Programme

8th Annual HEX Conference: Histories of Experience in Society: Frictions, Margins, Ruptures
9–11 March 2026, Tampere University, Linna building (Kalevantie 5)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (CHANGES POSSIBLE)

The final conference programme will be published here in late January / early February 2026

Info: City Centre Campus

MONDAY, 9 MARCH 2026 

10:00–10:15 Welcome and opening words by Pirjo Markkola (director of HEX) Auditorium K103

10:15–11:15 Keynote 1 (Benno Gammerl: Narrating queer experiences) Auditorium K103

11:15–11:30 Coffee break

11:30–13:00 Parallel sessions 1

13:00–14:30 Lunch break at restaurant Juvenes, main building

14:30–16:00 Parallel sessions 2 

16:15–17:45 Parallel sessions 3

18.00 Get-together at Café Toivo (Tampere University main building, second floor, Kalevantie 4)

TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2026

10:00–11:00 Keynote 2 (Louise Nyholm Kallestrup: Margins of Experience – Witch Trials Between Godly Power and Everyday Life) Auditorium K103

11:00–11:30 Coffee break

11:30–13:00 Parallel sessions 4

13:00–14:30 Lunch break at restaurant Juvenes, main building

14:30–16:30 Parallel sessions 5

19:00–23:00 Conference dinner at Finlayson Palace (Kuninkaankatu 1)

WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 2026

9:00–10:00 Keynote 3 (Dolores Martin Moruno: Experiencing Humanitarianism Through Images) Auditorium K103

10:00–10:30 Coffee break

10:30–12:00 Parallel sessions 6

12:00–13:30 Lunch break at restaurant Juvenes, main building

13:30–15:00 Parallel sessions 7

15:00–15:15 Coffee break

15:15–16:00 Final discussion