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On April 4, 2009, Dr. Shusterman spoke on “Somaesthetics and Architecture: A Critical Option” as an invited lecturer at the International Bauhaus Colloquium.
March 4, 2009, Dr. Shusterman presented “La perception des situations — entre qualité immédiate et pensée critique” at the Collège International de Philosophie.
March 2009, L'Objet de la critique littéraire ,the French translation of The Object of Literary Criticism, was published in France by Questions Théoriques.
On May 10, 2008, Dr. Shusterman spoke on "Art and Religion" in Sweden. Information about the event here. Information about the Moderna Museet, where Shusterman will be speaking, is available here.
On April 12, 2008, Dr. Shusterman was a speaker at “Symposium on Art, Music, & Embodiment” hosted by the University of Virginia’s McIntire Department of Music.
During late March and early April 2008, Dr. Shusterman gave a special lecture at New York University and spoke as part of the graduate colloquium series at the City University of New York.
On March 8, 2008, Dr. Shusterman participated in “Between Politics and Aesthetics: Richard Shusterman's Pragmatism” at the University of Wroclaw in Poland.
Dr. Shusterman has published a new book titled, Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics. The book is available through Cambridge University Press and Amazon.com in January 2008.
The French Conscience du corps: Pour une soma-esthétique is available through its publisher, l'éclat. The book was translated by Nicolas Vieillescazes and published in 2007. Click for the Le Monde review of the book. For the Radio France interview, click here.
Dr. Shusterman has also edited a book on Aesthetic Experience with Adele Tomlin. The book is part of the Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy series and is available through Routledge and Amazon.com.
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From 1998- 2004, Dr. Shusterman conducted a series of Barnes and Noble Dialogues on the Square.