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Disaster Studies: Narratives, Symbolisms and Responses to Catastrophe

Name: Disaster Studies: Narratives, Symbolisms and Responses to Catastrophe
Start: 2026-10-29
End: 2026-10-31

Hosted by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

29 – 31 October 2026
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Humanities & Arts, Social & Behavioural Sciences

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Disaster Studies: Narratives, Symbolisms and Responses to Catastrophe is a conference held 29 – 31 October 2026 in Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, organised by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research.

Dates:: 29 – 31 October 2026
Format:: Hybrid (in person and online)
Venue:: Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Subjects:: Humanities & Arts, Social & Behavioural Sciences
Organiser:: London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
Official website:: disaster-studies.lcir.co.uk

This interdisciplinary conference investigates how catastrophes are imagined, represented and processed across different societies and historical periods. It invites scholars to explore the cultural construction of disaster through a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches.

Conference theme

Narratives, Symbolisms and Responses to Catastrophe

Objectives

To investigate how catastrophes are imagined, represented and processed across different societies and historical periods, and to reflect on relationships linking narrative authority, mediated witnessing and epistemologies of crisis.

Who should attend

Scholars, researchers, and students from literature, media and communication, cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, psychology, memory studies, history, philosophy, the arts and related fields.

Organising Committee

Dr Olena Lytovka - Director, London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, United Kingdom

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