[CogSci] Last Call for Registrations - Third International Conference on Beauty and Change

[Jacopo Frascaroli]

Call for Registrations

*Third International Conference on Beauty and Change*

*“Aesthetics and Human Flourishing: Theories, Experiments and Applications”*

Turin, Italy, 17-19 October 2024

Deadline for registration: 6 October 2024



The BraIn Plasticity and Behavior Changes (BIP) Group at the Department of
Psychology, University of Turin and the Giorgio Amendola Foundation are
delighted to invite registrations for the Third International Conference on
Beauty and Change
<https://fondazioneamendola.it/eventi/general-information/>, a three-day
international and interdisciplinary conference that will be held in Turin,
Italy on 17-19 October 2024.

Established in 2022, the International Conference on Beauty and Change is a
highly successful interdisciplinary forum for discussing recent
advancements in philosophical and empirical aesthetics. This year’s
conference will be devoted to the theme “Aesthetics and Human Flourishing:
Theories, Experiments and Applications” and will gather leading scholars
from the fields of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to reflect on
how our aesthetic experiences impact our wellbeing and our psychological
functioning.



*Invited speakers:*

Anjan Chatterjee (University of Pennsylvania)

Emily Cross (ETH Zürich)

Joerg Fingerhut (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis)

Stefano Mastandrea (Roma Tre University)

Helmut Leder (University of Vienna)

Lucia Sacheli (University of Milano-Bicocca)





*The Theme*

According to a long-standing philosophical tradition, backed up by
present-day research in psychology and neuroscience, our aesthetic
encounters contribute in important ways to our individual and collective
flourishing. The ways in which they are said to do so are many. Some argue
that engaging with great art offers valuable knowledge about our world and
our condition, our social lives and our relationships, or our mind and its
workings. Others claim that our aesthetic experiences can boost or promote
certain capacities, such as learning, problem-solving, attention, and
empathy. Still others claim that engaging with the arts can constitute a
form of emotion regulation and help alleviate anxiety, depression, and
other psychopathological conditions. Artistic endeavours are also said to
be potent vehicles of self-expression and self-transformation, deeply
involved in the development of our personal identities. On a collective
level, having an aesthetic sensitivity towards how objects, spaces, and
environments are built and altered is said to promote deeper, richer, and
more caring forms of interactions with others and with nature. Plausible as
they might seem, however, these claims are subject to sustained theoretical
debates, and the current empirical evidence in favour or against them is
far from being conclusive.

The aim of the Third International Conference on Beauty and Change is to
probe all these lines of enquiry in a thoroughly interdisciplinary way, to
get a clearer picture of whether and how the arts and aesthetics are
conducive to human flourishing. Philosophers, psychologists,
neuroscientists, and professionals working in the arts, design,
architecture, and urban planning will gather to discuss the theoretical
underpinnings of the various proposals in the debate, their empirical
support, and their applications in concrete scenarios.



*How to Register*

To register, please follow the instructions on this page
<https://fondazioneamendola.it/eventi/general-information/registration/>.



*Conference Costs*

Conference fee for students (BA and MA): free

Conference fee for untenured researchers (PhD students and postdocs): €100

Conference fee for tenured researchers: €200

Conference dinner (optional): €45



*Other Information*

Information about venue, travel and accommodation is available on the
conference
website <https://fondazioneamendola.it/eventi/general-information/>.

We aim to make the conference as accessible as possible. Please do not
hesitate to contact the conference organisers to discuss accessibility
requirements.

All questions and correspondence should be addressed to the Organising
Committee at: beautyandchange at fondazioneamendola.it

-- 
Jacopo Frascaroli
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Turin
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