Conference: British Society of Aesthetics Connections: Conceptual Engineering and Aesthetics

Submissions are invited for the upcoming conference British Society of Aesthetics Connections: Conceptual Engineering and Aesthetics. The conference was planned to take place on 7–8 September 2020 in Cambridge, UK, but was POSTPONED until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Fully anonymised abstracts of up to 1,000 words should be submitted as an email attachment to FASS-SSGS-Philosophy@open.ac.uk. Please include the talk title, author’s name, affiliation and contact details in the body of email; and please write “BSA CONNECTIONS SUBMISSION” in the subject line.  Abstracts should outline a talk lasting 25 minutes, on any topic related to conceptual engineering and aesthetics. The deadline for submissions is the end of 30th April 2020.

There will be no registration fee for the conference. UK-based contributing speakers will be encouraged to apply for the BSA Travel Stipend to cover travel and accommodation costs; we have a small budget to aid contributing speakers who are not eligible for the stipend. The conference will adhere to BPA/SWIP Good Practice Scheme.

Find out more via the conference website. For more information, please email derek.matravers@open.ac.uk.

This conference is generously supported by the British Society of Aesthetics and The Open University.

Invited Speakers

Delia Belleri (Vienna)

Herman Cappelen (Oslo)

Esa Díaz-León (Barcelona)

Anne Eaton (Chicago) [To be confirmed]

Matti Eklund (Uppsala)

Kendall Walton (Michigan) [To be confirmed]

Conference Organisers

Mark Pinder (The Open University)

Derek Matravers (The Open University)