(Titles with * are translations of Dutch originals)
18.072014 Anna Chesnokova and Willie van Peer: Individualistic vs. Collectivistic Perspectives: Silent vs. Oral Poetry Reading. RWTH, Aachen.
17.07.2024 What to Do? My Teaching Philosophy. ELIT Study Day on Future Teaching: A Mentorship Workshop. University of Aachen.
04.01.2024 There is No Happy Love. International Conference of Love Studies. Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. See the recording: https://youtu.be/R-_wpvOCAGc.
30.09.2023 Psychopoetics of Rhythm: Is Parallelism a Path to Pleasure? Conference of the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL), Monopoli, Italy.
14.07.2023 Psychopoetics in a Natural Environment: E Allora? International Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Bologna, Bertinoro.
02.12.2022 The Linguistics of Russian Fascism. 5th Kyiv and Byalistok Conference. Boris Grynchenko University, Kyiv.
14.07.2022 Anna Chesnokova & Willie van Peer: Psychopoetics. Literary Studies on a New Footing. Conference of the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL), University of Orlando, Florida.
06.07.2022 Willie van Peer & Anna Chesnokova: Silence is silver, speech is golden. Effects of oral vs. silent poetry reading. Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Aix-en-Provence.
24.06.2021 Inside Out and Upside Down. The Devices of Foregrounding Revisited. 17th Conference of the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL), University of Liverpool.
26.07.2018 The Proximity of Poetry. (Conference of IGEL, University of Stavanger, Norway.)
25.07/2018 Don’t Dare to Know. But See That Your Methods are OK!(Conference of IGEL, University of Stavanger, Norway.)
14.05.2018 Poetry Supernormal. RWTH Aachen, Department of English.
31.10.2017 The Role of Emotions in Literature. Boris Grynchenko University, Kiev.
17.05.2017 “How to ask really important questions about literature (and the methods to answer them)?” Warlbrzych University, Poland.
15.05.2017 “What SPSS can do for you. An introduction to empirical studies of literature”. Digital Humanities Group, University of Krakow, Poland.
11.05.2017 What Literature Does to Us. And how do we know?International conference on “Cultural Literacy in Europe”. Warsaw 10-12 May 2017.
04.12.2015 Adaptations of Some Two Thousand Years and More. International Conference on: Adaptation and Perception: Media Convergence. University of Mainz.
27.11.2015 Lust, Love, and Literature. International Conference on: Universality of literature and Universals in Literature. University ofLjubljana.
11.09.2015 Empirical Research Methods in the Study of Texts. Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China.
03.09.2015 Narration as Adaptation and Blending. Interim conference of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research, Hacettepe University, Turkey.
04.07.2015 Distressful Empathy. The Case for TMT? IGEL Conference on ‘Empathy’, University of Göttingen.
17.11.2014 Why Reinvent the Wheel for Leadership Insight? Antwerp Management School.
24.07.2014 Anyone Came to Live Here Some Time Ago. Conference of the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL), University of Turin (Italy).
24.07.2014 Literature as Motrality Salience. Conference of the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL ), University of Turin (Italy).
15-16.07.14 Workshop on How to Handle Quantitative Data. Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Maribor (Slovenia).
19.07.2014 (With Anna Chesnokova and Sonia Zyngier). The REDES Project: A Follow-Up after 10 Years. Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Maribor (Slovenia).
19.07.2014 Anyone Came to Live Here Some Time Ago. Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Maribor (Slovenia).
18.07.2014 Stylistics as Decryption. Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Maribor (Slovenia).
18.07.2014 Anyone Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Maribor (Slovenia).
29.11.2013 Is Complexity a Universal Factor in the Evaluation of Literature? International conference on “Universality of Literature and Universals in Literature: Historical and Ahistorical Perspectives”. University of Maribor (Slovenia).
28.11.2013 Theories of Literature: A Meta-reflection and a Solution. International conference on “Universality of Literature and Universals in Literature: Historical and Ahistorical Perspectives”. University of Maribor (Slovenia).
24.09.2013 Business Research Methods II. Antwerp Management School.
19.09.2013 Business Research Methods I. Antwerp Management School.
31.07.2013 Workshop on SPSS for Stylisticians. PALA Conference, University of Heidelberg.
17.07.2013 The Current Situation in Mali. Lecture for the Science Café, Antwerpen.
30.04.2013 Mali, a kidnapped country. Lecture for Elcker-Ick, Antwerpen.
18-24.03.13 Lectures and workshops on empirical studies of literature, Grishchenko University, Kiev.
14.03.2103 Conference on Narrative Absorption, Utrecht University.
28.02.2013 Workshop on Email cooperation between Flemish and Malian Students, Thomas More Institute, Vorselaar, Belgium.
17.12.2012 Cultural Differences Between Bavaria and Belgium. Lions Club Brussels.
11.12.2012 Foregrounding: Application of the Scientific Method in the Humanities. Plenary lecture at the International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture, organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies in English, Pune University, India.
