News
2026
Publication of a New Book on Somaesthetics
Published by Bloomsbury, "Richard Shusterman's Somaesthetics" by Alexander Kremer argues that Richard Shusterman's somaesthetics, which originates in pragmatism, is not only an aesthetics but, first of all, it is a philosophy.
New Issue of the Journal of Somaesthetics
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2026): Somaesthetics of Noise recognizes noise as a somatic phenomenon that extends beyond the auditory, affecting us in most realms of experience. The essays and interviews gathered in the new volume approach noise in an expansive somaesthetic sense.
Former Visiting Scholar Mark Tschaepe Awarded Yale Fellowship
The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture is pleased to congratulate former Visiting Scholar Mark Tschaepe on receiving the Charles J. Cole Fellowship at the Lewis Walpole Library.
The fellowship supports a one-month residency and research at Yale, where Tschaepe will pursue a project exploring the somaesthetics of fashion and embodied self-fashioning. We are delighted to see his continued contributions to somaesthetic research and wish him a productive fellowship.
Call for Applications: 2026–2027 Center for Body, Mind, and Culture, Faculty Fellows Program
The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture invites applications for the 2026–2027 Faculty Fellows Program. The Center will award up to four Faculty Fellowships (to FAU Arts & Letters faculty) to support faculty research and creative activity that engages the interdisciplinary study of the body-mind-culture nexus through the Center’s framework and continuing agenda. For more details click here.
Center Fellow Receives New Appointment
The Center is happy to announce that its recent graduating student fellow, T. J. Bonnet accepted a position Professor of Humanities at Florida State College at Jacksonville and will start teaching there in the Fall Semester 2026.
Center Founder Recognized in Top 2% of Scientists
According to Elsevier’s Scopus database and Stanford University, Dr. Shusterman has accomplished a high degree of excellence in publishing and citations. Awardees of this designation show extraordinary influence in scholarly output. The announcement can be read here and the full list of FAU recipients can be viewed here.