BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260410T195909Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250930T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250930T000000
SUMMARY:Valence Asymmetries Conference
UID:20260412T091034Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp
TZID:Europe/Madrid
LOCATION:Pompeu Fabra University\, Poblenou Campus\, Barcelona\, Spain\, 08018
DESCRIPTION:<p>The&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.upf.edu/web/valence-asymmetries/project-members">Valence Asymmetries ERC team</a>&nbsp\;is happy to announce that it will be organizing the first VALENCE ASYMMETRIES conference on&nbsp\;<strong>March 19th-20th</strong>&nbsp\;2026 at the Pompeu Fabra University in&nbsp\;<strong>Barcelona\, Spain</strong>. The event is funded by Isidora Stojanovic&rsquo\;s ERC Advanced Grant &ldquo\;Valence Asymmetries: the positive\, the negative\, the good and the bad in language\, mind and morality&rdquo\; (GA n&deg\; 101142133).</p>\n<p>This interdisciplinary event will discuss themes which are central to the&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.upf.edu/web/valence-asymmetries">Valence Asymmetries project</a>\, including the role of valence asymmetries in perception\, emotion\, morality\, language\, and communication. Discussion will draw upon insights from philosophy\, psychology\, and linguistics.</p>\n<p>There will be invited talks by Hans Alves\, Frederique de Vignemont\, Saif Mohammad\, and Pascal Willemsen. There is also room for 4-6 additional talks\, to be selected from open submissions. Each selected talk will be assigned a 50 min slot\, including discussion.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>We especially encourage submissions on the relation between value\, valence\, and polarity\; theoretical and empirical accounts of valence asymmetries in language\, including in negative strengthening\, scalar inferences\, and irony\; the asymmetry between virtue and vice\, and between praise and blame\, in normative and applied ethics\; as well as other discussions of valence asymmetries in linguistics\, cognitive science\, moral psychology\, and cognate areas.</p>\n<p>If you are interested in presenting your work at this venue\, please submit a&nbsp\;<strong>2-page abstract</strong>&nbsp\;to&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:valence.asymmetries@upf.edu">valence.asymmetries@upf.edu</a>&nbsp\;<strong>by Sep 30th</strong>\, with the subject line &ldquo\;valence asymmetries submission&rdquo\;.</p>\n<p>Invited speakers:</p>\n<p>Hans Alves (Ruhr Universit&auml\;t Bochum)\; Fr&eacute\;d&eacute\;rique de Vignemont (Institut Jean Nicod)\; Saif M. Mohammad (National Research Council Canada)\; Pascale Willemsen (Universit&auml\;t Z&uuml\;rich)</p>\n<p>Program Committee and Organization:</p>\n<p>Isidora Stojanovic (Chair)\; Lorenza C. D'Angelo\; Morgan Moyer\; Michelle Stankovic</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Isidora Stojanovic;CN=Lorenza C. D'Angelo;CN=Morgan Moyer;CN=Michelle Stankovic:
METHOD:PUBLISH
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR