8th Southampton Symposium on Self and Identity Event

The theme of the Symposium is this year is: “The Self as Sonata: The Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation of Classic Themes.”

You are all warmly invited to attend.

In particular, the Symposium will run from 13.30 pm to 18:45 pm on the Thursday, and from 10:00 am to 14:00pm on the Friday.

PLEASE NOTE ALL ATTENDEES MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE FOR THIS EVENT

Schedule

THURSDAY, 14th July 2016

1:30-2:00 Registration

PART I: EXPOSITION, DEVELOPMENT, AND RECAPITULATION: KEYNOTE ADDRESS

2:00-2:45 Ian Mortimer, Moretonhampstead, Devon

“The History of the Self”

2:45-3:00 Refreshments and Informal Chat (i-Zone)

PART II: COUNTERPOINTS TO FAMILIAR THEMES: SELF-ESTEEM AND IDENTITY

3:00-3:30 Adam Pegler, University of Southampton, UK

“Through Rosenberg-Tinted Glasses: The Definition and Measurement of Self-Esteem in Social Psychology, Past and Future”

3:30-4:00 Jochen Gebauer, Universität Mannheim

“Societal Standing as Self-Esteem: Rosenberg Revisited”

4:00-4:30 Aiden P Gregg, University of Southampton, UK

“Can Urges to Verify the Self Themselves be Verified? Empirical Evidence for a Contrarian Perspective”

4:30-4:45 Refreshments and Informal Chat (i-Zone)

PART III: PRELUDE AND FUGUE: SELF-ENHANCEMENT AND SELF-DECEPTION

4:45-5:15 Ben Tappin, Royal Holloway, UK

“The Moral-Self Illusions”

5:15-5:45 Leslie van der Leer, Regents University, UK

“The Optimist Within”

PART IV: MODULATING TO A MINOR KEY: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND SELF-IMAGE

5:45-6:15 Lusia Stopa, University of Southampton, UK

“Mirrors of the Mind: How Imagery Reveals the Self”

6:15-6:45 Dorina Winter, University of Southampton, UK

“Mechanisms of Low Self-Esteem and Negative Self-Evaluations in Borderline Personality Disorder”

8:00 Dinner at Ceno’s (next to the Highfield House Hotel)

FRIDAY, 15th July 2016

10:00-10:30 Sign-in and Refreshments (i-Zone)

PART V: HARMONY AND DISSONANCE: THE SELF IN AN INTERPERSONAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT

10:30-11:00 Netta Weinstein, Cardiff University, UK

“When It’s Truly OK to Be Me: Evaluating the Role of Autonomy-Support in Conflictual Identities”

11:00-11:30 Janina Steinmitz, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

“If at First You Do Succeed: The Paradox of Naturally Successful People”

11:30-12:00 Madoka Kumashiro, Goldsmiths University, UK

“The Michelangelo Phenomenon: Partner Affirmation and Sculpting of the Ideal Self”

12:00-12:15 Refreshments and Informal Chat (i-Zone)

PART VI: CODA: ENDING ON MUSICAL NOTE

12:15-12:45 Paul Elvers, Max Planck Institute, Germany

“Songs for the Ego: Theorizing Musical Self-Enhancement”

12:45 Complimentary Lunch (iZone)

2:00 onwards Les Adieux