Frontcover von #WerkstattGeschichte 87 mit einem S/W-Foto, auf dem ein Mann hinter einer Reihe stählerner Milchkannen steht und vornübergebeugt bei einer Kanne den Deckel gehoben und seine Nase tief in deren Öffnung gesenkt hat; Abbildung: Tester smelling cream to determine its freshness. Dairymen’s Cooperative Creamery, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, June 1941. Foto: Russell Lee, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, reproduction number: LC-USF34-039661-D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis von WerkstattGeschichte 87 (Auszug).

Heute ist der Internationale Tag der sauberen Luft für einen blauen Himmel!
Um das Gegenteil – #Luftverschmutzung – geht es Thementeil »reizende gerüche« von #WerkstattGeschichte 87/2023, hg. v. Benjamin Brendel, in den Beiträgen von Brendel selbst & von […]

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Postdoctoral researcher within the project The Poetics of Olfaction in Early Modernity (POEM) The Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a Postdoctoral researcher within the project The Poetics of Olfaction in Early Modernity (POEM) (0.9 fte, 2.25 yea...

Great postdoc alert: position working with Jan van Dijkhuizen and Inger Leemans on smell in Dutch early modern literature! www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20... #smellhistory #sensorystudies #smellstudies

Fragrant Attraction: Aromatics in Premodern Chinese History This essay surveys the history of aromatics in China from antiquity to the 17th-century. Compared to the extensive study of the spice trade that has shaped world history, much less has been explored ...

New History Compass piece by Yan Liu looking at the work that has been done thus far on aromatics in pre-modern China: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... #smellhistory #smellhistory #smellstudies #sensoryhistory #sensorystudies

“Lavender for Lads”: Smell and Nationalism in the Great War | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core “Lavender for Lads”: Smell and Nationalism in the Great War - Volume 62 Issue 4

You can read more about it in my recent JBS article "Lavender for Lads."

It tracks the transport of lavender sachets to white English soldiers on the western front.

#smellhistory #sensoryhistory

Botanical Smellscapes

Join myself, Xuelei Huang, Siôn Parkinson and a host of great speakers at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens on 12th of September for a workshop on botanical smellscapes. First come, first serve, limited places: www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-... #smellhistory #smellheritage #smellstudies

Seminar: Exploring Changes in Sensory Descriptions Over Time: A Frame-Based Approach to the Study of Smelling and Tasting • 27 February 2024 – King's College London Digital Humanities critical inquiry with and about the digital

UK smell people: 27th February Teresa Pacossi from Odeuropa will be presenting some of the work done with FBK colleagues in Trento on languages of smell over time at the Digital Humanities seminar at King's College London kingsdh.net/2024/02/02/s... #smellstudies #smellhistory

I chatted to Jenny Damberg, about Odeuropa and my latest book, for the Swedish National Heritage Board's online magazine. raa.se/omvarld-och-... #smellstudies #smellhistory #smellheritage

Very excited to share this Odeuropa collaborative article lead by Lizzie Marx and co-authored with myself, Mathias Zinnen, Sofia Ehrich, Cecilia Bembibre, and Inger Leemans, on computer vision methods for studying smell in art history journals.openedition.org/aes/6834 #smellhistory #sensorystudies