Lectures, Workshops, & Conferences
Upcoming Events
Dr. Shusterman will deliver a two-part keynote address on the relationship between pragmatism and somaesthetics at the University of Oregon on July 8th-13th, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will attend the 19th annual International Conference of Aesthetics in Krakow, Poland on July 21st-27th, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Past Events
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture on Pragmatism, Somaesthetics and Contemporary Art in Tokyo on June 5th, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented a practical Somaesthetic workshop and lecture at the Grotoskiego Institute in Wroclaw, Poland on May 18th-19th, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a public lecture "Ethics and Aesthetics: Somaesthetics and the Performative Art of Living" and a practical workshop on his book Thinking Through the Body at the Freie Universität Berlin on May 15th-16th 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a series of lectures on Somaesthetics and the art of living in Brussels on May 13th-14th, 2013. Please click here for more information about the lecture. Dr. Shusterman also presented his new French book Chemins de l'art: Transfigurations du pragmatisme au zen. Please click here for more information
Dr Shusterman presented "Designing for Somaesthetics: A Workshop Interleaving Feldenkrais-Movements with Design Sessions" in Stockholm on May 6th-7th
Dr Shusterman gave a lecture on Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and Contemporary Art in Aalborg, Denmark on May 3rd 2013. Please click here for more info
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture at the University of Gastronomic Science in Pollenzo, Italy on April 4-5th, 2013. Please click here for more information or here to view the event poster.
Dr. Shusterman was in Venice, Italy for the book launch of Lifestyles: Some Instructions for Use on April 2-3rd, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture on Somaesthetics and Contemporary Art at Middle Tennessee State University on February 1st, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture on somaesthetics and architecture at the State University of New York at Stony Brook on January 30th, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on Somaesthetics and Architecture at Freji University in Berlin on December 12th, 2012.Dr. Shusterman was the keynote speaker at the "Diversities of Body and Movement Expression" Conference in Berlin, on September 7th and 8th, 2012. Click Here for the Conference Flyer.
Dr. Shusterman was the keynote speaker at "The Aesthetics of Embodiment: Forms of Knowledge and Bodily Communication" conference in Berlin, July 13th and 14th, 2012. Click Here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented "Muscle Memory and the Somaesthetic Pathologies of Everyday Life" June 19th, 2012 at The University of Tokyo. He also presented "What Pragmatism Means to Me" on June 20, 2012 at Nihon University, Tokyo; "Pragmatism, Somaesthetics and Contemporary Art" June 21, 2012 at Keio University, Tokyo; "Somaesthetics and Design: Implications for Human Computer Interactivity" June 22, 2012 at the University of Tokyo (Hongo campus); and "Pragmatism, Somaesthetics and Contemporary Art" June 26, 2012 at the Seoul Museum of Art.
Dr. Shusterman presented "Somaesthetics and Design" at KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea on June 26th.
Dr. Shusterman was an invited lecturer at the CHI2012 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Austin, Texas, May 5-10, 2012. Click Here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented "La somaesthétique : généalogie, enjeux et nouvelles perspectives" through The Université Lumière Lyon 2 on March 9th in Lyon. Please see the links for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered the paper, "Ars erotica--un art populaire?" at the Journée d'étude entitled "Pour une esthétique sociale: Nouveaux problèmes, nouvelles approaches théoriques." in Paris on March 2nd and 3rd, 2012.
Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture "Soamaethetics and Architecture: A Critical Option?" at Bowling Green State University January 31, 2012 at 7:00 pm in the BTSU Theater.
Dr. Shusterman presented a series of lectures and workshops in Wraclaw, Poland, December 4th-11th, 2011Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture, "Somaesthetics as an Ethical Imperative" at the Unsettled Boundaries: Philosophy, Art, and Ethics Conference on October 14th, 2011 in in Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture, "Connais-toi toi-même" at Les Belles-Soirée et Matinées as Presented by the University of Montréal September 29th, 2011 in Montréal, QC
Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture, "La photographie comme performance" at Mois de la Photo à Montréal - Colloque International: Lucidité September 30th, 2011 in Montréal, QC
Keynote speaker at the conference "Somaesthetics: Contemporary Developments and Asian Traditions" at Peking University (Yannanyuan 56), July 23 to July 24.
"Somatic Style" at the Experimental Knowledge Special Interest Group 2011 International Conference, June 23-24, 2011
"James Pragmatist Aesthetics" at Universität Potsdam / Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt/O June 17, 2011
"Somaestetics and Architecture: A critical perspective" at the conference "NEW ALLIANCES – BODY, NATURE AND SOCIAL RELATION" at the Utzon Center Aalborg, Denmark, June 6 – 7, 2011
"Somatic Style" at the Nomad Academy Seminar "The Embodied Nature of Human Experience in Philosophy, Art and Architecture" at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Italian Auditorium, Copenhagen, June 3, 2011
"Wahlseminar Topos in architectural theory" Vienna, May 16 2011
Keynote speaker at THE BODY SHOP: An International Symposium about the Senses in Human Interaction, University of Texas, Austin, May 12-15, 2011.
