Second International Conference on Music and Consciousness
Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, 14-17 April, 2015. Organised jointly by the Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, and the University of Newcastle’s International Centre for Music Studies. There have been rapid multidisciplinary advances in scholarly understanding of musical … Read More
British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference: Interact!
INTERACT! British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference 7-8 February 2015 | University of Kent, Canterbury, UK Call for papers We are pleased to announce the first British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference: Interact! This conference is intended to provide a … Read More
Budapest Visual Learning Conference
Conference to take place in Budapest, November 14-15, 2014 Conference organized by the Visual Learning Lab, Department of Technical Education, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Speakers will include: Petra Aczél (Budapest) James E. Katz (Boston), concluding plenary talk Zoltán … Read More
Culture and Space
Faculty of Letters, Ege University, Izmir (Turkey), 6–8 May 2015 Proposals are welcomed for individual papers, entire sessions, presentations, performances, films, roundtables, workshops, conversations or alternative formats, and topical issues including but not limited to the suggested topics listed below. … Read More
Mind on the Move: Reflections at the Intersection of Dance and Cognitive Science
With special guest contributor, Maxine Sheets-Johnstone Call for Abstracts Deadline: September 1, 2014 Edited by: Michele Merritt, Ph.D. Arkansas State University Department of English and Philosophy mmerritt@astate.edu Until recently, very little attention has been paid to the philosophy of dance. … Read More
BSA Philosophy in the Gallery Lecture: Danielle Sands on Mondrian and his Studios
Tate Liverpool, Thursday 19 June 2014, 5.30-7pm £5, £3 concessions Join Dr Danielle Sands, Philosophy Tutor at Queen Mary University London, as she discusses some of the key works in Mondrian and his Studios. To book or for further information, … Read More
Shaped by Beauty: Art, Religion and Ethics in Conversation
Heythrop College, University of London, 26-27 June 2014 This international conference organised by Heythrop College, University of London and the Theology Department of Fordham University, New York aims at fostering an exciting conversation among our chosen disciplines concerning the human … Read More
The Ethics of Copying
Bielefeld, Germany, 8-11 July 2014 Many copyright holders think that the restrictions on permissible copying should be more severe. At the same time, many people worldwide make use of the technical means of copying without any sense of guilt, even … Read More
RMA Music Philosophy Study Group: human+computer music
The departments of Music and Philosophy, University of Sheffield, warmly invite you to participate in this one day RMA Music Philosophy Study Group workshop, to discuss philosophical questions raised by human+computer music. On the musical side, fundamental issues raised by … Read More
CFP: Shaping the Trading Zone: Bringing Aesthetics and Philosophy of Science Together
University of Leeds, 5-6 September 2014 Invited speakers: Ann-Sophie Barwich (University of Exeter), Otávio Bueno (Miami), Alix Cohen (Edinburgh), George Darby (London), Catherine Elgin (Harvard University), Steven French (Leeds), John Kulvicki (Dartmouth College), Aaron Meskin (Leeds), Dean Rickles (Sydney), Nola … Read More
Narratives and Social Cognition
Leeds Humanities Research Institute, Thursday June 19 2014, 10am It is commonly thought that engaging with narratives can shape the way we engage with the real world. But how? This workshop aims to connect psychological and philosophical research on the … Read More
Can Stories Change the Way You Think?
Leeds Art Gallery, June 18 2014, 6-7:30pm Can stories change the way you think? Since the times of Plato and Aristotle, many scholars in the humanities have contended that reading stories can change the way one thinks, for better or for … Read More