Lectures, Workshops & Conferences

Upcoming Lectures

2024

Dr. Shusterman will participate session discussion as part of the "Mapping Philosophy As a Way of Life" conference hosted by the Nova University of Lisbon. His is Session 7 on October 17, 2024 at 2:30pm (WEST). For the website of conference, featuring the poster and program, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will screen the documentary about his work, Encounters with Richard Shusterman, as part of Nomad 24: The Infinite Sky Festival at the University of Central Asia. The screening is on September 20th, 2024 at 8pm KGT. For the program of events that day, click here. A description of the film can be seen in this truncated magazine for the event (the full issue can be seen here).
Dr. Shusterman will participate at the “Aesthetics, Care, and Action” Symposium, hosted by the University of Central Asia, on September 18, 2024. His talk, titled "Somaesthetics, Self-Care, and Care for Others," is part of Session 3 at 1:35pm KGT. See the website with program information here and poster here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on June 27, 2024 entitled "Philosophy as a Performative Way of Life: Writing and Beyond" at the University of Potsdam Institut für Philosophie. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on June 25, 2024 entitled "Somaesthetics and the Art of Living." This lecture is a part of the seminar on John Dewey's "Art as Experience" given by Freie Universität Berlin. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on June 19, 2024 entitled “Experience and Interpretation: A Question for Pragmatism”a the colloquium of the Institut für Philosophie, University of Jena. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman will conduct a seminar on his new launching his new Italian book, Somaestetica, Architettura e Citta (University of Bologna Press, 2024) at the University of Bologna on May 28, 2024. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture entitled "Beyond Therapy: Philosophy as a Transformational Art of Living" on May 23, 2024 at Sapienza Università di Roma in their series entitled, "Seminario di Storia della filosofia analitica." Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman will speak at a workshop launching his new book in Italian, Somaestetica, Architettura e Citta (University of Bologna Press, 2024), to be held at the University of Naples, Orientale, on May 20, 2024. For more details with a list of the other speakers at the workshop, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on "Philosophy as a Performative Way of Life: The Case of L’homme en Or" at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna on May 14, 2024. The lecture is part of a series titled Understanding Practice. For details click here and click here for the poster.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture entitled, "Somaesthetics and Philosophy as a Way of Life: On Camera" at the University of Vienna on May 13th, 2024, 11:30-13:00 Uhr (5:30am EST), Universität Wien, Hauptgebäude, HS 1. Click here for the poster with Zoom link.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on "Art as Dramatization: Between Naturalism and Historicism" at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia on May 9th, 2024 at 10:00 AM. For more details click here. Another talk will happen 6:00pm, titled "Pragmatism and Sex." Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture entitled "Philosophy as a Way of Life--On Camera: Cinematic Encounters with Richard Shusterman" at the University of Presov in Slovakia on May 7, 2024. Click here for the poster.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture entitled "Somaesthetics and the Art of Living" at the University of Presov in Slovakia on May 6, 2024. Click here for the poster.
Dr. Shusterman is receiving an honorary doctorate from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (Budapest) on May 2, 2024 and his ceremonial lecture is entitled: “Between the Lines and Out of the Box: A Life in Philosophy and Aesthetics.” Click here for the poster.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on “Art and Religion” at a one-day conference on La philosophie de l’art d’Arthur Danto : actualité, perspectives et critiques, 27 April 2024 | 10H-18H Amphi Michelet | 54, Rue Saint-Jacques 75005 Paris. For details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will be a panelist at a roundtable talk entitled "Arthur C. Danton: A Centennial Celebration of his Life and Legacy" on April 26 at Columbia University's initiative: Columbia Global Center Paris, France. Click here and here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture in French at the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne titled "Création et possession. Repenser une esthétique ancienne," on April 24. For details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give an online lecture for the University of Bologna's Fashion Studies program, titled "Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and Popular Culture." The talk is on April 5th, 5-7pm CET or 11am-1pm EST. For details, click here. To see the poster, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will be part of several events at Concordia University, Montreal. On March 13 and 14, Dr. Shusterman is giving two research seminars at the Centre of Sensory Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. For details, click here. On March 15, he will be giving a public lecture titled, "Aesthetic Experience and the Powers of Possession: From Somaesthetics to the Man in Gold." Click here for the poster with details.

