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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 4d

The edited volume The Senses and Memory is now available in paperback format!

For a limited time, use the code HOJV30 for a 30% discount.

Find out more here: champ.ly/P62PxziE

Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 8d

Image credits: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, "Artes textiles mexicanos", 14/02/2017, CC 4.0

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 8d

#workshop: "Textiles de résistances. Approches contemporaines du textile comme art du sensible et geste critique" (France, 24/04/2026), org. Valérie Dupont & Servin Bergeret

Deadline: 28/11/2025

Info: champ.ly/QQ9FJ8y8

#cfp #smellstudies #olfactorystudies #sensorystudies #arthistory #art

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Joel Mainland @jmainland.bsky.social · Aug 12

New preprint from the very talented Bob Pellegrino! 🧪

Bob Pellegrino @kingfunk.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Odor intensity isn’t just about concentration! We have a new preprint to prove it: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In cahoots with @jmainland.bsky.social, @alexkoulakov.bsky.social, Rick Gerkin, Khristina Samoilova and others not on bluesky. 🧪

Which of these molecules smells stronger?

Chemical structure of acetophenone and 2-heptanone

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SPAN @socphilneuro.bsky.social · 13d

We've partnered with @neurohumanitiesn.bsky.social! The NeuroHumanities Network is a virtual community of clinicians, neuroscientists, artists, humanists, and patients who explore the intersection of the arts, humanities, and neuroscience. Check the link in the comments for upcoming seminars! 🧠🎨🤓

NeuroHumanities Network - Upcoming Events

Photo Credit: Priya Rama & Kate March

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 13d

Upcoming #onlinelecture by SSG member Tonia Ramogida: "Olfactory Research Notes: Terapixel Panorama and Olfactory Art" at the Institute for Art and Olfaction (Oct. 17th, 10 AM PT).

Info: champ.ly/NS0eIzis

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #research #art

Olfactory Research Notes: Terapixel Panorama and Olfactory Art (online)

Lausanne-based researcher Tonia Ramogida from the EPFL Laboratory for Experimental Museology’s (eM+) Terapixel Panorama team joins the IAO for a talk about her work, in the latest lecture in …

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 21d

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #sensoryhistory #perfumery

Image credits: zh:北角香花徑, Aroma Walk, North Point, Hong Kong, Taode3namry, 17 December 2013, CC3.0

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 21d

After a summer break, the SSG is back in business!
To mark off our 4th year together (yay!), we're having a 1-hour Zoom meeting on September 24th 2025 at 4pm CET / 10 AM EDT. Everyone is welcome; we'll chat, share news, and discuss the year ahead!
And it's never too late to join: champ.ly/9Yaemozj

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 23d

Image: "Vue sur la ferme Marcel Dhénin, dans le parc des Dondaines, à Lille", 16 July 2022, CC Velvet, Creative Commons.
Link: champ.ly/X0XCIgSE

Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 23d

#CFP: "Food and the City: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Farming, Food Security, and Cultures of Eating" (NYU, July 27-28, 2026).

Deadline: 1 December 2025

Info: champ.ly/fop5LFap

#smellstudies #olfactorystudies #sensorystudies #callforpapers #callforsubmissions #foodstudies

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 26d

This week's odious interview is now on BBC Sounds:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 26d

Why our sense of smell matters

www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 27d

#newbook: "Materiality of Air" (ed. Tatiana Konrad, Exeter Press)

Full OA access and info: champ.ly/EwXPsOzw

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #envhum #atmospheres

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · Sep 8

👃✨ The Smell Studies Group (SSG) is back for its 4th year! ✨👃

Are you curious about smell and its connections to culture, research, art, and everyday life? 🌍 Join our welcoming, interdisciplinary community of smell-enthusiasts, researchers, and creatives. 💫

👉 Sign up here: champ.ly/98oJub-x

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Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social · Sep 3

Lots of nice sensory stuff here!

Grace Murray @mazinggrace.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌳 ’Whispers of the Wilderness’ is officially open at Beningbrough Hall!

Ft. beautiful new art and sound installations inspired by the sensory experience of walking through a wilderness garden, & my 🪴 potted 🪴 history of wildernesses, told through 9 historic objects from throughout the Trust!

Exhibition title card, mimicking cardboard cut-outs; it reads ‘Whispers of the Wilderness: Exploring Wilderness Gardens’

View of the North Gallery containing historic objects

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 3

Due to many requests, we extended the deadline for the special issue 'Philosophy and the Chemosenses' to 1st November! Any philosophical issue related to smell / taste / flavour welcome, so submit away: philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...

Call for Papers: Philosophy and Chemosenses | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences

Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

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Clare Hickman @drhick.bsky.social · Sep 4

Talking at this very exciting symposium on @draflint.bsky.social & my (hopefully - revisions dependent) forthcoming Element in the Histories of Emotions & Senses series: Sensory & Emotional Histories of Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain 🎶🥾🌳

Power point slide for Sound & Environment Research Group inaugural symposium at Newcastle University.

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · Sep 3

#sensorycriminology: "Getting into the purple drank: An aesthetic and sensory perspective on lean culture" by Cosimo Sidoti.

Access: champ.ly/Lc_5ng3Z

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #research

Sensory Criminology

Exploring sensory experience of the criminological

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · Sep 3

#newbook: "Exhibiting for Multiple Senses. Art and Curating for Sensory-Diverse Bodies" (ed. Eva Fotiadi).

Info: champ.ly/Yb4sBlrf

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #neurodiversity #arts #museums

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · Aug 31

Another full day of experimental testing ahead at the Multisensory Maze @kidspacemuseum.bsky.social with @opheliaderoy.bsky.social for the Centre for the Study of the Senses

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OLFAC - Olfactormativity @olfac.bsky.social · Aug 21

We’re excited to introduce ourselves: OLFAC (Olfactormativity: Exploring The Intervening Performativity Of Smell), is a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant project (2024–2029), hosted at the University of Arts Linz (Austria).
#ERC #OLFAC #UniversityofArtsLinz #research

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · Aug 25

#NewBook: "«L’odorat a ses monstres». Olfaction et perversion dans l’imaginaire fin-de-siècle (1880-1905)" by S.-V. Borloz (in French), published Open Access!

Info: www.peeters-leuven.b...

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #hstm #findesiècle #lithub

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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · Aug 21

Check out this super cool learning toolkit out in October. www.nai010.com/en/product/c.... It's been put together by the leaders of the Dutch 'Senses-Based-Learning' network (sensesbasedlearning.org) to try and get more sensory learning into education inside and outside academia #sensorystudies

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · Aug 21

#newpublication: Special issue of the journal "Renaissance and Reformation" titled "Death and the Senses in the Early Modern World" (ed. McIlvenna, Christ & Brunner).

Info: champ.ly/yl2ImwIE

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #sensoryhistory #academia

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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · Aug 15

#CFP: "Spiced Histories: Cartographing Food, Culture, and Conflict in South Asia" Book chapters.

Deadline for abstracts: February 28, 2026

Info: champ.ly/plmJsBPL

#smellstudies #olfactorystudies #sensorystudies #callforpapers #callforsubmissions #FoodStudies

Image source: champ.ly/2fbm25EC

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