The TAU PhD Student Study Group on Emotion Research
החברותא לחקר הרגשות, אוניברסיטת תל אביב
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Emotions
סדנה בינתחומית לחקר הרגשות
Thursday, June 11, 2015, 09:45-17:45, Gilman 133
9:15 – 9:45 Reception
9:45-10:00 Opening and Greetings
Hedda Ben-Bassat, Head of the Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University
Rotem Leshem, Organizer of the PhD Student Study Group on Emotion Research, Tel Aviv University
10:00-11:30
Plenary talk
Chair: Oren Bader, Cohn Institute, School of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
Christian von Scheve, Institute of Sociology, Frei Universität Berlin
An interdisciplinary perspective on collective emotions in social dynamics
11:30-11:45 Coffee break
11:45-13:15 History of Emotions
Chair: Rakefet Sela-Sheffy, Culture Research, Tel Aviv University
Negotiating emotional conduct: Faith and medicine in the late middle ages
Naama Cohen-Hanegbi, History, Tel Aviv University
Ottomans in wonderland: The conceptualization of wonder and other emotions towards animals in Ottoman thought during the early modern period
Ido Ben-Ami, School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University
Emotion regulation in late antique Christian monasticism
Inbar Graiver, School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University
of thinking and being.
13:15-14:15 Lunch
14:15-15:45 Gender, Body and Emotions
Chair: Kinneret Lahad, Women and Gender Studies, Tel Aviv University
Embodying emotions: Working with de Beauvoir's second sex
Lyat Friedman, Policy and Theory of the arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
This paper explores the de Beauvoir's claim that emotions are something women are taught to develop. It will explore the kind of emotions women are trained to have and ask what kind of things women can do with their "gentle" emotions.
Embracing emotional ambiguity in communities of social change
Maya Maor, Gender Studies, Ben-Gurion University
Desire to oppression & oppressed desire: A feminist view on feminine desire
Shelly Levit, School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University
15:45-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Emotions in Social Interaction
Chair: Christian von Scheve, Sociology, Frei Universität Berlin
The co-evolution of language and emotions
Daniel Dor, Communication, Tel Aviv University
The emotional origins of social attention
Oren Bader, Cohn Institute, School of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
Managing emotions through talk: Israeli men reporting aggressive interactions
Rotem Leshem, School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University
Conclusion and discussion
Organizing Committee: Rotem Leshem, Oren Bader, Ido Ben-Ami and Shelly Levit