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