A Matter of Feeling?

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Day 1: Thursday, Feb. 1
Day 2: Friday, Feb. 2
Day 3: Saturday, Feb. 3

Conception: Rüdiger Zill, Potsdam
with Rob Boddice, Tampere; Fritz Breithaupt, Bloomington; Josef Früchtl, Amsterdam; Valentin Groebner, Luzern; David Konstan, New York; Eva Menasse, Berlin; Glenn Most, Pisa/Chicago; Catherine Newmark, Berlin; Barbara Rosenwein, Chicago; Christian von Scheve, Berlin; Philipp Stoellger, Heidelberg; Christiane Voss, Weimar; Tiffany Watt Smith, London

Twenty years ago, when we started our series Passions in Cultures, emotions were at best one topic among many for researchers. Today it is ubiquitous in academia, having received increasing amounts of attention in both the sciences and the humanities. What is the current state of research on the theory of emotions? Can we identify key developments, discoveries, and syntheses that have emerged in the last two decades? Are there feelings that have received special attention? Did the methods used for studying the history and theory of emotions change? Has the field borne out the expectation that it is particularly well-suited for – or in need of – interdisciplinary approaches? Are there specific studies considered paradigmatic? Did the kinds of questions raised over the years change? Have recent developments in politics and society influenced the subjects that researchers have chosen to pursue? Are there signs that researchers are becoming exhausted with the subject? Which questions need considering now?

Program

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024
19:00 Eröffnung / Opening
Eva Menasse, Berlin
Das eitle Ich. Lesung aus »Alles und nichts sagen«

 
Friday, Feb. 2, 2024
10:00
Rüdiger Zill, Potsdam
Once More with Feeling. Introductory Remarks

11:00
David Konstan, New York
Emotions across Times and Cultures

12:30
Catherine Newmark, Berlin
»Things got emotional…« On Historical Cycles of Interest in Feelings and Passions

13:30 Lunch break / Mittagspause

15:00
Valentin Groebner, Luzern
Nostalgie als historischer Bastelbogen

16:00
Barbara Rosenwein, Chicago
Theories and Methods. How Medievalists (and Others) Write the History of Emotions

17:30
Tiffany Watt Smith, London
Stolen Feelings in an Age of Consent. Projection, Intimacy and Historical Trespass

18:30
Philipp Stoellger, Heidelberg
Gewalt der Gefühle und gefühlte Gewalt. Zur Verschränkung und ihren Eskalationen

 
Saturday, Feb. 3., 2024
10:00
Rob Boddice, Tampere
Transdisciplinary Implications of a Biocultural Consensus in Emotion Research

11:00
Christian von Scheve, Berlin
Gefühle auf dem Prüfstand. Zur Streitbarkeit von Emotionen in gesellschaftlichen Konflikten

12:30
Josef Früchtl, Amsterdam
It Needs an Art of Translation. Critical Theory and Feelings

13:30 Lunch break / Mittagspause

15:00
Christiane Voss, Weimar
Gastlichkeit als Szene der Affektpolitik. Eine medienphilosophische Perspektive

16:30
Fritz Breithaupt, Bloomington
Narrative Emotions in the Age of ChatGPT

17:30
Glenn Most, Pisa/Chicago
Final Commentary

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