10.12.2012 Scientific Methods for Literary and Cultural Studies. Keynote address at the International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture, organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies in English, Pune University, India.
02.11-05.11 Development of Research Programme, Aarhus University.
26.11.2012 Workshop on Presentation Techniques for the journal EOS, Antwerpen.
25.10.2012 Workshop on SPSS. International Stylistics Conference, Soochow University, Souzhou, China.
24.10.2012 Scientific Methods for Stylistics. Keynote address at the International Stylistics Conference, Soochow University, Souzhou, China.
08.07.2012 Douwe Fokkema Memorial. 13th Biennial Congress of the IGEL (International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature). Montreal, Canada.
08.07.2012 Is Literature Like a Cuckoo’s Egg? An alternative explanation of foregrounding. 13th Biennial Congress of the IGEL (International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature). Montreal, Canada.
09.07.2012 Report on the journal Scientific Study of Literature for the year 2011. 13th Biennial Congress of the IGEL (International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature). Montreal, Canada.
13.06.2012 Cultural Differences on the Work Floor. Bosch Construction, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
21.05.2012 Belgian vs. Dutch Cultures in international firms. Bosch, De Baak Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium.
28.03.2012 Quantitative Research: How to get sensible answers from SPSS. Junior Research Meeting in Applied Linguistics. University of Antwerp, Belgium.
30.03.2012 Muses and Measures. Empirical research methods for the Humanities. Junior Research Meeting in Applied Linguistics. University of Antwerp, Belgium.
07.09.11-31.01.12 Aufenthalt für Mali-ka-di e.V. in Ségou, Mali.
27.01.2011 W. van Peer & V. Justa: ‘She Isn’t What You Think She Is’: Stereotypes about male an female feelings toward erotic literature. Conference “Wie gebannt”, organised by the Excellence Cluster “Languages and Emotions”, Free University of Berlin.
05.07.2010 Possibilities and Pitfalls in Intercultural Research. IGEL Summer Institute, University of Utrecht.
10.07.2010 Scientific Study of Literature. An Introduction. 12TH international IGEL Congress, University of Utrecht
16.06.10 What Would We Really Want to Know about Narrative and Why? International Conference on Minds and Narrative. University of Leuven, Belgium.
18.09.09 The End of Art. In Remembrance of Colin Martindale. 10th ECEL Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
15 – 16.09.09 Workshop in ‘Narrative Persuasion’. REDES group, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
30.07.09 Interpretations as Hypotheses. Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, The Netherlands.
30.07.09 A. Bühler & W. van Peer: Toward an Explanatory Hermeneutics. Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, The Netherlands.
16.06.09 What Would We Really Want to Know about Narrative and Why? International Conference on Minds and Narrative. University of Leuven, Belgium.
11.04.09 The Gooseflesh Experience. In search of an explanation. National Linguistic University, Kiev, Ukraine.
10.04.09 The End of Art: In honour of Colin Martindale. National Linguistic University, Kiev, Ukraine.
09.04.09 Another Book Presentation. National Linguistic University, Kiev, Ukraine.
25.03.09 Kann eine Interpretation falsch sein? University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
26.03.09 The Theory of Foregrounding: A state of the art. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
27.03.09 Literatur und seine Wirkungen auf Stereotypen im Sprachunterricht (Literature and its effects on stereotypes in foreign language education). University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
11.12.08 Kann eine Interpretation falsch sein? Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
24.10.08 Intercultural Hermeneutics as Foundation for the Discipline German as a Foreign Language. Address at the 30th Jubilee of the Institute of German as a Foreign Language, Munich, Germany.
12-14.07.08 Myrifield Workshop. MICA Foundation, Massachusetts, USA.
10.07.08 Are the Eyes of the Beholders the Same? Reactions of university students and workers to literary texts. 11th International Congress of IGEL. University of Memphis, TN.
05.10.07 Why the Humanities Are Inhumane. (Erskine Fellowship Lecture). Department of Philosophy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
27.09.07 New Developments in the Theory of Foregrounding. Department of English, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
25.09.07 Crossing Boundaries Through Literature. Department of English, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
21.09.07 A Sense of Beauty. The theory of Foregrounding. (Erskine Fellowship Lecture). Department of Philosophy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
17.09.07 Phonetic Iconicity vs. De Saussure: Is the End in Sight? Department of Linguistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (Erskine Fellowship Lecture).
14.09.07 Literature’s Contribution to Human Happiness. Department of Philosophy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (Erskine Fellowship Lecture).
