American Society for Aesthetics Calls for Papers and Applications

• CFP ASA Student Conferences. Proposals accepted at any time.
• Grants Proposals accepted at any time.

Other Calls

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Announcements - Upcoming Meetings and More

• Society of Dialogical Aesthetics (SoDA) Dialogues on Pod
  • Podcast discussing distinguished scholars key questions concerning their lifework
    

• RMA Music and Philosophy Study Group 2026
  • July 9-10, 2026
  • Dublin City University
  • 10th Conference of the Royal Musical Association Music & Philosophy Study Group

Calls for papers / abstracts

• Aesthetic Investigations is a diamond open-access journal published by Open Press Tilburg University on behalf of the Dutch Association of Aesthetics
  • General call for new submissions of any of the following four types: Articles, Fresh, Reviews, and Arts & Artists Discussions
  • Deadline for submission of abstracts: ongoing
  • Information for submission

• Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society invites submissions for its upcoming Themed Issue Ethics and Aesthetics of Generative AI: Authorship, Creativity, Agency
  
  • Deadline for 500 word abstract: July 1, 2026
  • Deadline for submission of full papers: November 1, 2026
  • Information on submission

• Itinera, 32 (2026): The Aesthetic Aspects of Metaphor: Philosophical Perspectives on an Interdisciplinary Dialogue
  • This issue of Itinera aims to gather contributions that can broaden the philosophical dialogue on the aesthetic aspects of metaphor.
  • Deadline: July 31, 2026
  • Information on submission

• Bodies of Culture: Somaesthetic Explorlations
  
  • Proposals for a conference on “Bodies of Culture: Somaesthetic Explorations"
  • November 6-7, 2026  at FAU’s Boca Raton campus.
  • Deadline: August 20, 2026
  • Information on submission

• Papers for The Polish Journal of Aesthetics on the topic of ‘Art, Aesthetics, and Artificial Intelligence’ 
  
  • Deadline: August 31, 2026
  • Information on submission

• Call for Papers: Kant’s Critical System and the Status of Art – a special issue of Giornale di Metafisica 
  
  • Deadline: August 31, 2026
  • Information on submission

• Aisthesis - Book Review or Conference Report 
  
  • The journal appears biannually, in spring and autumn, and welcomes insightful academic articles and timely book reviews.
  • Fall deadline: September 1, 2026
  • Information on submission

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 
  
  • Expressions of interest by: May 22, 2026 to Head of Department elisabeth.schellekens@filosfi.uu.se
    
  • Final deadline: September 9, 2026
    
  • Information on submission

• The Dedalus Foundation's 2027 Senior Fellowship (in art history)
  
  • Deadline: September 15, 2026
  • Information on submission

• Call for Papers: 3rd ENPM Conference: Centre and Periphery in the Philosophy of Music
  
  • Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland from April 28-30, 2027
    
  • Deadline: October 1, 2026
  • Information on submission
  • Details for ASA members

• Papers for a book symposium dedicated to Dominic McIver Lopes’s latest work, Aesthetic Injustice
  
  • East Asian Journal of Philosophy (EAJP) is pleased to announce a call for papers (approx. 2,000–3,000 words in English or 3,000–5,000 characters in Chinese)
    
  • Deadline: October 31, 2026
  • Information on submission

Recent Publications

• How Loving Flowers Can Save the Planet by Sonia Sedivy
• Colors of the Concepts: Philosophers on Painting by Alex Taek-Gwang Lee
• Routledge Handbook of Nature and Environmental Aesthetics Edited By Glenn Parsons, Ned Hettinger, Sandra Shapshay
• Studi di estetica / aesthetic studies 
• "Oh, So You Do Aesthetics?.." Crossword by Jacob L. Blitz
• Artology: Studies in the Arts: a new peer-reviewed journal launched by Peking University and published in diamond open access by Milan University Press.
• Welsh Aesthetics Forum (WAF) YouTube Channel. Comments and feedback to: welshaestheticsfforwm@gmail.com