2023

There will be a screening of a new film The Man in Gold (director Pawel Paweł Kuczyński) and a discussion of Dr. Shusterman’s work in philosophy and performance art at a Body Show conference (11/3-5) at the Municipal Cultural Center of Osztyn, Poland. For details click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture at the International Research Center for Aesthetics and Art Theory entitled Philosophy as a Way of Life on Camera on October 17, 2023 in Rome. Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will give the invited inaugural lecture at the annual Polish Psychiatry Conference, held this year in Wroclaw. His lecture as an interdisciplinary guest will be on October 13th. For more information (in Polish), click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a keynote address at The First European Somaesthetics Forum in Krakow, Poland on October 11th, 2023. For more information click here.
Dr. Shusterman will have a dialogue with the artist Stelarc on October 10th at Krakow Academy of Fine Arts’ Center for Somaesthetics and the Arts. For more information click here.
Dr. Shusterman will be teaching at a Ph.D. summer school on “Aesthetic Experience and the Aesthetics of Slowness” for the University of Aalborg in Northern Denmark on August 13th-August 17th. Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will be a keynote speaker at the 22nd International Congress of Aesthetics on July 24-28, 2023 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil . The conference title is Contemporary Aesthetics: Dialogues through Art, Culture and Media. For details click here.
Dr. Shusterman will lecture and present the documentary film about his work at an event entitled “Art and Philosophy as a Way of Life” on May 22, 2023 in Tel Aviv at the Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts. For more details (in Hebrew) click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on May 17, 2023 at the University of Naples, entitled “Soma as and in Space: Public and Private.” Click here for the poster.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on May 15, 2023 at the University of Pisa entitled “Aesthetic Experience and the Borders of Art and Life.” Click here for the poster.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on May 12, 2023 at the University of Florence, entitled “Philosophy as a Way of Life – On Camera.” Click here for the poster with more information.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on May 10, 2023 at the University of Rome 2, Tor Vegata, entitled "Eros, Art, and Liberation: Between Pragmatism and Critical Theory." Click here for the poster.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on May 9, 2023 at the Critical Theory Conference in Rome, entitled “Eros, Art, and Liberation: Between Marcuse and Somaesthetics.” Click here for the program.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on May 8, 2023 at the University of Rome 1, La Sapienza entitled “Ethics and Aesthtics.” Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk at a symposium dedicated to his work at the University of Bologna on May 5, 2023. Titled "Somaestetica, pragmatismo, interpretazione: la filosofia di Richard Shusterman" ("Somaesthetics, Pragmatism, Interpretation: the Philosophy of Richard Shusterman"), the symposium will be conducted in-person and on Teams. More information, including a Teams link, can be found here. For a more detailed program of the event click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on May 4, 2023 at Turin entitled “Aesthetic Experience and the Frontiers of Art: Philosophical and Cinematic Reflections.” Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on May 3, 2023 at Pollenzo entitled “Chopsticks and the Haptic Aesthetics of Eating.” Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on May 2, 2023 at the University of Milan entitled “Aesthetic Experience and the Powers of Possession.” Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will participate in a workshop on his most recent book, Philosophy and the Art of Writing, at the Nova Institute of Philosophy on April 26, 2023. More information, including the program and Zoom links for online participation, can be found here. For a fuller account of the event click here.
Dr. Shusterman will be the keynote speaker on April 19, 2023 at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Spain for a seminar titled "The Smiling Virtue: Theory and Practice of Eutrapelia in the Early Modern Era." Click here for the program.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on Ars Erotica and Aesthetics at the Universidad de Málaga in Spain on April 13, 2023. Click here for the flyer.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on "Création et Possession: Repenser une Esthétique Ancienne" ("Creation and Possession: Rethinking an Ancient Aesthetic") at the Sorbonne on April 12th. For details click here.
Dr. Shusterman will lecture on the concept of rebondir (rebound) at the Laboratoire de Geste at the Sorbonne, Paris 1, on April 11, 2023. Click here for the flyer.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk at Mississippi State University's Creating Space for Lucy: Philosophy, Race and the Arts in Nashville Ballet's Lucy Negro Redux on April 1, 2023. Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on the erotic theory of Judah Abravanel (Leone Hebreo) at the Renaissance Society of America annual meeting conference on March 10, 2023, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. View his abstract here. An abridged copy of the program can be found here. More information, including registration, can be found here.
Dr. Shusterman will participate in the launching of his new book in Italian, Esperienza estetica e arti popolari. Prospettive somaestetiche sulla teoria e la pratica (Milan: Mimesis, 2023), edited by Stefano Mario, who will discuss the book with Shusterman on January 31, 2023 at the University of Bologna. For details click here and to view a pdf of the link in English click here. (To access the event click on "Segui l'evento su Teams" at the bottom of the webpage in the first link. The Teams meeting should be available to all.)
Dr. Shusterman will give the keynote lecture on “Soma and Space” at an international conference on “The Historical City as a Critical Reference and Role Model for Innovative Urban and Metropolitan Development,” at the architecture department of the University of Bologna, January 26-27, 2023. For details click here.

2022

Dr. Shusterman will be giving the keynote lecture “ De l'éveil à la démocratie” (Awakening to Democracy) at an international Thoreau Conference entitled "Voices of Henry David Thoreau: aesthetics, ecology, politics," at the University of Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne, on December 14^th. Click here for the program.
Dr, Shusterman will give a lecture, "Aesthetics and Politics" on December 9th, 2022 for a conference on Richard Rorty in Paris. Click here for the program.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture, "Philosophy as a Way of Life: On Camera" on November 30th, 2022 at the University of Cyprus. Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture "Somaesthetics and Design," on November 28th, 2022 at Cyprus University of Technology (Department of Fine Arts). Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture titled "The Ordinary as Extraordinary: Somaesthetic Awakening from Pragmatism to Zen" on October 25, 2022 as part of a conference hosted by La Maison Française called "Arts and Pragmatism: Ordinary Æsthetics." Click here for the flyer.
*POSTPONED til October 13th at 5pm: Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on "Criticality in Architecture: A Somaesthetic Perspective" September 29, 2022 at 5pm at Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on "Ethics and Aesthetics: From Pragmatism to Somaesthetics and the Art of Living" on September 23, 2022 at the University of Miami. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will participate in a Ph.D. exam on “Soma-esthétique et santé” on September 7, 2022 for a thesis he co-directed at Sherbrooke University. For details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman gives the commencement address at Florida School of the Arts, June 24, 2022. For details click here.
Dr. Shusterman will be lecturing on "Ars Erotica: Sex and Somaesthetics" at the Lewis E. Hagn Lectures at the American Institute of Philosophical and Cultural Thought on July 9, 2022. The lecture can be viewed here. Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman will be a keynote speaker at the 22nd International Congress of Aesthetics. The theme of which is "Contemporary Aesthetics: Dialogues through Art, Culture and Media." [Note: this conference has been postponed to July 2023]
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture entitled "Ethics and Aesthetics" at the University of Vienna's philosophy department on May 30th. The poster with more information can be found here.
Dr. Shusterman will be a keynote speaker for a conference celebrating the 30 year anniversery of the publication of Pragmatist Aesthetics between May 25-28, 2021, hosted by the MOME (Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design) and the Hungarian Forum for Somaesthetics. For program and other information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give Keynote/Inaugural Lecture in French at an international symposium titled "L’esthétique incarnée en contexte artistique: définitions, enjeux, applications" hosted at Université Grenoble Alpes on May 19, 2022. The program can be found here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk in French entitled "Création et Possession: Repenser une esthétique ancienne" ("Creation and Possession: Rethinking an Ancient Aesthetic") at the Panthéon Sorbonne of the Université Paris on May 16, 2022. See the poster here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk entitled "Somaesthetics and the Art of Eating" at Shenkar College on May 10, 2022. The announcement can be found here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture at Ben Gurion University on May 9th, 2022 entitled "Ars Erotica: Between Ethics and Aesthetics." The poster along with zoom information can be found here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a presentation entitled "Pragmatism and Interpretation" as part of a Plenary Session on Joseph Margolis at a meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division on April 22, 2022. For the program, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give the opening lecture at the American Philosophies Forum at Emory University on April 7, 2022. For the program, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a talk on Giordano Bruno's Erotic Theology for The Renaissance Society of America annual meeting in Dublin, Ireland on April 2, 2022. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a presentation for a workshop titled "Arts and Pragmatism: New Issues," hosted at La Maison Française at New York University on March 29 & 30. For details and schedule, click here.
Dr. Shusterman made a presentation on the philosophy of Richard Rorty at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy on March 10, 2022. For full program details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture for a symposium at the MLA on William James on January 6, 2022. For title and abstract, click here .

