Elisabeth Schellekens is a Swedish philosopher and Chair Professor of Aesthetics at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...

(since 2014). Previously, she was Senior Lecturer at

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

(2006-2014). Schellekens is known for her works in

aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed thr ...

. Her research interests include aesthetic cognitivism and objectivism, aesthetic normativity, Hume, Kant, aesthetic and moral properties, conceptual art, non-perceptual or intelligible aesthetic value, the relations between perception and knowledge, the aesthetics and ethics of cultural heritage (esp. in armed conflict), and the interaction between aesthetic, moral, cognitive and historical value in art. Schellekens was co-editor of the ''

British Journal of Aesthetics The ''British Journal of Aesthetics'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering philosophical aesthetics and the philosophy of art. It was established in 1960 and is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Socie ...

'' between 2007 and 2019''.'' She continues to serve on the journal's editorial board, and has served on a number of journal editorial boards, including the ''Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and Estetika''.

Current positions

* Chair Professor of Aesthetics, Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University * Fellow
Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, Uppsala
* Fellow, Royal Society of Humanities, Uppsala University

Published works

Authored books

*'' Aesthetics and Morality'' (Continuum Books, 2007; 2nd edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2023) *''

Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art ''Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art'' is a 2009 book by Elisabeth Schellekens and Peter Goldie, in which the authors provide a philosophical introduction to conceptual art Conceptual art, also referred to as conceptualism, is art in which the c ...

'', with

Peter Goldie Peter Goldie (5 November 1946 – 22 October 2011) was a British businessman and then academic philosopher with interests in ethics and aesthetics. He was the Samuel Hall Chair in Philosophy and Head of thPhilosophy Discipline Areaof thSchool of S ...

(Routledge, 2009)

Edited collections

*
Aesthetics: Philosophy and Martin Creed
', with David del Sasso (Bloomsbury, 2022) *''

The Aesthetic Mind ''The Aesthetic Mind: Philosophy and Psychology'' is a 2011 book edited by Elisabeth Schellekens and Peter Goldie. The contributors try to provide a new understanding of aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that ...

'', with Peter Goldie (Oxford University Press, 2011) *''

Philosophy and Conceptual Art ''Philosophy and Conceptual Art'' is a 2007 book edited by Elisabeth Schellekens and Peter Goldie. The contributors deal with the philosophical questions raised by conceptual art. Contributors * Margaret Boden Margaret Ann Boden (born 26 ...

'', with Peter Goldie (Oxford University Press, 2007)

References

External links

Elisabeth Schellekens at Uppsala University
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