Within and across cultures and historical times, self-narratives have played an important role for sharing, understanding, and configuring lived experiences. Research in developmental psychology has shown that processes of self-narration can structure and shape processes of autobiographical remembering. At the same time, philosophical research indicates that self-narration crucially depends on autobiographical remembering. The negotiation of past experiences, recent narratological work suggests, is part and parcel of autobiographical writing.

This workshop brings together leading scholars from philosophy, psychology, literary studies, and anthropology to examine and discuss the many links between experience, memory, and self-narrative. An important aim is to forge new interdisciplinary connections and identify avenues for future research.