The 25th International Literature and Psychology Conference

- 2008 -

Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisbon
July 2 - July 7, 2008

Tourism | Travel | Accommodations | Registration & Papers

| Program | Participants | Abstracts of papers

    Our conference in Belgrade in 2007 was quite marvelous, thanks to our miracle-worker, Aleksandar Dimitrijevic. It augurs well for this year's conference. We are pleased to announce that the 25th International Literature and Psychology Conference will be held July 2-7, 2008 at the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisbon, Portugal. Our host will be the head of the Instituto, Professor Doutor Frederico Pereira.

The annual International Literature and Psychology Conference (ILPC) provides a forum for the exchange of ideas on the psychological study of the arts. We welcome papers using psychoanalysis or other psychologies to explore literature, film, or other arts. Last year's participants came from France, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Poland, Greece, and, of course, many from all over the U.S.A. Such a group always makes for challenging and intriguing discussions of ideas.

Tourism

The city of Lisbon (viewed above from the Castelo Sao Jorge) is situated on the Tejo river. Lisbon became the capital of Portugal in the 13th century and has a deep cultural and artistic history. In the 16th century Lisbon was one of the most important commercial centers and magnificent cities in Europe. On All Saints Day in 1755 the city was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake. The Convento do Carmo, in Chiado, built in 1423 (in picture at right, upper left), still stands roofless as a result. It has been made into one of the important museums.

Lisbon today is again one of the most spectacular cities in Europe. One can do many things in Lisbon, like listening to Fado music, shopping for azulejos, the blue tiles for which Portugal is famous (read more), or attending international theatre productions of every description. Much of this activity takes place in the vicinity of this picture, in Bairro Alto.

Lisbon is also the hilliest port of the world. As such, the city is best explored on foot or by one of the many forms of public transportation. There are historic trams, cable railways, and the Elevator de Santa Justa to utilize for touring the city. When touring Lisbon you should also make sure to visit the oldest part of the city, the Alfama.
Here are some websites that you may find useful in planning tourism for your stay in Lisbon: http://www.visitlisboa.com/

http://www.visitportugal.com/Cultures/en-US/default.html

http://www.visiteurope.com/Portugal

http://www.portugal.org/index.shtml

http://www.portugal-live.net/

Travel

    Lisbon is a major capital, and there are no problems getting there by air or train or bus. The site below is particularly useful; it is the main Lisbon airport page and it gives a lot of information on transportation from the airport.

http://www.ana.pt/portal/page/portal/ANA/AEROPORTO_LISBOA

We will post further information about transportation from the airport and train station as soon as we get the information.

 

Accommodations

    

    We will be staying at the Hotel Mundial (4* - http://www.hotel-mundial.pt. It is a four-star hotel within the pedestrian area, five minutes' walk from the Faculty of Philosophy building where sessions will take place. For further information, like maps and nearby attractions, google: "hotel mundial" Lisbon. The Instituto has reserved through their travel agency 60 rooms (40 single and 20 double). The prices (with our discount) are: 85.20€ for a single and 91.20€ for a double, and breakfast is included..

    Participants in the conference should make their own reservations. To benefit from the group discount, participants must make their reservations must be made through ISPA's travel agency:

ABA Viagens
Mr. Alexandre Azevedo
e-mail: alexandre.azevedo@abaviagens.pt
Fax +351.21. 797.00.34

    The arrangements for our participants will last until 15 March 2008. After that that date, the reservations can still be requested from the ABA agency, but there is no guarantee that there will be a vacancy.

Registration & Papers

    Papers should be short, 20 minutes at most. Ours is a very convivial conference, but the one complaint we get again and again is that speakers do not stick to the time limit! Please begin now to think about observing this time limit, so as to allow for the maximum number of presenters. Normal speaking rate is 140 words per minute, and, for clarity, a scholarly presentation should be somewhat slower. Our standard 20-minute limit allows you to speak about 2400 words. An additional 10 minutes are allotted for discussion of each paper, and discussion should take place after each paper, not at the end of the session. For each session, there will be a moderator responsible for keeping speakers within twenty minutes. The moderator speaks last in the session, and it is therefore to his or her self-interest to keep to the schedule.

     Papers may be in English, French, or German, and they may deal with any application of psychology to the study of literature, film, or the other arts. And, when submitted for the online or the printed post-conference proceedings, they can be as long as you like. Please prepare your abstract and add it to the registration form below. Abstracts must be less than 150 words. Any excess will simply be ignored. Also, please, e-mail your abstract to our program assistant, Ms. Coleman .

    The deadline for sending us your title and abstract and registration fee is April 1 or the time at which we receive 65 abstracts, titles and registration fees. whichever comes sooner. Papers with completed registration, i.e., all three items submitted, by the deadline are assured a slot on the program. Abstracts submitted after then will be put on a waiting list and will be put on the program as cancellations permit.

