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

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

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

aesthetics Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and taste (sociology), taste, which in a broad sense incorporates the philosophy of art.Slater, B. H.Aesthetics ''Internet Encyclopedia of Ph ...

. 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'', with Peter Goldie (Routledge, 2009)

Edited collections

*
Aesthetics: Philosophy and Martin Creed
', with David del Sasso (Bloomsbury, 2022) *'' The Aesthetic Mind'', with Peter Goldie (Oxford University Press, 2011) *'' Philosophy and Conceptual Art'', with Peter Goldie (Oxford University Press, 2007)

References

External links

Elisabeth Schellekens at Uppsala University
Academics of Durham University Living people Philosophers of art Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of King's College London Academic staff of Uppsala University Swedish women academics Swedish philosophers Swedish women philosophers Kant scholars Hume scholars Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-philosopher-stub