09:00–9:30 Registration
09:30–09:50 Welcome and opening remarks by Suzie Thomas (UAntwerp)
10:00-11:50 Session 1 - Chair Pia Olsson (University of Helsinki)
10:00-10:20 Inkeri Hakamies (University of Helsinki) "You can't really be yourself" - Managing Emotions in Cultural Heritage Work
10:20-10:40 Anke Hellebuyck (UAntwerp) Affective responsibilities and emotional connections as decolonising tactics in the museum: Insights from the Royal Museums of Art and History
10:40-11:00 Doris Blancquaert (UAntwerp) More than a health hazard? The emotions, silences, and controversy surrounding asbestos-containing heritage.
11:00-11:20 Questions
11:20-11:50 Coffee and tea
11:50-12:40 Session 2 -Chair Hélène Verreyke (UAntwerp)
11:50-12:20 Keynote speaker Charlotte Engman (Umeå University) Heritage on the Front Line: Emotional labor, power, and public debate in museum practice
12:20-12:40 Questions
12:40–14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:40 Session 3 - Chair Olga Van Oost (FARO-VUB)
14.00-14.30 Suzie Thomas (UAntwerp) Archaeological object method' as a way to access emotional connections to objects
14:30-14:40 Questions
14:40-15:40 Roundtable: Sharing and Reflecting on Emotional Engagement Practices in Museums, Bart Marius (Artistic Director Museum Dr. Guislain Gent), Els Veraverbeke (Conservator Yper Museum)
15:40-17:00 Continuing the conversation with coffee, tea and cake