TEARS CONFERENCE\, 8-10 June 2026
\nPhilosophy Department\, University of Bologna
\nOrganizers: Laurencia Sá\;enz Benavides &\; Pia Campeggiani
\nI 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:
\nThe 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). \;
\nThis 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
\nIf you wish to attend this event\, please register here: \;https://forms.gle/CQvzuoV7YSiautBs5 \;
\nFor any inquiries\, please email \; \;maria.saenzbenavides@unibo.it \;or \;laurenciasaenz@gmail.com \;
\nConference Programme:
\nKeynote Speakers: Maria Pia Lara (UAM) &\; Mariana Ortega (Penn State University)
\nDay 1. Monday June 8th. \;
\nVenue: Sala Rossa\, Via Azzo Gardino 23. \;
\n14: 30 Welcome
\n15:00-16:00 &ldquo\;From outlaw emotions to moral injury: Rethinking the affective disruptions of norms&rdquo\; Ditte Munch-Jurisic (Copenhagen) \;
\n16:00-17:00 &ldquo\;Feelings and Epistemic Resistance&rdquo\; Caleb Ward (Hamburg)
\n17:00 Keynote address: Maria Pia Lara (UAM)
\n19:30 Social Dinner
\nDay 2 Tuesday June 9th. \;
\nVenue: Sala Rossa\, Via Azzo Gardino 23
\n8:00-9:00 \; &ldquo\;The emancipatory power of narrative practices&rdquo\; Laurencia Saenz Benavides (Bologna)
\n9:00-10:00 &ldquo\;Pedagogical perspectives on loneliness narratives in extremist and emancipatory movements&rdquo\; Ruth Rebecca Tietjen (Tilburg) \;
\nBreak
\n10:15-11:15 \;&ldquo\;The Unfinished &lsquo\;We&rsquo\;: Longing for Belonging\, Loneliness\, and the Affective Fault Lines of Political Communities&rdquo\; Marie Wuth (Erlangen-Nü\;rnberg).
\n11:15-12:15: TBC Tris Hedges (Copenhagen)
\n12:30-14:30 Lunch
\n14:30-15:30 &ldquo\;Mass Masochism&rdquo\; Serena Gregorio (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen). \;
\n15:30-16:30 &ldquo\;&lsquo\;Something new must be created at all costs&rsquo\;. Affects of Societal Transformation&rdquo\; Henrike Kohpeiß\; (Lü\;neburg)
\nBreak
\n17:00 Keynote lecture: Mariana Ortega (Penn State University)
\n19:30 \;Dinner \;
\nDay 3. Wednesday June 10th. \;
\nVenue: Sala Apollo\, 38 Via Zamboni \;
\n9:00-11:00 Concluding remarks
\nEnd of the conference
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\nThe 2026 Conference will be hosted by Alma Mater Studiorum\, University of Bologna &ndash\; Department of the Arts (DAR) \, located in Via Barberia 4\, Bologna\, Italy. \;
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