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Uppsala University hereby invites applications to the following positions in the Department of Philosophy: • PhD in Aesthetics • PhD in Philosophy with specialisation in Theoretical Philosophy • PhD in Philosophy with specialisation in Practical Philosophy Application deadline: 1st April … Read More

8-10 April 2015, Asilomar conference grounds, Pacific Grove, CA The meeting program is now available online at: http://aesthetics-online.org/pacific/ Registration is open: http://www.shop.aesthetics-online.org/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2 If you would like to volunteer to chair a session or have other queries, please contact the organisers, … Read More

We are delighted to announce the second lecture hosted by SAF, supported by the BSA and the SPA, to be delivered by Professor Elisabeth Schellekens (Universities of Uppsala and Durham) on Thursday, 12th March, 2015. Elisabeth Schellekens is Chair Professor … Read More

Wednesday 4th March: Renee Conroy, Department of Philosophy, Purdue University at Calumet: ‘Rust Belt Ruins’ 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. Abstract: American … Read More

ASAGE is a peer-reviewed, graduate journal of aesthetics and the philosophy of art, sponsored by the American Society for Aesthetics. We are now inviting submissions for the Spring/Summer 2015 issue (7.2). Articles: ASAGE accepts papers on any topic in aesthetics, … Read More

The British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference 18-20 September 2015, Homerton College, Cambridge Confirmed keynote speakers: Paul Boghossian (New York University) David Bordwell (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Catherine Elgin (Harvard University) Invited symposia chairs: Emily Brady (University of Edinburgh) Gregory Currie … Read More

26-27 June 2015, University of Kent Sponsors British Society for Aesthetics Kent Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Keynote Speakers Maria Alvarez (KCL) Carla Bagnoli (Pisa) Sophie-Grace Chappell (Open) John Hyman (Oxford) Aaron Ridley (Southampton) Elisabeth Schellekens Dammann (Uppsala) … Read More

​Friday 27 March 2015, University of Warwick Please join us for a day of wide-ranging discussion of the complex goods, experiences, processes, problems, and creative possibilities that converge in meals. Speakers and roundtable participants: Dr Rosemary Collier; Dr Carol Bryce; … Read More

On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2015, the Journal of Somaesthetics (JOS) launched its first issue, entitled Somaesthetics and Visual Art. What is somaesthetics? As its Wiktionary definition indicates, the term derives from combining the somatic with the aesthetic, and it … Read More

Call for Submissions, special issue of Digital Creativity, 27:1, January 2016 the flesh that covers me is the flesh that covers the sun (Dylan Thomas) 1. GUEST EDITORS Stanislav Roudavski and Jon McCormack 2. THEME This special issue aims to … Read More

Being Human, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Humanities Research Council and the British Academy, is now inviting applications from across the country for … Read More

12-13 June, University of Sussex http://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussexphenomenology/2015-conference/ Keynote Speakers: Wayne Martin (University of Essex) and Paul Davies (University of Sussex) We are welcoming submissions for the 6th Annual University of Sussex Graduate Conference in Phenomenology. This year the conference theme is … Read More