31 03 11 Int Symposium Narrative Research

International Symposium on Narrative Research.
Announcement of the second event of the Network for Narrative Research Netherlands (NNN)

This one-day symposium brings together exciting work from narrative researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds from five European countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, France, the UK, and Finland. Contributions range from theoretical and methodological reflections on the current status and future challenges in narrative research, to descriptions of (ongoing) literary and empirical work. This event provides the opportunity to connect the Dutch network with European partners such as the Centre for Narrative Research in London, and the Nordic Network of Narrative Studies.

A short preliminary programme can be found below. For more details see attachment. Updates will be posted on the Network of Narrative Research Netherlands LinkedIn Group (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3333230 and at the website of the University of Humanistics: www.uvh.nl.

You can register for this event via the site of the University of Humanistics.

The entrance fee is  €75 and includes lunch, coffee/tea, and drinks afterwards.

For practical information, e-mail ina@luichies.com.
For inquiries about the programme, e-mail a.sools@uvh.nl

Location: University of Humanistics
Kromme Nieuwegracht 29
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Preliminary programme spring symposium on narrative research
Thursday 31st March 2011 at the University for Humanistics, Utrecht, The Netherlands

09.00-09.30: Registration, coffee & tea

09.30-09.45: Welcome & introduction - Anneke Sools

09.45-11.15:
The Travelling Concept of Narrative - Matti Hyvärinen
The function of narrative: Toward a narrative psychology of meaning - Brian Schiff

11.15-11.30: Break

11.30-13.00:
To see a world in a grain of sand: The significance of detail in narrative research - Anneke Sools
Living storying as instrument for change? - Alexander Maas
Going Narrative – but where will it take us? - Floor Basten

13.00-14.00: Lunch

14.00-15.30
Resilience and Narrative: A Narrative Analysis of Natascha Kampusch’s Survival - Joachim Duyndam
Missing stories in public health - Klasien Horstman
Life stories and mental health - Gerben Westerhof

15.30-16.00: Break

16.00-17.30
Studying selfhood as a rhizomatic story - Gerrit Loots
Narrative and the gift of the future - Corinne Squire
    
17.30-18.30: Drinks