2021

Dr. Shusterman will be leading a roundtable discussion on Pragmatist Aesthetics and Critical Theory for an online international conference hosted by the University of Pisa and University of Florance. For schedule and links, click here.
Dr. Shusterman discusses his work in performance art in an online encounter with the art historian Anne-Marie Ninacs at the University of Quebec at Montréal on November 18th. For more details click here.
Dr. Shusterman will host a Lecture and Book Launch of his most recently published book by Cambridge University Press, Ars Erotica: Sex and Somaesthetics in the Classical Arts of Love, on November 15th 2021 at 4pm at FAU in the Performing Arts Building, PA 101. More information can be found here.
Dr. Shusterman will be particpating at the 72nd Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference as part of their "Author Meets Critics Session" on Ars Erotica on November 12-13, 2021. To see the panel participants, click here. For more information, including the schedule and registration, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture entitled "Concepts of Culture" for the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Wrocław, Poland on October 22, 2021. Flyer: English and Polish.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture entitled "Philosophy as a Way of Life - On Camera" for the Institute of Cultural Studies at the University of Wrocław on October 21, 2021.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture entitled "Philosophy as a Performative Way of Life: The Case of the Man in Gold (or the Philosopher Without Words)" for the Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University on October 18, 2021. Flyer: Polish.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture entitled "Soma as and in Space: Public and Private" for the International Conference on Somaesthetics and the Arts in Krakow, Poland on October 15, 2021. For details on speakers and abstracts, click here. For the program, click here.
On October 14, 2021, Dr. Shusterman gave a short talk at the opening of art exhibition in Krakow in which his performance work was presented. For details of the exhibition, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present the Carus Lecture at Concordia College entitled: "Ethics and Aesthetics: From Pragmatist Philosophy to the Art of Living" on September 23, 2021.
Dr. Shusterman will give a recorded lecture at Unesco's A Night of Philosophy, September 17, 2021 in Paris. For details of the event, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present in the "Six at Shenkar" series on "Fits of Fashion" hosted by the Unit for History and Philosophy of Art, Design, and Technology on May 11, 2021. The live link to the Zoom lecture is available here.
Dr. Shusterman will participate in a series of talks on May 2, 2021 about philosophy (“Filozofia Tak Bardzo”) and philosophers, including Bourdieu and Zizek, among others. For social media links, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a virtual lecture at the University of Bologna on April 7, 2021 entitled "Somaesthetics and the Fits of Fashion" where he will develop the topics at the center of the project 'F for Fashion' by approaching fashion from the philosophical perspective of somaesthetics and focusing on the specific question of the role played by the so- called 'fit model' in today's fashion industry.
Dr. Shusterman presented (on January 5, 2021) a Zoom lecture on “Somaesthetics and the Art of Living: Practicing Philosophy with the Man in Gold” for Imagination Week at Essec Business School (École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales). The lecture was live streamed to graduate students at Essec's Paris, Singapore, and Moroccan campuses. For social media announcements click here.

2020

Dr. Shusterman gives an online lecture on pragmatist aesthetics and somaesthetics at a Chinese conference on pragmatism and Confucianism, hosted by the Confucius Research Institute in Qufu (Shandong Province) China. For more details click here.
Dr. Shusterman delivers the keynote lecture for the “Forum on Life Philosophy and Somatic Action” at Fudan University, Shanghai on October 30-November 1. The conference marks the publication of the Chinese versions of Thinking through the Body and The Adventures of the Man in Gold. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will be honored by the University of Szeged (Hungary) with an honorary doctorate for his research in philosophy and somaesthetics. The degree of Doctor Honoris Causa will be awarded at a ceremony in Szeged, November 14, 2020. For details on the ceremony, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presents the inaugural lecture to open the academic year at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts on October 5, 2020. The title of the lecture is “Somaesthetics, Photography, and Performance Art: A Philosopher in Darkness and in Light.” For more information, click here. To see the full ceremony including Dr. Shusterman's lecture click here. Please note that Dr. Shusterman's lecture begins around the 44 minute mark. For images from the event, click here.
Professor Stefano Marino of the University of Bologna will give a university lecture about Dr. Shusterman's pragmatist philosophy of rock music on April 22, 2020. For more details click here. To listen to the lecture (in Italian) click here (NOTE: The lecture begins about 30 seconds into the video).
Dr. Shusterman lectures on “Beauty and the Fear of Desire: A Genealogy of the Aesthetic” at the annual conference of the American Philosophies Forum in Washington D.C. April, 2-4, 2020. For program details click here.
Dr. Shusterman gives a keynote lecture on “Aesthetic Experience and the Powers of Possession: From Ancient Theory to Performative Practice and Research” at the annual conference of the Orpheus Institute in Ghent (Belgium) on February 14, 2020 . For more details click here and the conference website can be found here.
Dr. Shusterman presents a lecture on "Aesthetic Experience and the Powers of Possession" at the Philosophy Seminar of Tel Aviv University on January 22, 2020 . For more details click here.
Dr. Shusterman lectures on “Somaesthetics and Design” at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan (Israel) on January 21, 2020 . For more details click here.
Dr. Shusterman lectures on “Dance as a Product and Practice” at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance” on January 16, 2020 . For more details click here.
Dr. Shusterman gives a lecture on "Photgraphy as an Art of Performative Process" at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem on January 15, 2020 . For more details click here.