29.08.07 The study of the Humanities and its Discontents. Visiting Speaker Address at “Coordinates of Comparison; Comparative Literature Conference,” University of Alberta, Canada.
31.08.07 Panel on Foregrounding. Coordinates of Comparison; Comparative Literature Conference,” University of Alberta, Canada.
04.04.07 Why do I need empirical studies when I study to be a translator? Kiev National Linguistic University, Ukraine.
02.04.07 W. van Peer & A. Nousi: What reading does to readers, and their stereotypes. Foregrounding and language learning. 4th International Conference “Cultural Research: Challenges for the 3rd Millenium”. Kiev National Linguistic University, Ukraine.
27.03.07 Wissenschaftliche Lebens. Department of German, Institute for Foreign Languages, Horlivka, Ukraine.
16.11.06 The Power of Prestige. 7th ECEL Conference, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
02.11.06 Perceived Effects of Novelty. Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Canada.
06.08.06 President’s Address. 10th International Conference of the IGEL (International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and the Media), Munich.
08.05.06 The Inhumanity of the Humanities. Department of Finnish Language and Literature, University of Helsinki, Finland.
05.05.06 New Developments in Foregrounding Theory. University of Helsinki.
04.05.06 An Introduction to Empirical Research Methods in Literary Studies, Programme in Comparative Literature, University of Helsinki, Finland.
25-28.02.06. Complexity and Foregrounding. Symposium “Die Natur der Kulturen” (The Nature of Cultures). Interdisziplinäres Zentrum, University of Bielefeld, Germany.
10.10.05 Interkulturelles Lesen. Department of German, University of La Manouba-Tunis, Tunisia.
08.10.05 Wie wissenschaftlich kann die Literaturwissenschaft sein? (How scientific can literary studies be?) Department of German, University of La Manouba-Tunis, Tunisia.
08.10.05 Can Literary Studies Be Scientific? Department of English, University of La Manouba-Tunis, Tunisia.
07.10.05 Empirical Studies in the Humanities. A hands-on approach. Department of English, University of Sfax, Tunisia.
21.07.05 Titles as Tokens. The social cognition of text titles. 25th Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Huddersfield.
06.07.05 Methodological Challenges in Intercultural Research. Colloquium on Emotions and Culture, Institute for German as a Foreign Language, University of Munich.
19.06.05 How Scientific Can Literary Studies Be? 6th Symposium of the Munich Ph.D. Program in Literary Studies, Kloster Seeon, Germany.
02.06.05 Reading Literature and Happiness. International Congress on Aesthetics, Creativity and Psychology of the Arts, Perm, Russia.
15.06.05 Emotions and Culture. Colloquium on Emotions and Culture, Institute for German as a Foreign Language, University of Munich.
02.05.05 The Power of Prestige. 2nd International Seminar on “Cultural Research: Challenges for the 3rd Millenium”. Kiev National Linguistic University, Kiev, Ukraine.
01.08.04 Foregrounding Analyses of Literary Texts. Summer Institute for Interdisciplinary Empirical Studies of Literature. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
31.07.04 Interdisciplinary Research: Case Study. Summer Institute for Interdisciplinary Empirical Studies of Literature. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
31.07.04 Methods in the Study of Reading. Summer Institute for Interdisciplinary Empirical Studies of Literature. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
31.07.04 Research Design in Studies of Reading Across Cultures. Summer Institute for Interdisciplinary Empirical Studies of Literature. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
28.07.04 Foregrounding and Novelty. 24th Annual Conference of the Poetic and Linguistics Association (PALA), New York University, New York, NY.
27.07.04 Complexity and Evaluation of Literary Texts – Results of an Experiment. 24th Annual Conference of the Poetic and Linguistics Association (PALA), New York University, New York, NY.
02.05.04 Does Reading Literature Make You Happy. International Seminar “Cultural Research: Challenges for the 3rd Millenium, National Linguistic University of Kiev, Ukraine.
01.05.04 The reception of short stories. International Seminar “Cultural Research: Challenges for the 3rd Millenium, National Linguistic University of Kiev, Ukraine.
30.01.04 Literary Reading and Happiness. Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
01.09.03 W. van Peer, A. Mentjes & J. Auracher: Does Literature Make You Happy? 4th international ECEL Conference, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
03.08.03 W. van Peer & M. Schwaiger: Short Story Characteristics? Short Fiction Conference, Oslo, Norway.
24.06.03 The not-me in thee. Negative identification through literature. Plenary lecture given at the 23rd Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Foregrounding Interculturally. 23rd Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Opening Address at the 23rd Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.
14.3.2003 Warum interpretieren? (Why Interpret?). Faculty of German, Kiev National University, Ukraine.
7.3.2003 Some thoughts about interpretation. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Ukraine.
17.12.2002 Inside and Outside, Open and Closed. Identification, Stereotyping and Information Sources. 5th International Conference of the Averroes & Enlightenment Society, on “Cultures and the Enemy Image”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt, 15-18 December.
