Guest Lecture: Florin Cristea: Mental Pain, Uncertainty, and Self-isolation in Bali and Java
On Wednesday, May 14th 2025, from 08:15 to 09:45 CET, Dr. Ferdiansyah Thajib’s course on Introduction to Psychological Anthropology hosts a guest lecture by Florin Cristea.
Florin Cristea is a PhD candidate in psychological and medical anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin. His research explores the moral worlds of individuals diagnosed with severe psychiatric disorders, drawing on fieldwork in Romania, Tanzania, and Indonesia. His current project, Afflicted Minds: International Knowledge Flows and the Psychiatric Experience in Bali and Java, examines how emerging biomedical narratives shape emotional experiences and moral life for patients and caregivers in Indonesia.
The event will take place online.
For interested persons please confirm your participation to ferdi.thajib@fau.de by May 11, 2025.