The BJA is a quarterly journal and among the world's leading venues for philosophical aesthetics. It is run by the British Society of Aesthetics and published by OUP.
British Journal of Aesthetics
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Frederico Rampini reconsiders Kant's ambivalence towards music in the Third Critique. From our latest issue. Open access 🔓. doi.org/10.1093/aest... #philsky
Kant the proto-environmentalist? Read it here first, folks. doi.org/10.1093/aest... #philsky
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Higgins, K. (2026). Humour in grief. The British Journal of Aesthetics. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1093/aest...
The ASA Mentoring Program seeks participants: serves to match more junior members of the ASA interested in receiving professional mentorship with more senior members willing to serve as mentors.
See the full announcement for more information:
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📢 BSA Funding Opportunity
Are you a UK undergraduate from an underrepresented group who would like to attend the BSA Annual Conference in Oxford?
Find information on our undergrad diversity funding and how to apply here: british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/an...
📮 Deadline: Monday 6 July 2026
🟢 Dangerous Jokes: How Racism and Sexism Weaponize Humor
Claudia Picazo (UNED, METIS) has published a review in the @britjaesth.bsky.social of Claire Horisk’s book what explores the relationship between humour, prejudice, and social power.
Review: goo.su/h6Uilg
Call for Papers: Philosophy of Music Conference
📅 April 28–30, 2027 | Poznań (Poland)
The ENPM welcomes submissions on any topic in the #philosophy of #music, particularly those focused on the relationships between Centre and Periphery.
📮 Deadline: 1 October 2026
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In this advance article, Lauren Levine investigates the normative limits of experiencing parts of a work in different sequential orders. academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics...
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Literary and musical works don't exist. So argues Anders Pettersson in our latest issue anyway. Open access 🔓. doi.org/10.1093/aest... #philsky
Derogatory jokes create situations of moral disorientation. Something is clearly wrong about them; yet we are often told that they are just jokes, nothing
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The European Network for the Philosophy of Music (ENPM) invites submissions of paper abstracts for its third conference, which will be hosted by the Faculty of Art Studies and the Institute of Musi…
Abstract. Humour that illustrates each of the standard theories (the relief, incongruity, and superiority accounts) can be salutary for those who are berea
Our brand new issue is here with papers on humour, Kant, portraiture, beauty, and a symposium devoted to the work of Edith Landmann-Kalischer, among other treats. academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics... #philsky
