My Presentations
"Nature, Aesthetics, and Consciousness", June 2024, Aesthetics, Ethics and Relational Being, University of Iceland, the Nordic Society of Aesthetics, Reykjavik, Iceland.
"Time, Space, and Intergenerational Environmental Aesthetics", June 2024, The Faces of Gaia. Climatic Regimes, Social Orders, and Senses of Ecology, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
"Gesture in the Everyday", January 2024, Everyday Aesthetics and Collective Gestures, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne & EVANET Everyday Aesthetics Network, Paris, France.
"Cosmetics and Beauty in the Everyday", November 2023, Appamat/IS&T International Workshop on Material Appearance, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
"Virtue Appreciation & Sustainability", October 2022, Toward a Sustainable Attitude: Aesthetics, the Arts, and the Environment, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
"Aesthetic Value, Ethical Value and Environment", September 2021, Values and Virtues in a Changing World, Royal Institute of Philosophy event.
"On the Cusp of the Sublime: environmental and artistic sublimity", November 2020, SublimAE Seminar, Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.
"Film, Poetry and Philosophy", October 2018, Analytic Aesthetics and Film Studies, University of Warwick, UK.
"The Transparency of Aesthetic Experience", September 2018, Perspectives on Aesthetic Perception, University of Crete, Greece.
"On Silence, Hate Speech and Authority", May 2018, Words that Kill, George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention, American University in Paris, France.
"On Intimacy", December 2017, IV Iberian Meeting on Aesthetics, Centre of Philosophy, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
"On Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence", December 2017, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Information, University of Porto, Portugal.
"Aesthetics and Cognitive Science", November 2017, Higher Seminar in Aesthetics, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
"What is the Philosophy of Film? Artificial Intelligence, a Case Study", July 2017, International Conference on Moving Image and Philosophy, University of Porto, Portugal.
"Aesthetics and Cognitive Science", June 2017, Nordic Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference, University of Bergen, Norway.
"Aesthetics, Art and Cognitive Science", December 2015, AECS Seminar, Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
"Aesthetic Sensibility, Intelligibility, Perception", April 2015, Perception Seminar, Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
"Sexiness, Film and Porn", February 2015, MAP workshop, University of Leeds.
"Sexiness, Film and Porn", November 2014, Women’s Bodies Conference, SWIP-Ireland, University College Dublin.
"Response to Kris Goffin's Neuraesthetics and the Philosophy of Cognitive Science", September 2014, X-Phi Early Career Workshop, University of Leeds.
"Formalism, Nature and the Age of Aesthetics", European Society for Aesthetics annual conference, May 2014, University of Amsterdam.
"Accessing the Feminine in Blue Jasmine", May 2014, Thinking Reality and Time through Film, University of Lisbon.
"Sexiness and the Problem of Pornography", September 2013, Feminist Philosophy and Pornography conference, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
"Nature, People and Sexiness", July 2012, Understanding Value postgraduate conference, University of Sheffield.
"Perceiving Aesthetically", July 2012, Open Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association Joint Sessions meeting, University of Stirling.
"The Architecture of Aesthetic Judgment: A Response to Emma Esmaili", April 2012, American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Division meeting, Pacific Grove, California.
"The Aesthetic Experience of Nature and the Aesthetic Experience of People", Sensory Worlds conference, December 2011, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh.
"Architectural Properties: A Response to Saul Fisher", October 2011, American Society of Aesthetics Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida.
"Acknowledging Aesthetic Perception", June 2011, Acknowledging the Aesthetic, one-day symposium on the work of Stanley Cavell. Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh.
"Mimesis, Knowledge and Transparency", Work in Progress Seminar, February 17 2010, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
"The Aesthetic Experience of Nature", Work in Progress Seminar, April 23 2008, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
"Aesthetic Perception", Work in Progress Seminar, October 15 2008, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
"Non-Museological Sites", ECACE Postgraduate Conference, December 6 2005, University of Edinburgh.
"In Defense of Beauty", The Gift of Shame: Theories of Painting for the 21st Century Spring 2004 Conference, San Francisco Art Institute.
"On Beauty", Philosophy Postgraduate Seminar, May 13 2003, University of Durham.
"The Sublime", Philosophy Postgraduate Seminar, February 19 2003, University of Durham.
"Geuss on Adorno", Philosophy Postgraduate Seminar, February 4 2003, University of Durham.
