Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS
@boddice.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Historian of Emotions, Science, Medicine, Experience, Pain, Placebo/Nocebo. Global and longue duree, but esp Britain C18-20. Neuroscience meddler. Running; guitars; cricket.
Montreal and Helsinki. https://www.robboddice.com/
Montreal and Helsinki. https://www.robboddice.com/
Pinned
Manchester University Press - The history of emotions
The history of emotions - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of The history of emotions by Rob Boddice
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
The 2nd edition of the History of Emotions @manchesterup.bsky.social (2024) is "An essential work... truly a masterpiece" (Brad Irish) and "an essential introduction" (Jane Vaughan). manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526171177/ 1st edition available in Turkish, with Chinese and Greek forthcoming.
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Excellent review by Ray Tallis, of a book by Mark Solms, in defence of Freud and the essence of psychoanalysis. Imao this is a model book review: fair, nuanced, and Tallis doesn’t just read the book, he checks the references.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
The Only Cure by Mark Solms review – has modern neuroscience proved Freud right?
An expert in both disciplines makes a bold attempt to convince sceptics, and partially succeeds
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Excellent review by Ray Tallis, of a book by Mark Solms, in defence of Freud and the essence of psychoanalysis. Imao this is a model book review: fair, nuanced, and Tallis doesn’t just read the book, he checks the references.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Splendid news. Congratulations!
January 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Splendid news. Congratulations!
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NEWS 📣 The CUP Element @draflint.bsky.social & I wrote on 'Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain: A Sensory and Emotional History' has been published & free to download here. Thanks to editorial team incl @boddice.bsky.social, reviewers and all who commented on WIP 🙏 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
www.cambridge.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 AM
NEWS 📣 The CUP Element @draflint.bsky.social & I wrote on 'Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain: A Sensory and Emotional History' has been published & free to download here. Thanks to editorial team incl @boddice.bsky.social, reviewers and all who commented on WIP 🙏 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
40% off @manchesterup.bsky.social till the end of January with code JAN40. 2nd edition of The History of Emotions is in the sale. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526171177/
Manchester University Press - The history of emotions
The history of emotions - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of The history of emotions by Rob Boddice
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
40% off @manchesterup.bsky.social till the end of January with code JAN40. 2nd edition of The History of Emotions is in the sale. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526171177/
On this episode of BBC radio 4's "Child" I spoke about the risks of emotional colonialism and the in-your-face approach to emotional recognition www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
December 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On this episode of BBC radio 4's "Child" I spoke about the risks of emotional colonialism and the in-your-face approach to emotional recognition www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
That's me in the corner...
A radical new field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow, Gal Beckerman writes.
You Had to Be There
An emerging field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
That's me in the corner...
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This one started for me with an almost childish question: Can we take it for granted that people in the past experienced reality the same way we do? It turns out a whole field of study and an important scholar were asking the same...down into this fascinating rabbit hole I went.
A radical new field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow, Gal Beckerman writes.
You Had to Be There
An emerging field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This one started for me with an almost childish question: Can we take it for granted that people in the past experienced reality the same way we do? It turns out a whole field of study and an important scholar were asking the same...down into this fascinating rabbit hole I went.
This was a long time in the making and I'm delighted it's now out. Huge thanks to @galbeckerman.bsky.social for his perseverance and diligence. Please check it out. Print edition will be out soon. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
A Radical New Approach to Human History
The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This was a long time in the making and I'm delighted it's now out. Huge thanks to @galbeckerman.bsky.social for his perseverance and diligence. Please check it out. Print edition will be out soon. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Conversation this morning with Derya Gürses Tarbuck on pain, emotions and politics. Go see www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAi...
A Conversation with Rob Boddice
YouTube video by Herkes İçin Bilim ve Düşünce Tarihi
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November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Conversation this morning with Derya Gürses Tarbuck on pain, emotions and politics. Go see www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAi...
Conversation this morning with Derya Gürses Tarbuck on pain, emotions and politics. Go see www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAi...
A Conversation with Rob Boddice
YouTube video by Herkes İçin Bilim ve Düşünce Tarihi
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Conversation this morning with Derya Gürses Tarbuck on pain, emotions and politics. Go see www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAi...
