Call for Papers

5th  “MEMORY, AFFECTS AND EMOTIONS”
International Interdisciplinary Conference

27-28 April  2023 | Online

Affects, emotions and perceptions have always been at the center of philosophical discussion. Yet the so-called “Affective turn” in social studies and humanities is relatively a new phenomenon inspired by Deleuze and Guattari´s influential works among others. Affective turn challenges the still dominant representational approach in semiotics, discourse analysis and text analyses of all kinds.

​Its goal is to overcome human exceptionalism together with the domination of the word-based language over the other forms of expression in the process of creating meaning and knowledge altogether. Brian Massumi in The Politics of Affect (2015) defines affect as “being right where you are – more intensely” based on the bodily experiences of the relations with the world.

He compares affect with the hope that can motivate one´s contribution to the formation of a just and more inclusive society, the urgent transformation that has to start with the changes in ontology.

The aim of the present conference is to create an academically challenging and productive space for discussion of affect based research practices throughout disciplines. We are particularly interested in exploring the potential of affective turn in memory studies. As an interdisciplinary conference, it is considered important to discuss possible differences and similarities in the definitions of the affects as well as in the approaches to their studies and their application in research practice.

​It is encouraged that researchers from various academic fields to join the discussion: anthropology, history, psychology, psychoanalysis, psychiatry, sociology, politics, philosophy, economics, law, memory studies, consciousness studies, literary studies, theatre studies, film studies, migration studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies, medical sciences, cognitive sciences, and urban studies, to name but a few.

​The organising committee will be happy to hear from both experienced scholars and young academics at the start of their careers, as well as doctoral and graduate students. They also invite all persons interested in participating in the conference as listeners, without giving a presentation.

The topics for the conference include but are not limited to the following suggestions:​

  • Affects, emotions and memory

  • Corporeal experiences in memory studies

  • New materialist and feminist approach to memory studies

  • Materiality of memory

  • Corporeal experiences of everyday life

  • Affects and health

  • Affects, consciousness and dreams

  • Affects, emotions and trauma

  • Creativity as corporeal experience

  • Affects and crime

  • Affective turn in the discourse studies

  • Emotions and political thought

  • Affective turn in visual analysis

  • Affects in literature

  • Affects  in film

  • Theatre as emotion and bodily practice

  • Affects and embodiment in science

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Timeline and Procedures​

Please submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentations, together with a short biographical note, by 7 April 2023 to: conferencememory@gmail.com  or by REGISTRATION FORM . Notification of acceptance will be sent by 10 April 2023. 

The conference language is English.

*Note:

The conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Different forms of presentations (also posters) are available.
As our online conference will be international, we will consider the different time zones of our Participants.

Registration for the Conference :
In order to participate in the conference (as a speaker or an audience member), you need to pay a REGISTRATION FEE via bank transfer or PayPal:

PRESENTERS: EUR 30 or USD 35 or GBP 30 or PLN 110 – by 19 April 2023
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: EUR 20 or USD 25 or GBP 20 or PLN 70 – by 26 April 2023

NOTE: We offer a discount for our returning Participants.

THE FEE COVERS:
– LIVE access via individual link to all conference sessions (without installing any additional applications)
– the conference programme in PDF
– certificate of attendance  for Presenters and Audience Members (sent by email or/and by post)
– online community gathering
– easy access on any device (phone, tablet and computer) with the possibility to join or leave the conference at any time

Banking details:
Beneficiary name: InMind Support Beneficiary Address: Jelitkowski Dwor 4
Beneficiary Bank name: SANTANDER
The SANTANDER Swift code is:  WBKPPLPP
Beneficiary Bank account numbers (IBAN):
Payment in PLN:
95 1090 2590 0000 0001 4259 8763
Payment in EUR:
PL58 1090 2590 0000 0001 4259 8847
Payment in USD: via PayPal – please ask for a special link

In the description field, please quote your first and last name and a note ” emotions conference”.
All banking charges are to be covered by the Sender.
NOTE: PAYPAL PAYMENTS (USD, GBP or EUR) ARE ALSO ACCEPTED (on request) – Please ask for a  link.

CANCELLATION FEES:
3 months before the conference and more – 50%
from 3 months to 1 month – 75%
1 month before the conference and less – 100%

Their email: conferencememory@gmail.com

Organizer: InMind Support

Scientific Committee:
Professor Wojciech Owczarski – University of Gdańsk, Poland
Professor Polina Golovátina-Mora – NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology