Name: Conceptual Blending Across Cultures, Texts, and Traditions
Start: 2026-08-27T09:30:00
End: 2026-08-28T17:30:00
Location: GB 5/150–152 “Ruhrpott”

Workshop

Conceptual Blending Across Cultures, Texts, and Traditions

27 Aug. 2026, 09:30 a.m. – 28 Aug. 2026, 05:30 p.m.
GB 5/150–152 “Ruhrpott”

Program of the Visit of Professor Mark Turner to the CRC 1475.

Thursday, 27 August
Workshop: Conceptual Blending

Time	Program
9:30	Welcome and Introduction – Volkhard Krech
9:40	Keynote Lecture: Blending and Compression: Fitting the Divine to the Human Mind – Mark Turner
11:10	Coffee Break
11:30	Metaphors of Religion: An Introduction – Tim Karis
12:00	Shared Methods and the CRC Thesaurus – Frederik Elwert
12:30	Comments & Discussion
13:30	Lunch Break
14:30	Case Studies from the CRC Journeys in Time and Space. Transcultural Metaphorical Blending in Artistic Appropriations of Ta’ziyeh – Julia Stenzel Water and Waves, Mind and Thoughts: When Analogies Require Conceptual Blending – Jan-Ulrich Sobisch Discovering Multiple Blends. An Analysis of the Conceptual Structure of Amos 1:2a in its Broader Context – Nikita Artemov
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Concluding Discussion: Conceptual Blending and Metaphors of Religion
17:00	End of Workshop
18:30	Dinner at “Wilma Wunder”

Friday, 28 August

11:00–13:00 Working Meeting: Thesaurus of Religious Metaphord: Current State and Next Generation

Short introductory presentation: Toward the Next Generation of the Thesaurus of Religious Metaphors by Kianoosh Rezania
Joint discussion

14:00–17:30 Master Class for Early Career Researchers
Blending Is What You Need: Reading and Discussing Conceptual Blending with Mark Turner

Time	Program
14:00	Welcome by Kianoosh Rezania
14:10	Opening Remarks by Mark Turner: Advances in Conceptual Blending
14:40	Discussion I
15:40	Coffee Break
16:00	Discussion II
17:30	End of Master Class