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.
RESEARCH EVENTS SPRING 2020
22 January 5pm, DLT2
Dr Nathan Wildman (Tilburg)
‘A moral argument for video-games’
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7–9 February, Grimond Building
British Society for Aesthetics Conference: Art, Aesthetics and the Medical and Health Humanities.
Keynotes: Rita Charon, Paul Crawford, Sheila Lintott, Jenefer Robinson.
Info and registration
12 February 3 pm, EXSR3
Reading group focusing on Sherri Irvin’s forthcoming book Immaterial: A Philosophy of Contemporary Art (OUP)
Contact: Alice C. Helliwell ach53@kent.ac.uk
Remote participation (via youtube live): e.m.deprez@kent.ac.uk
20 February
Professor James Shelley (Auburn)
What’s the difference between still pictures and motion pictures?
28–29 February
British Society for Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference. Beyond Human: Aesthetics of Nature and Technology
Keynotes: Glenn Parsons, Katja Kwastek.
Info and registration: beyondhuman.bsa@gmail.com
11 March 3 pm, EXSR3
Reading group focusing on Sherri Irvin’s forthcoming book Immaterial: A Philosophy of Contemporary Art (OUP)
Contact: Alice C. Helliwell ach53@kent.ac.uk
Remote participation
20 March, EXSR3
Reading group and discussion on career development and writing with Sherri Irvin.
Contact: Alice C. Helliwell ach53@kent.ac.uk
Remote participation (via youtube live): e.m.deprez@kent.ac.uk
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Book symposium, focusing on Sherri Irvin’s forthcoming book Immaterial: A Philosophy of Contemporary Art (OUP)
Featuring Sherri Irvin, Kathryn Brown, Elisa Caldarola, Diarmuid Costello, Eleen M. Deprez, Louise Hanson, and Elisabeth Schellekens.
LIVE-STREAM: Thursday 28 May 2pm
Associate Professor Jason Leddington (Bucknell University)
“Savouring the Impossible”
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