"Mind-Narrative-Ethics," European Narratology Network, University of Hamburg, January 23-24, 2009.

Program: Friday, January 23rd, 2009 (Section I: Narrative & Mind) 02.00 – 03.00 p.m. Alan Palmer (London): ‘Expanding the Mind’; discussant: N.N. 03.00 – 04.00 p.m. Monika Fludernik (Freiburg): ‘Blending Theory and the Question of the Cognitive Extension of Narrative Situations’; discussant: Roy Sommer (Wuppertal) 04.00 – 04.30 p.m. Coffee break 04.30 – 05.30 p.m. Jean-Marie Schaeffer (Paris): ‘Plato’s Nightmare: Cognitive interactions between fictional representations and factual beliefs’; discussant: Frank Zipfel (Mainz) 05.30 – 06.30 p.m. Per Krogh Hansen (Kolding): ‘Unreliable Narration in Cinema: Facing the Cognitive Challenge Raised in Literary Studies’; discussant: Tom Kindt (Göttingen) 07.00 p.m. Buffet dinner (University Guest House) Saturday, January 24th, 2009 (Section II: Narrative & Ethics) 09.00 – 10.00 a.m. E. J. (Liesbeth) Korthals Altes (Groningen): ‘(Literary) Narrative Fiction as Negotiation of Values’; discussant: Roland Weidle (Hamburg) 10.00 – 11.00 a.m. Jakob Lothe (Oslo): ‘Narrative and Ethics: Conrad, Kafka, Sebald (Heart of Darkness, “In der Strafkolonie” and “Austerlitz”)’; discussant: Astrid Erll (Wuppertal) 11.00 – 11.30 a.m. Coffee break 11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Wolfgang Müller (Jena): ‘From Homer’s Odyssey to Joyce’s Ulysses: Theory and Practice of an Ethical Narratology’; discussant: Fotis Jannidis (Darmstadt) 12.30 – 01.30 p.m. Henrik Skov Nielsen (Aarhus): ‘New Ethics, New Formalism?’; discussant: Jan Alber (Freiburg) 02.00 p.m. Business Lunch for ENN members Further information may be found here: http://www.narratology.net/component/content/article/5-news/18-conference-qmind-narrative-ethicsq.html.