Schedule of Events

Programme of events 8-9th September, 2025

Monday 8th September

9:00-9:30         Tea and coffee

9:30-10:00       Welcome and Introduction

10:00-10:40     Paul Fletcher (University of Cambridge)
Voice hearing in psychosis

10:40-11:10     Coffee break

11:10-11:50     Beatrice Szcepek Reed (Lancaster University) and Anne Whitaker (Royal Central School for Speech and Drama)
The Responsive Voice – A dialogic approach to actor voice training

11:50-12:30     Chiara De Gregorio (University of Warwick)
Singing, shouting, and laughing: Exploring the evolutionary roots of primate vocal communication

12:30-1:00       Panel discussion

1:00-14:00       Lunch

14:00-14:40     Josephine Hoegarts (University of Amsterdam)
Un organe propre à l’emploi tragique. Vocal Practice and Propriety in Nineteenth Century Europe

14:40-15:20     Yvon Bonefant (University College Cork)
The Opposite of Queer Trauma: Participatory Voice-Movement Art, Queering the Voice, and the Aesthetic Power of Enthusiasm

15:20-15:50     Coffee break (tea, coffee and biscuits)

15:50-16:30     Malte Kobel (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
When the voice musicks… : problem, performance, encounter

16:30-17:00     Panel Discussion

17:00-18:00     Drinks reception

18:15               Formal Dinner in Newnham College Hall

Tuesday 9th September

9:00-9:30         Tea and coffee

9:30-10:10       Pavo Orepic (University of Zurich)
Voices and Robots: From self-voice misperceptions to robotically-induced hallucinations

10:10-10:50     Kate Knill (University of Cambridge)
How are you speaking?  Automatic assessment of L2 English speech

10:50-11:20     Coffee break (tea, coffee and biscuits)

11:20-12:00    Nadine Lavan (Queen Mary University of London)
Forming first impressions from voices

12:00-12:30     Panel Discussion

12:30-13:30     Lunch

13:30-14:30     Group Discussions

14:30-15:00     Concluding remarks

Speaker slots will consist of a 30 minute presentation followed by 10 minutes for questions.