ART CogLit

ART CogLit. Quoting from the project site, this research group conducts ‘empirical investigations of the observed reactions of real readers in order to test and extend hypotheses on ideal reading processes and reader responses developed in literary theory.’ And if that isn’t attention-grabbing enough, there’s also the Aachen Colloquium on Literature, Emotion and Cognition. At this colloquium, I discovered the Possible Selves we interact with during Narrative Immersion (Jan Alber), had my first dunking in Cognitive Poetics (Peter Stockwell), was fascinated (and a bit jealous) of Marco Cariaccolo’s research on post-apocalyptic fiction and likewise by Merja Polvinen’s case study of Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Those were just a few and I didn’t have to fly to Aachen every week. The majority of lectures were streamed, recorded (very useful for viewers who need a good few watches), and are still available if you get in touch with the good people over at ART CogLit (and they are good people).