Welcome to the British Society of Aesthetics
Legend has it that the British Society of Aesthetics (BSA) was founded in 1960 so that Herbert Read could lead a delegation of British Aestheticians to the International Congress on Aesthetics being held in Athens that year. In recent years the Society has revived its ambition to work within an international and European Community.
Its declared foundational aim is to promote study, research and discussion of the fine arts and related types of experience from a philosophical, psychological, sociological, historical, critical and educational standpoint. The Society's activities include publication of the British Journal of Aesthetics and a newsletter, an annual conference held in Oxford, regional conferences, joint conferences with Aestheticians from Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy and Germany, lecture series, and grants to support aesthetics events.
For information on the Society's current Executive Committee, please click:
here.
JOIN US! You can join the British Society of Aesthetics for just £ 30/€45/ $56 per year (or £ 14/€21/$26 per year if you are a student or Senior Citizen).
This entitles you to the four issues of the British Journal of Aesthetics, published in January, April, July, and October of each year (including access to the journal on-line), regular Society newsletters, and participation in the Society's activities, including its Annual Conference, held at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford in September.
For more information on how to become a member, please see the
membership page under About the BSA. If you are already a member of the Society, and you wish to register to this site in order to access some of the features only available to members, please contact the Secretary at secretaryATbritish-aesthetics. org (please replace 'AT' with @).
The British Society of Aesthetics is a registered charity no. 212531.