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The 13th International Conference on the Philosophy of Computer Games: The Aesthetics of Computer Games Conference Committee: Program Chair: Feng Zhu (King’s College London) feng.zhu@kcl.ac.uk Conference Chairs: Alina Latypova (St Petersburg State University) latypova.al@gmail.com Konstantin Ocheretyany (St Petersburg State University) … 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

University of Southampton Friday 14th June Organiser Daniel Whiting Details This is the second in a series of workshops on Higher-Order Evidence in Epistemology, Ethics, and Aesthetics supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/S006338/1). Humans are fallible: we … Read More

The BSA is happy to support Notes From a Biscuit Tin, inspired by Mary Midgley’s actual biscuit tin! This year-long project will bring together philosophers and poets to spark new thoughts from one another and celebrate the philosophical work of … Read More

The editors of Debates in Aesthetics are pleased to invite submissions for the Summer/Autumn 2019 issue (Vol.16, No. 1). DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 15 July 2019 For this issue we welcome original articles, book reviews, and interviews from postgraduate and professional … Read More

University of Kent, Canterbury, 25-27 October 2019 Deadline for Abstracts 1 June The organising committee of the BSA Synergy Conference How to Do Things With Jokes seek high quality abstracts for presentations in our open sessions. The conference will be … Read More

London Aesthetics Forum: Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Autonomy in Kant’s Aesthetics Friday 24 May, 4-6pm, Senate House: room G35. Abstract: Aesthetic hedonism is the view that to be aesthetically good is to please. For most aesthetic hedonists, the normativity of … Read More

The two-day workshop ‘Philosophy of Music – Perspectives on Antiquity’ will take place from 11-12 July 2019 at Durham University (The Castle, Senate Suite). It brings together scholars specialising in ancient music with experts in (the history of) the philosophy … Read More

CFP for a Special Issue of the Aesthetics Investigations Journal dedicated to the Philosophy of Film Without Theory. Journal Editor-in-Chief: Rob van Gerwen (University of Utrecht) Special Issue Guest Editors: Craig Fox (California University of Pennsylvania) & Britt Harrison (University … Read More

CFP from the Polish Journal of Aesthetics: “New Materialism: The Mattering of the Arts, Crafts, and Aesthetics” Editors: Katve-Kaisa Kontturi (University of Turku, Finland; University of Melbourne, Australia), Milla Tiainen (University of Turku, Finland), Adrian Mróz (The Jagiellonian University in … Read More

Department of Philosophy (University of Rijeka) and Croatian Society for Analytic Philosophy issue a Call for papers for the international conference dedicated to the aesthetic theory of Immanuel Kant Kant’s Third Critique: Historical Context and Contemporary Relevance To be held … Read More

23 – 25 March 2020, University of Padua, Italy, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education Science and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), Philosophy Division. Deadline for submissions: 31 August 2019 Notification of acceptance: by 1 December 2019 Submit to: spacesiteinstallation@gmail.com Keynote speakers: Sondra … Read More