NU Seminars on Affect and Emotion Research

This seminar series showcases research on affect and emotion done across all disciplines at Newcastle University. It brings together colleagues interested in the field, aims to allow for insights in the state of the art in other disciplines and to allow for networking opportunities. All meetings will be in hybrid form and can be attended in person or joined on Teams. 

Thursday, 30 April, 1-2pm, MERZ.L202

• Ya-Yun Chen (SML): ‘Translating Emotions in Languages – A Case Study of Sadness in Video Games’
• Diana Gregory-Smith (NUBS): ‘Emotional Experiences and Wellbeing in Online Surprise Gift-Giving’
• Laurence White (ECLS): ‘Speech Prosody in Interactions Between Patients with Depression and Their Therapists’

Thursday, 28 May, 1-2pm, ARMB.2.98

• Murray Dick (SACS): ‘Town and Gown on the Tyne: The Role of Affect in an Embodied Theory of Data Visualization’
• Lynn Frewer (NES): ‘The Role of Affect on Citizen Acceptance of Emerging (Bio)technogies’
• Martin Riedelsheimer (SELLL): ‘How Do Texts Make Us Feel? – Affect and Its Textual Differentials’