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Conference reports

Conference Report: Art, Aesthetics and the Medical and Health Humanities (BSA)

University of Kent, Friday 7th – Sunday 9th February 2020 Sponsored by the British Society...

Aesthetics of Imperfection BSA Workshop

Conference Report 5-6th October 2019, Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle upon Tyne Andy Hamilton and...

Pictorial Experience: Aesthetics, Epistemology and Perception

Conference Report 4th-5th September 2019, University of London Paloma Atencia-Linares Conference organisers: Paloma Atencia-Linares (UNAM),...

Documentaries and the Fiction/Nonfiction Divide

Conference Report 15th-16th November 2019, Queen Mary University of London Mario Slugan The aim of...

Beauty and Goodness: Exploring the Intersection

Conference Report 19th-20th September 2019 , University of Southampton Nils-Hennes Stear Organized by Adriana Clavel-Vázquez,...

Improvisational Virtue Conference

Conference Report November 2019, University of St Andrews Bruce Benson Although the first application for...

BSA Synergy Conference: How to do things with Jokes

Friday 25 to Sunday 27 October 2019, University of Kent Graeme Forbes, Simon Kirchin, Shaun...

BSA Philosophy in the Gallery series

2014 – 2016, Liverpool Conference ReportDr Panayiota Vassilopoulou & Dr Daniel Whistler The BSA Philosophy...

BSA Connections Conference: Creativity Across the Arts and Sciences

16–17 April 2019, Bristol Conference Report Alexander Bird The conference was organised by Anthony Everett...

BSA Connections: Aesthetics in the Reasons Revolution

May 21-22, 2019, Edinburgh Conference Report Alexandra King (SUNY Buffalo)Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British...

BSA Conference Report: Learning from Imagination

University of Leeds, 24-25 May Report “Learning from Imagination” addressed various questions on the imagination,...

Baudelaire and Philosophy BSA conference 5-6 June 2019

Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought, Goldsmiths, University of London REPORT Baudelaire and Philosophy took...

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The 7th Biennial Conference of the Music and Philosophy Study Group

11th & 12th July 2019   Strand Campus, King’s College London Generously sponsored by Liverpool University...

Report: ‘The Good, the Bad and the (Extra)Ordinary: the Fifth BSA Postgraduate Conference

  ‘The Good, the Bad and the (Extra)Ordinary: the Fifth British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate...

Narrative Justice: A British Society Of Aesthetics Conference On Aesthetic Education From Theory To Practice

Rafe McGregor hosted Narrative Justice: A British Society of Aesthetics Conference on Aesthetic Education from...

The Philosophy of Film Without Theory

Conference Report, University of York, 10th-11th January 2018. Supported by the British Society of Aesthetics,...

Speaker at Portraiture Symposium
Portraits and Philosophy

  This symposium, hosted and co-organised by the National Portrait Gallery, sought to address various...

Belief, Imagination, Delusion

On 6th and 7th November, Ema Sullivan Bissett organised a conference on Belief, Imagination, and...

Creativity in Art, Science, and Mind

Creativity in Art, Science, and Mind took place over July 26 and 27 at the...

Understanding Value VII

Understanding Value VII took place at the University of Sheffield, 18 – 20 July 2018....

Educating Character Through the Arts

Educating Character Through the Arts University of Birmingham Conference Park University of Birmingham 19-21 July...

Institute of Philosophy London Aesthetics Forum: 2017-8 Report

Institute of Philosophy London Aesthetics Forum: 2017-8 Report During 2017-8 the Institute of Philosophy London...

The Fourth British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference

The Fourth British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate conference was held in Durham on the 27th...

Art and the Limits of Perception

The ‘Art and the Limits of Perception’ conference brought together aestheticians and philosophers of perception,...

Taste, Bad Taste and Tastelessness

Conference Report Taste, Bad Taste and Tastelessness May 25 – 28, 2018, Ascea Italy Wassard...

Video Game and Virtual Ethics

Report of the BSA-sponsored conference, Video Game and Virtual Ethics Conference Report Video Games and...

Bridging the Gap: Scientific Imagination Meets Aesthetic Imagination

Bridging the Gap: Scientific Imagination Meets Aesthetic Imagination Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social...

Aesthetics Today

The Aesthetics Today conference took place as planned at the University of Kent on June...

Aesthetic Emotions Conference

Report on the BSA Connections Grant for the ‘Aesthetic Emotions’ Conference Senate House, London August...

