The Richard Wollheim Lecture, initiated in 2009, is jointly sponsored with the British Society of Aesthetics. The ASA nominates a lecturer to speak at the BSA annual meeting in even-numbered years and the BSA nominates a lecturer to speak at the ASA annual meeting in odd-numbered years. The distinguished scholars who have presented this lecture:

• 2025: Murray Smith
• 2024: Garry Hagberg
• 2023: Elisabeth Schellekens
• 2022: Rachel Zuckert
• 2021: Matthew Kieran
• 2020: Yuriko Saito
• 2019: Eileen John
• 2018: Carolyn Korsmeyer
• 2017: Derek Matravers
• 2016: Susan Feagin
• 2015: Catherine Wilson
• 2014: Jenefer Robinson
• 2013: Gregory Currie
• 2012: Kendall Walton
• 2011: Berys Gaut
• 2010: Noël Carroll
• 2009: Peter Lamarque

The Arthur C. Danto Memorial Lecture, established in 2014 in memory of Arthur Danto (1924-2013), is given each year at the Society’s annual meeting, typically by a practicing artist or by a scholar who is not in philosophy or related areas.

• 2024: Norman Teague, Chicago
• 2023: Melissa Malzkuhn, Washington, DC
• 2022: Tamara Levitz, Los Angeles
• 2021: Carla Hemlock, Montreal
• 2020: Joyce J. Scott, Baltimore
• 2019: Natalie Diaz, Phoenix
• 2018: Ilene Sova, Toronto
• 2017: Fahamu Pecou, Atlanta, Georgia
• 2016: University of Washington Chamber Dance Company
• 2015: Jonathan Green, Charleston, South Carolina
• 2014: SOLI Chamber Ensemble, Trinity University

The ASA Presidential Lecture is given at the annual meeting in even-numbered years near the end of the term of each ASA President. Normally, it is published later in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.

Keynote Addresses-Divisional Meetings: The ASA supports keynote lectures at each of the four divisional meetings with up to $2000 from ASA to defray costs. Selections are made by the respective organizing committees for the divisional meetings.