Invitation to the conference HUMANS in SITUATIONS – a multidisciplinary approach

November 14-17, 2016 SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities 19/31 Chodakowska St., Warsaw Z. Pietrasiński Hall (S306, floor 3), November 14-16, 2016 N307, floor 3, November 17, 2016

The Humans in Situations conference was held last year in November, organized by the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Psychology, the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, and the Tadeusz Tomaszewski Foundation for the Development of Polish Psychology, with the support of the Psychology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (http://www.swps.pl/images/2015/dokumenty/Konf._CZ%C5%81OWIEK_w_SYTUACJI_20 15.pdf). The conference invoked the text of one of Professor Tadeusz Tomaszewski's subchapters in the textbook Psychologia (Psychology) from 1975 (Warszawa: PWN).

The second part of the conference will be held on November 14-17, 2016 at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (19/31 Chodakowska St., room S306). This time we want to consider the issue of "Humans in Situations" not only in the light of psychology but other research disciplines as well.

I am pleased to invite you to the conference on behalf of the organizers

Barbara Bokus

November 14 (Monday)

10:00-10:15 a.m. Opening of the conference

10:15-11:00 a.m. Prof. Tadeusz Gadacz (PAS) On the situation of humans

11:00-11:15 a.m. COFFEE

11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Prof. Magdalena Fikus (PAS) Humans in confrontation with genes Prof. Elżbieta Szeląg (PAS) From the perspective of neuroscience: How do the brains of seniors work? How do we cheat old age? 12:45-1:45 p.m. LUNCH

1:45-3:15 p.m. Prof. Ewa Kosowska (US) Situational context vs. cultural context Anna Gomóła, PhD hab. (US) Humans in situations – situations in humans. Remarks on Julian Ochorowicz's manifesto Naprzód! (Forward!) 3:15-3:30 p.m. COFFEE

3:30-5:00 p.m. Prof. Radosław Markowski (SWPS University) Context in context Marcin Romanowicz, PhD (UW) Homo Iuridicus – humans in and through legal situations

November 15 (Tuesday)

9:30-11:00 a.m. Prof. Janusz Reykowski (PAS) Definition of social situations vs. ideology Prof. Maria Jarymowicz (UW) Agentivity in situations of social change

11:00-11:15 a.m. COFFEE [11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Meeting of the PAS Psychology Committee, conference room 207, floor 2] 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Prof. Karol Szymczak (UW) The situation of a researcher. Terminological issues (from an archeologist's viewpoint) Prof. Maria Łanczont (UMCS), Prof. Teresa Madeyska (PAS) Environmental elements of the existential and behavioral situation of the Paleolithic hunter 12:45-2:00 p.m. LUNCH

2:00-3:30 p.m. Rev. Prof. Andrzej Draguła (USz) Humans in situations – theological indicators Prof. Zbigniew Mikołejko (PAN) The road to Emaus: humans in situations of doubt

3:30-3:45 p.m. COFFEE

3:45-5:15 p.m. Prof. Katarzyna Pachniak (UW) The rhetoric of extreme Muslim proselyte movements towards converts Przemysław Piwowarczyk, PhD (US) Strategies of contact with the sacred in a situation of uncertainty and danger (based on Egyptian sources)

November 16 (Wednesday)

9:30-11:00 a.m. Prof. Wiesław Łukaszewski (SWPS University) A shift toward negativity as a context of behavior Prof. Michał Bilewicz (UW) Situations of deprivation. The source of prejudice and collective action 11:00-11:15 a.m. COFFEE

11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Prof. Anna Ziębińska-Witek (UMCS) Humans in critical situations in the context of museum representations Jacek Małczytński, PhD (UWr) On the (im)possibility of experiencing a critical situation (on the example of the Museum-Site of Memory in Bełżec) 12:45 -1:45 p.m. LUNCH

1:45- 3:15 p.m. Prof. Adam Bartoszek (US) Individuals in situations of defining social obligations – the sociological phenomenon of interaction in interpersonal space Prof. Andrzej Waśkiewicz (UW) People among things. How many things do they need to live in harmony with themselves? 3:15-3:30 p.m. COFFEE

3:30-5:00 p.m. Prof. Janusz Kirenko (UMCS) A new look at the situation of disabled people Prof. Tadeusz Gałkowski (SWPS University) The situation of families with children with extensive disabilities November 17 (Thursday)

9:30-11:00 a.m. Prof. Maria Ledzińska (UW) Humans in situations of information overload – an interdisciplinary approach Prof. Adam Tarnowski (UW) Humans in road situations – do cars need drivers? 11:00-11:15 a.m. COFFEE

11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Ewa Rudnicka, PhD (UW) The dictionary – thoughts on a task situation Prof. Józef Maciuszek (UJ) How context affects the meaning of a message

12:45-2:00 p.m. LUNCH

2:00-3:30 p.m. Grażyna Czetwertyńska, PhD (UW) The situation of Polish teachers and knowledge on Poland at Polish schools abroad Prof. Rafał Godoń (UW) The situationality of the teaching experience

3:30-3:45 p.m. COFFEE

3:45-4:30 p.m. Instead of a conclusion Łukasz Tanaś, PhD (SWPS University) Professor Tadeusz Tomaszewski from the perspective of the next generation

4:30 p.m. Closing of the conference (Prof. Barbara Bokus)

At a common table