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Diarmuid Costello is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK, and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts. He holds a Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship (2023–25) and has held roles including Humboldt Experienced Researcher (2012–13) and Co-Director of the AHRC-funded 'Aesthetics after Photography' project (2007–11). His work bridges analytic and continental aesthetics, focusing on photography's philosophical dimensions, conceptual art, and Kantian aesthetics.
Education & Background: Transitioned from Fine Art training to graduate studies in Philosophy. Academic career includes roles at Warwick since 2006, British Society of Aesthetics executive roles (2004–12), and AHRC Peer Review College membership (2010–14).
Research Interests: Philosophy of photography, rethinking aesthetic theory post-Greenberg, and methodologies in contemporary art criticism. Major publications include On Photography: A Philosophical Inquiry (2018) and Aesthetics after Modernism (2024). Current projects explore 'philosophical criticism' through case studies of artists like Adrian Piper and Zina Saro-Wiwa.
Recognition: Leverhulme and Humboldt fellowships, book symposia in Studi di Estetica, and curatorial work including the Hannah Starkey: Twenty-Nine Pictures exhibition (2011).
- Grants: AHRC重大项目, Leverhulme Fellowships
- Labs/Teams: Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts (Warwick)
