Conference

Narratives of Trauma: Victims, experiences and processes

June 19 and 20, 2014

Auditorium, Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra

Programme

19 June 2014

9:30 am – Welcome.
10:00 am – Opening Session

10:30 am – Session 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Trauma
- George A. Bonanno (Teachers College, Columbia University)
- Kirsten Campbell (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Moderator: Ângela Maia (School of Psicology, University of Minho/CES)

12:30 pm – Lunch break

03:00 pm – Session 2: Main results of the Project " Victims, trauma and institutional processes: beyond victims' ethics"
Results from Portugal:
- José Manuel Mendes (CES), Alain Lantoine (CES), Pedro Araújo (CES)

4:00 pm – Coffee break

4:30 pm – Session 2 (Cont.)
- Ângela Maia(School of Psicology, University of Minho/CES), Rafaela Lopes (CES)
- Luísa Sales (CES), Aida Dias (CES)

5:30 pm – Results from France:
- Emmanuel Monfort (Laboratoire inter-universitaire de psychologie, Université Pierre Mendès - France)
- GillesTréhel (Centre d'études en psychopathologie et psychanalyse, Université de Paris VII)
Moderatora: Sara Araújo (CES)

7:00 pm - Closings

 

20 June 2014

9:30 am  Session 3 – Trauma experiences and processes: The Role of Victim Associations
Portuguese Associations
- Abel Fortuna (President of the National Board of Associação dos Deficientes das Forças Armadas - ADFA)
- Bruno Brito ( Portuguese Association of Victim Support, APAV)
- Augusto Moreira (President of Associação de Familiares das Vítimas da Tragédia de Entre-os-Rios/Association of Victims’ Families of the Entre-os-Rios Tragedy)

10:15 am – Break

10:30 am – Session  3 (cont.)
French associations
- Guy Fourest and Hervé Rey (President  and Vice-President of Comité de Défense des Victimes d' AZF/Committe for the Defense of AZF Victims)
- Stella Bisseuil (Lawyer of Association de Familles Endeuillées AZF Toulouse/Bereaved Families Association AZF Toulouse)
- Robert Soulas (Former President of Association AF447 Entraide et Solidarité/Assistance and Solidarity Association AF447)
- Jacques Barthe (Vice-President of Union Fédérale des Associations Françaises d' Anciens Combattants, Victimes de Guerre et des Jeunesses de l'Union Fédérale/Federal Union of French Associations of Veterans Affairs, War Victims and Youth of the Federal Union)
Moderator: José Manuel Mendes (CES)

11:45 am – Final Comment: Challenges in the Study of Trauma
- Luísa Pedroso de Lima -(ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)

12:15pm – Closing Lecture - Wulf Kansteiner (Binghamton University) | "The Pleasures of Vicarious Victimhood: A Critique of the Politics and Ethics of Cultural Trauma Management"