Environmental Grief, Hope and Beyond: workshop programme
International workshop organised by the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice
Date: 28-30 August 2023
Conference Venue: The historical building of the University of Pardubice, Room 03004 (nám. Čs. legií 565, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic)
Keynote speakers:
Nora Hämäläinen (University of Helsinki)
Rupert Read (University of East Anglia)
Tom Whyman (Durham University)
Workshop programme
DAY 1: MONDAY 28 AUGUST 2023
8:30-9:00 registration open
9:00-9.10 welcome and opening
9:10-10:10
KEYNOTE: Tom Whyman (independent/Durham University)
“What's stopping us from being hopeful (in the face of the climate crisis)?”
(chair: Ondřej Beran)
10.10-10.40 Coffee break
10:40-11:20
Pablo Fernández Velasco (Trinity College Dublin)
“Ecological grief as a crisis in dwelling”
11:25-12.05
Anna Titov (University of Pardubice)
“Attuning to a Disappearing World: on fear and anxiety as embodied moods”
(chair: Olena Kushyna)
12.10-13.40 Lunch break
13:40-14:20
Daniel Paul Zimmer (Stanford University)
“Nuclear Numbing, Climate Anxiety, and the Psycho-Political Consequences of Living Beneath the Sword of Damocles”
14:25-15.05
Mira Reyes (University of Pardubice)
“The Emotional Landscape of Nonhuman Animal Species Extinction: Identifying the Responsible Grief”
(chair: Lesley Jamieson)
15.05-15.35 Coffee break
15:35-16:15
Quân Nguyen (University of Edinburgh)
In Defence of Despair about the Climate Crisis
(chair: Anna Titov)
16.15-18.00 Break for drinks and chillout and for moving to Divadlo 29
18:00
FILM SCREENING (in Divadlo 29):
White on White (2020)
followed by a discussion with the director Viera Čákanyová
(chair: Antony Fredriksson)
20.00 Dinner in Divadlo 29
DAY 2: TUESDAY 29 AUGUST 2023
9:00-10:00 (ONLINE TALK)
KEYNOTE: Rupert Read (independent/University of East Anglia)
“Telling the whole truth about our ecological predicament: how grief is love and how the future could be magnificent”
(chair: Silvia Caprioglio Panizza)
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10:30-11:10 (ONLINE TALK)
Ella Chiara Vallelonga (University of Adelaide)
“Putting Grief to Work: Hope-Filled Imaginations of Thriving Within Worlds of Risk & Recovery”
11:15-11.55 (ONLINE TALK)
Aanuoluwapo Fifebo Sunday (Rachel Carson Center, Munich/Adekunle Ajasin University) and Akinpelu A. Oyekunle (University of Pretoria)
“Ubuntu: Towards an African Pro-Environmental Motivation for Waste Ethics”
(chair: Patrick Keenan)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13:30-14:10
David Rozen (University of Pardubice)
“Promethean Fear as the Founding Emotion of Global Environmentalism”
14:15-14.55
James Hutton (University of Edinburgh)
“Emotions, Ethical Beliefs, and the Climate Crisis”
(chair: Laura Candiotto)
14.55-15.25 Coffee break
15:25-16:05
Antony Fredriksson (University of Pardubice)
“Kinship and relationality as foundations for environmental emotions”
16:10-16.50
Chevy Hiceta (University of Göttingen)
“The cry of the earth and the cry of the poor”: Pope Francis’ faith approach to awakening from our ecological crisis
(Chair: Mira Reyes)
16.50-18.30 Break for drinks and chillout
18.30 Dinner somewhere
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY 30 AUGUST 2023
9:00-10:00
KEYNOTE: Nora Hämäläinen (University of Helsinki)
“Hope and agency in a time of environmental upheaval”
(chair: Kamila Pacovská)
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10:30-11:10
Ryan Manhire (Åbo Akademi)
“Overcoming Climate Grief: Eliciting Shame, Fear, and Joy Through Moral Persuasion”
11:15-11.55
Ondřej Beran (University of Pardubice)
“Friendship and Politics”
(chair: David Rozen)
12.00 closing and goodbye