"Nature, Aesthetics, and Consciousness", June 2024, Aesthetics, Ethics and Relational Being, University of Iceland, the Nordic Society of Aesthetics, Reykjavik, Iceland.
"Time, Space, and Intergenerational Environmental Aesthetics", June 2024, The Faces of Gaia. Climatic Regimes, Social Orders, and Senses of Ecology, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
"Gesture in the Everyday", January 2024, Everyday Aesthetics and Collective Gestures, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne & EVANET Everyday Aesthetics Network, Paris, France.
"Cosmetics and Beauty in the Everyday", November 2023, Appamat/IS&T International Workshop on Material Appearance, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
"Virtue Appreciation & Sustainability", October 2022, Toward a Sustainable Attitude: Aesthetics, the Arts, and the Environment, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
"Aesthetic Value, Ethical Value and Environment", September 2021, Values and Virtues in a Changing World, Royal Institute of Philosophy event.
"On the Cusp of the Sublime: environmental and artistic sublimity", November 2020, SublimAE Seminar, Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.
"Film, Poetry and Philosophy", October 2018, Analytic Aesthetics and Film Studies, University of Warwick, UK.
"The Transparency of Aesthetic Experience", September 2018, Perspectives on Aesthetic Perception, University of Crete, Greece.
"On Silence, Hate Speech and Authority", May 2018, Words that Kill, George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention, American University in Paris, France.
"On Intimacy", December 2017, IV Iberian Meeting on Aesthetics, Centre of Philosophy, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
"On Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence", December 2017, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Information, University of Porto, Portugal.
"Aesthetics and Cognitive Science", November 2017, Higher Seminar in Aesthetics, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
"What is the Philosophy of Film? Artificial Intelligence, a Case Study", July 2017, International Conference on Moving Image and Philosophy, University of Porto, Portugal.
"Aesthetics and Cognitive Science", June 2017, Nordic Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference, University of Bergen, Norway.
"Aesthetics, Art and Cognitive Science", December 2015, AECS Seminar, Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
"Aesthetic Sensibility, Intelligibility, Perception", April 2015, Perception Seminar, Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
"Sexiness, Film and Porn", February 2015, MAP workshop, University of Leeds.
"Sexiness, Film and Porn", November 2014, Women’s Bodies Conference, SWIP-Ireland, University College Dublin.
"Response to Kris Goffin's Neuraesthetics and the Philosophy of Cognitive Science", September 2014, X-Phi Early Career Workshop, University of Leeds.
"Formalism, Nature and the Age of Aesthetics", European Society for Aesthetics annual conference, May 2014, University of Amsterdam.
"Accessing the Feminine in Blue Jasmine", May 2014, Thinking Reality and Time through Film, University of Lisbon.
"Sexiness and the Problem of Pornography", September 2013, Feminist Philosophy and Pornography conference, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
"Nature, People and Sexiness", July 2012, Understanding Value postgraduate conference, University of Sheffield.
"Perceiving Aesthetically", July 2012, Open Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association Joint Sessions meeting, University of Stirling.
"The Architecture of Aesthetic Judgment: A Response to Emma Esmaili", April 2012, American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Division meeting, Pacific Grove, California.
"The Aesthetic Experience of Nature and the Aesthetic Experience of People", Sensory Worlds conference, December 2011, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh.
"Architectural Properties: A Response to Saul Fisher", October 2011, American Society of Aesthetics Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida.
"Acknowledging Aesthetic Perception", June 2011, Acknowledging the Aesthetic, one-day symposium on the work of Stanley Cavell. Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh.
"Mimesis, Knowledge and Transparency", Work in Progress Seminar, February 17 2010, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
"The Aesthetic Experience of Nature", Work in Progress Seminar, April 23 2008, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
"Aesthetic Perception", Work in Progress Seminar, October 15 2008, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
"Non-Museological Sites", ECACE Postgraduate Conference, December 6 2005, University of Edinburgh.
"In Defense of Beauty", The Gift of Shame: Theories of Painting for the 21st Century Spring 2004 Conference, San Francisco Art Institute.
"On Beauty", Philosophy Postgraduate Seminar, May 13 2003, University of Durham.
"The Sublime", Philosophy Postgraduate Seminar, February 19 2003, University of Durham.
"Geuss on Adorno", Philosophy Postgraduate Seminar, February 4 2003, University of Durham.