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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

The Nordic Society for Aesthetics invites applications for the editorship of The Nordic Journal ofAesthetics, the official journal of the Society, to begin in the second half of 2023. Both individualapplications and joint applications are welcome. The NSA particularly welcomes … Read More

The next annual conference of the European Society for Aesthetics is taking place on 29 June – 1 July 2023 at the House of Music Hungary. The conference is co-organised by the ESA and the Kodolányi János University. Conference fee is 40€ for students and unwaged, and 80 … Read More

The Editors of Analysis are pleased to announce the inaugural special issue of the journal, on the theme of imagination and guest edited by Alon Chasid (Bar-Ilan University) and Elvira Di Bona (University of Turin). Analysis, which was founded in 1933, is the most established and esteemed … Read More

The Aesthetics Research Centre at the University of Kent warmly invites you to its upcoming autumn research seminar. Weds 30 November, 4pm, Jarman Studio 5 (+ Teams link to follow). In this paper I examine the changes wrought to women’s/lifestyle media … Read More

The Aesthetics Research Centre at the University of Kent warmly invites you to its upcoming autumn research seminar. Thurs 17 November, 5pm, Jarman Studio 5 (+ Teams link to follow) My project ‘a philosopHER walks’ aims to philosophically and physically … Read More

University of Liverpool, 19 – 21 June 2023  Sponsored by the British Society of Aesthetics Connections grant.  In analytic philosophy recently, there has been a shift of interest towards political culture. Topics like ideology, propaganda, persuasion and epistemic injustice are … Read More

CALL FOR PAPERS for a topical issue of Open Philosophy ORDINARY AESTHETICS    Open Philosophy (www.degruyter.com/view/j/opphil) invites submissions for the topical issue “Ordinary Aesthetics,” edited by Sandra Laugier (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) and Andrew Brandel (Harvard University), prepared in collaboration with the European Research … Read More

The American Society for Aesthetics and the British Society of Aesthetics are pleased to announce that Michael Morris will be the Richard Wollheim Lecturer at the ASA Annual Meeting at Arlington, VA, November 15-18, 2023. Professor Morris is Emeritus Professor … Read More

The BraIn Plasticity and Behavior Changes (BIP) research group (Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy) and Fondazione Giorgio Amendola (Turin, Italy) are delighted to present the international congress “Interdisciplinary perspectives on Beauty and Change”, to be held in Turin, … Read More

Philosophy and Comedy University of Kent, 12-13 July 2022 In July 2022 we held a small, open workshop at the University of Kent involving comedians and philosophers (and some academics from theatre studies) to discuss topics of mutual interest. Topics … Read More

10-11th November 2022, King’s College London Hybrid format (in-person and online) Extended deadline: 2nd September Keynote speakers:  Vid Simoniti (University of Liverpool)  Sarah Hegenbart (Technical University of Munich)  Carleen de Sözer (artist)  Recent protests against statues and monuments associated with … Read More