    For a complete registration, we require three items:

1. a completed registration form (see below) including paper title
   
   
2. title and brief abstract of paper (150 words maximum; excess will be omitted). These abstracts enable us to place your paper in an appropriate session. We will also publish them online and distribute the abstracts at the conference.
   
   

3. A registration fee of $225 U.S. You will find instructions for payment after the registration form below. The $225 includes a $25 tax-deductible donation to the PsyArt Foundation, as voted in 2005. The registration fee is refundable (except for the $25 donation) for any reason until May 1, but not thereafter for any reason. The donation makes you a member of PsyArt, entitled to attend and vote at the annual meeting in Belgrade.
   
   

 

Registration Form 2008

    Important: Include your e-mail address below. It will not come through to us automatically from this form, and, if we don't have it, our communications with you will be impossible. Make very sure it is typed in correctly.

     If, by April, you are not getting e-mail from us, let us know. Your registration has probably gone wrong. Make sure that Ms. Coleman has your complete registration (all three items!) and your correct e-mail address. Communicate!

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Last Name:
First Name and Initial:
e-mail address (important! be sure it is correct!):
Re-type to confirm your e-mail address
Affiliation (e.g., Department and University):
Preferred Mailing Address:
For U.S. addresses - City:	State: Zip:
For non-U.S. addresses - City:	State: Mail code:
Country:
Telephone during business hours (include all codes):
Telephone during non-business hours (include all codes):
Fax Phone (include all codes):
For how many people do you need housing?	One Two Three
Names of persons coming with you to the conference:
Conference dates are July 2 to July 7; we assume most conferees will arrive July 2 and leave the morning of July 7.
When are you arriving at the conference?	Date: July 2July 3July 4July 5July 6 Time:
When are you leaving the conference?	Date: July 4July 5July 6July 7 Time:
Do you have any special dietary requirements (e.g., vegetarian)?
For each person attending the conference in your party, please fill out the sections above in a new online form. Please indicate clearly in the adjoining space "No Paper" if that is the case for this person. Otherwise indicate the title and abstract below. And please provide a registration fee for each person in your party attending the conference (see below). The expense for the conference managers is the same for each attendee, whether or not that person is giving a paper.
What is your exact paper title?
Please enter your abstract here. The abstract should be no longer than 150 words. Words after the 150th will be omitted. Please note that your registration is not complete until we have received the abstract.
In what language will you deliver your paper?
What special equipment do you need (VCR, tape recorder, slide projector, etc.)? Remember that European video formats are different from the U.S.'s.
Do you have anything else you wish to tell us, for example, dates on which you cannot speak or papers you wish to be paired with? We will do our best to accommodate you.
To reduce spam, please enter the last name of the founder of psychoanalysis.

Last-minute changes in titles, abstracts, and schedule cause endless difficulty for the organizers. This year, we will not accept changes in title or abstract after May 15 nor changes in the schedule after one week from the time the organizers e-mail the schedule.

Payment

    The registration fee is $225 U.S., $25 of which is a tax-deductible donation to the PsyArt Foundation which supports the conference, the journal, and the listserv. The registration fee (except for the 25$ donation) is refundable for any reason until May 1, but not for any reason thereafter. The donation makes you a member of PsyArt, entitled to attend and vote at the annual meeting to be held on Sunday, July 6, in Lisbon. Please do attend and vote in Lisbon.

    U.S. registrants can send a check to our office, made out to "PsyArt Foundation." Our address is:

Ms. Marie Coleman
IPSA / Department of English
University of Florida
P. O. Box 117310
Gainesville FL 32611-7310
U.S.A.
e-mail:

     For Western European and other non-U.S. registrants, we have found a local bank that does not put a heavy surcharge on foreign checks. Non-U.S. registrants who cannot arrange payment through their banks or through PayPal should contact .

    Alternatively, both U.S. and non-U.S. registrants from many countries can pay through our PsyArt account at PayPal.com. That way you can simply charge your registration to your credit card over the Internet with no delay and save the bother of mailing a check. If you do pay this way, however, we ask that you add 3% ($7) to your payment, because that is what PayPal charges us for a credit card payment into the account.

    Registrants may choose to sign up for a PayPal account during the Web "Accept payment" process. An "account" simply means telling PayPal your name, address, and your credit card number.

    Registrants outside the U.S. may need to take a few extra steps to pay or to establish a PayPal account. You may need to sign up for PayPal separately before making payment to the conference. Here are the directions for doing so.

    Signing up for a PayPal account does not commit you to anything—it just enables you to use your credit card to make payments on the Internet to this conference (and anything else that catches your fancy). The Wall Street Journal, no less!, assures us that this method of payment is more secure than check or money order.

    To begin the PayPal payment process, click on the icon to the right—not the Lisbon street scene to the left.

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