CFP: The Roots of Fiction
Philosophy and Religious Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts and Humanities University of Macau ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Theoretical accounts of fiction, once confined to the field of aesthetics, are now widely considered as useful frameworks for philosophical investigation more generally. Fictionalist … Read More
CFP: Special Issue of The Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology
Theme: Aesthetics of Urban Life Guest Editor: Jonathan Maskit, Denison University Submission Deadline: 31 December 2015 Submission Guidelines: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=rfap20&page=instructions Urban life has long been of interest to philosophers and has played an important role in the work of phenomenologists at … Read More
CFP: Culture and Place
Call for Papers University of North Georgia 2016 Arts and Letters Conference February 26-28, 2016 The 2016 University of North Georgia Arts and Letters Conference will explore the intersection of culture and place. Place is more than location—it is people, … Read More
CFP: The Quarrel between Poetry and Philosophy
CFP for the International Journal “Odradek. Studies in Philosophy of Literature, Aesthetics and New Media Theories” vol. 1, no. 2 (2015) edited by Danilo Manca and Alessandra Aloisi Invited authors: David Roochnik (Boston University) Andrew Benjamin (Monash University) Fabio Camilletti … Read More
CFP: The Transformative Power of Art
Richard Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk and Christoph Schlingensief’s participatory experiment Opera Village Africa SPEAKERS: Prof John Deathridge (King’s College London), Chris Dercon (Tate Modern), Prof Lydia Goehr (Columbia University, New York), Aino Laberenz (Opera Village Africa), Gregor Muir (ICA) The Courtauld Institute … Read More
Call for Conference Proposals: BSA Connections Conference
The British Society of Aesthetics is pleased to announce a third round of funding for its successful Connections series of conferences. The Society is looking to fund one conference with a grant of up to £12,000. A Connections conference should … Read More
Is there anything wrong with violence in video games?
A discussion, chaired by Derek Matravers, with David Braben, Louise Hanson, and Jamie Rumbelow. 14th October, 5.00pm to 7.00pm. Seminar Room, Number 1 Newnham Terrace, Darwin College, Cambridge (enter by the main door on Silver Street). Entry is free, and … Read More
British Society of Aesthetics Cambridge Lecture Series
Venue: Seminar Room, 1 Newnham Terrace, Darwin College. (Enter by main door). Time: 5.00pm to 7.00pm Admission is free, and all are welcome. Thursday 22nd October: Stacie Friend, Department of Philosophy, Birkbeck College: ‘The Real Foundation of Fictional Worlds’. Tuesday … Read More
CFP: Bodies of Care: Somaesthetics of Vulnerability
The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture invites proposals for papers to be presented at a two-day conference, January 28–29, 2016, at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Bodies are obviously the targets of one’s daily care in terms of personal … Read More
CFP: ACLA 2016: “Poetry as Practice, Practice as Poetry”
Paper abstracts sought for the American Comparative Literature Association’s Annual Meeting, 17-20 March, 2016, Harvard University. Abstracts due 23 September, 2015. Papers due March 2016. We invite scholars from across the disciplines, poets, and poet-critics to submit abstracts for papers … Read More
CFP: American Society for Aesthetics
Eastern Division Meeting, April 15-16, 2016 Independence Park Hotel, Philadelphia Monroe Beardsley Lecture, Temple University Carolyn Korsmeyer (University at Buffalo – SUNY) Plenary Lecture Robert Hopkins (New York University) Papers on any topic in aesthetics are invited, as well as … Read More
CFP: Performance Philosophy Volume 2
Edited by Daniel Watt Deadline for submissions: 30th November 2015 This is an open call for submissions to Volume 2 of the online journal, Performance Philosophy. Performance Philosophy is an emerging interdisciplinary field of thought, creative practice and scholarship, supported … Read More