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Announcements - Upcoming Meetings

 
  •  12th in vivo Dubrovnik Conference on the Philosophy of Art 
    • April 13-17, 2026
    • The Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, Croatia 
 

 

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 Society of Aesthetics 2026 Essay Prize
    • Open to early-career researchers in aesthetics.
    • Deadline for submissions: March 16, 2026
    • Additional information
  • Artlink magazine invites writers to submit an Expression of Interest for publication in “Do you get it?”
  • 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
 
  • Pictorial Meaning and the Body in Richard Wollheim's Psychological Aesthetics Symposium
 
  • Performing Bodies. Contemporary Aesthetics between Everyday and the Arts
    • The issue seeks to explore some of the fundamental aesthetic questions underlying philosophical reflection on the body.
    • Deadline for submissions: April 1, 2026
    • Information on submission
 
  • BSA Small Grants: Awards of up to £4,000 available
    • The BSA gives several small grants each year in support of activities in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Past grants have been used to support conferences, workshops and lecture series, as well as the creation of podcasts and videos.
    • Deadline for submissions: April 1, 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"
 
  • Debates in Aesthetics Special Issue on Knowledge and Creativity in the Arts
    • This issue seeks to investigate the connection between inquiry and creativity in the arts with a new commissioned essay by Professor Keren Gorodeisky (Auburn) entitled ‘"Too Timid a Dictum”: The Art of Living’.
    • For this special issue, we invite short articles (3,000-3,500 words excluding references) which respond to the arguments developed in the target article.
    • Deadline: June 26, 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 18, 2026
    • Information on submission

 

 

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