19 June 2015, St Mary’s College, Durham Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Professor Michael Pincombe (Newcastle), Dr Leon Burnett (Essex) A hint of the far reaching and rich symbolic potential of the word “exotic” resides in one twentieth-century dictionary’s definition of the … Read More
Edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein and Giannis Stamatellos To be published by Brill/Rodopi in the “Philosophy of Film” Series Can Neoplatonic philosophy be used for film studies? Given the often-stated parallels between Plotinus’ and Bergson’s philosophies, it is surprising that Neoplatonism … Read More
3-4 June 2015, 28 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JS www.birmingham.ac.uk/beautydemands This workshop will explore how cosmetic surgery defines beauty norms and vice versa, and the role of medical professionals in developing, offering and carrying out aesthetic procedures. It will consider … Read More
The Center of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Philosophy & Architecture International Postgraduate Conference, to be held on the 5th and 6th November 2015 in Lisbon, at the Faculty … Read More
University of Hong Kong, November 6-7, Portland State University, November 21-22 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, December 3-4 Philosophy of the City has emerged as an international movement. To facilitate global discussions, this conference series aims to establish new channels … Read More
ASAGE is a peer-reviewed, graduate journal of aesthetics and the philosophy of art, sponsored by the American Society for Aesthetics. We are now inviting submissions for the Spring/Summer 2015 issue (7.2). Articles: ASAGE accepts papers on any topic in aesthetics, … Read More
On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2015, the Journal of Somaesthetics (JOS) launched its first issue, entitled Somaesthetics and Visual Art. What is somaesthetics? As its Wiktionary definition indicates, the term derives from combining the somatic with the aesthetic, and it … Read More
Call for Submissions, special issue of Digital Creativity, 27:1, January 2016 the flesh that covers me is the flesh that covers the sun (Dylan Thomas) 1. GUEST EDITORS Stanislav Roudavski and Jon McCormack 2. THEME This special issue aims to … Read More
Being Human, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Humanities Research Council and the British Academy, is now inviting applications from across the country for … Read More
10-14 August, 2015, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland Recent scientific research concerning art and music has thrown up a plethora of new aspects to be integrated into our understanding of these phenomena. Individual studies, such as attempts to explain aesthetic responses in … Read More