International Interdisciplinary Boredom Conference
Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 32, Ballroom, Poland
Organizer: Mariusz Finkielsztein
Keynotes:
Wijnand Van Tilburg (University of Essex)
Lars Svendsen (University of Bergen)
Jeffrey Auerbach (California State University)
Anna Lee Maynard (Georgia Regents University)
Conference Program
DAY 1 (15 MAY)
11:00-13:00
INAUGURATION
Mariusz Finkielsztein, Izabela Wagner-Saffray
Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 32, Ballroom
PRINCIPLES OF BOREDOM
Moderator:
Mariusz Finkielsztein (University of Warsaw)
Mariusz Finkielsztein (University of Warsaw)
Boredom is Everywhere: Towards Boredom Studies – Cross-Disciplinary Overview
Janina Duszyńska (University of Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun)
Krystian Gradz (University of Warsaw)
13:00-14:00
LUNCH
Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 32, Ballroom
14:00-15:15
PSYCHOLOGY OF BOREDOM
Moderator:
Maria Flakus (University of Silesia, Katowice)
Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 32, Ballroom
Wijnand van Tilburg (Keynote 1) (University of Southampton)
Eric Igou (University of Limerick)
PEDAGOGY OF BOREDOM
Moderator:
Iga Kazimierczyk (University of Warsaw)
Government Conference Room (2nd floor), Krakowskie Przedmieście 24
Małgorzata Tyszkowska (Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz)
Boredom in Preschool as a Warning Signal for a Tutor/Teacher
Aleksandra Antonik (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
Clever and Bored. Causes and Implications of Underachievement in Gifted Students
Iga Kazimierczyk (University of Warsaw)
What do you Feel when you’re Bored out? Pupils Talk about Boredom in School
15:15-15:30
15:30-17:00
PSYCHOLOGY OF BOREDOM
Moderator:
Maria Flakus (University of Silesia, Katowice)
Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 32, Ballroom
Agata Złotogórska, Marta Molińska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
Cognitive Functions of Boredom
Małgorzata Osowiecka (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty in Sopot)
Jakub Kuś (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty in Wroclaw)
Justyna Kramarczyk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
Creative Boredom: What Good Can Come from Boredom in Multitasking Network Culture?
Maria Flakus (University of Silesia, Katowice)
Psychotherapy with the Boring Patient – Boredom as a Clinical Issue
ACADEMIC BOREDOM
Moderator:
Izabela Wagner-Saffray (University of Warsaw)
Government Conference Room (2nd floor), Krakowskie Przedmieście 24
Zbigniew Głowala (Jagiellonian University, Krakow)
Danuta Nowak, Joanna Kasprowicz (University of Zielona Gora)
Boredom at the University – Whether Students Are Bored?
Daniel Kontowski (University of Warsaw)
17:00-17:10
17:10-18:00
OPEN SESSION
Moderator:
Mariusz Finkielsztein (University of Warsaw)
Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Krakowskie Przedmieście 32, Ballroom
Patrycja Grzyś (University of Gdansk)
The Great Plague of Dullness – Briefly about Polish Cityscape
DAY 2 (16 MAY)
10:00-11:00
Institute of Sociology, Stefan Nowak’s Room, Karowa 18
KEYNOTE 2
Lee Anna Maynard (Georgia Regents University)
Time to Think, Time to Fear: British Literature’s Gothic Boredom
11:00-11:10
PHILOSOPHY OF BOREDOM
Moderator: Lars Svendsen (University of Bergen)
Jaboco Zabalo (University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
Metaphysics of Boredom. On how Nietzsche Became Heidegger
Monika Chylińska (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
Is the Bored Mind an Unconstrained Mind?
Piotr Sawczyński (Jagiellonian University, Krakow)
Can Doing Nothing Emancipate Us? Giorgio Agamben on Boredom and the Political
12:30-12:45
12:45-14:00
HISTORY OF BOREDOM
Moderator: Ian Higgins (University of Leicester)
Institute of Sociology, Stefan Nowak’s Room, Karowa 18
Edyta Pętkowska (University of Warsaw)
Jeffrey Auerbach (California State University)
Boredom and the British Empire
14:00-15:00
LUNCH
Institute of Sociology, Stefan Nowak’s Room, Karowa 18
15:00-16:45
SOCIOLOGY AND BOREDOM
Moderator: Cinthya Guzman (University of Toronto)
Institute of Sociology, Stefan Nowak’s Room, Karowa 18
Cinthya Guzman (University of Toronto)
Problematic or Productive – Experiences of Boredom in Everyday Life
Małgorzata Kubacka (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
Boredom in Everyday Life Experience – Shameful or Affirmed
Wojciech Sobolewski (University of Warsaw)
Boredom in Theatre – a Sociological Study of Theatre Audience
16:45-17:00
17:00-18:15
LITERATURE OF BOREDOM
Moderator: Lee Anna Maynard (Georgia Regents University)
Institute of Sociology, Stefan Nowak’s Room, Karowa 18
Wojciech Boryszewski (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn)
Existential Boredom and Melancholia in “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” by John Fowles
Aleksandra Sowa-Zduńczyk (University of Silesia, Katowice)
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