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We were extremely sorry to announce that the British Society of Aesthetics Synergy Conference on Poetry and Philosophy, scheduled to take place at the University of Warwick on 16-17 March 2020, was cancelled. This was due to concerns about the … Read More

Journal of Contemporary Chinese ArtVolume 8, Issue 1, Spring 2021 Bordering Hong Kong: Aesthetics and PoliticsGuest editors: Pan Lu and Jon Solomon The increasing importance of the problematic of bordering in the questions posed to the social production of knowledge … Read More

The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to welcome submissions for ASA opportunities in 2020 and beyond.  30th Anniversary Feminist Caucus Committee Essay PrizeDEADLINE: April 1, 2020 Ted Cohen Prize DEADLINE: May 1, 2020 Selma Jeanne Cohen Prize in Dance Aesthetics DEADLINE: … 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

March 27th, 6pm The Bluecoat, Liverpool Part of The Liverpool Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture Series Why do musicians, painters, and poets compete with each other? Why do painters paint enraged musicians and distressed poets? This lecture uses the early … Read More

We are pleased to announce that as part of our commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion within British aesthetics and philosophy of art, the British Society of Aesthetics will bestow a New Horizons Award to the best paper submitted to … 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

Conference and Kantian Review special issue: Kant, aesthetics and contemporary artCardiff, Wales, UK, 23–24 October 2020. Abstract submission deadline: April 3, 2020Notification of acceptance for conference: April 20, 2020. Keynote speakers:Diarmuid Costello (University of Warwick, UK)Paul Guyer (Brown University, USA)Fiona … Read More

University of Rijeka, Croatia, 22-23 May 2020 The Department of Philosophy, University of Rijeka and the Croatian Society for Analytic Philosophy issue a Call for papers for the third international conference Perspectives on Art, dedicated to POETRY, NARRATIVE, FICTION. We … Read More

18-19 March 2020, New Orleans Aestheticians are invited to register for this conference exploring the value of cultural heritage, and the threat to it from conflict. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heritage-in-war-tickets-79518603283

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

We are delighted to report that The Finnish Society for Aesthetics has awarded the Article of the Year 2019 prize to BSA member Dr Mark Windsor (University of Kent) for his article “What is the Uncanny?”, published in The British … Read More