TROUBLING TIME(S): QUESTIONING PREVAILING NOTIONS OF TIME IN THE STUDY OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE October 26-28, 2022 Troubling Time(s): Questioning Prevailing Notions of Time in the Study of Literature and Culture The pairing of troubling times with troubled time – i.e. ruptured, disjointed temporalities and histori- cal breaks – certainly persists within contemporary experience and cultural expression. Even before the most recent overwhelming experiences of cri- sis have added urgency to this topic, the various challenges posed to our societies in the 21st centu- ry have led to the impression that “people seem to be losing their faith in their ability to shape the fu- ture” (Grossberg 2010: 62). However, far from sole- ly leading to resignation and negativity, various productive (re)evaluations of time have appeared in critical thought from, for example, non-western, feminist, queer and afect-theoretical perspectives that question either conventional, hegemonic no- tions of time or reconceptualize the temporality and experience of crisis. The aim of this conference is to draw attention to the important insights ofered by the study of literature and culture to this topic. The contribu- tions refect on linkages between troubling times of crisis and the troubling of time from literary and cultural studies perspectives. The idea of troubling something in an active way is used to connote mo- ments of subversion, rethinking, empowerment, creativity, and perhaps even hope. The conference asks: What are historical and current examples of such literary and cultural troublings? How can we as literary and cultural scholars theorize the trou- bling of time in light of new critical thought and current societal and geopolitical challenges? Rauischholzhausen, Germany 09:00 -10:00 10:00 10:10 -11:10 11:10 11:30 -12:30 12:30 14:00 15:00 Check-Out Keynote: Annette Simonis and Kirsten von Hagen (University of Giessen) – Forms of Good Life in Times of Crisis – (Moderator: Imke Polland-Schmandt) Short Break Panel 6: Coping with Troubled Time in the Anthropocene (Moderator: Susanne Knaller) Matteo Gallo Stampino: Finding Hope in Guilt: Elina Hirvonen’s When Time Runs Out and His Significance for the Anthropocene Stefano Rozzoni: Gardening as a Way to Correct Tra- gedies: (Re)Reading Vita Sackville-West’s The Garden in Light of the Anthropocene Cofee Break Panel 7: A Pathology of Experiencing Time (Moderator: Elisabeth Wåghäll Nivre) Sanna-Mari Niemi: Representations of Disrupted and Troubled Times during Mental Health Crisis in Helsinki City Museum’s Exhibition Broken – a Shattered Mind Jennifer Kappe: Reimagining the Past and Rewriting the Future in Depression Memoirs Lunch Break Closing Remarks and Certifcates Departure FRIDAY, 28.10.