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We're kicking off our Summer LitAttention Colloquium on the 21st of May with Prof. Dr. Kathy Conklin, from the University of Nottingham.
Join us to learn more about 'Seeing literariness: Eye-tracking as a window into the reading of literary texts'.
📍 K2 Keplerstraße 17, Room 17.22
⏰ 11:30am
Mark your calendars, we have an attentive summer semester ahead! 🔆
We're delighted to be hosting three guest speakers - Kathy Conklin, Yves Citton and Marion Thain - for our LitAttention Summer Colloquium!
Join us tomorrow for our first Summer Colloquium guest lecture! See you there, 11:30 in Room 17.22 ,to discuss eye-tracking and "seeing literariness" 👀
Note the date! Yves Citton will be joining us for an online guest lecture on the 18th of June at 11:30am. 🗓️❗
The link to the talk will be available shortly before, or join us in K2 17.22 for a live screening. 📺
A very warm welcome to our new researcher, Reem Chebab, who will be joining us as a PhD student!
Her thesis examines how microfiction across print and digital media affords attentional engagement under contemporary conditions of digital circulation.
We're still looking for native English speaking participants for our eye-tracking study! 👁️
Find out how to get involved below.
For @vpfa.bsky.social’s recent Online Study Day @hannaharmour.bsky.social and @jnam.bsky.social had the opportunity to present their respective research on Le Fanu’s “The Watcher” and on Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories.
Many thanks to the organisers for coordinating such an inspiring event!
“If you treasure your attention, and then use it to do hard things, with other people, in real life,” Jonathan Haidt tells the class of 2026, “your life is going to be amazing.”
Read his full commencement address here:
Coming up: Join us for our summer #LitAttention colloquium! Very much looking forward to Kathy Conklin‘s talk on „Seeing Literariness: #eyetracking as a window into the reading of literary texts“. ALL WELCOME! #attention #psycholinguistics #reading
⏳ Only 14 days of testing left!
Sign up for a slot today, support science, and receive €40 for your participation.
We’re looking for native speakers of #English who meet the study requirements. The task is simple:
📖 read a few short texts
⏱ takes about 1.5 hours
That’s it! @unistuttgart.bsky.social