Religion and Aesthetics

The workshop on religion and aesthetics took place on the 26th and 27th July 2017...

Creative Fiction Writing For Philosophers

This workshop aimed to provide a practical introduction on how to write fiction for professional...

Moral and Aesthetic Testimony Conference, 5-6 June 2017 

The University of St Andrews hosted a conference on Moral and Aesthetic Testimony, organised by...

6th Conference of the Royal Musical Association Music & Philosophy Study Group, 13-14 July 2017

On Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th of July 2017, King’s College London welcomed...

Institute of Philosophy London Aesthetics Forum: 2016-7 Report

During 2016-7 the Institute of Philosophy London Aesthetics Forum (LAF) has continued to hold its...

21st Century Theories of Literature: Ethics, Tropes, and Attunement

  21st Century Theories of Literature: Ethics, Tropes, and Attunement 6th-8th April, 2017 University of...

Art, Aesthetics and Beyond BSA Annual Postgraduate Conference 2017

On 28th of January 2017 the University of Kent’s Aesthetics Research Centre celebrated its 10th...

British Society of Aesthetics Connections Conference: Aesthetics and the 4E Mind

Reed Hall, University of Exeter Organisers: Tom Roberts and Joel Krueger On the 4th and...

Conference report: Aesthetics, Fashion and Psychology

Aesthetics, Fashion and Psychology 30 June-1 July 2016 London College of Fashion London, UK On...

Institute of Philosophy London Aesthetics Forum: 2015-6 Report

During 2015-16 the Institute of Philosophy London Aesthetics Forum (LAF) has continued to hold its...

Scottish Aesthetics Forum: 2014/15-2015/16 Report

The Scottish Aesthetics Forum (SAF)––made possible through the generous support of the British Society of...

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BSA Connections Conference: Realism and Antirealism in Aesthetics and Metaethics

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Organisers: Louise Hanson, Daan Evers The conference took place on the weekend...

Cinema and Embodiment: The Aesthetics of Pornography

Cinema and Embodiment: The Aesthetics of Pornography 2-3 March 2016, University of Kent Speakers Pandora...

Perception and the Arts

Conference: ‘Perception and the arts’ Institute of Philosophy, London September 16-17, 2015. Conference theme: The...

Report on Women in Philosophy: A Mentoring and Networking Workshop

Day one On 22nd and 23rd June, I, together with Helen Bradley and Suki Finn,...

British Society of Aesthetics Cambridge Lecture Series Report

The British Society of Aesthetics sponsored three lectures in Cambridge between February and April this...

Dance Improvisation: A Philosophical Perspective Conference Report

An Interdisciplinary and Participatory Conference on the Philosophical Issues Raised by Dance Improvisation May 21st-22nd,...

Race and Aesthetics: A British Society of Aesthetics Connections Conference Report

Race and Aesthetics: A British Society of Aesthetics Connections Conference took place at Leeds Art...

On Eating well: experience and value in meals

Report to the British Society of Aesthetics Workshop held at the University of Warwick 27...

The Emotions of Others

Final Report, Catharine Abell My colleague, Joel Smith, and I are currently engaged in an...

BSA Connections: Aesthetics in Mathematics

Conference dates: 05/12/14 to 07/12/14 Venue: University of East Anglia, Council Chamber (05/12), Julian Study...

BSA 2014 Annual Conference

The 2014 Annual Meeting was held at St Anne’s College, Oxford, on 19-21 September. It...

Fourth Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association Music and Philosophy Study Group

On the 27th–28th June, King’s College London played host to around 150 delegates of the...

Shakespeare: The Philosopher

This two-day conference was a great success. Speakers ranged from early career (including graduate student...

Aesthetics of Rhythm workshop

Conference report Aesthetics of Rhythm workshop The organisers and participants agreed that the workshop was...

While We’re Waiting for Kick Off: The Aesthetics of Football

Conference report While We’re Waiting for Kick Off: The Aesthetics of Football Aesthetics Research Centre,...

The BSA Lecture Series 2013-2014

Conference report The BSA Lecture Series 2013-2014 The BSA sponsored six lectures on Aesthetics (broadly...

Art and the nature of belief

Conference report On 11th and 12th of October the Department of Philosophy at the University...

Evaluative Perception: Aesthetic, Ethical and Normative

Conference report: The conference included nine invited speakers, of which two overseas speakers delivered their...

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