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• 30 avr 2016

  Madrid

  Call for papers - Thought

  IV International Conference of Myth Criticism

  Myth and Emotions

  Along with rational logic there is an emotional logic, responsible for many actions that we carry out. Myth Criticism tends to tackle mythical stories from a structural, social and historical perspective. However, it often ignores the emotional component. It seems as if the affective dimension, particularly active in our contemporary society, is not considered relevant in the studies of mythology. The Conference will examine the function undertaken by emotions in the structure of mythical stories and in the processes of mythification of characters and historical events. The object of the study will focus on ancient, medieval and modern myths in contemporary literature and art (since 1900).

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• 28 avr 2015

  29 avr 2015

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Psyche

  The Brains that pull the Triggers

  Paris Conference on Syndrome E

  The transformation of groups of previously nonviolent individuals into repetitive killers of defenseless members of society has been a recurring phenomenon throughout history. This apparent transition of large numbers of so called “psychologically intact”, “ordinary” individuals, to perpetrators of extreme atrocities is one of the most striking variants of human behavior, but often appear incomprehensible to victims and bystanders and in retrospect even to the perpetrators themselves and to society in general. This transition is characterized by a set of symptoms and signs for which a common syndrome has been proposed, Syndrome E (Fried, Lancet, 1997). The purpose of such designation is not to medicalize this form of human behavior, but to provide a framework for future discussion and multidisciplinary discourse and for potential insights that might lead to early detection and prevention. The Brains that Pull the Triggers, a special conference under the auspices of the Paris Institute for Advanced Studies, will bring together scientists and scholars from the human, social and brain sciences along with guests from literature, politics, and law to bear upon this tragic invariant of the human condition.

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• 01 déc 2008

  Utrecht

  Call for papers - History

  Standardizing Psychoactive Drugs And Drug Uses. 1900-1970

  Psychoactive drugs and drug treatments, within psychiatry, as well as those that have entered the public domain, have begun increasingly to attract the interest of historical researchers. An aspect of this research is the search for generalized concepts that can be used to understand the dynamics of the life-cycles of drugs. One such concept, and the focus of a new research program, sponsored by the European Science Foundation, is that of 'standardization'.

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• 15 nov 2007

  Brussels

  Call for papers - Modern

  Writing the history of psychiatry after 1945

  L’histoire de la psychiatrie au 20e siècle est marquée par un vide historiographique remarquable comparée aux 18e et 19e siècles. L’implication de la psychiatrie dans la politique nationale-socialiste en Allemagne et dans les territoires occupée en est une exception : la focalisation sur cette problématique semble avoir conduit à un certain délaissement du reste du siècle. En effet à part cette période, le récit historiographique sur la psychiatrie au 20e siècle n’est guère structuré, ou alors il manque de visibilité, divisé entre différentes épistémologies nationales. Partant du constat d’un déficit de la recherche sur la psychiatrie de l’après 1945, régulièrement soulevé dans la littérature récente , ce workshop vise à effectuer un premier tour d’horizon. Il s’entend dès lors articuler autour de deux questions : la chronologie et le cadre paradigmatique.

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