BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260427T160718Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260608T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260610T170000 SUMMARY:The Emotional Aspects of Resistance and Solidarity Conference UID:20260501T101044Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Bologna\, Italy DESCRIPTION:

TEARS CONFERENCE\, 8-10 June 2026

Philosophy Department\, University of Bologna

Organizers: Laurencia Sá\;enz Benavides &\; Pia Campeggiani

I am happy to announce the conference entitled &ldquo\;The Emotional Aspects of Resistance and Solidarity&rdquo\;. This conference aims to bring in post-graduate students\, early career academics and established scholars whose work on the socio-political aspects of narrative practices\, affects and emotions can offer illuminating perspectives on some of the issues addressed by the \;TEARS project\, such as:

Affective dimensions of resistance to social oppression (race\, class\, gender\, sexuality\, neurodiversity&hellip\;)
Affective conditions for solidarity
The role of narrative practices for resistance to oppression
Ambivalence and resistance to oppression
How can institutions (academic or other) be changed so that they do not reproduce oppressive relations?

The conference will take place on the 8th-10th June 2026\, at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bologna\, Via Azzo Gardino 23\, Sala Rossa (June 8th &\; 9th)\; Via Zamboni 38\, Sala Apollo (June 10th). \;

This conference is supported by the European Union&rsquo\;s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement n°\;1011105929 Project TEARS

If you wish to attend this event\, please register here: \;https://forms.gle/CQvzuoV7YSiautBs5 \;

For any inquiries\, please email \; \;maria.saenzbenavides@unibo.it \;or \;laurenciasaenz@gmail.com \;

Conference Programme:

Keynote Speakers: Maria Pia Lara (UAM) &\; Mariana Ortega (Penn State University)

Day 1. Monday June 8th. \;

Venue: Sala Rossa\, Via Azzo Gardino 23. \;

14: 30 Welcome

15:00-16:00 &ldquo\;From outlaw emotions to moral injury: Rethinking the affective disruptions of norms&rdquo\; Ditte Munch-Jurisic (Copenhagen) \;

16:00-17:00 &ldquo\;Feelings and Epistemic Resistance&rdquo\; Caleb Ward (Hamburg)

17:00 Keynote address: Maria Pia Lara (UAM)

19:30 Social Dinner

Day 2 Tuesday June 9th. \;

Venue: Sala Rossa\, Via Azzo Gardino 23

8:00-9:00 \; &ldquo\;The emancipatory power of narrative practices&rdquo\; Laurencia Saenz Benavides (Bologna)

9:00-10:00 &ldquo\;Pedagogical perspectives on loneliness narratives in extremist and emancipatory movements&rdquo\; Ruth Rebecca Tietjen (Tilburg) \;

Break

10:15-11:15 \;&ldquo\;The Unfinished &lsquo\;We&rsquo\;: Longing for Belonging\, Loneliness\, and the Affective Fault Lines of Political Communities&rdquo\; Marie Wuth (Erlangen-Nü\;rnberg).

11:15-12:15: TBC Tris Hedges (Copenhagen)

12:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:30 &ldquo\;Mass Masochism&rdquo\; Serena Gregorio (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen). \;

15:30-16:30 &ldquo\;&lsquo\;Something new must be created at all costs&rsquo\;. Affects of Societal Transformation&rdquo\; Henrike Kohpeiß\; (Lü\;neburg)

Break

17:00 Keynote lecture: Mariana Ortega (Penn State University)

19:30 \;Dinner \;

Day 3. Wednesday June 10th. \;

Venue: Sala Apollo\, 38 Via Zamboni \;

9:00-11:00 Concluding remarks

End of the conference

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