"Somatic Style" University of Texas, Austin, May 12, 2011.
¿Qué es la somaestética? Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, April 27, 2011
Professor Shusterman participated in a workshop titled “Ineffable Intangible Sensational” with performance artist Miguel Gutierrez at Florida State University, April 11-12, 2011.
Professor Shusterman presented Estetica pragmatista on UniRoma TV (Italian)
Palermo Conference on Aesthetics, Palermo, Italy, April 1, 2011
"Somatic Style, Pragmatism, and Somaesthetics," Venice, Italy, March 25, 2011
"Pragmatist Aesthetics," Rome, Italy, March 22, 2011
"Du Style Somatique," Lyon, France, February 18, 2011
"La somaesthétique : du pragmatisme philosophique aux arts transdisciplinaires," Paris, France, February 11, 2011
"Qu’est ce que la soma-esthétique ?" Strausbourg, France, February 3, 2011
"Qu’est ce que la soma-esthétique ?" Nancy, France, February 2, 2011
"L'esthétique Pragmatiste: Racines et actualité" École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, December 10, 2010
"Body of Civilization: New Horizons of Life" Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea, November 4-5, 2010
"Unsettled Concepts: Disturbing Memory and Emotion," Stony Brook University, Long Island, October 22, 2010
18th International Congress of Aesthetics. Peking University, Beijing, China, August 9-13, 2010
"Somaesthetics and Architecture: A Critical Option," Shandong University, Shandong, China, August 8, 2010
"Pragmatism and Cultural Politics," Shandong University, Shandong, China, August 7, 2010
"Somaesthetics, Design, and the Complex Sense of Atmosphere," Design Research Society 2010 at University of Montreal, Canada, July 7-9, 2010
"Séminaire atelier en Soma-esthétique," at University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne , France June 15-17, 2010
"Pragmatisme et politique culturelle : variations sur un thème rortyen," Richard Rorty Ou L'Esprit Du Temps at Universite Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France, June 8-9, 2010
"Muscle Memory and the Somaesthetic Pathologies of Everyday Life," Wroclaw Physiotherapy Congress at University of Wroclaw, Poland, May 27, 2010
"Pragmatism and Cultural Politics: From Rortian Textualism to Somaesthetics," Uniwersytecie Śląski, Sosnowiec, Poland, May 26, 2010
Book Presentation for the Polish translation of Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics at the John Dewey Research Center, Krakow, Poland May 25, 2010
"Le Style en acte" at University of Geneva, Switzerland, May 8, 2010
"Somaesthetics and Architecture" at MAMCO, Musee d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, May 7, 2010
"Soma-esthethique et philosophie," "Soma-esthetique en pratique," Annecy School of Fine Art, France May 3-4, 2010
Lecture and Somaesthetics workshop at "Die Somatische Wende", Heidelberg, Germany, April 30-May 2, 2010
11th Biannual Symposium on the Science of Behavior Guadalajara, Mexico, February 22-24, 2010
Dr. Shusterman will be Interviewed on French National Public Radio (France Culture) about his book on the philosophy of literary criticism, whose French title is L'Objet de la critique littéraire , November 16, 2009 from 4:30-5pm
"Cultivating the Self" inaugural lecture at "Reinventing Cultural Politics" Université Lumière-Lyon 2 Lyon , France, November 19, 2009
Transforme, la perception , July 26- August 19 2009
Conference on L'Objet de la critique littéraire
at Collège international de philosophie, March 7, 2009
Somaesthetics Presentations at the Uppsala Stadstheatre, May 2008
"Human Nature and Self: Pragmatist Theory from European Perspectives" conference at The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture, March 2008
"Thoughts and Actions that Make a Difference" conference at the University of South Florida, March 2008
"Pragmatisme et philosophies du corp" conference at the Sorbonne, December 2007
Philosophy and Contemporary Art: Revisiting the French Connection conference at The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture, December 2007
Paris conference on Conscience du corps, November 2007
"Richard Shusterman Talks to UGA Students About Links Between Art and Religion" from the Athens Exchange (October 13, 2007)
UCF conference on Neuroethics and the Ethical Implications of Augmented Cognition, October 2007
Contested Territories at the Tate 2006
Defying the Facts conference 2006
Art After the End of Art conference 2006
Thinking through the Body conference, 2006
Nordic
Conference
on Bodies, Arts, Crossroads 2005
The Value of Aesthetic Experience 2004
International Conference on Praxis 2004
