Grief, Aesthetics, and Emotion Regulation: A Workshop

Event details

This workshop is part of the AHRC-funded project ‘Grief: A Study of Human Emotional Experience’.The workshop will focus on themes in Kathleen Higgins' forthcoming book Aesthetics in Grief and Mourning (University of Chicago Press, 2024). Speakers will explore some of the ways in which aesthetic practices shape and regulate the experience of grief and its course over time.

Full programme:

10.30: Tea and coffee

11.00-12.30: Kathleen Higgins (University of Texas at Austin) - 'Wandering, Mapping, and Domesticating-      Emotion Regulation in Grief and the Role of Aesthetic Practices'

12.30-1.30: Buffet lunch

1.30-2.30: Joel Krueger (University of Exeter) — 'The aesthetics of "grief tech"' 

2.30-3.00: Tea and coffee

3.00-4.00: Ulrika Maude (University of Bristol) — 'Grievous Loss'

4.00-4.30: Tea and coffee

4.30-5.30: Jussi Saarinen (University of Jyväskylä) — 'Grieving through painting'