Organizer: InMind Support


Scientific Committee:
Professor Wojciech Owczarski – University of Gdańsk, Poland
Professor Polina Golovátina-Mora – NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

 

ABOUT CONFERENCE: 

What makes us happy and content in our life? Some people may point to fabulous fame, fortune, or money. Some may say that the key to happiness are interpersonal relationships. But what if someone is alone? Is loneliness really disastrous? Are there any benefits of loneliness? Can loneliness become an epidemic? In order to answer such questions, during our conference we will have to concentrate on many particular issues. Thus, we are interested in all aspects of loneliness in the past and in the present-day world.

The conference is intended as an interdisciplinary event. Hence, we invite researchers representing various academic disciplines: sociology, psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, anthropology, gender studies, literary studies, theatre studies, film studies, consciousness studies, social policy, cognitive sciences, history, and others.

The aim of our conference is to provide opportunities for researchers from a range of disciplines and countries to share their research, create an academically challenging and productive space for discussion, and enable them to establish long-lasting, ever-growing scientific networks and contacts with professionals in other countries and institutions.

We will be happy to hear from both experienced scholars and young academics at the beginning of their careers, as well as doctoral and graduate students. We also invite all persons interested in participating in the conference as listeners, without giving a presentation.

The topics of the conference include but are not limited to the following suggestions:

1. Loneliness and Society

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• loneliness and the Coronavirus Pandemic 

• loneliness and illness  

• loneliness of dying people

• loneliness and self-isolation, social distancing

• loneliness and social relationships (in families, marriages, partnerships, workplaces, etc)

• loneliness of children

• loneliness of seniors

• the lonely crowd

• loneliness in urban spaces

• loneliness as an epidemic

• loneliness and pandemic

• loneliness  and social exclusion (social class, racism, gender factors, educational status,

        living standars, people with disabilities, ageism)

• loneliness and social media (Facebook, Instagram, etc.)

2. Loneliness and Culture
 

• loneliness in different parts of the world

• loneliness and religions

• loneliness and initiation rituals

• lonely communities

• abandoned nations

• expelled minorities

3. Individual experiences

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• loneliness during self-isolation, quarantanne,  

• loneliness as a state of mind

• loneliness and emotional isolation

• loneliness and depression

• loneliness and shame

• creative loneliness

• loneliness as a rest

• situational loneliness

• existentional loneliness

• loneliness, aloneness and solitude

4. Literature and Arts
 

• loneliness in literature, film, theatre  and visual arts

• lonely artists

Please submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentations, together with a short biographical note, by  10 September 2023 to: lonelinessconference@gmail.com or by REGISTRATION FORM
 
Notification of acceptance will be sent by 13 September 2023

Note:
As our online conference will be international, we will consider different time zones of our Participants.

The conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Different forms of presentation are available (also posters).

The conference language is English.

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REGISTRATION :

In order to participate in the conference (as a speaker or an audience member) you need to pay a REGISTRATION FEE via bank transfer or PayPal:

PRESENTERS: EUR 35 or USD 40 or GBP 35 or PLN 120 - by 19 September  2023
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: EUR 25 or USD 30 or GBP 25 or PLN 80 - by 26 September 2023

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NOTE: We offer a discount for our returning Participants.

Note:
As our online conference will be international, we will consider the different time zones of our Participants.
The conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Different forms of presentations (also posters) are available

THE FEE COVERS:
- LIVE access via individual link to all conference sessions (without installing any additional applications)
- the conference programme in PDF
- certificate of attendance  for Presenters and Audience Members (sent by email or/and by post)
- online community gathering
- easy access on any device (phone, tablet and computer) with the possibility to join or leave the conference at any time


Banking details:
Beneficiary name: InMind Support

Beneficiary Bank name: SANTANDER   
The SANTANDER Swift code is:  WBKPPLPP
Beneficiary Bank account numbers (IBAN):
Payment in PLN:           
95 1090 2590 0000 0001 4259 8763   
Payment in EUR:           
PL58 1090 2590 0000 0001 4259 8847     
Payment in USD: via PayPal - please ask for a special link     

In the description field, please quote your first and last name and a note " loneliness conference".
All banking charges are to be covered by the Sender.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
NOTE: PAYPAL PAYMENTS (USD, GBP or EUR) ARE ALSO ACCEPTED (on request) - Please ask for a  link.
 
CANCELLATION FEES:
3 months before the conference and more - 50%
from 3 months to 1 month - 75%             
1 month before the conference and less - 100%                 
 

Our email: lonelinessconference@gmail.com

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