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11-12 September 2015, Amsterdam University College, Over the last century, European universities have evolved to become advanced research institutions, mainly offering academic training in specialised disciplines. The Bologna process that started in the late nineties encouraged European institutions of higher … Read More

University of Genoa, 13-14 November 2015 The conference aims at offering an opportunity to carry on pondering over different theoretical approaches; over how to conceptualise the various relations within the creative and reception processes of any art work; and finally … Read More

7-8 February 2015, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK We are pleased to announce the first British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference: Interact! This conference is intended to provide a supportive and stimulating environment for postgraduate students to share and discuss … Read More

IX Inter-University Workshop on Mind, Art and Morality University of Murcia (Spain) 30 September-2 October 2015 Invited Speakers: SUSAN FEAGIN (Temple University); EILEEN JOHN (University of Warwick) The Interuniversity Workshop on Mind, Art and Morality promotes the relation between different … Read More

Galilee, Israel, 8-10 March, 2015 Submission deadline: 9 January 2015 This interdisciplinary workshop will take place in Hacienda Forest View Hotel, Galilee, Israel, March, 8-10, 2015. We shall cover the costs of accommodation and meals of those whose abstracts will … Read More

23-26 March, 2015 Federal University of Ceará (UFC) Fortaleza, Brazil For our tentative programme: https://sites.google.com/site/iccn2015/ Colours are so familiar for us that we cannot help wondering why they can be so troublesome and enigmatic for Philosophers. They can be found … Read More

Catherine Z. Elgin (Harvard) Many consider art non-cognitive, contending that art bypasses reason and acts directly and exclusively on emotion. I will argue that the arts like the sciences embody, convey and advance understanding. Once we appreciate the multiple and … Read More

The British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference 18-20 September 2015, Homerton College, Cambridge Confirmed keynote speakers: David Bordwell, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Empson Memorial Lecture) Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2015 SYMPOSIA Proposals for symposia are invited in all areas of … Read More

Thursday, 4th December 2014 (17:30 – 19:00) Venue: Group Reception Room Cost: £5 / £3 concessions Booking essential In conjunction with the University of Liverpool and the British Society of Aesthetics, Tate Liverpool presents a Philosophy in the Gallery event. … Read More

Tuesday 2 December 2014 6pm-7pm / Free / Booking required As part of “Philosophy in the Gallery” series in collaboration with the University of Liverpool and the British Society of Aesthetics, Dr Panayiota Vassilopoulou leads an evening of talks and … Read More

***Please note the changed dates and extended deadline*** Sponsored by the Centre for Aesthetics at Leeds and the British Society of Aesthetics May 21-22, 2015, University of Leeds, UK Keynote Speakers: Renee M. Conroy (Philosophy, Purdue-Calumet; Fulbright Scholar in Dance, … Read More

The XIth IIAA International Summer Conference on Environmental Aesthetics. Lahti, Finland, 6.8.–8.8.2015 The International Institute of Applied Aesthetics (IIAA) will arrange the XIth IIAA Summer Conference on Environmental Aesthetics in Lahti, Finland, 6.8.–8.8.2015. The theme of the conference is “Sustainable … Read More