LAF: Causes and Quasi-Miracles in Narrative Understanding
Wednesday, 27 January 2016 | 16.00 – 18.00 Senate House, Room 243 Emily Caddick Bourne (Cambridge) Causes and Quasi-Miracles in Narrative Understanding Narratives provide understanding of the events they represent, organising them, as David Velleman puts it, into an intelligible … Read More
CFA: British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference
1st-2nd April 2016, University of Southampton, UK N.B. Deadline approaching! (Feb 1st) We invite abstract submissions from postgraduate students on any area of the philosophy of art or aesthetics for the BSA Postgrad conference, to be held in Southampton, UK, … Read More
CFP: British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS The British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference 16-18 September 2016, St Anne’s College, Oxford Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2016 SYMPOSIA Proposals for symposia are invited in all areas of philosophical aesthetics. Proposals may be for panels … Read More
CFP: The Aestheticisation of Religious Rites, Symbols, Myths, Objects and Stories in/by Management and Organisations
The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to January 22, 2016. 8th Art of Management and Organisation Conference Conference theme: Empowering the intangible: exploring, feeling and expressing through the arts 1-4 September 2016 Hosted by IEDC-Bled School of … Read More
CFP: Politics & Poetics Volumes II and III
List members are informed that Politics & Poetics: A Journal for Humane Philosophy has released CFPs for two new volumes on the topics ‘Compassion and Community’ and ‘The Human Difference’. Further information can be found at www.politicsandpoetics.co.uk Politics & Poetics is … Read More
Call for Editorial Board Membership: The Yearbook of Moving Image Studies
The Yearbook of Moving Image Studies (YoMIS) is seeking for expansion of the current editorial board and searches for interested scientists, scholars, artists and filmmakers. The goal of YoMIS is to reflect, trigger and collect the international academic, intellectual and … Read More
CFP: Yearbook of Moving Image Studies
Yearbook of Moving Image Studies: Image Temporality: The Relation of Time, Space and Reception of Visual Media Deadline for Abstracts: August 1, 2016 Deadline for Articles: January 9, 2017 The double-blind peer-reviewed Yearbook of Moving Image Studies (YoMIS) is now … Read More
CFP: Worlding the Brain
Patterns, Rhythms, Narratives in Neuroscience and the Humanities Interdisciplinary symposium at the University of Amsterdam March 17-19, 2016 Extended Submission deadline January 24, 2016 (acceptance on a rolling basis) Confirmed keynote speakers: Prof. Jean Pierre Changeux (Collège de France, Institut … Read More
LAF: The Art of the Impossible – The Aesthetics of Theatrical Magic
London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) Wednesday, 13 January 2016 | 16.00 – 18.00 Senate House, Room 243 Jason Leddington (Bucknell) Winner of the 2015 ASA John Fisher Prize Despite its enduring popularity, theatrical magic remains all but ignored by … Read More
CFP: American Society for Aesthetics
The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to sponsor five meetings in 2016. The Calls for Papers: Pacific Division meeting, Pacific Grove, CA, April 6-8, 2016: [The deadline has passed, but volunteers to serve as commentators or chairs are welcome.] … Read More
CFP: The Human in Architecture and Philosophy
July 20-23 2016 Department of Philosophy, University of Bamberg Human beings normally live in buildings – structures built specifically for this function. This raises interesting questions. Why do we build dwellings (such as the ones we do)? And for whom … Read More
CFP: Sex and the Cinema
From the extremes of Disney canoodling at one end of the spectrum to pornography at the other, sex has always had a central role in moving images. This role has never been confined to representations in individual scenes, but has … Read More