Activities supported by the society
The Scottish Aesthetics Forum is delighted to announce its next lecture: Dr Chiara Ambrosio (UCL) “Who is Afraid of Mimesis?” Thursday, 5 October, 2017, 4:15 – 6:00pm Room S1, 7 George Square, University of Edinburgh The lecture is free and … Read More
CONFERENCE: AESTHETIC EMOTIONS August 22-23 Senate House, London Funded by a British Society of Aesthetics Connections Grant Registration is free and can be completed HERE (register by August 14th) Organised by: Alex Grzankowski (Birkbeck) & Cain Todd (Lancaster) This will be a 2-day event featuring 9 speakers representing the … Read More
VIDEO GAMES AND VIRTUAL ETHICS CONFERENCE Friday, July 21, 2017 – 09:30 to Saturday, July 22, 2017 – 17:30 Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London Is it morally wrong to play violent video games? Academics across … Read More
Religion and Aesthetics conference 26-27th July University of Nottingham Aesthetic considerations have frequently played an important role within various religious traditions. For example, certain religious doctrines ascribe beauty to God, to various religious exemplars, and even to the cosmos itself. … Read More
Bridging the Gap: Scientific Imagination Meets Aesthetic Imagination 5-6 October 2017 Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science Organisers: Fiora Salis (LSE) and Michael T. Stuart (LSE) Sponsored by the British Society … Read More
James Harold (Mt. Holyoke) Turning a work of literature into a movie: some puzzles about adaptation Date: 24 May 2017, 16:00 to 18:00 Venue: Room 246, Second Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Abstract The adaptation of stories from one medium … Read More
University of Kent, Canterbury, June 5-6 Marking the 10th anniversary of the Aesthetics Research Centre (ARC) at the University of Kent, Aesthetics Today will begin with a symposium on June 5 aiming to generate discussion concerning the most general principles and questions preoccupying … Read More
Department of Music and Department of Philosophy, King’s College London 13-14 July 2017 http://musicandphilosophy.ac.uk/mpsg2017/ We are delighted to announce that the programme has been released — and that registration for the 2017 Biennial Conference of the RMA Music and Philosophy … Read More
The Scottish Aesthetics Forum is delighted to announce its next lecture: Dr Cain Todd (Lancaster) “Transparency, Imagination, and Time in Aesthetic Experience” Thursday, 27 April, 2017, 4:15 – 6:00pm Room 1.20, Dugald Stewart Building, University of Edinburgh The lecture is … Read More
The Scottish Aesthetics Forum is delighted to announce its next lecture: Dr Hans Maes (Kent) “Portraits of Philosophers and the Philosophy of Portraits” Thursday, 6 April, 2017, 4:15 – 6:00pm 7 Bristo Square, Room G.009 – Richard Verney Health Centre, … Read More