The British Society of Aesthetics (BSA) aims to promote study, research and discussion of the fine arts and related types of experience from a philosophical, psychological, sociological, historical, critical and educational standpoint.

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News about the Society

BSA New Horizons Award Winners 2025

As part of our commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion within British Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, the British Society of Aesthetics bestows up to... Read More

Literature in the Age of the Self

This event brings together celebrated authors and scholars to discuss the experience and depiction of the self in the twenty-first century. Date: 16.06.25 Reference to... Read More

Selfy Stories | Podcast

Dr Scarlett Baron (UCL English) and Alice Harberd (PhD student in UCL Philosophy) have launched a new UCL podcast, Selfy Stories. The podcast distils the... Read More

Seeking a Community of Taste | Programme

Programme All sessions on Warwick campus, in Social Sciences 0.20 (aka S0.20 – campus map) Friday 6 June 2025 10.00-10.30: Welcome and Coffee/Tea 10.30-12.00: Zach Weinstein... Read More

ASA Wollheim Lecturer October 2025

The American Society for Aesthetics and the British Society of Aesthetics are pleased to announce that Murray Smith will be the Richard Wollheim Lecturer at the American Society for Aesthetics Annual... Read More