Tag: History of Emotions

• “[T]he mute body speaks by its gesture and movement”: A Classical Corporeality in Catherine de Medici’s Tears  

  

  Harry Fry contextualises Catherine de Medici’s tears upon the death of her husband within early modern thinking about, and historiographical frameworks on emotion.

  Retrospect Journal

  13/04/2025

  Academic

  catherine de medici, Early Modern History, History, History of Emotions, Medieval History

• An Aroma of Othering: Racialised Olfactory Politics and the Conditioning of Senses

  

  The very concept of olfactory politics is deeply contentious. Harry Fry charts the historiography of olfactory racism, advocating for a history of scent which foregrounds racial histories and the history of emotions.

  Retrospect Journal

  09/03/2025

  Academic

  History, History of Emotions, Racial History, Racism, Scent, Twentieth Century, US History

• Shattering Illusions: Medieval Gender, Religion, and Emotion – A Conversation with Dr. Kirsty Day  

  

  From cultural history and the history of emotions to the gender of the pope, Nadja Dixon interviews Edinburgh University’s Dr. Kirsty Day.

  Retrospect Journal

  03/03/2024

  Interviews

  Gender History, History of Emotions, Medieval History