Archive of Panels, Conferences, and Colloquia
Relating to Literature, Cognition & the Brain
\- Cognitive Approaches to Victorian Studies
(literature and science session, 2003 NAVSA Convention)
- Mind, Language, and Metaphor
(Euroconference on Consciousness and the Imagination, 20-24 April 2002)
- Epistemologies of "Truth" Across Disciplines: A Cognitive Perspective?
(Special session, 2001 MLA Convention)
- Cognitive Science and Literature: Questions of Method
(Special session, 2001 MLA Convention)
- Thinking with Your Heart: Literature and the New Cognitive Theories of Emotion
(Special session, 2001 MLA Convention)
- The Role of Cognitive Science in Literary Studies (off-site)
(Special Session, 2001 NEMLA Annual Meeting, Organized by James Luberda)
- The Literary Imagination (off-site)
(Cognitive Approaches to Literature session, 2000 MLA Convention)
- Cognition and Ideology
(Special Session, 2000 MLA Convention)
- The Organization of Literary Meaning
(Symposium, 2000 HBES Annual Meeting, Organized by Joseph Carroll)
- Gender and Cognitive Theory (off-site)
(Cognitive Approaches to Literature session, 1999 MLA Convention)
- Drama and Cognitive Science
(Special Session, 1999 MLA Annual Convention, Organized by Victoria Hayne)
- Cognitive Linguistics and Linguistic Criticism
(Linguistic Approaches to Literature session, 1999 MLA Annual Convention)
- Cognition, Narrative, and the Psychology of Love (off-site)
(Special session, 1999 MLA Convention, Organized by Jim Swan)
- Current Intersections of Evolutionary Theory, Cognitive Science, and Narrative
(Special Session, 1999 SSNL Annual Meeting, Organized by Tony Jackson)
- Imagination and the Adapted Mind: The Prehistory and Future of Poetry, Fiction, and Related Arts (off-site)
(An Interdisciplinary Conference, UC Santa Barbara, 1999)
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Literature and the Cognitive Revolution (off-site)
(Forum, 1998 MLA Convention, Organized by Francis Steen and Lisa Zunshine)
- Poetic Language I: Cognitive Poetics
(Division on Linguistic Approaches to Literature Session, 1998 MLA Convention)
- Stories of the Mind: Narrative and Contemporary Theories of Consciousness
(Society for the Study of Narrative Literature Session, 1998 MLA Annual Convention)
- What's the Difference? Literature, Lacan, and Cognitive Science
(Special Session, 1998 MLA Annual Convention, Organized by Tony Jackson)
- Literature, History, and Cognition
(Special Session, 1998 Society for Literature and Science Annual Convention, Organized by Alan Richardson)
- Romanticism and Cognitive Neuroscience
(Special Session, 1998 ACR Annual Meeting, Organized by Beth Bradburn)
- Biopoetics
(Symposium, HBES 1998 Convention, Organized by Brett Cooke)
- Languaging (off-site)
The Tenth Annual Conference on Language and Literature
(University of North Texas, January 30-31, 1998)
- "Shakespeare's Brain: Embodying the Author-Function."
(An abstract by Mary Crane, 1997 SAA Conference.)
- Cognitive Theories of Intertextuality
(Research Workshop, Tel Aviv University, December 30 1997 - January 1, 1998)
- Evolutionary Psychology and Literature:
The Significance of Evolved Cognitive Structures in the Study of Early Modern Culture
(Special Session, 1997 MLA Convention, Organized by Francis Steen)
- New Literary Uses of "Metaphorics"
(Special Session, 1997 MLA Convention, Organized by F. Elizabeth Hart)
- IALS 1997 Conference (off-site)
The 2nd International Association for Literary Semantics Conference
(University of Freiburg, September 1-3, 1997)
- Cognitive Science and the Arts
(Special Session, 1997 American Society for Aesthetics Annual Meeting, Organized by Cynthia Freeland)
- Courting the Other: Cognitive Approaches to Literary Texts
(Theme Session, 1997 International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Organized by Margaret H. Freeman)
- Cognitive Cultural Theory
(Panel, 1997 Society for Literature and Science Annual Convention, Organized by Francis Steen)
- Teaching Cognitive Metaphor
(Special Session, 1996 MLA Convention, Organized by Anne Williams)
- Real Readers
(Special Session, 1995 MLA Convention, Organized by Willie van Peer)
Please send information on past or forthcoming conferences to alan.richardson@bc.edu
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