Dr Thomas Dixon is the Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. Here he writes about the representations of tears and weeping in Shakespeare’s first tragedy. I have been researching the … Continue reading
William M. Reddy is a pioneer historian of the emotions. His 2001 book, The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions is one of the landmarks in the field. His most recent book, The Making of Romantic Love: Longing and … Continue reading
Today marks the second birthday of the History of Emotions blog. Happy birthday to us – and thanks to all our contributors and readers over the past two years! Fifty different people have written for the blog, and it currently … Continue reading
Dr Thomas Dixon is Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. In my previous post on this blog I wrote about Oscar Wilde’s famous courtroom defence of the ‘love that dare not … Continue reading
Dr Thomas Dixon is Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. Today is the first Valentine’s Day since the House of Commons voted to legalize gay marriage in the UK. An … Continue reading
If you would like to review or write about any of these publications for the History of Emotions Blog, then please get in touch with me (Thomas Dixon). A book listed in a previous round-up on this blog, Hannah Newton’s The … Continue reading
Dr Thomas Dixon is Director of the Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions. Here he reflects on the meanings of love, as discussed at a recent one-day conference inspired by the writings of Constance Maynard, and hosted … Continue reading
If you would like to review or write about any of these publications for the History of Emotions Blog, then please get in touch with me (Thomas Dixon). A book listed in the previous round-up on this blog – Joanne … Continue reading
Today, for me, promises to be emotional. This afternoon I’m giving a talk on ‘The Logic of the Moist Eye: Tears and Psychology in the Twentieth Century’ at a history of psychology symposium in London organised by the British Psychological … Continue reading
Tonight sees the broadcast of the second episode of Ian Hislop’s Stiff Upper Lip – An Emotional History of Britain on BBC Two. As I explained in an earlier post, I have had a minor supporting role in this series as … Continue reading