Jane Mackelworth is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London, working on a thesis entitled ‘Writing Sapphic Love and Desire in Britain, 1900-1950.’ Dr Sally Holloway is an Affiliated Research Scholar at the … Continue reading
We are pleased to announce two summer lunchtime seminars. On 12th June, Una McIlvenna will explore the emotion of shame and its place in early modern public executions then, a week later on 19th June, Yukiko Kinoshita will talk about the … Continue reading
We’re excited to announce our new community book group: ‘READING EMOTIONS: LOVE IN FICTION 1750-1950’ It’s aimed at anyone who likes reading and would like to discuss the books they have read. We will be reading neglected works of fiction … Continue reading
For anyone who didn’t keep up with all our posts on the Queen Mary History of Emotions Blog this year, Thomas Dixon has made a selection of highlights from 2014 – a year of friendship and smiles, as well as … Continue reading
Jane Mackelworth is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London, working on ‘Writing Sapphic Love and Desire in Britain, 1900-1950.’ She also is a co-convenor for the IHR History of Sexuality seminar … Continue reading
SAD at Thirty Produced by Natalie Steed for QMUL There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes – Heavenly Hurt, it gives us – We can find no scar, But internal … Continue reading
Histories and Theories of the Unconscious Saturday, November 22nd 2014, 10am – 5pm A day conference on the unconscious mind from its early-modern philosophical origins to its diverse articulations in literature, art and social policy, and its controversial history within the psychoanalytic tradition. Speakers: Angus Nicholls (Queen … Continue reading
Professor Nancy Sherman has worked with the US military for over 20 years, and has written several books on military ethics, including Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind; and The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds and … Continue reading
Eleanor Betts is a PhD candidate in the School of History at Queen Mary, University of London, researching Victorian responses to children who killed. Eleanor also writes a National Trust blog about the lives of servants in Ickworth House in … Continue reading
Dr Thomas Dixon is Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. This blog post is the text of a talk he gave at the ‘Vessels of Tears’ event, curated by Leverhulme Artist … Continue reading