Estetika ‒ The Central European Journal of Aesthetics (http://aesthetics.ff.cuni.cz) invites submissions for a special issue on the topic of Aesthetic Reasons. The submissions should not exceed 9000 words and must be written in English and prepared for blind peer review … Read More
International conference on “Blanchot. Writing and Power” at Universidad Diego Portales. 23, 24, 25 November 2016 By “placing” itself between literature and philosophy, in no defined position or in both places simultaneously, Blanchot’s writing constantly plays with power: his text … Read More
Call for Contributions to an Edited Volume As a conscious and unconscious, sustained, even efficient effort at ‘making and letting die’ (Mbembe), necropolitics is systemic to capitalism. The grand-scale destruction of the earth’s ecosystems, the overt and covert forms of … Read More
The Philosophy of the City Research Group is now accepting submissions for their session at the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, January 4 – 7, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. The theme … Read More
Philosopher Susanne Langer’s work exerted a significant influence on the arts and aesthetic debates of mid-century. Figures as diverse as composer Elliott Carter, performance artist Allan Kaprow, music theorist Leonard Meyer, and more recently literary and cultural theorist Sianne Ngai … Read More
Kirchberg am Wechsel, 7–13 of August 2016 AESTHETICS TODAY. Contemporary Approaches to the Aesthetics of Nature and of Art Scientific Organizers: Stefan Majetschak (Kassel) Anja Weiberg (Vienna) Sections: 1. Wittgenstein 2. Aesthetics in a Globalised World 3. Analytical Theories of … Read More
The heritage Etienne Souriau (1892-1979) left to aesthetics is significant both from an intellectual and an institutional standpoint. Along with Charles Lalo and Raymond Bayer, Souriau founded la Revue d’esthétique in 1948, chaired the Société Française d’esthétique, headed the International … Read More
Published by Bloomsbury Academic Chief Editors: Tiziana Andina [tiziana.andina@unito.it], David Carrier [david.carrier7@gmail.com] . Philosophers and cultural historians typically discuss works of art in abstract terms. But the true significance of art for philosophy, and philosophy for art, can only be … Read More
Organisers: Dr Tom Roberts & Dr Joel Krueger 4-5th July 2016, University of Exeter A recent trend in philosophy of mind and cognitive science has come to rethink the role played by the brain in determining the content and character … Read More
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Dates: 22-24 September, 2016 Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2016 Confirmed participants: Andrew Benjamin (Monash University, Melbourne) Justin Clemens (University of Melbourne) Keti Chukhrov (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow) Mladen Dolar (University of Ljubljana) Bojana … Read More