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“Wonder & Co.” – varieties of intensified experience (CMH Symposium, Durham, 19 March 2014)

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Research Summary: Wonder & Co. Symposium

Event Type: Academic symposium on wonder and intensified experience
Host Institution: Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University
Date & Location: 19 March 2014, Kenworthy Hall, St Mary's College Durham
Primary Topics: Ecstasy, deep/shallow wonder, affect transformation, human consciousness, evolutionary neurobiology of wonder
Key Contributors: Jules Evans (philosophy), Ian Kidd (philosophy), Veronica Strang (anthropology), Caspar Henderson (science writing), Rob Barton (anthropology)
Respondents: Seven scholars from philosophy, anthropology, geography, theology, and medical humanities disciplines
Academic Focus: Interdisciplinary exploration of wonder as a phenomenological and embodied state with medical humanities implications
Access: Free attendance; limited places available by booking

Centre for Medical Humanities second symposium on Wonder:
“Wonder & Co.” – varieties of intensified experience
19th March 2014
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary’s College Durham, 9.30 – 4.30

Contributors include:

  • Jules Evans (Queen Mary College London, Dept of Philosophy) ‘Experiences of ecstasy’
  • Ian Kidd (Durham University, Dept of Philosophy) ‘Deep and shallow wonder’
  • Veronica Strang (Durham University, Dept of Anthropology, Institute of Advanced Study) ‘Wonderful light: affect and transformation in engagements with light and water’
  • Caspar Henderson (independent science writer) ‘Is wondering a natural feature of being human?’
  • Rob Barton (Durham University, Dept of Anthropology, Institute of Advanced Study) ‘Do big brains make us wonder?’

Respondents include: Peter Adey (Royal Holloway University of London, IAS Fellow); Caitríona Ní Dhúill (Durham University); Tim Edensor (Manchester Metropolitan University, IAS Fellow); Stephen Pattison (University of Birmingham); Nicholas Saul (Durham University); Janet Stewart (Durham University); Will Viney (Durham University).

Places are limited but attendance at the symposium is free. To book, please complete the form here. For any enquiries please email Chris Jawad.