Natural Beauty and the Good Life. International Workshop

Join us in Basel for two days of dialogue on how beauty in nature can inspire more sustainable and meaningful ways of life.

19–20 September 2025
eikones – Center for the Theory and History of the Image
Alte Universität, Rheinsprung 11, Basel (Switzerland)
https://eikones.philhist.unibas.ch/en/center/ 

This international workshop brings together scholars working in environmental aesthetics, philosophy of nature, and ethical life practices to investigate the connections between beauty, nature, and the good life.

Keynote speakers:

• Emily Brady (Texas A&M University)
• David E. Cooper (Durham University, Emeritus)
• Yuriko Saito (Rhode Island School of Design, Emerita)