17.09.2002 Some Misunderstandings of Empirical Studies (and Their Resolution). 3rd ECEL (Encontro de Ciência Empírica da Literatura) Conference, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
10.09.2002 Empirical Studies, an Introduction. Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro., Brazil
10.8.2002 Emotional Differences Between Men and Women in Reading. 8th Conference of the IGEL, Pécs, Hungary.
4.7.2002 Are Sexist Jokes Discriminating? International Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies. Bologna, Bertinoro, Italy.
15.6.2002 Roman Jakobson’s Concept of Self-Reference from the Perspective of cognitive psychology. Symposium “Roman Jakobsonm” organized by the new doctoral programme “Literary Studies” at the University of Munich, Kloster Seeon, Germany.
30.5.2002 The Pragmatics of Reading in Different Cultures. National Conference of the Association of German as a Foreign Language, Munich, Germany.
11.4.2002 The Quest for the Reader. International Conference of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature (SSNL), Michigan State University, Lansing (MI).
8.4.2002 Their Own Imperatives: Are there standards of literary Interpretation? 3rd International Conference of the International Association for Literary Semantics (IALS), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
5.4.2002 W. van Peer & M. Wiseman: Phonetic Iconicity Once More: Native Speakers’ poetic craft. 22th International Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
21.3.2002 Forum-Member in the Forum-Debate, organized by the Stiftung Lesen, Leipzig Book Fair, Germany.
4.11.2001 The Sound of Meaning. Research Group in Cognitive Psychology, University of Memphis, TN.
2.8.2001 Why We Need Empirial Studies in Literature, 2nd. ECEL (Encontro de Ciência Empírica da Literatura) Conference, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
14.4.2001 The Secret of Harry Potter. 21th Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary.
24.11.2000 Sprach- und Leseförderung in der Welt von Multimedia und Konsum: 10 Thesen (Language and reading promotion in a world of multimedia and consumption. Ten theses). Gutenbergs Folgen. From the first Media Revolution to Knowledge Society. International Congress of the Stiftung Lesen, Mainz, Germany.
10.8.2000 W. Van Peer & M. Meister: The Effect of Stylistic Devices on Native and Non-Native Readers. 16th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, New York, NY.
10.8.2000 W. Van Peer & S. Albers: Phonetic Iconicity in Poetry: An Aesthetic Principle? 16th Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, New York, NY.
3.8.2000 Chair (and Organizer) of the Symposium Evolutionary Approaches to Literature, 7th IGEL Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.
3.8.2000 The Origins of Style, 7th IGEL Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.
2.8.2000 M. Wiseman & W. Van Peer: The Sound of Meaning, 7th IGEL Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.
1.8.2000 M. Wiseman & W. Van Peer: Anansi and the Spider-haters: Can a Folk Hero Change Attitudes? 7th IGEL Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.
1.8.2000 W. Van Peer & I. Stöger: Psychoanalytic Predictions of Reading Behaviour, 7th IGEL Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.
1.8.2000 W. Van Peer & A. Nousi: The Impact of Discussing vs. Reading Literary Texts. 7th IGEL Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.
3.7.2000 W. Van Peer & M. Meister: The Effect of Stylistic Devices on Native and Non-Native Readers. 20th Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA). London, Goldsmith’s College.
2.7.2000 M. Wiseman & W. Van Peer: The Sound of Meaning. 20th Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA). London, Goldsmith’s College.
2.7.2000 M. Wiseman & W. Van Peer: Anansi and the Spider-haters: Can a Folk Hero Change Attitudes? 20th Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA). London, Goldsmith’s College.
15.06.2000 Die interkulturelle Pragmatik des Lesens (The intercultural pragmatics of reading). Dutch Reading Foundation, Utrecht.
24.6.1999 Über den Ursprung des Stils (About the origins of style). “Perspectives on Style” Conference, organized by A. Rothkegel and E.-M. Jacobs. Linslerhof, Saarlouis, Germany.
16.5.1999 Literaturtheorien und Fremdsprachenunterricht (Literary theories and foreign language teaching). Goethe Institute, Munich, Germany.
30.3.1999 The Semantics of War. Keynote address on the 19th PALA-Conference (Poetics and Linguistics Association), University of Potschefstroom, Republic of South Africa.
8.1.99 Anthropological Foundations of Art and Literature. International Conference on “Cognitive Stylistics”, University of Amsterdam.
14.10.1998 Why Interpret? About the Motives for Literary Interpretation. Al Alsun Faculty, Aïn Shams University, Cairo.
13.10.1998 Truth Matters. Department of English Studies, Aïn Shams University, Cairo.
12.10.1998 The Relation Between Comparative Literature and National Philologies. Department of German Studies, Al-Azhar University, Cairo.
