British Society of Aesthetics

Events

REWEAVING THE RAINBOW: LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY 1850-1910 University of Exeter, 10th - 11th September 2010 Confirmed keynote speaker: Prof. Michael Wood (Princeton) This two-day interdisciplinary conference will explore the vicissitudes of influence, appropriation, interaction and disciplinarity in 'English literature' and 'philosophy'. It will address the ways in which literature is philosophical and philosophy is literary, and how their interactions evolved in the course of this period. More information to follow.
BRITISH SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS CONFERENCE 2010 Heythrop College, University of London 17-19 September 2010 The British Society of Aesthetics 50th Anniversary Annual Conference will be held at Heythrop College, University of London 17-19 September 2010. The Richard Wollheim Lecture will be presented by Noel Carroll. The keynote speaker will be Jean-Marie Schaeffer. For more information, please click here.
5th MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF AESTHETICS Cartagena (Spain), 4th-8th July 2011 Since the first Mediterranean Congress of Aesthetic held in Athens (Greece) in 2000, several editions of these encounters have taken place around the Mediterranean (Carthage, 2003; Portoroz, 2006; Irbid, 2008). The next edition will take place in Cartagena (Spain), 4th-8th July 2011 organized by the University of Murcia (Spain) in collaboration with the University of Cartagena. Confirmed invited speakers are:Dominique Chateau (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), Rachida Triki (University of Tunis), José Luis Molinuevo (University of Salamanca). The general subject of the Congress is “Art, Emotion and Value”. For more information, please click here.
THINKING THROUGH DANCE: THE PHILOSOPHY OF DANCE PERFORMANCE AND PRACTICES Froebel College, Roehampton University - 26th February 2011 This conference explores the philosophical questions raised by and in dance. Relatively under-theorised as it has been in the history of aesthetics, dance presents fertile ground for philosophical enquiry. The conference will enable dialogue about dance between different philosophical traditions, and will examine a range of themes including:Dance and embodiment; Dance meaning and artistic intention; Expressivity and the dancing body; Representation in dance The ontology of dance; Authentic performance; Dance at the intersection of analytic and continental philosophy. Programme committee: Graham McFee, Jenny Bunker, Sara Houston, Geraldine Morris, Anna Pakes & Bonnie Rowell. Organised by Roehampton University Dance Department.
MORE EVENTS AND CALLS FOR PAPERS Misc. See Calls For Papers page for details.
TO SEE YOUR AESTHETICS RELATED EVENT LISTED HERE: Please email k.d.simecek[at]warwick.ac.uk (replace [at] with @).

REWEAVING THE RAINBOW: LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY 1850-1910
University of Exeter, 10th - 11th September 2010
Confirmed keynote speaker: Prof. Michael Wood (Princeton) This two-day interdisciplinary conference will explore the vicissitudes of influence, appropriation, interaction and disciplinarity in 'English literature' and 'philosophy'. It will address the ways in which literature is philosophical and philosophy is literary, and how their interactions evolved in the course of this period. More information to follow.

BRITISH SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS CONFERENCE 2010
Heythrop College, University of London 17-19 September 2010
The British Society of Aesthetics 50th Anniversary Annual Conference will be held at Heythrop College, University of London 17-19 September 2010. The Richard Wollheim Lecture will be presented by Noel Carroll. The keynote speaker will be Jean-Marie Schaeffer. For more information, please click here.

5th MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF AESTHETICS
Cartagena (Spain), 4th-8th July 2011
Since the first Mediterranean Congress of Aesthetic held in Athens (Greece) in 2000, several editions of these encounters have taken place around the Mediterranean (Carthage, 2003; Portoroz, 2006; Irbid, 2008). The next edition will take place in Cartagena (Spain), 4th-8th July 2011 organized by the University of Murcia (Spain) in collaboration with the University of Cartagena. Confirmed invited speakers are:Dominique Chateau (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), Rachida Triki (University of Tunis), José Luis Molinuevo (University of Salamanca). The general subject of the Congress is “Art, Emotion and Value”. For more information, please click here.

THINKING THROUGH DANCE: THE PHILOSOPHY OF DANCE PERFORMANCE AND PRACTICES
Froebel College, Roehampton University - 26th February 2011
This conference explores the philosophical questions raised by and in dance. Relatively under-theorised as it has been in the history of aesthetics, dance presents fertile ground for philosophical enquiry. The conference will enable dialogue about dance between different philosophical traditions, and will examine a range of themes including:Dance and embodiment; Dance meaning and artistic intention; Expressivity and the dancing body; Representation in dance The ontology of dance; Authentic performance; Dance at the intersection of analytic and continental philosophy. Programme committee: Graham McFee, Jenny Bunker, Sara Houston, Geraldine Morris, Anna Pakes & Bonnie Rowell. Organised by Roehampton University Dance Department.

MORE EVENTS AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
Misc.
See Calls For Papers page for details.

TO SEE YOUR AESTHETICS RELATED EVENT LISTED HERE:
Please email k.d.simecek[at]warwick.ac.uk
(replace [at] with @).