2^nd June 2016 (THURSDAY)

(place: Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Ballroom)

9:00-10:00

REGISTRATION

10:00-10:30

INAUGURATION

Mariusz Finkielsztein (University of Warsaw )  So whimsical that controversial? Between Science and Anecdote – about the Significance of Boredom

SESSION 1: SOCIOLOGY 1

10:30-11:30

Izabela Wagner (University of Warsaw ) Boredom in Scientific Work

Malgorzata Kubacka (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan ) BusyBored. The Time, (Post)Modernity and Boredom

11:30-11:45

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2: SOCIOLOGY 2

11:45-13:15

Mariusz Finkielsztein (University of Warsaw ) Bores and Bored: Boredom as an Interactional Phenomenon

Guido Borelli (University of Venice ) «There is Time to Kill Today». Everyday Life, Boredom and Domestic Uncanny in the Italian Northeast

James Hardie-Bick, Susie Scott (University of Sussex ) Waiting in the Wings: Boredom, Flow and Reflexivity

13:15-14:15

LUNCH

SESSION 3: PSYCHOLOGY 1

14:15-15:45

Maria Flakus (University of Silesia ) Psychotherapy with the Boring Patient – Boredom as a Clinical Issue

Michal Wróblewski (Gdansk University ) Boredom in Analytical Psychology and in Logotherapy

15:45-16:00

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 4: PSYCHOLOGY 2

16:00-17:30

Lukasz Miciuk (Catholic University of Lublin ) Personality and Boredom: the Role of Self-concept Adequacy

Marta Molinska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan ) People Prone to Get Bored – Who Are They?

Maria Flakus (University of Silesia ) Reliability and Validity of Boredom Proneness Scale (short form). Polish Version

SESSION 5: OPEN

17:30-18:00

Daniel Dzienisiewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan ) A Linguistic Look on Boredom: Causes, Trends and Ways of Expression

18:00-20:00

WINE RECEPTION

3^rd June 2016 (FRIDAY)

(place: Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Ballroom)

9:00-10:00

REGISTRATION

SESSION 6: PHILOSOPHY 1

10:00-11:30

Ivan Ortega-Rodriguez (Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid ) Technical Civilisation, Boredom and Responsibility in Jan Patočka

Pawel Szypowski (University of Warsaw ) Escaping the Being. Boredom in Early Levinas

Taejin Bae (Hong Kong Institution of Education ) Possibilities and Direction of Boredom as a Curriculum topic: Understanding a boredom based on Natality of Hannah Arendt

11:30-11:45

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 7: PEDAGOGY

11:45-13:45

Alberto Sánchez Rojo (Antonio de Nebrija University ) Boredom and Education in 21st Century: Lack of Motivation or Fatigue?

Iga Kazimierczyk (University of Warsaw ) Boredom in the Early Stage of Education

Malgorzata Tyszkowska (Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz ) Positivity as a Mental Tool against Boredom

Aleksandra Antonik (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan ) Why do Children Feel like Doing Boring Things? Mechanisms and Functions of Rituals and Stereotyped Behaviours

13:45-15:00

LUNCH

SESSION 8: PHILOSOPHY 2

15:00-16:30

Jørn Henrik Olsen (Denmark, independent scholar ) Angst, Boredom, and Creativity – with Impetus from Søren Kierkegaard and Martin Heidegger

Jacobo Zabalo (Universidad Pompeu Fabra ) Boredom’s Time: Beyond the Symptomatic Urge to ‘Do Something’

Janko Lozar (University of Ljubljana ) The Boredom of Metaphysics

16:30-16:45

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 9: PHILOSOPHY 3

16:45-18:15

Carlo Salzani (Germany, independent scholar ) The Animal that Gets Bored: Paradoxes of the Human/Animal Divide

Monika Chylinska (Catholic University of Lublin ) The Art of Attentive Looking  – What Annie Dillard Shows us about the Nature of Boredom

Zhenxu Fan (Catholic Univeristy of Lublin ) Immunity to Boredom: the Self in Plotinus’ Philosophy

18:15-18:30

CONFERENCE CLOSURE