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1-2 December 2016 – A Workshop 9:30am-6pm, Lecture Room, The Warburg Institute An interdisciplinary workshop on the philosophic, literary, art historical “language of gestures,” with special attention to the work of Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben. Participants: Andrew Benjamin (London … Read More

The Hungarian Philosophical Association, the University of Szeged and the Pro Philosophia Szegediensi Foundation is organizing an international conference on “The Soma as the Core of Aesthetics, Ethics and Politics” at Szeged, Hungary on June 26-28th, 2017 Keynote speaker: Prof. … Read More

Final Call for Participation PhD students and Postdocs from the disciplines of philosophy, literary studies, and psychology/neurosciences are invited to submit applications to participate in the interdisciplinary Spring School “The Role of Empathy and Emotion in Understanding Fiction” to be … Read More

17 November 2016 10.00-16.00 Bluecoat Arts Centre, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX In celebration of the International Philosophy Day, this one-day workshop explores the role of philosophical reflection in learning, curating and public engagement programmes of arts organisations. Drawing its … Read More

The British Society of Aesthetics is offering a grant of up to £5,000 to support its fourth postgraduate conference in aesthetics. The conference should be a general aesthetics conference or on some theme in aesthetics. Though it must be for … Read More

**Please note the different to usual day and location for this seminar.** Monday 7 November 2016, 4pm-6pm, Gordon Room, G34, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Speaker Carla Damião (Federal Universiry of Goias, Brazil) Abstract: In light … Read More

CFP: Interim Conference of the Research Committee on Political Power (RC36) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) 30-31 May 2017, University of Pavia, Italy The study of power has traditionally been grounded in action and capabilities. However, power also … Read More

The British Society of Aesthetics invites postgraduate students in the UK to apply for stipends of up to £800 towards travel and accommodation costs for participation in conferences or research visits to other universities on topics in aesthetics and the … Read More

PhD students and Postdocs from the disciplines of philosophy, literary studies, and psychology/neurosciences are invited to submit applications to participate in the interdisciplinary Spring School “The Role of Empathy and Emotion in Understanding Fiction” to be held at Göttingen University, … Read More

Junior faculty / Tenure-track or similar: Assistant Professor, College of Letters, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA UPDATED CONTACT: Prof. Kari Weil, Director, College of Letters (kweil@wesleyan.edu) Wesleyan University’s College of Letters invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Letters … Read More

Palgrave Communications, the multi-disciplinary open access HSS journal published by Palgrave Macmillan is inviting proposals for a special issue titled, ‘Interiorities: artistic, conceptual and historical reassessments of the interior’ (Guest editor: Dr Vlad Ionescu, Faculty of Architecture and Art, Hasselt … Read More

The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture invites proposals for papers to be presented at a 2-day conference, January 26–27, 2017, at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Cities are defined by their complex network of busy streets and the diverse … Read More