The Aesthetics Research Centre coordinates, enables and promotes research in philosophy of art and aesthetics at the University of Kent. ARC brings together faculty and postgraduate students from four different departments and three different schools and is characterised by a strong interdisciplinary ethos.
Claire Anscomb awarded John Fisher Memorial Prize 2021 by American Society for Aesthetics
The Aesthetics Research Centre is excited to announce that associate member and Kent alumna Dr. Claire Anscomb has been awarded the John Fisher Memorial prize by the American Society for Aesthetics.
Dr. Anscomb received her PhD. from the University of Kent in the History and Philosophy of Art in 2019. Her winning paper entitled “Creative Agency as Executive Agency: Grounding the Artistic Significance of Automatic Images,” selected by the JAAC editorial board review committee from eight nominations, will be published in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and will be presented at the ASA Annual Meeting in Montreal November 17-20, 2021.
The Fisher Prize is awarded by the American Society for Aesthetics in alternating years to an original essay to foster the development of new voices and talent in the field of aesthetics.
Dr. Anscomb’s paper abstract can be read here
RESEARCH EVENTS 2021
To be updated
Links to each session can be requested by contacting ARC directors;
m.s.smith@kent.ac.uk | d.declercq-324@kent.ac.uk
12 May, 15:00-17:00
The Reality of Aesthetic Injustice.
Aesthetics Research Seminar with Dr. Daisy Dixon (Cambridge University).
Abstract coming soon.
10 June, 14:00-18:00
Book Symposium on Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight: A Philosophical Exploration, edited by Hans Maes (University of Kent) and Katrien Schaubroeck (University of Antwerp).
Event information here.
SELECTED PAST RESEARCH EVENTS
23 March 2021
ARC Book Symposium: Dieter Declercq’s Satire, Comedy and Mental Health
More info here.
3 March 2021
Aesthetics Research Centre Seminar with Kathrine Cuccuru
Recording here
22 February 2021
Medical Humanities Reading Group
Presentation by Dieter Declercq
10 February 2021
Kent Philosophy Work in Progress Seminar
‘The Paradox of Football’ – Presentation by Murray Smith
More info here
9 February 2021
Aesthetics Research Centre Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar
Presentations by Claire Anscomb and David Brown
LIVE-STREAM: Thursday 28 May 2020
Associate Professor Jason Leddington (Bucknell University)
“Savouring the Impossible”
watch recording
28–29 February 2020
British Society for Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference. Beyond Human: Aesthetics of Nature and Technology
Keynotes: Glenn Parsons, Katja Kwastek.
Info here
7–9 February 2020,
British Society for Aesthetics Conference: Art, Aesthetics and the Medical and Health Humanities.
Keynotes: Rita Charon, Paul Crawford, Sheila Lintott, Jenefer Robinson.
Info here