2019

Dr. Shusterman presents a lecture on “The Body as Background: From Pragmatism and Somaesthetics” at Shanghai University in Shanghai on December 24, 2019 . For more information click here.
Dr. Shusterman presents a lecture on “Aesthetic Experience and the Powers of Possession” at East China Normal University in Shanghai on December 23, 2019 . For more information click here.
Dr. Shusterman presents a lecture on "Philosophy and the Body: 20th Century Perspectives" at Zheijiang University, Hangzhou (China) on December 17th, 2019 . For more details click here.
Dr. Shusterman gives a lecture on "Aesthetic Experience at the Borders of Art and Life" on December 9, 2019 at Fudan University, Shanghai. For more details click here.
Dr. Shusterman presents a lecture in Paris on "Creation and Possession: Rethinking an Ancient Aesthetic Theory" at a conference of France's National Conservatory of Arts and Skill on November 16, 2019 . For more details click here. The conference program can be found here.
Dr. Shusterman gives a seminar on “Somaesthetics and Politics” at Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, KTH (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan) in Stockholm on November 12, 2019 . For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present a keynote lecture on "Aesthetic Experience, the Powers of Possession and The Adventures of the Man in Gold"at the NEÄL 2019: Aesthetic Experiences in Education conference held in Stockholm on November 11, 2019 , at the Stockholm Institute for Music Education. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presents a lecture on “Aesthetic Transactions: Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and Contemporary Art” at Aalborg University Denmark on September 3, 2019 . For details click here. To view the poster click here.
Dr. Shusterman gives the keynote lecture for a conference on “Pragmatist Philosophy: Contemporary Perspectives” at Heilongjiang University (Harbin, China) on July 6, 2019 . For details click here.
Dr. Shusterman presents a lecture on “Ethics and Aesthetics” at the Philosophy Department of Heilongjiang University (Harbin, China) on July 5, 2019 . For details click here.
Dr. Shusterman presents a lecture on “Pragmatism and Affective Cognition” at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing, China) on July 3, 2019 . For details click here. To view the poster click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present a lecture and workshop on "Somaesthetics and Politics" at the University of Rome 3, on May 22, 2019 . For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present a lecture on "Resonance and the Powers of Possession: A Theory of Aesthetic Experience" on May 21, 2019 at the Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present a lecture on "Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and Contemporary Art" at the University of Florence on May 17, 2019 . For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present a lecture at the University of Verona on May 16, 2019 . For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present a lecture and a subsequent workshop on "Somaesthetics and the Art of Eating" at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy on May 14, 2019.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on May 13, 2019 at the Philosophy Department of the University of Turin in Italy. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present a keynote lecture on "Somaesthetics and Design" on May 6, 2019 at the international conference on Design Culture and Somaesthetics in Budapest. For more details, click here. To view the poster, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will be giving two lectures for the Philosophy Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The first lecture, entitled "Ethics and Aesthetics," will be on March 11, 2019 . The second lecture, entitled "Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and the Practice of Philosophy," will be on March 22, 2019 . For more detailed information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a lecture on "Somaesthetics and Photography as a Performative Process" at the Institute of Aesthetics and Art Criticism at Shenzhen University, China, on March 16th, 2019 . For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will give a presentation of his work on "Philosophy as a Way of Life" at the Institute of Aesthetics and Art Criticism at Shenzhen University, China, on March 15th, 2019 . For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman will present a lecture on Somaesthetics, Technology, and Interactive Design at Southern University of Science and Technology, Shezhen, China on March 14, 2019 . For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on “Somaesthetics: Philosophical Roots and Performative Practice” at the School of Creative Media of the City University of Hong Kong on March 7, 2019 . For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a screening of the documentary film about his work at Hong Kong Baptist University on March 6, 2019 . For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on "Somaesthetics and Performance: The Adventures of the Man in Gold" for the Centre for Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies of The University of Cape Town, South Africa on February 11, 2019. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a screening and discussion of the documentary film about his philosophical work at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa on February 8, 2019. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture on "Aesthetic Experience and the Powers of Possession" at the Philosophy Department of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa on February 6, 2019. For more details, click here.

2018

Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on "Photography as Performative Process" at the East China Normal University on December 24, 2018.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on "Philosophy as a Way of Life - On Camera" and a screening of the film about his work at Jinan University, Guangzhou on December 20, 2018. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on "Photography as Performative Process" at South China Normal University on December 19, 2018. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture on "Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and the Practice of Philosophy" for the Philosophy Department of Fudan University on December 17, 2018. For more details click here.
For a report on the book launch of Dr. Shusterman’s new book in Chinese based on his 2017 Summit Lectures at Fudan University and the opening of Fudan’s Life Aesthetics Centre, which will collaborate with the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture, click here.
Dr. Shusterman discussed his new book in Chinese at the opening of Fudan's Centre for Life Aesthetics on December 16, 2018. For more details, click here.
For a link to the "Opening conference of the Somaesthetics Center at East China Normal University (Shanghai, December 15-16, 2018) (in Chinese)" report on the ECNU conference in collaboration with the Center, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a keynote lecture on “Beauty, Aesthetic Experience, and the Powers of Possession” at the Aesthetics Unlimited Conference at Copenhagen University on December 7, 2018. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman participated in a Habilitation Research Jury on “L’attitude pragmatiste” sponsored by the University of Lyon and the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Lyon, on Novermber 22, 2018. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman discussed the relation of his work to cultural politics at France's national Observatoire des politiques culturelles on November 21, 2018. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman participated in a symposium about the new expanded edition of his book L’art à l’état vif at the University of Lyon on November 19, 2018. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented the new edition of his French book, L’art à l’état vif and responded to its analysis by three French scholars at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris on November 16, 2018. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture at UNESCO’s Philosophy Night in Paris on November 16, 2018 on the topic of “Philosophy and the Art of Living: From Pragmatism to Somaesthetics.” For more details, click here.

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Dr. Shusterman presented a response paper on the subject of kinesthetic sympathy in dance at the American Society for Aesthetics Annual Conference in Toronto on October 13, 2018. For the conference program click here.
Dr. Shusterman gave a practical workshop in somaesthetics at Aalborg University, Denmark on Septemper 6-7, 2018. For more information, click here or go to this link.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on “Aesthetic Experience: The Return of the Repressed” on September 1, 2018 at a conference on Moving Art, sponsored by the Psychology Department of the University of Copenhagen. For the conference program click here.
Dr. Shusterman directed a somaesthetic workshop at the Institute for Philosophy of the Freie Universitaet Berlin on June 29, 2018. For more details click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on “Somaesthetics and Design” on June 25, 2018 at the University of Augsburg, Germany. For more information click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a screening and discussion of the documentary film about his work at a a cineplex movie theatre in Berlin on the evening of June 21, 2018. For further details click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a screening and discussion on the topic of “Philosophy as a Way of Life: On Camera,” at the Kassel School of Art on June 19, 2018. The presentation was based on the documentary film about his work. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented his views on perspectivism and embodiment in anthropological research at a Habilitation Jury of the University of Lyon, in Lyon, France on June 15, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. For more details, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on “Ethics and Aesthetics: From Pragmatism to Somaesthetics” at a conference on Wittgenstein at the University of Bonn, Germany on June 11, 2018. For more details click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on "The Pragmatist Aesthetics of Williams James" at a Workshop in Germany on June 5, 2018, as well as, presented lectures on Ethics and Aesthetics: "From Pragmatism to Somaesthetics" on June 5, 2018; "The Philosopher Without Words" on June 6, 2018; and will present a lecture on "The Pragmatist on Camera" on June 21, 2018, all of which are at the William James Center in Germany. For more informations, click here.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a public lecture on May 15, 2018 in Szeged, Hungary on the topic of "Ethics and Aesthetics." For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented as the keynote speaker at "The Somaesthetics Conference" in Szeged, Hungary on May 14-16, 2018. For more information, click here and here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on “Somaesthetics and Design” on May 7, 2018 and then directs a two-day practical workshop on somaesthetics (on May 8th and 9th) for the medical and computer science faculties at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. For more details on the lecture and workshop, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented as the keynote lecture at the 20th Midwest Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at Creighton University on April 14, 2018. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented as an invited keynote lecture at the Sensibilia Colloquium in Rome, Italy on March 12, 2018. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture at the "ART (Aesthetics Research Torino) Philosophical Seminar" at Universita di Torino in Turin, Italy on March 9, 2018. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture, "Art and Religion" on March 7, 2018 at the University of Bologna, Italy. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture at the University of Venice on "Pierre Bourdieu and Pragmatist Aesthetics" on March 5, 2018. For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a talk at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance on January 17, 2018 with the title, “Somaesthetics and Contemporary Art: From Pragmatism to the Philosopher without Words.” For more information, click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a talk and screening at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on January 15, 2018. The title is: "The Philosopher without Words: Philosophy and Performance Art with the Man in Gold." For more information, click here.

