Jason Holt

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Professor
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Ph:  902-585-1885
Office:  AAC 385F

Teaching
  • Communication for Kinesiology
  • Philosophical Aspects of Physical Activity and Sport
  • Aesthetics of Sport and Dance



Scholarly Expertise
  • Aesthetics
  • Philosophy of Sport
  • Philosophy and Popular Culture
Publications
  • Holt, J. (2022): Communication for Kinesiology: A Practical Guide (Toronto: Canadian Scholars).
  • Holt, J. and M. Ramsay (eds.) (2021): The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts: Squaring the Octagon (New York: Routledge).
  • Holt, J. (2019): Kinetic Beauty: The Philosophical Aesthetics of Sport (New York: Routledge).
  • Holt, J. (ed.) (2013): Philosophy of Sport: Core Readings (Peterborough: Broadview Press); Holt, J. (ed.) (in press): Philosophy of Sport: Core Readings (Second Edition) (Peterborough: Broadview Press).
  • Holt, L. E., Pelham, T. W., and J. Holt (2008): Flexibility: A Concise Guide (Totowa: Springer-Humana).
Presentations
  • Holt, J. (2022): ‘Reply to MacKinnon’ (remote delivery), author-meets-critics session on Kinetic Beauty (2019), Canadian Society for Aesthetics. (Invited)
  • Holt, J. (2021): ‘Are Horses Players in Equine Sports?’ (remote delivery), Sport, Animals, and Ethics, University of New Brunswick/Miami University (Ohio); video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHxj3LfT4-k
  • Holt, J. (2021): ‘In Praise of Misrepresenting Sport’ (remote delivery), Czech Philosophy of Sport Conference, Charles University. (Keynote Address)
  • Holt, J. (2018): ‘Sport Card Portraiture’, The Philosophy of Portraits, University of Maryland, College Park.
  • Holt, J. (2014): ‘Virtual Domains’, European Association for the Philosophy of Sport, Lorraine University, Nancy (France).
Curriculum Vitae