Foreign Languages - Conference 2022 Topics

POSSIBLE TOPICS

2022 Conference

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: April 7 - 8, 2022

MEMORY, SHAME, GUILT: PRESENT AND PAST

A range of suggested topics includes but is not restricted to:

1. Guilt, shame and genocides

• Victims’ shame
• Perpetrators’ shame
• Survivor guilt
• Inherited guilt
• Forgetfulness
• Guilt repression
• Distorted memories
• Forgiveness
  
  

2. Guilt and shame in social life

• Shame and nationalism
• Shame and xenophobia
• Shame and colonialism
• Shame and racism
• White guilt
• Shame and anti-Semitism
• Shame and infamy
• Guilt and gender
• Guilt and LGBT
• Guilt-free consumption
• Guilt appeal in commercials
  
  

3. Guilt and shame in politics

• Guilt and propaganda
• Shame and pride
• Shame and “historical policy”
• Shameless politicians
• Guilt and political correctness
  
  

4. Guilt and shame in interpersonal relationships

• Shame and love
• Shame and intimacy
• Shame and eroticism
• Shame and privacy
• Shamelessness
• Parents’ guilt
• Children’s guilt
  
  

5. Pathology and therapy

• Guilt complex
• Guilt and suicide
• Shame and narcissism
• Shame and exhibitionism
• Guilt and shame in psychotherapeutic treatment
• Shame in psychoanalysis
  
  

6. Guilt and shame in religions

• Guilt and sin Guilt and confession
• Guilt and absolution
• Guilt and condemnation

7. Representation of guilt and shame

• Literature
• Theatre
• Visual arts
• Songs
• The media