Evil, Decency and Fear
An Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference
Saturday 9th March 2019 – Sunday 10th March 2019
Prague, Czech Republic
FINAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Saturday 9th March 2019
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome, Introductions and Opening Words: Seán Moran, Event Leader
09:30 – 10:30 Session 1: Round Table Discussion: Evil vs. Decency – What Have we to Fear?
Chair: Seán Moran
10:30 – 11:00 Tea/Coffee
11:00 – 12.30 Session 2: Fear
Chair: Seán Moran
Narratives of Fear: Women and Fear as Entertainment
Moy McCrory
Examining the Concepts of Dossierveillance and Psuchegraphy in the Context of Communist Romania
Cristina Plamadeala
12.45 – 14.00 Lunch
14:00 – 15.30 Session 3: Conceptualising Decency
Chair: Claudio Vescia Zanini, Brazil
Philosophy of Decency
Nicole Note
Decency and Empathy: The Perspective of Interdisciplinarity – from Phenomenological Hermeneutics to the Academic Library
Ineta Kivle
‘poliTE – Social Appropriateness for Artificial Assistants’ – A Project Researching the Nature and Genesis of Decency
Jacqueline Bellon
15.30 – 16:00 Tea/Coffee
16:00 – 17.00 Discussion: What Happens When Decency Meets Evil?
17.00 – 17.30 Cross Session Issues: End of Day Consolidation
17.30 Wine and Drinks Reception
Sunday 10th March 2019
09:00 – 10:30 Session 4: Evil: Concepts and Consequences
Chair: Jade Jontef
Three Ways of Accounting for Evil
Zachary J. Goldberg
Art, Evil and the Liberal Individual
John Tangney
10:30 – 11:00 Tea/Coffee
11:00 – 12:30 Session 7: Evil and Indecency at the Cinema
Chair: Zachary J. Goldberg
Indecency on Screen: Film Classification and the Censorship of Sex in Australia
Jade Jontef
Evil Children in Latin American Film: A Tale of Dissent
Adriana Gordillo
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14.00 – 15:30 Session 8: The Artistry of Evil
Chair: Nicole Note
The Cordial Animal and the Brazilian Gothic: Evil Within, Monsters Without
Claudio Vescia Zanini
Painting the Creative Canvas of Evil
Rob Fisher
15:30 – 16:00 Tea/Coffee
16:00 – 17:00 Cross Session Issues: End of Conference Consolidation
17:00 – 17:30 Where Now? What Next? Closing Remarks, Photographs, Goodbyes