Philosophy in the Gallery Lecture Series
The University of Liverpool and the BSA are delighted to invite you to the fourth talk in the BSA Philosophy in the Gallery Lecture Series, which take place on Thursday 9 October 2014 at FACT : Big Data 1.0 + … Read More
Spinoza and Proportion: A conference of the AHRC Equalities of Wellbeing project
7-8 May 2015, University of Aberdeen, Scotland CFP deadline 1 December 2014 This conference will explore proportion in Spinoza’s philosophy. We are interested in papers that treat any aspect of this topic both within and outside of philosophy; interdisciplinary papers, … Read More
American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Division
April 8-10, 2015, Pacific Grove, California Paper and panel submissions from persons in all arts-related disciplines, including graduate students, are welcome. Papers and panels may treat any area of interest within aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Suggested topics include, … Read More
Second Conference on Aesthetics and the Embodied Mind
24 August 2015, Birkbeck College London Pragmatist and embodied approaches to aesthetics consider aesthetics to be the study of everything that goes into the human capacity to make and experience the bodily pre-linguistic cognitive, emotional and sensory-perceptual conditions of meaning … Read More
Aesthetics of Memory
University of Copenhagen, October 21, 2014 Center for the Study of Jewish Thought in Modern Culture (CJMC) & PhD School of the Faculty of Theology, In being inter-generationally transmitted, the “haunting legacy“ of the Holocaust (Gabriele Schwab) turns from first-hand … Read More
INTERACT! British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference
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
‘Inner Voices, Inner Music: The Phenomenology of Auditory Verbal and Musical Hallucinations
Durham University, 17-18 September 2014 “Voice-hearing”, or auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), refers to the experience of hearing a voice or voice-like sound in the absence of an external stimulus. AVHs are reported by individuals with a range of psychiatric disorders, … Read More
Pictures and Proofs
Columbia, South Carolina, March 19-21 2015 Three Rivers Philosophy Conference at the University of South Carolina in cooperation with the BiCoDa Alliance (Bielefeld, Columbia, Darmstadt) – What are the roles of pictures and diagrams in mathematical proofs, in formal reasoning, … Read More
Bodies of Belief: Somaesthetics of Faith and Protest
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, January 29–31 2015 The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture invites proposals for papers to be presented at a three-day conference. Human bodies are shaped not only by their genetic endowment but also by the … Read More
Annual General Meeting
The 2014 AGM of the British Society of Aesthetics takes place on Saturday 20 September at St Anne’s College, Oxford, from 14:00-14:30. All members are welcome. Agenda: 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the last meeting 3. Matters arising 4. President’s … Read More
BSA Trustees Committee Election
The British Society of Aesthetics is seeking to appoint two new ordinary members of the Trustees Committee, with effect from September 2014. We have received expressions of interest from four applicants, and their supporting statements are below. All current BSA … Read More
Shakespeare: The Philosopher
University of Hertfordshire, 12-13 September 2014 Speakers include: Miranda Anderson (Edinburgh) Owen Anderson (Princeton & Arizona State University) Sophie Battell (Cardiff) Katie Brennan (Temple University) Gregory Currie (York) Max de Gaynesford (Reading) Adele-France Jourdan (K.U. Leuven) Derek Matravers (Open University) … Read More