Tuesday, 02 June 2026

Christoph Singer: "Mental Distress and Empathy in Digital Games" — Lecture 9 June 2026

Flyer Singer ©CIRAC / Singer / Universität Innsbruck

 

 

9 June, 5.00 p.m., HS 47.02 and online

 

Master's Module+ Introduction to Health Humanities

9 June 2026

17:00–18:30

HS 47.02

Online: https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/61723742495?pwd=ukXcrqS0bGa55Q3UYMEMIDygsCAxiW.1s

 

Christoph Singer

University of Innsbruck 

“Playing Depression: Mental Distress and Empathy in Digital Games”

 

Christoph Singer is Professor of British and Anglophone Cultural Studies in the Department of English at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His Habilitation thesis examines the temporality of narratives in times of crisis, particularly the experience of existential waiting. He has also edited anthologies on Well-Being (Brill), the Heritage of Psychiatry (Brill, 2023) and Narrative and Mental Health (Oxford UP, 2023). Christoph Singer is one of the series editors of the book series Narratives and Mental Health (Brill).
 

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