Past

List of previous presentations, talks and symposia

Ritunnano, R. * (2025). “"The embodied, affective, and narrative world of delusions". Presented online at the Fourth instalment of The Salon, Departments of Psychiatry, Public Health, and Neuroscience at the University of Illinois at Chicago, April 14, 2025. *Invited

Ritunnano, R. * (2024). “Taking the person seriously in phenomenological psychopathology”. Presented in person at the Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology Closing Event, Florence, March 1, 2024. *Invited

Ritunnano, R. (2024). “What do delusions do? From personal narratives to situated bodies, and back” Presented in person at the Delusions at the Intersection Workshop, Zurich, February 26, 2024.

Ritunnano, R. * (2023). “Delusion & Meaning: An interdisciplinary exploration spanning Philosophy, Psychiatry, Linguistics & Psychology.” Presented in person at the British Academy ECR Network, Birmingham, June 30, 2023. *Invited

Spencer, L., Baiasu, R., & Ritunnano, R. (2023). Workshop about the Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology Project. Presented at the Too Mad to Be True International Conference on the Philosophy of Madness and the Madness of Philosophy. May 27, 2023, Ghent, Dr. Guislain Museum (online).

Ritunnano, R. (2022). “Investigating the Meaning of Delusions at the Intersection of Phenomenology and Applied Linguistics.” Paper presented at the Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology Launch Event, University of Birmingham, October 14, 2022.

Ritunnano, R.* (2022). “Understanding delusional complexities in early psychosis: why meanings matter”. Paper presented as part of the invited symposium “Ethics and personal meaning in patients with early onset psychosis” (with Prof. Matthew Broome and Prof. Ilina Singh). WPA 2022 Thematic Congress on Early Intervention in Psychiatry across the Life Span, Athens, June 24, 2022. *Invited

Ritunnano, R.^, Fernandez, A.V., Feyaerts, J., Pienkos, L., Stanghellini G., & Broome M.R. (2022). “Phenomenological psychiatry today, and tomorrow: methods, applications and context.” Symposium presented at the Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Florence, April 8, 2022. ^Symposium Chair and speaker

Ritunnano, R., Fernandez, A.V., & Broome M.R. (2021). « Hermeneutical Flexibility and Empathic Openness in the Clinical Encounter: The Case of Delusions.” Paper presented at the Philosophy SIG Biennial Conference “Implicit bias in psychiatric practice: what lessons can philosophy offer to practitioners, learners and educators?”. September 15, 2021 (online).

Ritunnano, R., Fernandez, A.V., & Broome M.R. (2021). « Making sense of delusions in the clinical encounter: can phenomenology remedy hermeneutical injustice?” Paper presented at the Too Mad to Be True International Conference on the Philosophy of Madness and the Madness of Philosophy. September 23, 2021, Ghent, Dr. Guislain Museum (online).

Ritunnano, R. (2020). “Can delusions have and give meaning?” Paper presented at the Institute for Mental Health Lunchtime Seminar series, University of Birmingham, December 14, 2020 (online).

Ritunnano, R. (2020). “Self, World and Meaning: Understanding Existential Changes in Early Psychosis.” Paper presented at the British Society for Phenomenology Annual Conference, University of Exeter, September 4, 2020 (online).

Ritunnano, R. (2020). “Delusion and Meaningfulness: a Phenomenological and Narrative Analysis.” Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life. University of Birmingham, July 22, 2020 (online).

Ritunnano, R. (2020). “How is meaning-making affected during the formation of delusions? A proposal for a qualitative study in first-episode psychosis.” Paper presented at the annual workshop organized by the Phenomenology and Mental Health Network, The Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice in Health and Social Care, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, June 12, 2020 (online).

Birchwood, M., Ritunnano R., Thompson, A., Upthegrove, R., De Santi, K., Bonetto, C., Cristofalo, D., Fioritti, A., Lasalvia, A., Tosato, S., Ruggeri, M. (2016). “From Childhood Adversity to First-Episode Psychosis: Associations Between Social Environment and Specific Symptom Profiles.” Paper presented at X IEPA Conference on Early Intervention in Mental Health “Looking back moving forward”. Milan, October 20-22, 2016.