Dr. Andreas Tunger-Zanetti bietet seit über fünf Jahren Kurse in wiss. Schreiben über die Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences an. Auch für das Herbst-Semester 2022 können sich GSL Mitglieder für einen Schreibkurs mit 3 Blocktagen sowie einer geplanten Retraite im Dezember bis spätestens 5. September anmelden.

Der Kurs und die Retraite ist für Doktorierende aller Stufen interessant, da die Kurstage mit unterschiedlichen Themen einzeln gebucht werden können und somit die Bedürfnisse sowohl von Schreibneulingen wie auch wiederkehrenden Kursbesucher:innen bedient werden.

Für weitere Informationen zum Kurs und der Anmeldung, siehe die Ausschreibung.

Date: October 12th
Time: 9.15 a.m. - 1 p.m
Room: HS 4 (University of Lucerne Main Building, Frohburgstrasse 3)
Registration mandatory (see last section)

The workshop with Prof. Michael Brady (University of Glasgow) titled "The Philosophy of Post-Traumatic Growth"  and his related guest talk "A Philosophical Approach to Improving Theorising about Post-traumatic Growth" are co-organized by the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department for Health Sciences and Medicine at the University of Lucerne.

This workshop targeted at (post-)doctoral students from disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, health sciences, medicine will discuss a number of central philosophical issues and problems generated by research into post-traumatic growth. These include (i) how we should understand the growth in PTG; (ii) how we should understand the relation between adversity/suffering and growth; and (iii) how we can address ethical concerns around PTG.  

Preparatory Reading
Upon registration, a link will be provided to the following texts that should be read in preparation to workshop attendance.

Mandatory Reading:

• Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (2004). Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence. Psychological Inquiry, 15(1), 1-18.
• Gianinazzi, M. E., Rueegg, C. S., Vetsch, J., Lüer, S., Kuehni, C. E., & Michel, G. (2016). Cancer’s positive flip side: Posttraumatic growth after childhood cancer Support Care Cancer, 24(1), 195-203.
• Jayawickreme, Eranda & Laura E.R. Blackie (2014). “Post-traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: Evidence, Controversies and Future Directions. European Journal of Personality, 28, 312-331. [See open peer commentary as further reading]
• Tiberius, Valerie. “Growth and the Multiple Dimensions of Well-Being: A Philosopher’s Take on the Idea of Post-Traumatic Growth”. Redesigning research on post-traumatic growth: challenges, pitfalls, and new directions. Eds. Frank J. Infurna and Eranda Jayawickreme. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021: 1-11

Further Reading (optional)

• Anusic, Ivana, and Stevie CY Yap (2014). Using Longitudinal Studies to Understand Post-Traumatic Growth. Open Peer Commentary. European Journal of Personality, 28, 332-361.
• Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (1996). The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: measuring the positive legacy of trauma. J Trauma Stress, 9(3), 455-471.

Credits for Course Attendance
For attendance of the workshop - including reading the preparatory reading material and attending the guest talk on October 11th - participants will receive a certificate of attendance listing 1 ECTS.

Register for Participation until September 26th!
Advanced M.A. students and (post-)doctoral researchers are invited to apply for participation till September 26th the latest by writing an e-mail to gsl@unilu.ch with the heading "Participation Brady Workshop" till September 26th. Please indicate your full name, affiliation, and current research project.
Covid policies of the University of Lucerne current at the time of the workshop will apply.

The Master seminar “Contemporary White American Culture: Between Notions of Exceptionalism and the Endtimes”, co-organized with the Department of Cultural and Science Studies, discusses the cultural and historical background that help explain Donald J. Trump's continued hold on US-American Republicans.

It takes place in Spring Term 2022 on Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. For further information about the dates and program, see the seminar's syllabus.

If you are a (post-)doctoral student interested in attending the seminar as an auditor via Zoom, please contact christina.cavedonremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch.