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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Michael Morris named 2023 Wollheim Speaker
The American Society for Aesthetics and the British Society of Aesthetics are pleased to announce that Michael Morris will be the Richard Wollheim Lecturer at... Read More
Call for Abstracts: The BSA Workshop on the Aesthetics of Public Art (WAPA)
10-11th November 2022, King’s College London Hybrid format (in-person and online) Extended deadline: 2nd September Keynote speakers: Vid Simoniti (University of Liverpool) Sarah Hegenbart (Technical... Read More
Call For Papers: ‘Debates in Aesthetics’ General Issue
The editors of ‘Debates in Aesthetics’ are pleased to invite submissions for the General 2022 issue (Vol.19, No. 1). DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 4th November 2022... Read More
Virtual Summer Aesthetics Festival: Aesthetic Causes of Epistemic Underestimation and the Banality Objection to Aesthetic Cognitivism
Tuesday 5th July 2022: 4pm BST Presenter: Alice Harberd (University College London) Chair: Colette Olive (University College London) Registration: To register, please email alice.harberd.19@ucl.ac.uk. The Zoom link will be... Read More
Call for Papers – Remote Art: Engaging with Art from Distant Times and Cultures (Special Issue of the BJA)
Deadline for submission: April 1, 2023 Guest editors: Ancuta Mortu, Jakub Stejskal, Mark Windsor (Masaryk University). Art objects often cross boundaries between regimes of meaning... Read More
Call for Papers: TELEVISION AESTHETICS: NOW WHAT? (A BSA Conference)
University of Kent | 7-8 July 2022 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Jason Mittell (Middlebury College) Iris Vidmar Jovanović (University of Rijeka) The Aesthetics Research Centre at the... Read More