‘Reinstating the Passions: Lessons from the History of Passion and Emotion’

‘Reinstating the Passions: Lessons from the History of Passion and Emotion’

The next talk in our series on ‘New Approaches to the

History of the Emotions’ will take place at 6pm on Monday next – 1

June 2009.

Dr Louis Charland of the University of Western Ontario will speak on

‘Reinstating the Passions: Lessons from the History of Passion and Emotion’

Dr Charland has published widely on both the history and philosophy of

emotion and has particular expertise in the history of psychiatry and

the work of Sir Alexander Crichton and Philippe Pinel. His webpage

contains full details of his work: http://publish.uwo.ca/~charland/

The talk will be held in Lock Keeper’s Cottage and will be followed by

a drinks reception. The venue is number 17 on the campus map.

QMUL Centre for the History of the Emotions

http://www.qmul.ac.uk/emotions