2017

Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture at the University of Lyon, Dept. of Anthropology in Lyon, France, titled “La soma-esthétique, une certaine présence au monde” on December 14, 2017. For more information click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture (in French) titled "Somaesthetics: From Pragmatist Philosophy to Transdisciplinary Research" on December 7, 2017 at the University of Paris in Paris, France. For more details, including the French title, click here.
Dr. Shusterman participated as an external examiner for a dissertation defense about somaesthetics at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 20, 2017.
Dr. Shusterman delivered the lecture "La philosophie comme art de vivre- Devant la caméra", as well as, screen the film "Philosophical Encounters with Richard Shusterman," at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 19, 2017.
Dr. Shusterman delivered the lecture "La soma-esthétique : du pragmatisme à l'art contemporain" at the symposium Le Corps Vécu Comme Condition de L’Expérience Esthétique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 22, 2017.
Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture "La philosophie comme art de vivre- Devant la camera" at the Conférence-projection du CELAT in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 21, 2017.
Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture "Somaesthetic Practice and the Question of Norms" at a symposium titled "Action as the Crossing-point of Primacies of the Practical" at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 9, 2017.
Dr. Shusterman presented the keynote lecture at the conference, "The Soma as the Core of Aesthetics, Ethics, and Politics", to be held at the University of Szeged in Szeged, Hungary from June 26-28, 2017. To view the conference program for this event, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman delivered the keynote lecture titled "Somaesthetics and Contemporary Art" at the conference, "Thematic Programs on Somaesthetics, Body Consciousness and the Arts" at Széchenyi István University in Győr, Hungary on June 23, 2017. For more information about this event, please click here; to view the program for this event, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented "Performing Philosophy: The Adventures of the Man in Gold," at the Free University of Berlin's International Research Center of Interweaving Performance Cultures in Berlin, Germany on June 15, 2017. To learn more about this event, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture on "Philosophy as a Performative Way of Life" at the Philosophy Colloquium of the University of Potsdam in Potsdam, Germany, on June 13, 2017. For more information, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a practical workshop, "Somaesthetics of Rhythmic Interaction" at Aalborg University in Cophenhagen, Denmark from June 6-7, 2017. To learn more, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture "Somaesthetics, Creativity, and the Adventures of the Man in Gold" at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China on May 24, 2017. For more information, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a keynote lecture "Pragmatist Aesthetics and Confucian Aesthetics" at Yangzhou University in Yangzhou, China from May 18-19, 2017. Please click here for more
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture "Somaesthetics: From Pragmatism to Contemporary Art" at Hiroshima University in Hiroshima, Japan on May 16, 2017. For more information, click here; to view the poster, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture "Philosophy as a Performative Way of Life" at the Aesthetics Department of Tokyo University in Tokyo, Japan, on May 12, 2017. To learn more, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture at an international conference on Contemporary Art and Somaesthetics at Fudan University in Shanghai, China on May 6, 2017. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered the lecture "Philosophy as a Performative Way of Life" at the East China Normal University in Shanghai, China on April 25, 2017. For more about this event, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman held a series of Shanghai summit lectures on Pragmatism: Philosophy and Aesthetics at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. For a list of the lecture topics, dates, and times, click here.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture "Somaesthetics of Freedom: The Dialectic of Spontaneity and Reflection" at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies in Helsinki, Finland on April 7, 2017. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture "The Philosopher Without Words: Philosophy as Performative Art as L'homme en or" at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland on April 5, 2017. For more information about this event, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture "Flux Radiants and Somaésthetique" to discuss his performance as The Man in Gold at The Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier in Paris, France on March 13, 2017. For more information in English, please click here; for French, click here.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture about his new book, The Adventures of the Man in Gold/Les aventures de l'homme en or, at a conference at the Université de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 8, 2017. To view the announcement for this event, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture "Winckelmann on Taste: Somaesthetics and Society" at the University of Naples L'Orientale on March 1, 2017. To view the program for this event, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman launched his new book, The Adventures of the Man in Gold/Les aventures de l'homme en or, in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 23, 2017. For more information, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman well be delivering a lecture on his performance art as the Man in Gold at the Denmark Women's Museum in Aarhus, Denmark on February 22, 2017 at 5:30pm. To learn more about this event, please click here for English, and here for Danish.
Dr. Shusterman unveiled his new book, The Adventures of the Man in Gold/Les aventures de l'homme en or, at a champagne brunch at Aalborg University in Aalborg, Denmark on February 22, 2017. For more information about this event, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman, in association with the pragmatist association Pragmata, presented his new book, The Adventures of the Man in Gold/Les aventures de l'Homme en or, on January 12, 2017 at the Ecole normale supérieure in Paris, France. For more information about this event, please click here.