30.9.1998 Paralellisms in “Thousand and One Nights” and Their Interpretation. Women’s Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo.
17.7.1998 ”Erst die Fremde lehrt uns, was wir an der Heimat besitzen.” Fontanes Schottlandreise und die interkulturellen Unterschiede zwischen Reise-Gründen.. Symposium on “Fontane and Europe,” University of Munich.
26/6.1998 Truth, Interpretation, and Beckett’s First Love. Institute for English Philology, University of Munich, Germany.
15.5.1998 Geschichtswissenschaft und Erbgut: Zwei Konzepte des kulturellen Gedächtnisses. SFB-Research Programm on Europäische Identität, University of Göttingen, Germany.
23.4.1998 Patterns in Canon Formation. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
8.10.1997 Absicht und Abwehr: Intention und Interpretation, DFG-Symposium on “The Return of the Author”, Kloster Irsee, Germany.
3.9.97 Where Do Literary Themes Come From? Second Conference of the IALS (International Association for Literary Semantics), University of Freiburg, Germany.
2.9.97 The End of Literature? Second Conference of the IALS (International Association for Literary Semantics), University of Freiburg, Germany.
21.8.97 History and Heritage: Two Concepts of Cultural Memory. 15th Congress of the ICLA, University of Leiden.
11.6.97 J. Hakemulder & W. van Peer: The Influence of Literary Texts on Perceived Social Distance and Empathy. 7th Annual Conference of the Society for Text and Discourse. Utrecht University.
10.6.97 V. Boeschoten & W. van Peer: Narrative Perspective and Narrative Credibility. 7th Annual Conference of the Society for Text and Discourse. Utrecht University.
31.3.97 Chaos(theory) in Literary Studies. Conference on “The Science Wars,” with (amongst others) Alan Sokal, organized by the University of Antwerp.
30.3.1997 Portrait of the Reader as a Young Dog. Beckett’s First Love and Its Interpretation. Workshop on Interpretation and Samuel Beckett, University of Groningen.
21.2.97 The Role of the Reader. Annual Course for Graduate Students on “The State of the Art in Literature, Theatre Studies and Film,” organized by the Netherlands Institute for Literary Research, University of Amsterdam.
27.9.1996 As in a Dark Mirror. The Philosophical Value of Images. Joint Alumni Societies of Arts and Philosophy students of the University of Brabant, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
22.8.96 Textual Comparison as an Empirical Method. 5th IGEL Conference, Alberta, Canada.
21.8.96 An Insider’s View of IGEL. 5th Conference of IGEL (Internationale Gesellschaft für empirische Literaturforschung), Alberta, Canada.
1.8.96 The Origins of Anti-Formalism. Symposium on “Neo-Formalism / Neo-Structuralism”, organized and chaired by W. van Peer, at the 14th Congress of the IAEA (International Association for Empirical Aesthetics), Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
6.7.96 Some Conceptual Issues in the Study of Autobiography. Erasmus Intensive Programme “European Literary Studies”, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
30.5.96 Literary Studies and the Sciences: The Case of Chaos Theory. Conference on “Aesthetics and Science,” organized by the Learned Societies of Canada. Brock University, St. Catherine’s, Canada.
24.4.96 Literature and Human Values. Seminar on Comparative Poetics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
25.3.96 The Reality of Fiction: The Moral Effect of Literary Works. International Conference on “Philosophy and Literature,” organized by the Porter Institute for Poetics and Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University.
7.3.96 Textual Comparison as a Method for Evaluation. Course on Evaluation, organized by the Netherlands Institute for Literary Research, University of Amsterdam.
16.2.96 * Trends in Literary Theory: (A-)Rationality. Annual Course “New Developments in Literary, Theatre- and Film Studies”, The Netherlands Institute of Literary Research, Utrecht University.
18.1.96 Foregrounding and Gestalt Psychology. Psychologisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Germany.
24.11.95 * The Ern Malley Affair and Its Shadow over Modernism. International Conference on “Modernism Reconsidered”, organized by the Netherlands Institute for Literary Research, Utrecht University.
1.11.95 Some Models of Multiculturalism. Conference on “Functional Pragmatics,” Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.
30.10.95 * Interpretation without Hermeneutics? International Conference “Literature in a Changing World,” organized by the Netherlands Institute for Literary Research, University of Leiden.
2.6.1995 Issues of Gender and Multiculturalism in an Analysis of Point of View in Euripides’ Medea. International Conference on ‘Narrative Perspective: Cognition and Emotion’, The Netherlands Institute of Literary Research, University of Leiden.
