Anna Pakes works on the philosophy of art, particularly dance, as an independent researcher and honorary fellow at the universities of Roehampton and Coventry. She is the author of a monograph on dance ontology, Choreography Invisible: The Disappearing Work of Dance, and papers on a variety of philosophical themes, including dance and the mind-body problem, phenomenology of dance, conceptual art, time and boredom, creativity and imagination. Anna is also a French to English translator and has produced English versions of books by philosophers Frédéric Pouillaude, Christine Leroy and Noé Soulier. She has research interests also in translation studies, particularly the cognitive and ethical aspects of the use of AI in translation, and is a visiting researcher at University of Surrey’s Centre for Translation Studies.
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Our meetings usually take place in Senate House, University of London, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU. See top of page for specific location.
The Society’s philosophy talks take place every fortnight on Mondays throughout the academic year. Each talk starts at 18.15 and lasts for 45 minutes. The remainder of the time is dedicated to discussion, which ends at 19.45
All of the Society’s philosophy talks are catered with fairtrade teas, coffees, and biscuits.
In line with the Society’s mission to make philosophy readily available to the general public, all talks are free and membership is not required.
Following over a century of tradition, draft papers for all the talks are available in advance. Please note that draft papers can only be cited with the authors permission (see below for final publication and subscription details). The draft paper for a talk is available approximately one week prior to its schedule delivery.
For the past 142 years, the Proceedings has featured widely respected papers delivered by a range of prominent philosophers, such as Alfred North Whitehead, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, A.J. Ayer, P.F. Strawson, Karl Popper, Elizabeth Anscombe, Bernard Williams, Hubert Dreyfus, Alexander Nehamas, and Onora O’Neill. Final drafts of the papers – including discussion notes and exemplary graduate papers – are published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.
The venue at Senate House is wheelchair accessible and there are disabled toilet facilities on the ground floor. If you require a disabled parking space, or a hearing loop, please contact anna.stelle@aristoteliansociety.org.uk in advance, so that we can reserve these for you. Service animals are also welcome.