2016

Dr. Shusterman will be participating in a symposium about his book, Thinking Through the Body, organized by the University of Wroclaw, Poland on Monday, December 12, 2016, for the book's recent Polish translation. For more information about this event, please click here. (CANCELLED)
Dr. Shusterman will be presenting a lecture, entitled "On Somaesthetics and Art," at the Atlas Sztuki Art Gallery in Lodz, Poland on Friday, December 9, 2016. For more information, please click here. (CANCELLED)
Dr. Shusterman delivered a keynote lecture, presenting "Philosophy as a Way of Life - On Camera" at the Semiotic Society of America on Saturday, October 1, 2016.
Dr. Shusterman screened the documentary Philosophy as an Art of Living - On Camera at "À la frontière des arts," a symposium to be held at the Paris Philharmonic on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Click here for more information, and click here to view the symposium programme.
Dr. Shusterman presented "Ethique et esthétique: du pragmatisme à l'art de vivre," a lecture as part of the Conférence Dewey at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 on Monday, September 26, 2016. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a keynote lecture at "Engagement: Symposium of Philosophy and Dance," presented by the Texas State University Department of Philosophy and the Division of Dance on Friday, September 9, 2016.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled “Art and Moral Psychology” for the National Endowment for Humanities Institute at Grand Valley State University on June 22, 2016. Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented a symposium on the second Polish edition of Pragmatist Aesthetics by Richard Shusterman on June 17th. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a keynote lecture entitled “Somaesthetics and the Fine Art of Eating” for the conference on Perspectives on Food Aesthetics at Wroclaw, Poland on June 17, 2016. Click here for more details, and click here to view the poster.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture at the Philosophy Institute of the University of Potsdam, Germany on June 14th. Click here to view details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a speech entitled "Somaesthetics and Design" on Monday, June 6th, 2016 at the York University School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design in Toronto, Canada. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a series of five lectures on “Pragmatist Aesthetics: Past and Present” on May 23-27 at Renmin University, Beijing. Click here to view the poster.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture and screening entitled “Philosophy as a Way of Life – On Camera” on May 20 at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Click here to view poster.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture at the Philosophy Department at Beijing Normal University on May 17, 2016. Click here for details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled “Somaesthetics: From Pragmatism to Contemporary Art” on May 13 at Peking.
Dr. Shusterman received an honorary doctorate from Aalborg University, Denmark. Please click here for more information. During his visit he gave two lectures; click here for details on his presentation to the philosophy department and here for details on his presentation to the art department.
Dr. Shusterman hosted a 3-day practical somaesthetics workshop at The Grotowski Institute, Wroclaw, Poland on Friday-Sunday, April 8-10, 2016.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on Somaesthetic Multiculturalism at The Grotowski Institute, Wroclaw, Poland on April 8, 2016.
Dr. Shusterman spoke at the Panel on Aging in the Bodypedia Seminar on April 6, 2016.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture in the Hongik Conference on Art and Media at Hongik University, Seoul, Korea on March 19, 2016. For information click here.
Dr. Shusterman hosted a seminar on Somaesthetics for Seoul National Graduate Students in Aesthetics on March 18, 2016.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture at the Philosophy Colloquium at the University of Auckland on March 11, 2016. Please click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Affective Thought" at Deakin University Melbourne, Philosophy Department, on March 8, 2016. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Somaesthetics: From Pragmatism to Contemporary Art" at Deakin University, Melbourne, Communications and Creative Arts Department at 4:30 pm on March 7, 2016. Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Pragmatism, Somaesthetics and Arts-Based Research" at the University of New South Wales, Art & Design on March 4, 2016.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Somaesthetics and Design" in the lecture series "Sydney Ideas" at the University of Sydney on March 3, 2016. Please click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman presented a screening and discussion entitled "Philosophical Encounters with Richard Shusterman" at the Cinematic Thinking Network from 5:00-7:00 pm on March 2, 2016. Click here for more details, and additional information here.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture entitled, "Philosophy as a Performative Way of Life: Writing and Beyond" at the University of New South Wales on March 2, 2016. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman provided a Somaesthetics Workshop on Thursday February 25th and Friday, February 26th at the School of Architecture and Design, University of Sydney. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Somaesthetics and the Arts" at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance on Thursday, January 7, 2016. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a keynote lecture entitled "Philosophy as a Way of Life - On Camera" at the Film-Philosophy: Prospects, Directions and New Perspectives conference at Tel Aviv University on January 7, 2016. Click here to view the conference program.

2015

Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "The Philosopher without Words: Practicing Somaesthetics" on Monday, December 14, 2015 at Aalborg University Copenhagen. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture about his book Le Style a la etat vif: Somaesthetique, Art Populaire, et Art De Vivre on December 9, 2015, at the Sorbonne University, Paris.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Spontaneity and Reflection: The Dao of Somaesthetics" on Saturday, November 21, 2015, at the University of Texas. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman was a guest speaker for a Doctoral Colloquium at New York University on Friday, November 6, 2015.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Philosophy as a Way of Life - On Camera" at Manhattan College, New York on Thursday, November 5, 2015. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Somaesthetics and the Contemporary Relevance of Classical Chinese Aesthetics" at the Shanghai Society of Aesthetics, Fudan Univeristy on October 30, 2015. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Ethics and Aesthetics: From Pragmatism to Somaesthetics and the Art of Living" at the Department of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China on October 30, 2015.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Somaesthetics: From Pragmatism to Contemporary Art" at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at East China Normal University on October 28, 2015.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Philosophy as a Way of Life - On Camera: Pragmatism and Somaesthetic" in Wuhan, China. Sunday, October 25, he lectured at Hubei University. Click here for more details. On Monday, October 26 he lectured at the Central China Normal University. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman was a keynote speaker at the conference hosted by the Chinese Aesthetics and Literary Theory Society on October 24, 2015. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture on Somaesthetics: from Pragmatism to Contemporary Art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman screened parts of the documentary Philosophical Encounters with Richard Shusterman and selected videos of his performance work as the "Man in Gold" on August 9, 2015 at the Power Station of Art in Shanghai. Click here to see the event poster or here for the venue's event description.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture at the International Conference on Dewey and Pragmatism Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai on August 8-10, 2015.
Dr. Shusterman screened his documentary and video work at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm 11-13 June 2015. Click here for the website.
Dr. Shusterman participated in a symposium on the Italian translation of his book Body Consciousness at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome on 27 May 2015. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture in the perception lecture series "Sensibilia" at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome on 26 May 2015. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture at the 'Art, Food, Aesthetics' conference in Naples, Italy on 22 May 2015. Click here to view the conference program.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled, "Ethics and Aesthetics: From Somaesthetics to the Art of Living" in Aalborg on 27 April 2015. Click here for the flyer. He also participated in a launch event for the Journal of Somaesthetics on 27 April 2015 at the University of Aalborg. Click here for more details.
Dr. Shusterman presented at an art event at the Oslo Art House in Oslo, Norway on 25 April 2015. Click here for details.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Conflicted Desires: Biblical Somaesthetics of Sex and Sight" in Oslo, Norway on 22 April 2015. Click here for the schedule.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture and interview on Somaesthetics in Malaga, Spain in April 2015. Click here for the flyer.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled "Ethique et ésthetique: la somaesthétique et l'art de vivre" in Paris on 16 April 2015. Click here for the flyer.
Dr. Shusterman gave a keynote lecture at a conference on 'Philosophies of Emancipation' in New York in February 2015.
Dr. Shusterman's Center for Body, Mind, and Culture hosted its annual conference, entitled " Bodies of Belief: Somaesthetics of Faith and Protest", on January 29-30, 2015.
Dr. Shusterman performed at the "UIP 27" presentation at the Moderna Museet Malmö in Malmo Sweden on January 23-25th, 2015. Please click here for more information.

