Lunchtime Seminars

All are welcome to our lunchtime seminars. There’s no need to book and lunch is provided.

Wednesday 19 October, 1pm
Pathological Listening and Aesthetics (title tbc),
Andrea Korenjak (Austrian Academy of Sciences). Venue: Arts Two, Room 2.17.

Wednesday 9 November, 1pm
‘Doleful Groans & Sad Lookes’: Witnessing Illness in Early Modern England
Hannah Newton (University of Reading). Venue: Arts Two, Room 2.17.

Wednesday 16 November, 1pm
“It does need self-discipline”: Health education, expertise, and the politics of relaxation in 1970s Britain,
Ayesha Nathoo (Exeter University). Venue: Arts Two, Room 3.20.

Wednesday 7 December, 1pm
Caduti in Acqua: Lifesaving and the Public Sphere in the 18th Century
David Lederer (National University of Ireland Maynooth), Venue: Arts Two, Room 2.17.

Wednesday 14 December, 1pm
An Encyclopaedia of Spaces and their Emotional Contents and Discontents through Time
Katrina O’Loughlin (Australian Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotion), Venue: TBC

Evening Seminars

Free evening talks on the history of the emotions. Talks start at 6.30pm, with refreshments provided beforehand. All welcome. 

Tuesday 25 October, 6pm
Emotional community or bundle of emotions? High-running feelings in Singles magazine, 1977-1982, Zoe Strimpel (University of Sussex). Venue: Arts Two, Room 2.17.
Book online at: http://emotionalcommunity.eventbrite.co.uk

Tuesday 22 November, 6pm
Emotions and Cancer Diagnosis: Patient Experiences past and present. Elizabeth Toon (University of Manchester) and Sue Ziebland (Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford).
Venue: Arts Two, Room 2.17.
Book online at: http://emotionscancer.eventbrite.co.uk

Arts Two is building 35 on this campus map. Mile End is the closest tube station, on the District, Hammersmith and City and Central lines.