13.5.95 * Perspectives on Characters. The interpretation of conflict in Medea. PNYX. Association of Classical Scholars, Utrecht.
23.3.95 * The Problem of Evaluation in Literary Studies. Annual Course on Literary and Theatre Studies, The Netherlands Research Institute for Literary Studies, University of Leiden.
28.2.95 The Theoretical Study of Comic Literature. Erasmus Intensive Programme “European Literary Studies,” on “Cultural and Anthropological Impact of Humour and Laughter”. Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany.
9.12.94 Some Models of Literary History. Symposium celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the LUMIS Institute, University of Siegen, Germany.
2.12.94 The Aesthetization of Ideological Values in Literature. Discussion Group on Stylistics, Lancaster University, England.
1.12.94 ‘Applications’ of Chaos Theory in the Humanities. Lancaster Linguistics Circle, Lancaster University, England.
29.11.94 * Utopia Exists! Papers in Honour of Prof. D.W. Fokkema, departing Director of the Research Institute for History and Culture, Utrecht University.
25.10.94 High and Low Literature: Structural and Functional Differentiation. Czech Language Institute, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
22.10.94 The Framework Around Art. Symposium organized at the FUNGUS exhibition, Plásy Monastery, Czech Republic.
26.8.94 The Empirical Study of Texts. 4th International IGEL Conference (Internationale Gesellschaft für Empirische Literaturwissenschaft), Budapest, Hungary.
18.8.94 Models of Intercultural Tolerance in Literature. Colloquium organized by the Committee on Literary Theory, 14th Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA). University of Alberta, Canada.
16.8.94 Literature and Negative Identity. 14th Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA). University of Alberta, Canada.
4.8.94 ‘High’ vs. ‘Low’ Cultural Products and Their Social Functions. Plenary lecture at the 13th Congress of the International Association for Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA). Montreal, Canada.
3.8.94 Cathartic Effects of Reading Comic Texts. 13th Congress of the International Association for Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA). Montreal, Canada.
2.6.94 The Ethics of Literature: Two Models. Fifth Synopsis Conference, on “Models / Schemas / Frames – A New Umbrella?”, The Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
19.5.94 Toward a Semiotics of Literary Emotions. Institute for Semiotics, Technical University of Berlin.
16.5.94 The ‘Intentional Fallacy’ Revisited. Institute for Semiotics, Technical University of Berlin.
9.5.1994 The ‘Literary’ Text: Literariness Revisited. Institute for Semiotics, Technical University of Berlin.
5.5.94 The Semiotics of Canonization. The Case of “Romeo and Juliet”. Institute for Semiotics, Technical University of Berlin.
2.5.94 The Materiality of Textual Tradition: Mutilations. Institute for Semiotics, Technical University of Berlin.
28.4.94 The Study of Cultural Values. Institute for Semiotics, Technical University of Berlin.
25.4.94 The Concept of Text. Institute for Semiotics, Technical University of Berlin.
9.3.94 Literature and the Development of a Trans-national Cultural Identity. Erasmus Intensive Programme in European Literary Studies, Catholic University of Leuven.
3.3.94 * Reading for Life. The Influence of Reading Culture on Literacy Programmes. Conference, organized by the Belgian chapter of the International Reading Association, University of Antwerp.
23.2.94 * Mette Hjort’s Rules and Conventions, Research Seminar of the Department of Literary Studies, Utrecht University.
11.2.94 * Relax While Reading? Workshop “Literature and Emotions,” organized by the Research Institute for History and Culture, Utrecht University.
5.11.93 * The Cunning of Literature. Annual Conference of the Dutch Linguistic Union, Antwerp.
6.10.93 Panel-member in the Debate on Information Explosion?, at the Frankfurt Book Fair, John Maddox (Editor in chief, Nature), Elizabeth Chapman (Librarian, Oxford), Frans van Humalda van Eysinga (President of the International Group of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers), Vladyslaw Turski (Scientist, University of Warzaw), Frankfurt, Germany.
23.9.93 * Moral Effects of Reading Literature. A review of empirical research. The Netherlands Research Institute for Literary Studies, University of Leiden.
18.6.93 Narrative Point of View and the Interpretation of Characters’ Motives. Annual Conference of the Society for Text and Discourse, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
4.5.93 Ideology and Aesthetic Quality: “Romeo and Juliet” as a Test Case. Departments of English, German, and Comparative Literature, Stanford University.
2.3.93 The History and Systematicity of Mutilated Signs. Department of Comparative Literature, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
1.3.93 Canon Formation and Literary Quality. Department of English, University of Alberta.
25.2.93 The Paradoxes of Paraphrasing in Literature Classes. Departments of English and Education, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
14.1.93 Toward a Rational Investigation of Cultural Values. Erasmus Intensive Programme “European Literary Studies”, Utrecht University.