2014

Dr. Shusterman gave a Rector's lecture at the University of Łódź, Poland on December 10th, 2014. Please click here and here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a keynote lecture and a workshop at the International conference of Performance Studies, Literary Studies, and Somaesthetics at the University of Wrocław on December 12, 2014. Please click here and here to view the program.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture at the Polish Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw on December 8th, 2014. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a keynote lecture at the "Unearthing the Body in Education and the Arts" conference at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on December 1st, 2014. Please click here or here for more information.
There was a screening of Philosophical Encounters with Richard Shusterman September 24th-25th, 2014 in Poland at the University of Warmia and Mazury. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman spoke about somaesthetics at the Potsdam Symposium on "Die Unergründlichkeit der menschlichen Natur" on July 3rd, 2014. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture at the Charles S. Pierce International Centennial Congress on July 16th-19th at University of Massachusetts Lowell. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented an educational documentary about his work in a special screening entitled "Philosophy as a Way of Life: On Camera" at the Muzeum Wspolczesne on June 11th, 2014 in Warsaw, Poland.
Dr. Shusterman gave the lecture "Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and Contemporary Art" at the Central European Pragmatist Forum's Eighth International Conference in Wroclaw, Poland June 9-13th, 2014. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a practical workshop in "Somaesthetics, Dance, and Philosophy" on June 9th, 2014 for the Dance Department of Lodz University of Economics and Humanities. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman spoke at The Freedom Games in Lodz, Poland on June 4-8th, 2014. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman was the keynote speaker at the Hungarian Philosophical Aesthetic Association's international conference on "Aesthetic Experience and Somaesthetics" on June 2-6th, 2014 in Budapest.Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture entitled “Somatic Style” on April 21, 2014 at East China Normal University, Shanghai.
Dr. Shusterman gave a presentation and a screening of the film Philosophical Encounters with Richard Shusterman on April 25, 2014 at Renmin University, Beijing.
Dr. Shusterman lectured on "Aesthetics and Politics" at a conference on his book Surface and Depth on April 26, 2014 at Peking University, Beijing. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a presentation and a screening of the film Philosophical Encounters with Richard Shusterman on April 28, 2014 at Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture at the "Dissemination and Generation: Spirituality in Chinese Ink Painting" conference on April 11-13th, 2014 at the Zhejiang Provine Museum of Art in Hangzhou, China.
Dr. Shusterman presented “Two Styles of Artistic Creation” at the "Conference on Dissemination and Generation: Perspectives from China" on April 14, 2014 at Zhejiang Museum of Art, Hangzhou, China.
Dr. Shusterman delivered the lecture “Photography as Performative Process” on April 16, 2014 at Fudan University, Shanghai.
Dr. Shusterman gave the lecture “Somatic Style” on April 17, 2014 at Fudan University, Shanghai. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a presentation and a screening of the film Philosophical Encounters with Richard Shusterman April 18, 2014 at Fudan University, Shanghai.
Dr. Shusterman delivered two lectures on Somaesthetics on April 20, 2014 at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman spoke at the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy 41st Meeting at the University of Colorado on March 6th- 8, 2014.
Dr. Shusterman attended a screening of his performance work followed by a discussion at Counterpath in Denver, Colorado on March 7, 2014. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture on Somaesthetics at the University of Colorado Denver on March 5, 2014. Please click here to view the poster.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture at "Transformative Aesthetics -Aesthetic Transformation" at Freie Universitat in Berlin, Germany on February 14-15, 2014. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman attended "Thinking of the Body, Style and Ethical Forms: Dialogues with Richard Shusterman" at l' Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris on February 10, 2014. Please click here or here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman spoke about pragmatism, somaesthetics, and contemporary art at The Royal Danish Academy on January 10, 2014. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered the lecture "On Pragmatist Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Film" at Aalborg University on January 9, 2014. To view flyer, please click here.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture at Warwick University in Birmingham, England on January 5-7, 2014.

2013

Dr. Shusterman was the keynote speaker at the first International Colloquium on Body and Philosophy on November 25-26, 2013 at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture on Somaesthetics and Music at Laval University in Quebec on November 15, 2013. Please click here for a flyer or here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture on artificial intelligence at Keio University in Japan on October 27, 2013.
Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture " Affective Cognition: From Pragmatism to Somaesthetics” at Tokyo University on October 25, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave the lecture "Affective Cognition from Pragmatism to Somaesthetics" at the University of Palermo on September 27, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman participated in a special screening of an in-production documentary film about his life and work held at Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery in Krakow's city center on July 25, 2013. The event included a Q&A session as well as discussions of somaesthetics. For a link to the map, click here. For more information please click here.
Dr. Shusterman attended the 19th annual International Conference of Aesthetics in Krakow, Poland on July 21-27, 2013.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a two-part keynote address on the relationship between pragmatism and somaesthetics at the University of Oregon on July 8-13, 2013. Please click here for more information or here to view the schedule.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture entitled "Somatic Style" at Nanjing University on June 13, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture "Art as Dramatization" at Yangzhou University on June 12, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman lectured on "Art as Dramatization" at Nanjing University on June 11, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a seminar entitled "Somaesthetics and the Economies of Beauty" to the POLA Cosmetics Company in Tokyo on June 10, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture called "Muscle Memory and the Somaesthetic Pathologies of Everyday Life" to the Japan Society for Artistic Anatomy on June 9, 2013
Dr. Shusterman delivered the lecture "Ethics and Aesthetics: Somaesthetics and the Art of Living" at Tokyo University on June 7, 2013.
Dr. Shusterman gave the lecture "Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and Contemporary Art" and a practical workshop in Tokyo on June 5, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented a practical Somaesthetics workshop and lecture at the Grotoskiego Institute in Wroclaw, Poland on May 18-19, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a public lecture entitled "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 15-16, 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 13-14, 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 6-7, 2013.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture on Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and Contemporary Art in Aalborg, Denmark on May 3, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture at the University of Gastronomic Science in Pollenzo, Italy on April 4-5, 2013.
Dr. Shusterman was in Venice, Italy for the book launch of Lifestyles: Some Instructions for Use on April 2-3, 2013. Please click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture on somaesthetics and contemporary art at Middle Tennessee State University on February 1, 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 30, 2013. Please click here for more information.

