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We are pleased to announce that registration is open for the Fifth Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association Music and Philosophy Study Group Strand Campus, King’s College London 17-18 July 2015 Co-hosted by the Departments of Music and Philosophy … Read More

Call for Registration: Understanding Value IV, University of Sheffield, 29th – 31st of July Keynote Speakers: •Eileen John (Warwick) •Simon James (Durham) •Holly Lawford-Smith (Sheffield) We are glad to announce that registration for the ‘Understanding Value IV’ conference, at the … Read More

2-3 April, 2016, San Francisco Organised by the ArtSense Taste and Community project (Australian Research Council funded project) Submission Deadline: 31st October 2015 This workshop is also sponsored by the American Society of Aesthetics; and hosted in part by the … Read More

6-8 April 2016, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California AESTHETICS IN ASILOMAR: A TRADITION. The Asilomar Conference Grounds on the Monterey peninsula have served as the stage for the Pacific Division Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics for over … Read More

The Editors of Evental Aesthetics, an independent, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, seek submissions in two categories for our Fall 2015 issue. Deadline: 31 July, 2015. 1. Aesthetic Inquiries: This section will be devoted to philosophical matters pertaining to any aesthetic practice … Read More

The first postgraduate journal of the Ironbridge Institute has been launched. furnace is a newly forged Postgraduate within the Ironbridge International Institute of Cultural Heritage (IIICH), University of Birmingham. Cultural heritage is an ever expanding and diversifying discipline; we hope … Read More

14 -15 October, University of Birmingham, Department of Philosophy and School of Law www.birmingham.ac.uk/beautydemands 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 … Read More

September 20 – 23 , 2015 at Cloister Heiligkreuztal CALL FOR APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 15, 2015 — Topic “De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum,” was a maxim of scholastic philosophy, stating that matters of taste can’t be rationally solved. … Read More

28 August 2015, University of Sydney Topic: 18th Century Philosophy in Dialogue The Research Day will begin with an interdisciplinary panel discussion with experts from a number of fields speaking on the relationships between philosophy, music, literature, art and architecture … Read More

The Scottish Aesthetics Forum is delighted to announce its fourth lecture: Professor Emily Brady (Edinburgh) “Sublimity and Art” Wednesday, 10th June, 2015, 4:15 – 6:00pm Dugald Stewart Building, Room 1.20, University of Edinburgh (https://www.facebook.com/events/1590208141234748/) The lecture is free and open … Read More

Volume 17, Number 1 Issue date: January 2016 Submission deadline: September 30, 2015 Editor: Robert Fudge (Weber State University) Contemporary analytic philosophers typically treat ethics and aesthetics as largely distinct areas of concern. This contrasts with much of the history … Read More

Abstracts are invited for a proposed special issue of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy on the theme of language, aesthetics and emotions in the work of the British Idealists. We invite contributions which explore these themes as … Read More