American Society for Aesthetics Calls for Papers and Applications

On Seeking a Community of Taste - An ASA Grant-Supported Workshop: CFA. Deadline: February 25, 2026.
2026 84th Annual Meeting: CFP. Deadline: March 1, 2026.
Rocky Mountain Division Meeting: CFA. Deadline: March 15, 2026.
Southern Aesthetics Workshop: CFP. Deadline: June 15, 2026.
CFP ASA Student Conferences. Proposals accepted at any time.
Grants Proposals accepted at any time.

Other Calls

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Announcements - Upcoming Meetings

CAA 114th Annual Conference Sessions
- Submit proposals to session chairs and be part of the upcoming conference
- Hilton Chicago, February 18–21, 2026
- View session abstracts and submit now!
- RMA Music and Philosophy Study Group 2026
  - 10th Conference of the Royal Musical Association Music & Philosophy Study Group
    - Dublin City University, July 9-10, 2026

Calls for papers / abstracts

The Bear and Philosophy
- Seeking submissions focused on any of the show’s myriad philosophical themes. Contributors of accepted essays will receive an honorarium. Abstracts and subsequent essays should be philosophically substantial but accessible, written to engage the intelligent lay reader.
- Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 16, 2026; Deadline for drafts of accepted papers: June 15, 2026
- Information for submission

British Journal of Aesthetics - Call for Proposals for Special Issue 2028
- We invite proposals for a Guest-Edited Special issue to be published in the BJA in 2028. We welcome applications either for individual or for joint Guest Editors.
- Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2026
- Information on submissions
- 12th in vivo Dubrovnik Conference on the Philosophy of Art
  - April 13-17, 2026
  - The Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, Croatia
  - Deadline for proposals: March 12, 2026
  - Call for proposals
  - British Society of Aesthetics 2026 Essay Prize
    - Open to early-career researchers in aesthetics.
    - Deadline for submissions: March 16, 2026
    - Additional information

Jonathan Coe Special Issue - Aesthetic Investigations
- Seeking contributions that explore philosophical themes through the lens of Coe’s work or that, vice versa, deepen our understanding of his work by discussing them through philosophical frameworks.
- Deadline for submissions: March 30, 2026
- Information on submission

Dual-scope publication: The Power of Shame in Film and Media
- Shame, Power and Cultural Identity in Media, an edited volume for Bloomsbury Publications
- Deadline for abstract submissions: April 3, 2026
- Information on submission

SIE International Summer School 2026 - Experiential Artifacts: Art, Technology, and Experience
- August 31-September 4, 2026
- Università di Genova organized by Società Italiana di Estetica
- Deadline for proposals: April 30, 2026
- Call for proposals

“*Games and the Social World*” for a special issue of the journal, *Metaphysics*, co-edited by Kathrin Koslicki and Michael Raven.
- Seeking contributions that address the social and action-theoretic dimensions of games, including their rule-based nature, their ontological status, and the kinds of agency they make possible.
- Submission deadline: May 30, 2026
- Information on submission

BJA Special Issue on "Transnational Feminist Aesthetics"
- Deadline: June 15, 2026
- Call for proposals
- 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