17.11.92 * Arguments in Favour of the Canon. In-service course “The Literary Canon,” organized by the Department of Literary Studies, Utrecht University.
11.9.92 Mutilated Signs: History and Functions. Colloquium on “Functional Pragmatics,” University of Dortmundt, Germany.
23.7.92 Contact Between Literatures. History and System. Erasmus Intensive Programme “European Literary Studies,” University of Lisbon, Portugal.
2.6.92 A Reconsideration of Wimsatt & Beardsley’s ‘Intentional Fallacy‘. Fifth Colloquium organized by the ICLA Committee on Literary Theory, “Fictions in Literature and Literary Theory.” University of Madeira, Funchal.
21.5.92 Point of View and Its Effect on Identification. Second Conference of the IGEL (International Association for the Empirical Study of Literature), Memphis University, Memphis, TN.
9.3.92 * In the Country of the Blind. World Views and Literature. Symposium organised by the Belgian Research Group of Literary Scholars, University of Ghent.
22.2.92 * Henry James and the Imagination: ‘The Turn of the Screw’. In-service course on “Literature and Fantasy”, organized by the Department of Literary Studies, Utrecht University.
21.11.91 * The Mutilated Sign: History and Systematicity. Conference “Word and Image,” organized by the Dutch Association for Semiotics, University of Limburg, Maastricht.
30.10.91 * Wayne Booth and Ethical Criticism in the United States. Workshop on ‘Literature and Ethics’, organized by the Department of Literary Studies, Utrecht University.
30.8.91 The Language of Literature: Stylistics and Literary Theory. Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
25.8.91 Metaphor and the Theory of Imagination. Fourth Colloquium of the Committee on Literary Theory of the ICLA, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.
16.4.91 Canon Formation. Some Concepts and Consequences. Erasmus Intensive Programme “European Literary Studies”, Catholic University of Leuven.
19.1.90 * The Absence of the Heart in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. National Science Week, Utrecht.
21.12.90 Literature Defined. Department of English, University of Saarbrücken, Germany.
20.12.90 The Case of ‘Poetic Language’ Reconsidered. Department of German, University of Saarbrücken, Germanu.
18.12.90 Emotional Motives for Reading Literature. Department of Comparative Literature, University of Saarbrücken, Germany.
27.9.90 * Ironie in de Literatuur. Conference, organized by the International School of Philosophy, Leusden, The Netherlands.
14.9.90 Emotional Learning Through Reading. Tenth Conference of PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association), University of Amsterdam.
11.9.90 The Functional Differentiation of Language. Is There a Literary Language After All? Symposium, organised by IFOTT (Institute for Functional Research into Language and Language Use), University of Amsterdam.
31.8.90 * Panel-member in the plenary session at the Symposium Knowledge Transfer through Literature, organized by the Dutch Science Foundation, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam.
15.6.90 Paraphrasing Activities in Literary Education. International Conference on ‘Functional Pragmatics’, University of Dortmund, Germany.
8.5.90 Paraphrasing and Paradox in Literature Classes. Aïn Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
7.5.90 Prayers and Prayer Poems: Similarities and Differences. American University in Cairo, Egypt.
28.4.90 Universals in Literary Theory: East and West. Third Colloquium of the ICLA Committee on Literary Theory, National University of Taiwan, Taipeh, R.O.C.
29.3.90 * Print- and Electronic Media. Foundation for Inter-University Research in the Social Sciences (SISWO), Amsterdam.
4.8.89 Constants and Shifts in Cultural Literacy. Symposium “Cultural Literacy in the Media Age: The clash of values”, organized by the Penn-Leuven Institute, Catholic University of Leuven.
3.4.89 Emotional Response in Reading Literary Texts. International Convention ‘Reading and Response’, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
16.3.89 The First and Second Law of Literary History. Second International Colloquium ‘Are There Laws in Literary History?’, organized by the ICLA Committee on Literary Theory, University of Lisbon, Portugal. (With Jonathan Culler, Ziva Ben Porat, Colin Martindale, Horst Steinmetz).
25.10.88 * Interpreting and Interpretation. Dutch Graduate School for Literary Studies.
29.1.88 * Studying in England. Annual Conference of Dutch Career Advisors, Catholic University of Brabant, Tilburg.
12.11.87 The Order of Discourse and the Discourse of Order. Seventh Conference of Education Sociology, organized by SISWO, Amsterdam.
27.11.87 * “Mother, Why Do We Read? The transfer of literary knowledge. Annual Conference of the Dutch Linguistic Union, Antwerp.
