Legend has it that the British Society of Aesthetics (BSA) was founded in 1960 so that Herbert Read could lead a delegation of British Aestheticians to the International Congress on Aesthetics being held in Athens that year.

Its declared foundational aim is 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.

The Society’s activities include publication of The British Journal of Aesthetics, Debates in Aesthetics (formerly The Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics), a newsletter, an annual conference, regional conferences, lecture series, grants to support research in aesthetics, and an essay prize.

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Officers:

President
Hans Maes (Leuven)

Vice-President
Dawn Wilson (Hull)

Treasurer
Lisa Jones (St Andrews)

BJA Editors:

Paloma Atencia Linares (UNED)
Derek Matravers (Open University)

BJA Reviews Editor:
Emily Caddick Bourne (Manchester)

Ordinary Members:

Adriana Clavel-Vazquez (Tilburg)
Daisy Dixon (Cardiff)
Alice Helliwell (Northeastern University London)
Clare Mac Cumhaill (Durham)
Panos Paris (Cardiff)
Karen Simecek (Warwick)
Vid Simoniti (Liverpool)
Maarten Steenhagen (Uppsala)
Mark Windsor (Uppsala)

Post Holders:

Appointed member of the Trustees Committee for Equity & Diversity
Rebecca Bamford (Belfast)

Appointed member of the Trustees Committee for Grants
David Collins (Cambridge)

Appointed member of the Trustees Committee for Postdoctoral Award
Daniel Whiting (Southampton)

Managers
Caroline Auty
Alice Dickinson

Website Manager
Maarten Steenhagen (Uppsala)

Postgraduate Journal Editors
Harry Drummond (Liverpool)
Christopher Earley (Liverpool)

Click the links below to view the relevant documents:

Byelaws Memorandum & Articles