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Featuring conversations between Vanessa Brassey, Louise Braddock, Elisa Galgut, Jim Hopkins, Robert Hopkins, Derek Matravers, Patrice Moor, and Maarten Steenhagen, this film is funded by the British Society of Aesthetics and is about philosopher Richard Wollheim. In collaboration with The … Read More

As part of our commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion within British Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, the British Society of Aesthetics bestows a New Horizons Award for the best paper submitted to the Annual Conference by a member of … Read More

Registrations are invited for an International Workshop on “The Foundations of Fiction”, which will be held in person at the University of Milan (Sala 113, via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122, Milan, Italy), as well as be accessible online. The event … Read More

A two-day conference sponsored by the British Society of Aesthetics. Venue: Churchill College, Cambridge Date: 10th and 11th July 2025 Keynote speakers: Lisa Giombini, Roma Tre; Helen Frowe, Stockholm University; Zoltán Somhegyi, Károli Gáspár University; Salvador Muñoz Viñas, University of Valencia Deadline … Read More

A two-day connections conference funded by the British Society of Aesthetics to be held on Thursday, 20th February 2025 (9:30-18:45) and Friday, 21st February 2025 (9:30-18:00). Call for Panel PresentationsIn her recent work, On Violence and On Violence Against Women, … Read More

Aesthetic Investigations, Volume VII (issue 2), to appear December 2024. Published on behalf of the Dutch Association of Aesthetics. Guest editors: Mateusz Salwa and Adam Andrzejewski Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2024. Conceived of as all that is banal, ordinary, … Read More

The WELSH AESTHETICS FORUM – FFORWM ESTHETEG CYMRU PRESENTS: “Crisis, Mourning and Everyday Aesthetics” Professor Paul C. Taylor (UCLA)Wednesday 29th May, 20244:10-6pmJohn Percival Building, Room 0.31, Cardiff University ALL WELCOME! Abstract:In a reflection on what she calls “the future of time,” Toni Morrison … Read More

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 British Society of Aesthetics Essay Prize is Jeremy Page (Uppsala University) for his essay, ‘Artistic Honesty’. The prize is £1,500 and the opportunity to present the paper at the BSA annual … Read More

The Aesthetics Research Centre at the University of Kent warmly invites attendance to its upcoming research events for the summer term:  Weds 15 May, 4pm, Jarman Studio 5 (Teams link here) ‘Self-Presentation and External Validation: Vulnerability and Trust in Rineke Dijksta’s … Read More

A conference on Atmospheres of Places, Objects and Events will be held at the University of Genoa on 20-21 November 2024. In recent years, the general interest in ecological processes has reconfigured the concept of “atmosphere” —one of the most … Read More

A conference on Philosophy of Architecture will be held at the University of Genova on 18-19 November 2024. Throughout the history of philosophy, architecture has not received as much attention as other art forms. Even in contemporary aesthetics architecture is … Read More

Deadline for submissions: 25th April 2025 Guest Editors: Enrico Terrone (University of Genova) Luca Marchetti (University of Genova) The arts have often been studied in relation to ‘aesthetic experience’, however, it is possible that an over-reliance on the notion of … Read More