The British Society of Aesthetics (BSA) aims 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.
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BJA Special Issue: Forms of Experience and the System of the Arts | Call for Papers
Deadline for submissions: 25th April 2025 Guest Editors: Enrico Terrone (University of Genova) Luca Marchetti (University of Genova) The arts have often been studied in... Read More
Debates in Aesthetics Special Issue on Beauty and Taste | Call for Papers
The editors of the journal Debates in Aesthetics are pleased to invite submissions for our next Special Issue on the topic of Beauty and Taste (Vol. 19.2).... Read More
Garry Hagberg named 2024 Wollheim Speaker
The American Society for Aesthetics and the British Society of Aesthetics are pleased to announce that Garry Hagberg will be the Richard Wollheim Lecturer at... Read More
BSA New Horizons Award | Britt Harrison
As part of our commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion within British Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, the British Society of Aesthetics bestows a New... Read More
In Celebration of Peter Lamarque
A British Society of Aesthetics/University of York Conference 5 – 6 JulyUniversity of York, Room ENV/005 On the occasion of Peter Lamarque’s retirement from York,... Read More
BSA 8th Postgraduate Conference | ‘Aesthetics & The Body’
26 – 27 May, 2023Darwin College, University of Kent We are pleased to announce the 8th BSA Postgraduate Conference, which will take place as a hybrid event... Read More