International Interdisciplinary Boredom Conference
June 16-17, 2017
Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Ballroom, Poland
Organizer: Mariusz Finkielsztein
Keynote: Erik Ringmar (Lund University, Sweden)
Conference Program
16th June 2017 (Friday) | |
10:30-12:00 | Małgorzata Kubacka (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland) Time and Meaning in the Experience of Boredom Mariusz Finkielsztein (University of Warsaw, Poland) Boredom in the Work of Scientists |
COFFEE BREAK (15 min) | |
12:15-13:45 | KEYNOTE LECTURE: Erik Ringmar (Lund University, Sweden) What are Public Moods? |
LUNCH (75 min) | |
15:00-17:00 | Joyce Conings (University of Leuven, Belgium) Siri, I’m Bored? Evelien Van Beeck (University of Leuven, Belgium) Re-enchantment as a Solution for Boredom Anna Kuszmiruk (Nikolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland) Boredom in Regard to Suffering in Arthur Schopenhauer’s Philosophy Marina Christodoulou (Alpen-Adria-Universität, Austria) Boredom as a Therapy for the Addiction to Life |
COFFEE BREAK (15 min) | |
17:15-18:30 | Linda Caldwell, Edward Smith (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Conceptualizing Boredom in Leisure among Adolescents |
WINE RECEPTION |
17th June (Saturday) | |
11.00-12:30 | Monika Chylińska (Catholic University of Lublin, Poland) Counterfactual Imagination and Boredom Agata Mrowiec (Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland) Why Is Boredom Essential in a Chemical Laboratory? – The Chemistry of Boredom Elif Gezgin, Abrek Canbolat (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey) Winter Sleep: Three Facets of Boredom |
LUNCH (60 min) |
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13:30-15:00 | Małgorzata Tyszkowska (Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland) Emotions Experienced in the Classroom during the Adaptation Process Keith Walker (University of Liverpool, Great Britain) Boredom – Discursive Psychology (DP) as an Analytical Tool Rasa Pranskuniene (Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Lithuania) Through Boredom to the Wheel of Boredom |
15:00- | COFFEE BREAK |
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