Conferences 2008 - 2012

(Selection)


Shame and Shaming in Twentieth Century HistoryDecember 6-7, 2012

Shame and Shaming in Twentieth Century History
December 6-7, 2012

Conveners: Ute Frevert (Center for the History of Emotions, MPI for Human Development) and Mary Fulbrook (University College London)

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Childhood, Youth and Emotions in Modern HistoryNovember 29-December 1, 2012

Childhood, Youth and Emotions in Modern History
November 29-December 1, 2012

This three-day international conference brought together scholars interested in the intersection of childhood, youth, education and the emotions in historical perspectives. The conference was organized by Stephanie Olsen and Juliane Brauer. Peter N. Stearns, Provost and Professor of History at George Mason University, gave the keynote address.

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4th Midterm Conference of the ESA RN Sociology of Emotions
October 11-13, 2012

Jointly organized with the Cluster of Excellence “Languages of Emotion” at Freie Universität, Berlin and the Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin.

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Emotions and Capitalism
June 28-30, 2012

The conference was organized by Christoph Conrad (University of Geneva), Sabine Donauer (Graduate School Languages of Emotion Free University, Berlin) and Anne Schmidt (Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin).

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Emotions and the History of Modern AntisemitismApril 16-18, 2012

Emotions and the History of Modern Antisemitism
April 16-18, 2012

The Conference was organised by Uffa Jensen (MPIB, now TU Berlin) together with Raphael Gross and Daniel Wildmann (Leo Baeck Institute London), and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (Center for Research on Anti-Semitism, Berlin).

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Emotions and Medicine in the 20th CenturySeptember 22-24, 2011

Emotions and Medicine in the 20th Century
September 22-24, 2011

Organised by Bettina Hitzer and Anja Laukötter.
Emotions and Historical Learning RevistedJuly 6-8, 2011

Emotions and Historical Learning Revisted
July 6-8, 2011

Organised by Juliane Brauer (Center for the History of Emotions) and Martin Lücke (Freie Universität Berlin)
Empathy and the Blocking of EmpathyJuly 1-2, 2011

Empathy and the Blocking of Empathy
July 1-2, 2011

Hosted by Aleida Assmann (Konstanz), Steven Aschheim (Jerusalem) and Ute Frevert (Berlin).

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Learning to Feel: Emotions Beyond Nature vs. Nurture
April 10-14, 2011

Joint conference in Jerusalem of the Centre for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin and the Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem in collaboration with The Hebrew University, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University.
The Education of EmotionsDecember 2-4, 2010

The Education of Emotions
December 2-4, 2010

Interdisciplinary Conference of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in collaboration with the Cluster of Excellence "Languages of Emotion", Freie Universität Berlin

Representations of History, Emotions and Visual Media
April 21-23, 2010

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