Call for Conference Proposals: BSA Connections Conference
The British Society of Aesthetics is pleased to announce a third round of funding for its successful Connections series of conferences. The Society is looking to fund one conference with a grant of up to £12,000. A Connections conference should … Read More
Is there anything wrong with violence in video games?
A discussion, chaired by Derek Matravers, with David Braben, Louise Hanson, and Jamie Rumbelow. 14th October, 5.00pm to 7.00pm. Seminar Room, Number 1 Newnham Terrace, Darwin College, Cambridge (enter by the main door on Silver Street). Entry is free, and … Read More
British Society of Aesthetics Cambridge Lecture Series
Venue: Seminar Room, 1 Newnham Terrace, Darwin College. (Enter by main door). Time: 5.00pm to 7.00pm Admission is free, and all are welcome. Thursday 22nd October: Stacie Friend, Department of Philosophy, Birkbeck College: ‘The Real Foundation of Fictional Worlds’. Tuesday … Read More
CFP: Bodies of Care: Somaesthetics of Vulnerability
The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture invites proposals for papers to be presented at a two-day conference, January 28–29, 2016, at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Bodies are obviously the targets of one’s daily care in terms of personal … Read More
CFP: ACLA 2016: “Poetry as Practice, Practice as Poetry”
Paper abstracts sought for the American Comparative Literature Association’s Annual Meeting, 17-20 March, 2016, Harvard University. Abstracts due 23 September, 2015. Papers due March 2016. We invite scholars from across the disciplines, poets, and poet-critics to submit abstracts for papers … Read More
CFP: American Society for Aesthetics
Eastern Division Meeting, April 15-16, 2016 Independence Park Hotel, Philadelphia Monroe Beardsley Lecture, Temple University Carolyn Korsmeyer (University at Buffalo – SUNY) Plenary Lecture Robert Hopkins (New York University) Papers on any topic in aesthetics are invited, as well as … Read More
CFP: Performance Philosophy Volume 2
Edited by Daniel Watt Deadline for submissions: 30th November 2015 This is an open call for submissions to Volume 2 of the online journal, Performance Philosophy. Performance Philosophy is an emerging interdisciplinary field of thought, creative practice and scholarship, supported … Read More
London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy): Kendall Walton
Wednesday, 23rd September 2015 | 16.00 – 18.00 Senate House, Room 234 Kendall Walton (University of Michigan/Stanford University) How to Think about Fiction (and how not to) The talk will be free and open to all. For more information please … Read More
CFP: Journal of Creative Music Systems
Call for Papers – Inaugural Issue (http://jcms.org.uk/) The Journal of Creative Music Systems (JCMS) is a new open-access journal publishing peer-reviewed articles on computational creative systems in the domain of music. JCMS is intended to serve as a forum for … Read More
Perception and the Arts: British Society of Aesthetics Connections Conference
Institute of Philosophy, London, September 16-17, 2015. The conceptual apparatus of philosophy of perception has been used in as diverse corners of aesthetics and philosophy of art as debates about depiction, aesthetic experiences, character engagement, our engagement with fictions, our … Read More
BSA Annual General Meeting 2015
The 2015 AGM of the British Society of Aesthetics takes place on Saturday 19 September at Homerton College, Cambridge, from 13:00-13:30. All members are welcome. Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the last meeting 3.Matters arising 4.President’s report 5.Vice-President’s report … Read More
CFP: Documentary and Cognitive Theory
Editors: Catalin Brylla and Mette Kramer There has been very little convergence between documentary film studies and cognitive film theory. Documentary scholars deem cognitive models too limited in that they only address the hardwired attributes of audience reception, thus hypothesising … Read More