On the 4 and 5 November Helen Stark gave two talks at the public engagement event, State Festival, in Berlin where the theme was ‘The Emotional Machine’. On the 4th, alongside Daphne Rozenblatt of the Max Planck Institute of Human Development, Helen gave a public talk to about fifty people about the man of feeling and his emotions. You can watch Helen’s talk on YouTube (from about 36 minutes).

You can read Helen’s post about the man of feeling on the Emotions blog. On the 5th, Helen contributed to a talkshow organised by Dandelions, a collapse-aware performance project. Helen was interviewed by Simo Vassinen about national identity and climate change. You can also read a review of the festival which singles out Helen’s contributions.