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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

CALL FOR PAPERS (JOLMA 4 | 1 | 2023) https://ecfpeerflow.unive.it/abstracts/form/journal/18/250 Editors: Cristina Baldacci, Pietro Conte, Susanne Franco Over the last two decades the notion of the frame has been radically challenged in the visual, performing, and media arts. Two mutually … Read More

May 31-June 3, 2023 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USAHosted by the Film Studies Department at the University of North Carolina Wilmingtonhttp://scsmi-online.org/conference Deadline for proposals: Midnight (EST) December 12, 2022The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) invites proposals … Read More

The editors of ‘Debates in Aesthetics’ are pleased to invite submissions for the General 2022 issue (Vol.19, No. 1). DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 4th November 2022 For this issue we welcome original articles, book reviews, and interviews from postgraduate and professional … Read More

Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary, 11-13 May 2023 EVANET – Everyday Aesthetics Network and the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME), warmly invite paper proposals for the three-day international conference ‘Designing Everyday Experience’. Celebrating the 25th anniversary … 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 the 28th anniversary of the publication of the book that greatly influenced the development of … Read More

Aesthetic Value as the Highest Good: The Very Idea(s) Thursday 11 August 2022: 10am PDT (6pm BST) Presenters: Nick Riggle (USD) & Clinton Tolley (UCSD) Abstract:  In this talk we explore the idea of what we call ‘aesthetic suprematism’: the idea … Read More

Debates in Aesthetics is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a forthcoming special issue on the topic of Photography. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: EXTENDED 4th November In recent decades, the philosophical literature on photography has flourished (see, for example: Scruton … Read More

Tuesday July 19, 2022:  10:00 am PDT Panel on The Political Power of Visual Art: Liberty, Solidarity, and Rights, by Daniel Herwitz Presenter: Daniel Herwitz (University of Michigan Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of Comparative Literature, History of Art, Philosophy … Read More