We are very pleased to welcome Prof. Richard Shusterman from Florida Atlantic University, who will kick off the 2016 Philosophy Seminar Series with his paper ‘Affective Thought: From Pragmatism to Somaesthetics’.

Where and when: Tuesday 8 March, 4.00pm to 5.30pm, Deakin Burwood Campus, Burwood Corporate Centre, Building BC, Level 2 (***please note the venue – the remainder of the seminars will take place in C2.05***).

Professor Shusterman is the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, where he also directs the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture. He is the author of numerous books, including Thinking Through the Body: Essays in Somaesthetics (Cambridge, 2012), Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics (Cambridge, 2008), Performing Live (Cornell, 2000) and Pragmatist Aesthetics (Roman and Littlefield, 1992, 2nd edition, 2000, and published in fifteen languages).

Hosted by the European Philosophy and History of Ideas Research Group (EPHI) and the Faculty of Arts and Education, with support from the School of Communication and Creative Arts.

The seminar is free to attend and all are welcome. For further information please contact Sean Bowden: [email protected].

The program for Deakin’s Philosophy Seminar Series for 2016 can be found here.