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 the self is ubiquitous in contemporary culture. But what is the self? Is it discovered … Read More
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 discussions held in a Philosophy and Literature Reading Group which ran at UCL during the … Read More
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 (Auburn), ‘Celebration: What It Is and Why It Matters’ Respondents: Karen Simecek (Warwick) and David … Read More
British Society of Aesthetics WorkshopUniversity of Warwick, 6-7 June 2025 The Departments of Philosophy at Auburn University and the University of Warwick, with support from the BSA and Warwick’s Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts, will hold … Read More
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 Meeting in Baltimore October 22-25, 2025. Professor Smith is Professor of Philosophy, Art, and Film, and Director … Read More
As part of our commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion within British Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, the British Society of Aesthetics bestows a New Horizons Award for the best paper submitted to the Annual Conference by a member of … Read More
A two-day connections conference funded by the British Society of Aesthetics to be held on Thursday, 20th February 2025 (9:30-18:45) and Friday, 21st February 2025 (9:30-18:00). Call for Panel PresentationsIn her recent work, On Violence and On Violence Against Women, … Read More
The WELSH AESTHETICS FORUM – FFORWM ESTHETEG CYMRU PRESENTS: “Crisis, Mourning and Everyday Aesthetics” Professor Paul C. Taylor (UCLA)Wednesday 29th May, 20244:10-6pmJohn Percival Building, Room 0.31, Cardiff University ALL WELCOME! Abstract:In a reflection on what she calls “the future of time,” Toni Morrison … Read More
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 British Society of Aesthetics Essay Prize is Jeremy Page (Uppsala University) for his essay, ‘Artistic Honesty’. The prize is £1,500 and the opportunity to present the paper at the BSA annual … Read More
Deadline for submissions: 25th April 2025 Guest Editors: Enrico Terrone (University of Genova) Luca Marchetti (University of Genova) The arts have often been studied in relation to ‘aesthetic experience’, however, it is possible that an over-reliance on the notion of … Read More