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11-12 September 2023, The University of Manchester.Coordinators:Benjamin Matheson (University of Valencia)Tomas Koblizek (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) The workshop will take place as part of the MANCEPT Workshops at the Manchester Centre for Political Theory, a leading international forum dedicated … Read More

Wednesday 29th March, 5pm; Jarman Studio 5, University of Kent; or via teams. The Aesthetics Research Centre at the University of Kent invites you to a seminar on aesthetic properties, led by Sonia Sedivy. All are welcome. Aesthetic properties are … Read More

29th May – 1st June 2023, Lake Como. https://dgae.lakecomoschool.org/ In 1936 the philosopher Walter Benjamin wrote about a great change triggered by the technological reproduction of images. Photography and cinema were transforming not only the forms of art, but also … Read More

2-4 May 2023, Barcelona.Organising Committee:Filippo Contesi (Universitat de Barcelona)Manuel García-Carpintero (Universitat de Barcelona)Enrico Terrone (Università degli Studi di Genova) The University of Barcelona and the LOGOS research group invite you to a workshop focussed on Fiction, Literature and Beyond. The … Read More

The Aesthetic Division at the Department of Philosophy, University of Rijeka and the Croatian Society for Analytic Philosophy invite you to a conference dedicated to AESTHETIC EDUCATION AND SCREEN STORIES With key note speakers Murray Smith &  Joerg Fingerhut                     … Read More

11th July 2023, The Magic Circle Theatre, LondonDeadline: 1st MayInvited speakers:Robert Hopkins (Philosophy, NYU)Bence Nanay (Philosophy, Antwerp)Jasmina Stevanov (Psychology, Bristol & Cambridge) The aim of this one-day interdisciplinary workshop is to explore the role and significance ofillusion in aesthetics and … Read More

The British Society of Aesthetics seeks to appoint a paid, part-time Editor for its website and social media. Duties of Post The Editor will be responsible for editing and maintaining website content, making sure all pages are relevant, accurate, up-to-date, … Read More

The American Society for Aesthetics, the British Society of Aesthetics, and the Kent Aesthetics Research Centre (ARC) are pleased to announce the 2023 Virtual Summer Aesthetics Festival to enable persons interested in aesthetics to share work-in-progress with other such scholars for … Read More

The American Society for Aesthetics, the British Society of Aesthetics, and the Kent Aesthetics Research Centre (ARC) are pleased to announce the 2023 Virtual Summer Aesthetics Festival to enable persons interested in aesthetics to share work-in-progress with other such scholars … Read More

9th in vivo Dubrovnik Conference on the Philosophy of Art, April 2023 The Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, Croatia hosts a large number of conferences in a wide variety of disciplines each year, bringing together scholars from Europe, North America, and … Read More

Guest EditorAndrej Démuth, Comenius University (Slovakia) Click for Pdf What is beauty? Even after 300 years of modern aesthetic research, we do not have a generally acceptable definition of beauty. What is the reason? Do we even need a definition … Read More

In Celebration of Peter Lamarque A British Society of Aesthetics – University of York Conference 5-6 July 2023 On 5-6 July 2023 we will celebrate with Professor Peter Lamarque the occasion of his retirement from the University of York and … Read More