29.5.87 Institutional Forms of Language and Learning. National Foundation for Educational Research, Slough, London.
28.5.87 Textuality as a Linguistic Problem. The Linguistic Society, Cambridge University.
25.5.87 The Origins of (Literary) Species. Clare Hall History Group, Clare Hall, Cambridge University.
13.5.87 Teaching Texts as Real Communication. Institute of Education, University of London, England.
5.5.87 Toward a Descriptive Definition of Literature. School of English and American Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.
21.4.87 A Teaching Model for Treating Stories. Poetics and Linguistics Association, 8th Annual Conference, Lancaster University, England.
11.4.87 A Critique of Quantitative Stylistics. International Conference on Computers and the Humanities, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
31.3.87 Form and Function of Counting Out Rhymes. International Oracy Convention, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
14.3.87 Why is there such a thing as metre? Lancaster Linguistics Circle, Lancaster University.
12.3.87 Form and Function of Nursery Rhymes. Lancaster University, Stylistics Discussion Group.
22.11.86 Metre: Its Cognitive and Affective Functions. International Workshop on ‘Literary Comprehension’, Catholic University of Brabant.
31.7.86 The Effects of Classroom Interaction on Learning to Read. 11th World Congress of the International Reading Association, University of London.
20.6.86 Children and Television Narratives. Symposium on ‘The Acquisition of Narrative Skills’, (Dortmund Association for Child Language Research), University of Dortmund, Germany.
30.5.86 * The History of Reading. Research Institute of Graphic Art, Ghent, Belgium.
25.5.86 * Intertextuality: Tradition and Critique. Symposium organized by the Dutch and Belgian Associations of Comparative Literature, Breda.
14.5.86 * Reading: Present and Past International Association of Booksellers, Bruges, Belgium.
17.4.86 * Panel Member in the Forum Debate on Literacy. Flemish Cultural Center ‘De Brakke Grond’, Amsterdam.
7.2.86 * The Anthropological Function of Stories. Interdisciplinary Symposium on ‘Story and Reality’, organized by the Departments of Anthropology, Sociology and Comparative Literature of the Free University of Amsterdam.
19.6.85 Processing Sound and Image in Children’s Television Programs. International Congress on Applied Psycholinguistics, University of Barcelona.
23.4.85 The Structure of Reading Instruction. International Conference on ‘Literacy in a Multi-National Perspective’, organized by the AILA / UNESCO, University of Venice.
15.11.84 Panel Member in the Forum Debate on ‘Children’s Literature and Literary Development’, Catholic University of Brabant. Chair: Prof. Klaus Doderer (München).
15.11.84 * Children and Sesame Street: Developmental Aspects. Symposium on Children and Literacy, Catholic University of Brabant.
9.8.84 Learning and Teaching about Style in the Classroom. Symposium at the AILA World Congress, Free University of Brussels. Organization and Chair: W. van Peer.
7.8.84 Linguistics and Reading Comprehension. Symposium organized by The International Reading Association at the AILA World Congress, Free University of Brussels. Chair: John Chapman (Open University, England).
19.7.84 Cohesion and Text-definition. International Conference on ‘Text, Coherence, Connexity’, organized by the ‘Centre for the Study of Semiotics and Linguistics’, Urbino.
2.4.84 But What Is Literature? Fifth Conference of PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association), University of Sussex.
26.11.83 * Testable Hypotheses in Literary Studies. Symposium on ‘Reception Aesthetics,’ organized by the Dutch Comparative Literature Association, University of Amsterdam.
1.11.83 Pulp and Purpose. Symposium on ‘Linguistic Contributions to Literary Theory,’ organized at the Silver Jubilee of the English Institute, Utrecht University.
30.9.83 Die Bedeutung der Prager Strukturalisten für die Entwicklung der Literaturtheorie und der Stilistik. Annual Conference of the German Association for Applied Linguistics, University of Duisburg, Germany. (Panel in Honor of Prof. Em. Vilém Fried). Chair: Prof. W. Kühlwein (University of Trier).
30.6.83 Between Stylistics and Pragmatics: The Theory of Foregrounding. International Workshop on ‘Pragmatics and Stylistics’, Catholic University of Brabant.
16.2.83 English and Scottish Literature. Colloquium on National Literatures. Catholic University of Brabant.
9.6.82 The Three Whiches: Poetic Style, Reader Response and Computer Aid. Seventh International Conference of the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC), University of Pisa.
10.6.82 Future Perspectives in Quantitative Stylistics. Panel member in the Forum debate on ‘Quantitative Approaches in the Study of Language and Literature,’ held at the Seventh ALLC Conference, University of Pisa.
3.4.82 What Has Stylistics to Say about Pulp Fiction? Third PALA Conference, Lancaster University.
22.3.80 Four Grounds for Foregrounding. First Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), University of Nottingham.
8.3.79 Research into Foregrounding. Lancaster Linguistics Circle, Lancaster University.