2012

January 19th and 20th, 2012, Dr. Shusterman and the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture hosted a conference at Florida Atlantic University Entitled Mindful Body and Healing in the Arts. Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented a lecture on somaesthetics and architecture at Freji University in Berlin on December 12, 2012.
Dr. Shusterman gave a lecture on somaesthetics at the University of Warsaw on December 5, 2012.
Dr. Shusterman presented the paper, "Vie philosophique et esthétique de l'ordinaire: Cavell après Emerson et Thoreau," at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne's conference "Stanley Cavell, Philosophy the Day After Tomorrow, and the Aesthetics of the Ordinary" on October 5, 2012.
Dr. Shusterman was the keynote speaker at the "Ethics in Aesthetics" conference organized by the European Dance House Network and the Research Institute for Arts and Society of the Fontys Hogeschool for the Arts in Tilburg, Netherlands on October 2-4, 2012.
Dr. Shusterman presented the keynote lecture at the "Rethinking Pragmatist Aesthetics" conference on August 31, 2012 at the Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw Campus. Click here for the conference flyer and here for the official conference website.
Dr. Shusterman was the keynote speaker at the "Diversities of Body and Movement Expression" conference in Berlin on September 7-8, 2012. Click here for the conference flyer.
Dr. Shusterman delivered two keynote lectures at the Nordic Summer University between July 27 and August 3, 2012.
Dr. Shusterman was the keynote speaker at "The Aesthetics of Embodiment: Forms of Knowledge and Bodily Communication" conference in Berlin July 13-14, 2012. Click here for more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented "Muscle Memory and the Somaesthetic Pathologies of Everyday Life" June 19, 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 26, 2012.
Dr. Shusterman continued his visiting professorship in Wroclaw, Poland. Click here or here for more information (in Polish).
The Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne held a one-day conference on May 25, 2012 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Richard Shusterman’s Pragmatist Aesthetics: Living Beauty, Rethinking Art. To accompany the conference and trace the impact of Shusterman’s work not only in aesthetics, philosophy, and the human sciences but also in contemporary art, the Sorbonne organized an art show entitled Aesthetic Transactions, curated by Professor Shusterman. For more information, click here.
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 or more information.
Dr. Shusterman presented "La somaesthétique: généalogie, enjeux et nouvelles perspectives" through The Université Lumière Lyon 2 on March 9, 2012 in Lyon.
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 2-3, 2012.
Dr. Shusterman delivered the keynote lecture at the Finnish Society for Aesthetics 40th anniversary seminar entitled "Aesthetics Today" March 1-2, 2012 in Helsinki.
Dr. Shusterman presented the lecture "Soamaethetics and Architecture: A Critical Option?" at Bowling Green State University January 31, 2012.

2011

Dr. Shusterman presented a series of lectures and workshops in Wroclaw, Poland December 4-11, 2011.
Dr. 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 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

2010

In December of 2010, Dr. Shusterman delivered a lecture at Lille University, France, on Somaesthetics.
In November of 2010, Dr. Shusterman was honored with a special award he received from the French government for his international academic achievements in innovative and transcultural research. The Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms) is an Order of Chivalry of France to academics and educators. The order was originally created by Napoleon to honor eminent members of the University of Paris.
"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

2009

On April 4, 2009, Dr. Shusterman spoke on "Somaesthetics and Architecture: A Critical Option" as an invited lecturer at the International Bauhaus Colloquium.
March 4, 2009, Dr. Shusterman presented "La perception des situations — entre qualité immédiate et pensée critique" at the Collège International de Philosophie.
March 2009, L'Objet de la critique littéraire , the French translation of The Object of Literary Criticism , was published in France by Questions Théoriques.
Dr. Shusterman was 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.
"Cultivating the Self" inaugural lecture at "Reinventing Cultural Politics" Université Lumière-Lyon 2 Lyon , France, November 19, 2009
Conference on L'Objet de la critique littéraire at Collège international de philosophie, March 7, 2009

2008

On May 10, 2008, Dr. Shusterman spoke on "Art and Religion" in Sweden. Information about the Moderna Museet, where Shusterman spoke, is available here.
Somaesthetics Presentations at the Uppsala Stadstheatre, May 2008
On April 12, 2008, Dr. Shusterman was a speaker at "Symposium on Art, Music, & Embodiment" hosted by the University of Virginia’s McIntire Department of Music.
During late March and early April 2008, Dr. Shusterman gave a special lecture at New York University and spoke as part of the graduate colloquium series at the City University of New York.
"Thoughts and Actions that Make a Difference" conference at the University of South Florida, March 2008
"Human Nature and Self: Pragmatist Theory from European Perspectives" conference at The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture, March 2008
On March 8, 2008, Dr. Shusterman participated in "Between Politics and Aesthetics: Richard Shusterman's Pragmatism" at the University of Wroclaw in Poland.
Dr. Shusterman has published a new book titled, Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics . The book is available through Cambridge University Press and Amazon.com in January 2008.

2007

The French Conscience du corps: Pour une soma-esthétique is available through its publisher, l'éclat. The book was translated by Nicolas Vieillescazes and published in 2007.
Philosophy and Contemporary Art: Revisiting the French Connection conference at The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture, December 2007
"Pragmatisme et philosophies du corp" conference at the Sorbonne, 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
Dr. Shusterman has also edited a book on Aesthetic Experience with Adele Tomlin. The book is part of the Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy series and is available through Routledge and Amazon.com.

Older News

On February 2, 2006, Dr. Shusterman participated in a panel discussion entitled "Contested Territories: The Art World" along with Arthur Danto and Thierry de Duve at the Tate Museum in London, England
In 2006, Dr. Shusterman participated in Defying the Facts conference.
In 2006, Dr. Shusterman spoke at the Art After the End of Art conference.
In 2006, Dr. Shusterman spoke at Thinking through the Body conference.
On October 27-30, 2005, Dr. Shusterman was a keynote speaker at the Nordic Conference on Bodies, Arts, Crossroads at Växjö University in Sweden.
On August 3-6, 2004, Dr. Shusterman was a keynote speaker at the International Conference on Praxis in Copenhagen, Denmark.
On June 11, 2004, Dr Shusterman was a keynote speaker at The Value of Aesthetic Experience.
From 1998-2004, Dr. Shusterman conducted a series of Barnes and Noble Dialogues on the Square.