International conference ‘Man and emotions in social studies and humanities’ (Warsaw, 13-14 June 2014)

PhD Students’ Scientific Association at the Faculty of History, Warsaw University
invites at international conference

‘Man and emotions in social studies and humanities’

Warsaw, 13-14 June 2014

In recent years human emotionality has become an issue that attract attention of various scientific audiences. Emotions will no longer be a domain of artists, psychologists, and other specialists of intimacy. The social, cultural and historical dimensions of emotions are constantly emphasized as an important context for understanding the diverse patterns of feelings, modes of emotional expression, and their transformations over the centuries. However, although we already have devoted some attention to emotions, we still encounter new or never discussed problems that deserve a serious approach.

The aim of the conference is to put the question of emotions in a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. We invite scholars active in the area of social sciences and humanities – PhD students, young doctors, as well as graduate students. The conference has been designed as an interdisciplinary reflection on the role of emotions in culture and society, and the ways and means of their expression.

Below you can find the suggested issues on which you can focus in your papers, but we are open to other approaches and we encourage you to submit your own ideas.

We propose the following topics:

·         significance and the role of emotions in cultural practices;

·         expression and articulation of emotions in historical perspective;

·         emotions in public space and private life;

·         the role of emotions in the construction of social attitudes;

·         social patterns of feeling;

·         individual or collective – how to research emotions in social life;

·         the role of emotions in political discourse;

·         emotions in literature – between convention and reality;

·         narratives about positive and negative emotions and their myth-making, political, and social functions;

·         the forms and means of emotional expression in the fine arts;

·      emotions and communication - verbal and nonverbal means of emotional expression;

·         emotions and gender;

·         emotions in archaeological research – about the presence and the perceptibility of human moods and feelings in the light of the excavation discoveries;

·         emotions and feelings as research categories.

A completed application form and an abstract (1000-2000 characters) should be sent by e-mail to doktoranci.wh@uw.edu.pl before 1st May 2014.

Application Form

The conference fee is 10 EUR.

We anticipate a post-conference publication.

The conference is organized in cooperation with the Doctoral Council of the Faculty of History at the University of Warsaw and the Students’ Scientific Association of Historians at the University of Warsaw.

Media sponsor of the event is the portal Histmag.org.

We cordially invite you to participate and look forward to your applications!