Conference Programme, Abstracts and Papers
3rd Global Conference

Saturday 19th May – Monday 21st May 2012
Prague, Czech Republic
The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.
Final Conference Programme
Saturday 19th May 2012
From 12.30
Conference Registration
13.30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Nancy Billias
14.00
Session 1: Pain and the Emotions
Chair: Nancy Billias
Pain, Emotion, and Emotional Pain
Raja Bahlul
Understanding the Mental Dimension of Pain
Lorenz Moises J. Festin
Pain as Disturbance: Physical or Emotional
Muhammad Danyal Khan
15.30
Coffee
16.00
Session 2: Talking to and about Pain
Chair: David Levente Palatinus
Struggle for Equilibrium: Poets Prevailing Over Pain
Katelyn S. Smith
“My Pain is More Like a Noun.” Linguistic Issues Concerning the Usage of the McGill Pain Questionnaire
Wiktoria Koziol, Katarzyna Siuda, Sylwia Latacz and Marcin Koculak
Behind the Pain Declaration: Truthful Suffering in the Immigration Context
Simeng Wang
17.30
Notices and Announcements
17.40
Wine Reception
Sunday 20th May 2012
09.00
Session 3: Pain and Philosophy
Chairs: Carlo Arrigoni
What do Phantom Limb Pains Have to do with Philosophy?
Ana Oliveira Monteiro
When You Can Diagnose with Painkillers, Why Don’t You Relieve Pain with a Rating Scale?: The Therapeutic and Iatrogenic Effect of Pain Diagnosis Tools.
Weronika Kalwak
Pain, Mourning and Forgiveness in Ian McEwan’s Atonement
David Levente Palatinus
10.30
Coffee
11.00
Session 4: Pain and Meaning
Chair: Daniel Šíp
The Meaning of Pain
Irina Ruvinsky
Wandering in Pain with Verga and Cesário
Carlo Arrigoni
The Effects of Spiritual Beliefs and Religion on Pain Management
Ruthy Watson
12.30
Lunch
14.00
Session 5: Arranged Trip TBC
Monday 21st May 2012
09:00
Session 6: Pain and the Medical Profession
Chair: Simeng Wang
Don’t be a Pain: Doctor-Patient Interaction and Shared Decision-Making
James Moir
Living with Cancer During the Second Half of the Spanish Nineteenth Century
Fanny H. Brotons
The Study and Management of Pain Require a New Discipline About Suffering
Robert Daoust
10:30
Coffee
11.00
Session 7: Torture – Willed and Otherwise
Chair: James Moir
“I’ve Never Murdered Anyone in My Life. The Decisions are Up to Them.”: Ethical Guidance and Cultural Pessimism in the Saw Series
John Walliss
Making Sense of Pain and Representation: On the Paradoxical Discursive Pattern of Torture Representation and Legitimacy
Daniel Šíp
To Love is to Suffer: Bob Flanagan, Gary Fisher, and S&M
Amber Jamilla Musser
12.30
Lunch
14.00
Session 8: Roundtable Discussion
Chair: Nancy Billias
15.30
Development meeting and closing remarks
16.00
Conference Ends
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