Nurturing Critical Minds: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and the Workforce
Nurturing Critical Minds: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and the Workforce
We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming international conference on “Nurturing Critical Minds: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and the Workforce”. The conference is interdisciplinary, it will cover a diverse range of fields and perspectives on the development of critical thinking skills in different academic fields at universities and labour market institutions. Showcasing the holistic approach, the conference aims to explore the vital role of critical thinking in diverse academic disciplines and its significance in the ever-evolving landscape of labour market institutions.
The conference aims to bridge the gap between universities and labour market institutions, fostering a culture of critical thinking that thrives in the classroom and enhances professional growth in the workplace. This conference will serve as a platform for educators, researchers, and labour market professionals from diverse fields to explore innovative strategies, and share best practices and collaborate on integrating critical thinking skills into educational curricula.
Keynote speakers
Alistair Starling
Co-Founder and Managing Director of the European Diplomats
Luís Sebastião
Associate Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Education, Director of the Center for Research in Education and Psychology, University of Évora
Dimitris Pnevmatikos
Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Macedonia
Erika Vaiginienė
Associate professor in the Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University
Inga Jončienė
Head of Business Development at Alliance for Recruitment
Adam Mastandrea
Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Research, Institute of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University
Daiva Penkauskienė
Director of Modern Didactics Center, Associate Professor in the Institute of Educational Sciences and Social Work, Mykolas Romeris University
Sandra Kairė
Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University
Kay Hemmerling
Dr Kay Hemmerling, Chairman at the Institute for Moral-Democratic Competence (IMDC e.V.)
Programme
Programme
Paul Nanu
Eyes Without a Face and Bodies Without Limit. The Actuation of the Mad Scientist
Eyes Without a Face and Bodies Without Limit.
The Actuation of the Mad Scientist
Paul Nanu
University of Alba Iulia, Romania
Abstract
This article aims to analyze literary and visual resorts of the body as an object of pathology, of obsession and revenge as shown in the novels of Jean Redon and Thierry Jonquet and their counterpart in film, represented by Georges Franju and Pedro Almodóvar's creations. Their origins stem from the French noir novel, and as the films mentioned are rather scarcely received, this approach to contextualise the four creations is not necessarily an easy task. Moreover, as critics note, both novels and films have significant bizarre and shocking characters and are not to the liking of all mainstream cinema or literature lovers. We are envisaging a period of half a century, the last half, where the objectification of the body is no longer a novelty; however, the idea of using the (living) body as a source of spare parts or that of arbitrary forced sex change still raise eyebrows, if not even induces distress. The male and female bodies are delimited by an increasingly blurred line, be it cultivation and skin graft or transgender experiment. The selected corpus undoubtedly elicits critical thinking on recent major societal topics. We argue this to be not only an exercise de style but also a rather in depth and symptomatic approach to nowadays uncomfortable new aesthetics.
Keywords: horror, literature, French noir, plastic surgery, Franju
References
Burdeau, E. (2000) Les yeux sans visage. Dossier, BIFI (Bibliothèque du fim).
French, P. (2011) The Skin I Iive In – Review, in The Guardian, August 28th 2011, www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/28/skin-live-in-almodovar-review [May 14th 2024]
Jonquet, T. (2011) Mygale, Editions Gallimard, Folio Policier, Paris.
Pouy, J.-B. (2016) Une brève histoire du roman noir, Points Policier.
Redon, J. (1959) Les yeux sans visage, Editions du Fleuve noir, Collection „Angoisse”, Paris.
Schweighaeuser, J.-P. (1984) Le roman noir français, Presses Universitaires de France.
*** Les yeux sans visage (1960). Director: Georges Franju.
*** La piel que habito (2011). Director: Pedro Almodóvar.
Biodata
Paul Nanu is Associate Professor in French Studies at the University of Alba Iulia, Romania, docent of the University of Turku, Finland, and PhD supervisor. He holds a doctorate in Philology (Reception of Finnish literature) and a Master’s degree of French Studies. He has published works in the field of cultural reception, the interdisciplinary study of the human body, francophone studies and translation studies.
