The ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions and the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, present:
Disaster, Death and the Emotions in the Shadow of the Apocalypse
Saturday and Sunday, 1 – 2 September, 2012
Saturday: 8.30 am – 6.00pm, Sunday: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm
Graduate House, 220 Leicester Street, The University of Melbourne
This symposium will explore the different ways that communities and individuals understood disaster and mass death in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the impact of human emotions in shaping these understandings.
Conference Speakers:
Dagmar Eichberger (Trier), John Gagné (Sydney), Sigrun Haude (Cincinnati), Fredrika Jacobs (Virginia Commonwealth), Erika Kuijpers (Leiden), David Lederer (NUI Maynooth), Dolly MacKinnon (UQ), Louise Marshall (Sydney), Una McIlvenna (Sydney), Gerrit Schenk (Heidelberg & Darmstadt), Peter Sherlock (MCD), Patricia Simons (Michigan – Ann Arbor), Jeffrey Chipps Smith (Texas at Austin), Jenny Spinks (Melbourne), Stephanie Trigg (Melbourne), Alexandra Walsham (Cambridge) and Charles Zika (Melbourne).
Open to the Public – Places Limited
Registration:
- Single day $50 full, $25 Student/Unwaged
- Both Days $80 full, $40 Student/Unwaged
Symposium Registration Form and Full Program of Events
NB: For online registration, visit: http://ecommerce.arts.unimelb.edu.au and look under “School of Historical and Philosophical Studies”.
Enquiries: Jessica Scott (jessica.scott@unimelb.edu.au)