Day 1 - Thu 14 July 2022
Reception in Gathertown
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“Breaking the ice” Quiz -
Missing out on Florida?
Opening Ceremony
Link to Zoom for the Opening Ceremony
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Poem reading by Martha Brenckle -
Welcome by Shannon Whitten -
Explaining the conference set-up -
Announcements
15 minutes BREAK
Stretch your legs and get away from your screen! 
Symposium
"Working Towards a Broader Conceptualization of Transformative Reading: Shared Reading, Possible Selves, and Socioemotional Skills"
Link to Zoom zoom meeting for Symposium
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Moniek Kuijpers
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Giulia Scapin The impact of foregrounding in literary texts on stigma reduction of depression through identification and empathy -
Cristina Loi Self-Schemas and Possible Selves: Locating the Effects of Transformative Reading on the Self-Concept -
Lovena Moneva Developing Children’s Socioemotional Skills Through Picturebooks -
Tine Riis Andersen “The Poem Opened a Door to… Something”: Investigating Transformative Reading in Shared Reading Groups for Cancer Patients
15 minutes BREAK
What about a nice
cup of tea and
some stretches?
Keynote 1
Link to Zoom meeting for Franziska Hartung
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Moniek Kuijpers
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Franziska Hartung
- Stories as a window into the human mind
15 minutes BREAK
Have you been outside today? 
Parallel session 1 Link to Zoom for Parallel Session 1
| Narrative elements | Poetry |
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Carmen Tu |
Amir Harash |
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Jonathan Frome Viewer’s Mental Framing of Fiction Film
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Willie van Peer Psychopoetics. Literary Studies on a New Footing
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Melissa Seipel Audience Understanding of and Allegiance to Fictional Antihero Characters in Television and Film
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David Hanauer Poetry, Freewriting and the Self Discovery Process
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Carmen Tu Comparing Plot Structure and Character Agency in Mimetic vs. Diegetic Narratives
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Amir Harash Who likes medieval Hebrew Poetry?
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Mesian Tilmatine Neurocognitive processes in narrative poetry reading
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Don KuikenProcedures for Identifying the Figurative Forms that “Emerge” From Poetic Metaphors
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Reception in Gathertown
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Depending on where you are:
coffee,
aperitive or
nightcap
Day 2 - Fri 15 July 2022
Reception in Gathertown
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What is your major distraction when conferencing from home?
Parallel session 2 Link to Zoom for Parallel session 2
| Changing Hearts | Computational Linguistics and Interactivity |
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Victoria Pöhls |
Victoria Lagrange |
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Victoria Pöhls Can Literary Refugee Narratives Decrease In-Group Bias? An Experimental Reader-Response Study Using Implicit Methods
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Olivia Fialho Impact and Fiction
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Heather Ness-Maddox Conceptualizing Narrative-Based Video Games as a Narrative Modality
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Victoria Lagrange Pawn-Playing and Biased Empathy: Interactive Fiction Promotes Single-Perspective Empathy and Linear Fiction Multi-Perspective Empathy
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10 minutes BREAK
Maybe a power walk around the block? 
Keynote 2
Link to Zoom for Richard Jean So
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Federico Pianzola
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Richard Jean So
- Racial Critique, Data Science, and Literary Studies
15 minutes BREAK
Have you been outside today? 
Workshop
"Setting up a Multiple Lab Research Network"
Link to Zoom for Setting Up a Multiple Lab Research Network
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Amir Harash & Moniek Kuijpers
Poster Session |
Lunch/Dinner
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Keynote 3
Link to Zoom for Emily Troscianko
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Paul Sopcak
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Emily Troscianko
- Cognitive and health humanities in the borderlands of academia
15 minutes BREAK
Get some
fresh air or a nice
cup of coffee
Parallel session 3 Link to Zoom for Parallel Session 3
| Emotions During Reading | Cognitive Aspects of Literature |
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Federico Pianzola |
Inge van de Ven |
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Reception in Gathertown
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Depending on where you are:
coffee,
aperitive or
nightcap
Day 3 - Sat 16 July 2022
Reception in Gathertown
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Who is your favorite literary character?
What will you take away from the conference that you can use in your research/life?
Parallel session 4 Link to Zoom for Parallel Session 4
| Characters and Fictional Worlds | Literature in/and Culture |
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Julia de Jonge |
Simone Rebora |
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Anastasia Glawion New Insights on Fiction Feelings: The Impact of Frequent Reading on Eye-Tracking Data
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10 minutes BREAK
Treat yourself to some
stretches…. or a
cocktail!
Keynote 4
Link to Zoom for Meghan Sanders
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@Shannon Whitten
10 minutes BREAK
Take a breather, and maybe a moment away from your screen 
Workshop
"Setting up an International Minor for Empirical Literary Studies"
Link to Zoom for Setting up an International Minor for Empirical Literary Studies
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Frank Hakemulder & Shannon Whitten
Poster Session –
Lunch/Dinner
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Grab your lunch or dinner and come join us in Gathertown, so you can ask our poster presenters all of your questions
Parallel session 5 Link to Zoom for Parallel Session5
| Empathy | Literature and Self-Reflection |
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@ Lynn Eekhof |
@ María-Ángeles Martínez |
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Nicoletta Chieregato Democracy, Empathy, Literature: Encountering, Discovering, Listening to the Other in Formal Educational Contexts
15 minutes BREAK
We are almost there, you deserve a couple of days off after this! 
General Assembly
Link to Zoom for General Assembly
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Update about the goings-on of our society:
- Next two conferences
- New board members
- Making SSOL open access
- Financial report
Closing Ceremony
Link to Zoom for Closing Ceremony
Link to Gathertown
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