Culture & Emotion Preconference

Culture & Emotion Preconference

Date: March, 21st 2019

Organizers:  Yuri Miyamoto, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yulia Chentsova-Dutton, Georgetown University

Location: Douglass Room, Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel

This preconference will highlight recent advances in research on the interplay between culture and emotion, featuring two themes: “Culture and Emotion Perception” (focusing on research investigating cultural influences on emotion perception) and “Cultural Fit of Emotions” (focusing on implications of emotions that fit (or do not fit) in their cultural contexts). The preconference will include two thematic sessions with invited speakers, a data blitz session, a poster session, and a keynote address by Batja Mesquita. Invited speakers include Rachael Jack, Maria Gendron, Taka Masuda, and Ursula Hess for Culture and Emotion Perception session, and Jeanne Tsai, Jose Soto, Yukiko Uchida, and Will Tsai for Cultural Fit of Emotions session.