Reposted by Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS
Ready for Spanish readers, to be launched in Mexico City at the SHE conference/Listo para los lectores españoles, se lanzará en la Ciudad de México en la conferencia SHE
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Ready for Spanish readers, to be launched in Mexico City at the SHE conference/Listo para los lectores españoles, se lanzará en la Ciudad de México en la conferencia SHE
Ready for Spanish readers, to be launched in Mexico City at the SHE conference/Listo para los lectores españoles, se lanzará en la Ciudad de México en la conferencia SHE
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Ready for Spanish readers, to be launched in Mexico City at the SHE conference/Listo para los lectores españoles, se lanzará en la Ciudad de México en la conferencia SHE
Turkish readers, this is published today! I haven't seen it yet. If anyone else has, let me know how it looks.
www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/acinin...
www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/acinin...
Acının Tarihi: Duyum, Duygu ve Deneyim
Acının Tarihi: Duyum Duygu ve Deneyim - AYRINTI YAYINLARI - Rob Boddice - Ağrı hakkındaki bilgimiz nasıl üretilir geliştirilir ve yayılır? Tı
www.kitapyurdu.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Turkish readers, this is published today! I haven't seen it yet. If anyone else has, let me know how it looks.
www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/acinin...
www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/acinin...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s... the only write-up required. The whole thing was insufferable.
US fan ugliness at the Ryder Cup was merely a reflection of Trump’s all-caps America | Bryan Armen Graham
European players were subjected to slurs and crude insults about their families. They were no surprise as public discourse in America has broken down
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s... the only write-up required. The whole thing was insufferable.
I missed this! This means a lot more to me than most academic reviews. Knowing Pain reviewed by Lynn Loheide www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sioe... @politybooks.bsky.social
Book Review | Knowing Pain
YouTube video by Lynn Loheide
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I missed this! This means a lot more to me than most academic reviews. Knowing Pain reviewed by Lynn Loheide www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sioe... @politybooks.bsky.social
The Tylenol thing is just another way to put women and children at risk and to underrate pain. These guys are essentially "let the weak go to the wall" pseudo social Darwinists. It was stupid when Wallace did it and it is evil now.
September 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The Tylenol thing is just another way to put women and children at risk and to underrate pain. These guys are essentially "let the weak go to the wall" pseudo social Darwinists. It was stupid when Wallace did it and it is evil now.
since it's 25C in Berlin and I have covid, I'm kind of celebrating not getting a place via the marathon lottery
September 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
since it's 25C in Berlin and I have covid, I'm kind of celebrating not getting a place via the marathon lottery
looking up Andrea Železna, javelin thrower, to see if she is related to Jan Železny and finding that yes, she is, but not in the way I'd expected
September 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
looking up Andrea Železna, javelin thrower, to see if she is related to Jan Železny and finding that yes, she is, but not in the way I'd expected
Thanks. Feels very familiar
September 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Thanks. Feels very familiar
Dose no. 8. The "mysterious" bug going around really ain't a mystery.
September 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Dose no. 8. The "mysterious" bug going around really ain't a mystery.
have a great day. I'm missing it with presumptive covid.
September 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
have a great day. I'm missing it with presumptive covid.
It's been a useless site for ages anyway. Deleted.
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's been a useless site for ages anyway. Deleted.
You had me at "reminder"
September 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
You had me at "reminder"
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Reminder Fellows of @royalhistsoc.org have til 26 September to vote in upcoming Council elections! 🗳️ There's lots of great candidates & all committed to the field. Obvs ideally I'd like to be your choice 😜 But vital to vote for who you feel will represent you & profession #skystorians #academicsky
September 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Reminder Fellows of @royalhistsoc.org have til 26 September to vote in upcoming Council elections! 🗳️ There's lots of great candidates & all committed to the field. Obvs ideally I'd like to be your choice 😜 But vital to vote for who you feel will represent you & profession #skystorians #academicsky
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New open access article, based on my keynote at the HES conference in Sheffield : Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hexhistory.bsky.social
Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War
This article probes the potential of emotional and experiential histories of education. London children’s school essays on their experiences in the First World War, their stories, their dreams and ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New open access article, based on my keynote at the HES conference in Sheffield : Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hexhistory.bsky.social