Activities supported by the society
Beyond Human: The Aesthetics of Nature and Technology The Sixth British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference ‘Beyond Human: The Aesthetics of Nature and Technology’ was hosted by the Aesthetics Research Centre at the University of Kent on the 28th and … Read More
Online (Live from Tokyo) ZoomFollow this link to join the meeting. Date & Time 7pm in Tokyo / 10am London (UTC)Saturday 12th December 2020 Information for guests This event will be conducted in English. Poet Yasuhiro Yotsumoto and philosopher Istvan Zardai will host … Read More
Aesthetics Research Centre, University of Kent, 24 May 2019 The British Society for Aesthetics conference, Philosophy of Performance: Beyond the Continental/Analytic Divide, took place on Friday 24 May 2019 at the University of Kent in Canterbury. It was generously supported … Read More
During 2019-20 the Institute of Philosophy London Aesthetics Forum (LAF) has continued to hold its regular series of seminars on topics in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, albeit with a disruption in our schedule from March due to COVID-19. … Read More
This workshop was hosted by the organisers Dr Liila Taruffi (Durham University) and Dr Mats Küssner (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) on 19 June 2020. Over the last decades, live music experiences have undergone a drastic aesthetic transformation, becoming a space for … Read More
UPDATE: The conference will now be held on the 6th, 7th, and 8th July, 2021. The conference will be held both online via Zoom and in person in Cambridge, UK. Submissions are invited for the upcoming conference British Society of … Read More
Submissions are invited for the upcoming conference British Society of Aesthetics Connections: Conceptual Engineering and Aesthetics. The conference will take place on 7–8 September 2020 in Cambridge, UK. Fully anonymised abstracts of up to 1,000 words should be submitted as an … Read More
King’s College London, 20-21 July 2020 The British Society of Aesthetics is delighted to sponsor Sound Pictures, a conference bringing together theorists, researchers, and postgraduates from within philosophy to explore the topic of multi-sensory appreciation of the arts. Papers on either … Read More
A Roundtable Workshop, 15-17 June 2020, University of Reading (Whiteknights) Call for Abstracts In honour of Herbert Read’s zeal to promote ‘art now’ and to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his collaborative founding of the Society, the British Society of … Read More
Queen Mary University of London, November 15-16, 2019 Website available here. The project has received funding from the British Society for Aesthetics. Confirmed keynotes: Professor Brian Winston, Lincoln Chair, Lincoln School of Film and Media, University of Lincoln. Dr Stacie Friend, … Read More