Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
I am a graduate of the philosophy programs at Macquarie University (BA Hons.) and the University of Sydney (Ph.D). I have held academic posts in Philosophy at the University of Sydney (1997) and the Australian National University (1998-2000).
Biography
I work mainly in the field of applied aesthetics. My current research program is a conceptual investigation of images and image theory. I am also in the early stages of a project looking at signalling protocols in nature, which uses an aesthetic approach for the study of animal patterns and colours. A number of representative recent publications can be found on my academia site: https://monash.academia.edu/AlisonRoss
I am interested in supervising graduate projects in political philosophy and aesthetics, as well as in the critical theory tradition. A number of my former graduate students hold academic positions and two have won the Mollie Holman medal for excellence in doctoral research (2009, 2017). One of my former Masters students has won the Vice-Chancellor's award for Masters Thesis Excellence.
Keywords
- Aesthetics
- History of Modern Philosophy
- Critical Theory
- Images and Image Theory
- Theories of Meaning
Projects 2009 2018
Improving decision-making processes in complex environments
Australian Research Council (ARC)
30/06/13 → 14/12/18
Project: Research
Persuasive Force: The Role of Aesthetic Experience in Moral Persuasion
Ross, A. F., Benjamin, A. & Ziarek, K.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
1/01/09 → 31/12/12
Project: Research
Research Output 2000 2018
The errors of history: Knowledge and epistemology in bachelard, canguilhem and foucault
Ross, A. F. 2018 In : Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities. 23, 2, p. 139-154 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Angus Nicholls, Myth and the Human Sciences: Hans Blumenberg’s Theory of Myth. London and New York: Routledge, 2015. 259 pp.
Ross, A. F. 2017 In : Iyyun: the Jerusalem philosophical quarterly. 66, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short Review
Between luxury and need: The idea of distance in philosophical anthropology
Ross, A. 27 May 2017 In : International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 25, 3, p. 378-392 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Practices of form: Art – philosophy – life – history
Ross, A. F. 2017 In : Critical Horizons. 18, 4, p. 289-294 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
The conception of the will in Rancière’s aesthetic regime of the arts: Pathos and reverie in Stendhal, Ibsen, and Freud
Ross, A. 2017 Understanding Rancière, Understanding Modernism. Bray, P. M. (ed.). New York NY USA: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 179-197 19 p. (Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism)Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book)
Prizes
Art’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Supervision
Alison Fay Ross (Recipient), 4 Dec 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Cité Internationale des Arts
Alison Fay Ross (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2007 2017
History and Authority
Ross, A. F. (Keynote/plenary speaker)29 Jul 2016
Activity: Contribution to conference
Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy
Ross, A. F. (Keynote/plenary speaker)3 Dec 2015
Activity: Contribution to conference
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Publisher)
Ross, A. F. (Editorial board member)2015 → …
Activity: Editorial responsibility
Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Ross, A. F. (Editorial board member)2015 → …
Activity: Editorial responsibility