The White Rose Graduate Conference in Phenomenology and Mind

This event aims to gather PGRs and MA students in the Anglo-analytic tradition of philosophy of mind and perception and PGRs and MAs in the Continental phenomenological tradition. The event’s main purpose fostering Cross-disciplinary dialogue between historically isolated traditions.

This is a superb occasion for both PGRs and MA attendants and speakers to familiarize themselves with the work of their peers and of lead academics in phenomenology, analytic philosophy of perception and mind. 

All students are welcome. Lunch will be provided, and a drinks reception will be held on the 11th from 16:30 to 18:00.

Schedule 

10th Oct.

10:30

Arrival, Coffee and Introduction

11:00

Dr Léa Salje
(University of Leeds)
Keynote Speaker 

Saying What You Think

12:00

Siying Jiao (PhD)
(University of York)

Delineating the Phenomena of Atmospheres

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Liya Zou (Pre-doc)
(KU Leuven)

Desire in Movement: A Phenomenological Approach to Sensorimotor Relationalism and Conscious Experience

14:05

Sofia Livi (PhD)
(Scuola Normale Superiore)

Breathing Postures

14:40

Tea and Coffee

15:25

Celia Blaise (MA)
(University of Sheffield) 

Reevaluating Mystical Experiences in Theories of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

16:00

Dr Louise Richardson
(University of York)
Keynote Speaker 

TBD

17:00

Closing

11th Oct.

10:15

Arrival and Coffee

10:30

Dr Komarine Romdenh-Romluc
(University of Sheffield)
Keynote Speaker 

TBD

11:30

Daniel Kim (Postdoc)
(University of York)

 Hallucination and the Phenomenology of Embodiment

12:05

Toshiaki Ito (PhD)
(University of Sheffield)

ToM Not Necessary For Empathy

12:35

Lunch

13:35

Alex Filliez (MA)
(University of New Mexico)

Being Mentally Ill: A Phenomenological Exploration of Mental Illness as Alienated Being

14:10

Jacob Harber (PhD)
(University of Glasgow)

Beyond the Sense of Reality - Unpacking ‘unreal’ phenomenology in derealisation

14:40

Break

15:00

Dr Joel Smith
(University of Manchester)
Keynote Speaker 

The Sound of Sadness: Emotion, Expression, Music

16:00

Closing and Drinks Reception