The ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Europe 1100-1800, and The University of Melbourne invite present a conference entitled Fire Stories.

It will address emotional responses to fires in literature and history, looking particularly at how the fleeting destruction of a blaze is conveyed in narrative terms.  Participants will be invited to consider a dialogue between ancient and modern representations of fire (including the mythical) and the affective responses that they evoke. Speakers are also encouraged to address the role that fictional representations of burning landscapes or cityscapes can play in the aftermath of a major disaster.

For more details please visit: http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/events/fire-stories.aspx

Please send abstracts to: fire-stories@unimelb.edu.au by no later than August 31st 2013.


Please note that the conference will incorporate a symposium to be convened by the Australian Centre, On Species: Narrative, Indigeneity, Ecology. This symposium will take place on Wednesday December 4 and a program will be released in due course.Confirmed keynote speaker: Professor Ursula Heise (UCLA).