Letting Go and Holding Tight
This is a guest-post by Dr Julie Walsh, global research fellow in sociology at the University of Warwick. Forgetting a word, a dream … I look for it, I don’t find it, it will come back to me. We have … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Crying in the archive: The story of Diana Bromley
Sara Hiorns is a doctoral researcher at Queen Mary University of London. She was awarded an AHRC studentship in 2013 for the project, ‘The diplomatic service family at home and abroad since 1945’ which is joint supervised by the Foreign and Commonwealth … Continue reading
The Big Dream survey
Over 500 people filled in a survey about their dreams. The results suggest people have ‘big dreams’ which they find insightful and adaptive, but very rarely, usually in times of crisis. Such dreams sometimes involve a visit from a deceased … Continue reading
Three funded PhD studentships on ‘Living With Feeling’ project
The Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London invites applications from outstanding post-graduate students wishing to pursue doctoral research into aspects of the histories of emotions and health. The deadline for applications is 31 … Continue reading
Sarah McNamer on affective scripts in sacred and secular literature
Sarah McNamer is Associate Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Georgetown University. Her primary interest is in the relation between literature and the history of emotion. Her book, Affective Meditation and the Invention of Medieval Compassion, published in 2010, … Continue reading