This is a guest post by Chris Millard. Chris is a Wellcome Trust-funded postdoctoral researcher with interests in the histories of psychological categories, the welfare state, the emotions and the idea of ‘parity of esteem for mental heath’. His book, A … Continue reading
This is a guest blog by Alison Moulds, second-year DPhil student at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford. Her thesis examines the construction of the doctor-patient relationship, and the formation of a professional identity, in nineteenth-century medical writing and fiction … Continue reading
Dr Sally Holloway and Jane Mackelworth report on the third meeting of their community book group, exploring love and its history through literature… The third meeting of our book group focused on one of the lesser-known Gothic writers of the early nineteenth century, Charlotte … Continue reading
Louis C. Charland is Professor in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Psychiatry, the School of Health Studies, as well as member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. Professor … Continue reading
Is weeping more Christ-like than laughing? Dr Lucy Allen is a medievalist working on the literature and culture of late-medieval England, and as a teaching associate of the English Faculty at the University of Cambridge. In this post, re-published with kind permission from … Continue reading
This essay asks if there is such a thing as ‘individual creative genius’ or whether it’s a product of socio-cultural networks. It associates these two views with David Bowie and his collaborator Brian Eno, respectively. In the mid-19th century, the … Continue reading
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
Below is the text of a forthcoming job advertisement, which is also posted on the QMUL vacancies page. To apply for this post you will need to follow the appropriate links from that page. The closing date for applications is 15th October … Continue reading
Here’s a 15-minute podcast I made about non-verbal ecstasy in rock & roll, with clips from some of my favourite ecstatic performers – Little Richard, James Brown, The Beatles, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen and others. It’s part of … Continue reading
We recently asked three of our early-career scholars – Sarah Crook, Richard Firth-Godbehere, and Chris Millard – to tell us what they thought about the history of emotions and how it connected with their research. Here’s what they told us … Continue reading