNY Dr Jenny Judge, NYU We are pleased … Read More
The Scottish Aesthetics Forum is delighted to announce its next lecture: Dr Chiara Ambrosio (UCL) “Who is Afraid of Mimesis?” Thursday, 5 October, 2017, 4:15 – 6:00pm Room S1, 7 George Square, University of Edinburgh The lecture is free and … Read More
CONFERENCE: AESTHETIC EMOTIONS August 22-23 Senate House, London Funded by a British Society of Aesthetics Connections Grant Registration is free and can be completed HERE (register by August 14th) Organised by: Alex Grzankowski (Birkbeck) & Cain Todd (Lancaster) This will be a 2-day event featuring 9 speakers representing the … Read More
VIDEO GAMES AND VIRTUAL ETHICS CONFERENCE Friday, July 21, 2017 – 09:30 to Saturday, July 22, 2017 – 17:30 Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London Is it morally wrong to play violent video games? Academics across … Read More
Religion and Aesthetics conference 26-27th July University of Nottingham Aesthetic considerations have frequently played an important role within various religious traditions. For example, certain religious doctrines ascribe beauty to God, to various religious exemplars, and even to the cosmos itself. … Read More