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Conscience and emotion

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Paul Strohm

Paul Strohm was the speaker at our regular lunchtime seminar today and generously agreed to write up a version of his talk as a blog post too, ranging from St Augustine to Albert Camus, via Calvin, Dostoyevsky and Freud. Paul … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophies of Emotion, Queen Mary Events | Tagged Augustine, Camus, conscience, freud, guilt, shame

Sexual liberation in the closet

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Chris Turner

Christopher Turner is the author of Adventures In the Orgasmatron: Wilhelm Reich and the Invention of Sex (long-listed for the Orwell Prize). He is speaking about Reich this evening at the London Philosophy Club. This is an extract from his book.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, The Museum of Emotions | Tagged orgasm, reich, sexual revolution

How can we make sense of revelatory experiences?

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Jules Evans

Yesterday I went to an excellent conference on revelatory experiences at the Institute of Psychiatry, which brought together neuroscientists, psychiatrists, psychologists, historians, theologians and members of the public (many of whom had revelatory experiences – turns out they’re pretty common!) … Continue reading →

Posted in Emotional Currents | Tagged charisma, psychosis, revelation

Roman Krznaric on the Six Habits of Highly Empathic People

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Jules Evans

Here’s a video of the recent RSA talk by the cultural historian and friend of the Centre, Roman Krznaric. Enjoy!

Posted in Emotional Currents, Philosophies of Emotion | Tagged empathy

Roy Porter: the Musical!

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Jules Evans

I went to see some modern dance at Sadlers Wells last night – not my usual evening out but a friend dragged me along (and I’m glad they did: thank you friend!) It was the latest dance from a choreographer … Continue reading →

Posted in Emotional Currents | Tagged anatomy, Enlightenment, Flesh, Roy Porter, Wayne McGregor

History of emotions conferences 2012

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Thomas Dixon

The History of Emotions email list regularly carries calls for papers and announcements of conferences in the field. I thought it would be useful to gather together into a single place a list of links to information about all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences | Tagged 2012 conferences

Grave emotions

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Jenny Nyberg

Jenny Nyberg, MA in archaeology and BA in History, is an associate research student visiting the Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions during February and March 2012. She is usually based at Stockholm University as a PhD … Continue reading →

Posted in Queen Mary Events | Tagged burial, emotional objects, emotives, graves, grief, ritual, Sweden

TEDEd: How pandemics spread

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Mark Honigsbaum

This is a video I made with Patrick Blower for TED Education, part of a series of animations by TED ED which will take the form of short ‘lessons’, to be used as teaching aids or triggers for deeper explorations … Continue reading →

Posted in Emotional Currents | Tagged pandemics

Moving parts: Peter Carey’s The Chemistry of Tears

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Stephanie Downes

Dr Stephanie Downes is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne, where she is part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. In Australia, Peter Carey’s new novel has just been published. It is due out … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged emotional objects, freud, Margery Kempe, Melancholia, Peter Carey, tears, Virgin Mary

The ‘Lynx epidemic’

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Jules Evans

The Centre’s Mark Honigsbaum, who studies the social and emotional experience of epidemics, might find this somewhat trashy advert for Lynx interesting (then again, he may not). You can see how the admen are trying to tie their product in … Continue reading →

Posted in Emotional Currents | Tagged epidemics

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