BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T134652Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20120501T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20120502T180000 SUMMARY:Narratives in Action: How Stories Shape Our Minds UID:20240328T134652Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Asia/Dubai LOCATION:Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates DESCRIPTION:
The tales we are exposed to when we are children deeply mold our beliefs\, values\, and attitudes\, but we are not always explicitly aware of how stories affect our cognitive functions\, cultural heritage\, and social development. We will discuss this issue from the points of view of philosophy\, linguistics\, psychology\, Arabic and English literary traditions\, political science\, media and communication studies\, and through the creative work of professional writers and marketing specialists. To keep alive the memory of both oral and written narratives\, and to understand how they inspire our present and provide us with a vision for the future.
\nOrganizing committee: Massimiliano Cappuccio (coordinator)\, Jacob Schmutz\, Bakhitah Abdullah.
\nWhere: the &ldquo\;American Corner&rdquo\; conference room\, at Crescent Building (UAE University\, Maqam campus\, Al Ain)\; \; \;Amphithé\;atre Richelieu (Université\; Paris Sorbonne Abu Dhabi\, Reem Island)
\nTuesday 1st \;of May - Morning session:
\nNarrative practices. Embodied cognition\, psychology and language
\nChair: Ann Scholl (UAEU Dept. of Philosophy\, Chair)
\n8.30-9.00 Gathering at Crescent building and preparation
\n9.00-9.20 Welcome address by FHSS Dean Mohamed Albaili
\n9.20-10.20 Keynote speaker Dan Hutto (University of Hertfordshire) \;Narrative Practice: How to Make Sense of Oneself and Others
\n10.20-11.00 Steve Bird and Sami Boudelaa (UAEU\, Dept. of Linguistics) \;Embodied Cognition and Global Priming
\n11.00-11.20 Coffee break
\n11.20-11.50 Massimiliano Cappuccio (UAEU\, Dept. of Philosophy) \;Below the Narrative Self: \; \;How Pre-performance Speeches Affect Sportive Performances
\n11.50-12.20 Hosny Mostafa Abdrabo Al-Dali (UAEU\, Dept. of Linguistics) \;Contrastive Rhetoric and Written Narration by Arabic and Spanish Speakers
\n12.20-12.50 Fatma Zohra Sai (UAEU\, Dept. \;Of Psychology) \;How our 'First Experience' Shapes our Cognition
\n12.50-13.00 Conclusive remarks by the Chair
\n13.00-14.50 Buffet lunch
\n\nTuesday 1st \;of May - Afternoon session:
\nCreative story-telling and affective communication
\nChair: Dennis Leavens and Massimiliano Cappuccio
\n14.50-15.20 \;Alexander McNabb (Spot on Public Relations - Dubai\, CEO) \;How to write stories. Narratives in public relations and fiction
\n15.20-15.50 Alexandra Tohme (OgilvyOne - Dubai\, Digital strategist) \;Brand stories from the sixties to the superbowl
\n15.50-16.10 Coffee break
\n16.10-16.40 Giorgio Ungania (Zayed University - Dubai\, Media Initiative Director) \;Storytelling in the digital age: old players vs new players
\n16.40-17.10 \;Ali Noor Mohamed \;(UAEU\, Dept. of Media and \;Communication\, Chair) \;Media and the perpetuation of political and cultural narratives
\n17.10-17.40 Afaf Bataineh (Zayed University - Abu Dhabi\, Dept. of Arabic Studies) \;Defining the Self: stories of compromise\, rebellion and autonomy in the writings of Arab women
\n18.30-19.30 \;Sympathy the Learned \;- a reading/performance inspired by Mary Zimmerman's &ldquo\;The Arabian Nights&rdquo\;. Adapted and directed by Jim Mirrione (UAEU\, Dept. of English Literature)
\n(Note: the venue of the performance is Crescent Building Auditorium D1-B2001 &ndash\; next to American Corner)
\nWednesday 2nd \;of May - Morning session:
\nOne thousand and one tales. Cultural heritage in the Arab world and in America
\nChair: Dan Hutto &\; Massimiliano Cappuccio
\n9.00-9.20 Welcome address by Dean of Libraries Hasan M. Al-Naboodah
\n9.20-9.50 Manfred Malzahn (UAEU\, Director of Research and Graduate Studies Support) \;Braveheart vs Peter Pan: Narrative and Scottish National Myth/s
\n9.50-10.20 Dennis Leavens (UAEU\, FHSS Associate Dean for the Humanities) \;riverrun past A CARAFE THAT IS A BLIND GLASS to The Red Wheelbarrow
\n10.20-11.20 Coffee break and poster session. With a presentation by Sahla Azzi (UAEU\, Dept. of Linguistics)
\n11.20-11.50 Jonathon Penny (UAEU\, Dept. of English Literature) \;Learned by heart and writ on air: memory\, performance\, and revision in literature before literacy
\n11.50-12.20 Ann Scholl (UAEU\, Dept. of Philosophy\, Chair) \;American Patriotism as frontier narrative
\n12.20-12.50 Rasheed Bu Shoair (UAEU\, Dept. of Arabic Literature) TBA
\n12.50-13.00 Conclusive remarks by the Chair
\n13.00-14.00 Buffet lunch
\n14.00-16.40 Bus transfer to Abu Dhabi
\nWednesday 2nd \;of May - Evening session:
\nNarratives in the construction of social and political identities
\nChair: Jacob Schmutz (Sorbonne AD\, Dept. of Philosophy and Sociology\, Chair)
\n17.00-17.10 Welcome address by Jacob Schmutz
\n17.10-17.40 Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (UAEU\, Dept. of Political Science\; Gulf News columnist) \;Conflicts of Narratives in the Gulf Moment of Politics: local vs. global\, continuity vs. change
\n17.40-18.10 Mishaal Al Gergawi (Emirati commentator on current affairs\; Gulf News columnist) \;Emirati Identity: The attempt to capture an ever evolving narrative
\n18.10-18.40 Aisha Bilkhair (National Center for Documentation and Research Abu Dhabi - Research &\; Knowledge Services Dept.\, Director) \;UAE Identity: actions and symbols
\n18.40-19.00 Break
\n19.00-19.30 Duane Lacey (UAEU\, Dept. of Philosophy) \;Real-time narrative in war
\n19.30-20.00 Discussion
\n20.00-22.00 Social dinner
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