“Art, Emotion and Value”

Cartagena (Spain)

4th-8th July 2011

Venue: Edificio de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Empresa, UPCT (Calle Real, 3)

Submission deadline: 30th of November 2010

Since the first Mediterranean Congress of Aesthetic held in Athens (Greece) in 2000, several editions of these encounters have taken place around the Mediterranean (Carthage, 2003; Portoroz, 2006; Irbid, 2008). The next edition will take place in Cartagena (Spain), 4th-8th July 2011 organized by the University of Murcia (Spain) in collaboration with the University of Cartagena.

Confirmed invited speakers are:Dominique Chateau (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), Rachida Triki (University of Tunis), José Luis Molinuevo (University of Salamanca).

The general subject of the Congress is “Art, Emotion and Value”, including (but not restricted to) topics such as:

• Relationships between ethics and aesthetics
• Aesthetic and moral values
• Art, morality and politics
• Aesthetic and moral judgment
• Pleasure and aesthetic evaluation
• Emotional responses in aesthetic experience
• Affective aspects of aesthetics experience
• The expression of the emotion in the arts
• Emotion in contemporary art
• Art and society
• High and low art
• Art and ideology

As in former editions, the congress aims at providing a frame for inter-disciplinary discussion and cross-methodological interests. We encourage artists and specialists from all sorts of disciplines related to art and aesthetics to participate in the congress; graduate students and early researchers are also encouraged to participate at the conference.

Papers may address any topic that involves the connection between art, emotion and value. 350 words abstracts must be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it before November 30th, 2010. Presentations should be 20-25 minutes (10-12 pages in length; 2500-3000 words).

Official languages of the congress are, English, French, and Spanish.

For more information see the conference webpage.

Organizing Committee:

• Francisca Pérez Carreño (University of Murcia)
• Salvador Rubio Marco (University of Murcia)
• Matilde Carrasco Barranco (University of Murcia)
• Mª José Alcaraz León (University of Murcia)
• Antonio Garrido Hernández (University of Cartagena)

Scientific Committee:

• Khaled Alhamzah (University of Irbid. Jordan)
• Alessandro Bertinetto (University of Udine. Italy)
• Román de la Calle (University of Valencia. Spain)
• Fabian Dorsch (University of Fribourg. Switzerland)
• Ales Erjavec (University of Ljubljana. Slovenia)
• Jale Erzen (METU University of Ankara. Turkey)
• Jordi Ibáñez (University Pompeu Fabra. Spain)
• Jacinto Lageira (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
• José García Leal (University of Granada. Spain)
• G. Luca Garelli (University of Florencia. Italy)
• Maryvonne Saison (University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. France)
• Marta Tafalla (University Autónoma of Barcelona. Spain)
• John Zeimbekis (University of Grenoble. France)
• Dionysis A. Zivas (National Technical University of Athens. Greece)