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<div style="margin:0 0 10pt 0;"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:16px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US">The&nbsp;</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US"><strong>Contemporary
 Emotions Research Network (CERN) </strong></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US">is now active</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US"><strong>.&nbsp;</strong></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US">This
 network has been&nbsp;organised and supported by the Faculty of Law&nbsp;Humanities&nbsp;and Arts at the University of Wollongong, Australia. The purpose of this network is&nbsp;to build the research capacity of academics in, and promote research on, emotions in contemporary
 social contexts. CERN will extend the focus of research beyond traditional psychological and classical-historical concerns with emotions. It will examine and interlink emotions research from a range of contemporary fields, including sociology, philosophy,
 politics, law, cultural studies, literature, modern history, and creative arts and media.&nbsp;</span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0 0 10pt 0;"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:16px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US">See link below for a call for papers for our&nbsp;</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size:13.32px;" lang="en-US">up</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size:13.32px;" lang="en-US">coming&nbsp;inaugural
 workshop to be held in Sydney (UOW CBD campus) on</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size:13.32px;" lang="en-US">&nbsp;</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size:13.32px;" lang="en-US"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Friday
 September 25, 2015.&nbsp;</span></strong></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size:13.32px;" lang="en-US">The workshop is titled &quot;</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size:13.32px;" lang="en-US"><em>Researching
 and Measuring Emotions and Affect in Contemporary Society</em></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size:13.32px;" lang="en-US">&#8221;. It will involve a series&nbsp;of presentations on emotions research,</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US">&nbsp;and&nbsp;represent
 an&nbsp;opportunity for many of us in the&nbsp;broad field of emotions research&nbsp;to meet and&nbsp;discuss future collaborations.
</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US"></span></font></span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:16px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US"><a href="http://www.uowblogs.com/cern/2015/06/26/some-event/">http://www.uowblogs.com/cern/2015/06/26/some-event/</a><br>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10pt 0;"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:16px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US">Kind regards,&nbsp;</span></font></span></font></div>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-US">Sarah Sorial and Roger Patulny (co-convenors of CERN).&nbsp;</span></font>
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