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The Birmingham Journal of Literature & Language (BJLL) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published annually, both electronically and in print. It includes submissions from postgraduate students with diverse backgrounds, including specialists Literature and Language from all periods and cultures. The … Read More

2-3 April 2016, San Francisco, (Westin St. Francis Hotel and SF Ballet School Board Rm) Organised by the ArtSense Taste and Community project (Australian Research Council funded project): http://www.artperception.com.au/ Submission Deadline: 31st October 2015 This workshop is also sponsored by … Read More

15-16 December 2015, University of Southampton See bsafictionalcharacters.weebly.com Fictional characters have received unprecedented philosophical attention in last few years including the publication of the following monographs: Thomasson’s (1999) Fiction and Metaphysics, Priest’s (2005) Towards Non-Being, Azzuoni’s (2010) Talking About Nothing, … Read More

September 16-17, 2015, Institute of Philosophy, London The conceptual apparatus of philosophy of perception has been used in as diverse corners of aesthetics and philosophy of art as debates about depiction, aesthetic experiences, character engagement, our engagement with fictions, our … Read More

Homerton College, Cambridge, 18-20 September 2015 Registration for our 2015 conference in Cambridge is available here. Book before 15 August for: – early bird discounted fees – BSA member discounts – generous postgraduate subsidies KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Paul Boghossian (New York … Read More

6 November 2015, MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University Keynotes: Professor Carol Mavor (University of Manchester) and Professor Hanneke Grootenboer (University of Oxford) How do art historians interpret matter? And how about artists, makers, theorists and critics? Much recent art historical and … Read More

Relationships between artists and writers have long played an integral role in the dissemination and shaping of artistic, literary and critical reputations. This session will investigate the relevance of Derrida’s statement (in The Politics of Friendship) that ‘between talking to … Read More

In ordinary critical practice, we take for granted that we can learn from fictions (literary or visual), i.e., that we can acquire new warranted beliefs on that basis. We similarly assume that we can acquire experiential knowledge – knowledge of … Read More

14 -15 October, University of Birmingham, Department of Philosophy and School of Law This workshop focuses on whether a global dominant beauty norm is emerging; one with less cultural variation and less sites of resistance. Some practices suggest this is … Read More

23-24 November 2015, Uppsala (Sweden) The recent publication of Derek Matravers’s Fiction and Narrative (OUP, 2014) has called into question many accepted tenets of the recent Philosophy of Fiction. The questions raised include: whether there really is a fiction/non-fiction distinction; … Read More

One way to define cultural property is as objects with so powerful a connection to a community that they continue to influence that community’s dreams, hopes, and self-definitions even after the physical objects themselves have disappeared. Our world today presents … Read More

A transdisciplinary conference entitled Changing Worlds: Engaging Science and Technology in Art, Academia and Activism that is going to take place in Vienna (Austria) from 19 to 21 November 2015. The conference is intended as a forum for academics/researchers from … Read More