Danse Macabre Study Day, and The Authenticity of Emotions Collaboratory

Of interest to members, a couple of events being run by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions this September, one in Sydney and the other in Adelaide.

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Danse Macabre: emotional responses to death and dying from medieval to contemporary time

Date: Friday, 21 September 2012
Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney
Convener: Dr Juanita Feros Ruys Director, Sydney Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (CHE) Medieval and Early Modern Centre The University of Sydney (juanita.ruys@sydney.edu.au)

Keynote speakers:
Professor Ian Hickie, Brain & Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney
Dr Peter Goldsworthy, critically acclaimed writer and medical practitioner

The Study Day will be followed by drinks at the Skeleton Gallery, Australian Museum 5.00pm – 6.00pm

All Welcome! Open To The Public

Registration fees: $45 waged, $25 unwaged.

Enquiries

For more information go to: www.emotions.uwa.edu.au/events/master-classes-and-public-lectures

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CHANGE Program Collaboratory: The Authenticity of Emotions: Sceptical and Sympathetic Sociability in the Eighteenth-Century British Public Sphere

Date: Tuesday 18 & Wednesday 19 September 2012
Time: 9.00am – 4.30pm
Venue: The Science Exchange 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide, South Australia

Keynote Speakers:
Michael Frazer, Philosophy Harvard University W. Gerrard Parrott, Psychology Georgetown University
Laura J. Rosenthal, English University of Maryland

This interdisciplinary Collaboratory will discuss the public sphere and emotional change in eighteenth-century Britain from the perspective of literature, philosophical ideas, political and religious debate, print culture and literary sociability. We are especially interested in: literary and political controversies; the rise and development of the novel; satire; contemporary ideas about sentiment and the passions; and the shared culture of sensibility, sociability and politeness. The principal aim of the meeting is to consider the ’emotionalization’ of eighteenth-century print culture and its larger influence on contemporary public affairs via the formation of communities – either public or self-selecting – of sympathetic or sceptical readers. Indeed sympathy and the communication of ideas and sentiments among the reading public(s) are central to our interests.

Call For Papers

We would welcome submissions from a range of disciplines which relate to the following subjects:

  • Humanitarianism and charity
  • Pity and compassion
  • Friendship
  • Suffering
  • Slavery
  • Patriotism and public spirit
  • Delicacy
  • Common sense

Please submit your abstract (maximum 350 words) by 30 June, 2012 to Janet Hart (janet.hart@adelaide.edu.au)

For more information go to: www.hss.adelaide.edu.au/historypolitics/conferences/