Gemma McLean-Carr
@gemmamcarr.bsky.social
PhD Student looking at Smells, Odours and Sinophobia in 19th and 20th Century Britain 👃 University of Edinburgh | Convenor of AHGN (UoE) | Museum Supervisor at Royal Scots Dragoon Museum, Edinburgh Castle 🖼
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Our first seminar of the academic year is taking place on Thursday 2nd October! 🤩 Tawana Kunaka will be presenting her research titled British Brute and Benevolence which investigates the role of colonial violence and the mystique of British anti-racism in sustaining imperial authority.
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September 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our first seminar of the academic year is taking place on Thursday 2nd October! 🤩 Tawana Kunaka will be presenting her research titled British Brute and Benevolence which investigates the role of colonial violence and the mystique of British anti-racism in sustaining imperial authority.
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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
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
September 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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
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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👃✨ 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
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
September 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
👃✨ 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
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
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the 30th Lancaster Historical Postgraduate Conference (@l-h-p-c.bsky.social), as part of their 'Historicising Urban Experiences' panel.
Thank you so much to the committee who organised such a fantastic conference!
Thank you so much to the committee who organised such a fantastic conference!
June 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the 30th Lancaster Historical Postgraduate Conference (@l-h-p-c.bsky.social), as part of their 'Historicising Urban Experiences' panel.
Thank you so much to the committee who organised such a fantastic conference!
Thank you so much to the committee who organised such a fantastic conference!
Very excited to speak @l-h-p-c.bsky.social later today as part of their 'Historising Urban Experiences' panel!
Panel 3 & 4: ‘Historicising Urban Experiences’ and ’Communities and Local Histories’
📍 26 June 2025 | 11:30 | Frankland Lecture Theatre/ Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Faraday Complex, Lancaster University 📍
📍 26 June 2025 | 11:30 | Frankland Lecture Theatre/ Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Faraday Complex, Lancaster University 📍
June 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Very excited to speak @l-h-p-c.bsky.social later today as part of their 'Historising Urban Experiences' panel!
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The Smell Studies Group now has new ways to stay in touch!
You can find us on Bluesky, LI or IG @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social
We post on smell and the senses in all disciplines; feel free to tag or DM us with upcoming events, CFPs and publications.
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies
You can find us on Bluesky, LI or IG @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social
We post on smell and the senses in all disciplines; feel free to tag or DM us with upcoming events, CFPs and publications.
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies
June 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Smell Studies Group now has new ways to stay in touch!
You can find us on Bluesky, LI or IG @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social
We post on smell and the senses in all disciplines; feel free to tag or DM us with upcoming events, CFPs and publications.
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies
You can find us on Bluesky, LI or IG @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social
We post on smell and the senses in all disciplines; feel free to tag or DM us with upcoming events, CFPs and publications.
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies
I had the opportunity to present at the 2025 British Postgraduate China Studies Conference at the University of Glasgow today: “Sniffing China from the West: The Role of Olfactory Prejudice in Shaping Mobility and Diaspora”.
Thank you to the other researchers and organisers, I learnt so much!
Thank you to the other researchers and organisers, I learnt so much!
May 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I had the opportunity to present at the 2025 British Postgraduate China Studies Conference at the University of Glasgow today: “Sniffing China from the West: The Role of Olfactory Prejudice in Shaping Mobility and Diaspora”.
Thank you to the other researchers and organisers, I learnt so much!
Thank you to the other researchers and organisers, I learnt so much!
I will be speaking at the BCPS Annual conference tomorrow in Glasgow! I will be chatting about Olfactory Sinophobia, diaspora, and identity - Come and ask questions about sniffing the past!
May 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I will be speaking at the BCPS Annual conference tomorrow in Glasgow! I will be chatting about Olfactory Sinophobia, diaspora, and identity - Come and ask questions about sniffing the past!
I will also be delivering a paper on Olfactory Sinophobia! Please join if you are in or around London next week; there are some fascinating events scheduled!
30-31 May, next week, 2-day conference on sensory public history ant UCL East in London including, on the Friday, me talking about Jorvik Viking Centre’s smells. Free registration here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/sensory-p... #sensoryhistory #smellstudies #smellheritage
Sensory Public History Conference 2025
The Inaugural Sensory Public History Conference explores Public History through the senses.
The event is open to all.
Events:
Conference Day 1: Friday 30 May
Conference Day 2: Saturday 31 May
Historic...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I will also be delivering a paper on Olfactory Sinophobia! Please join if you are in or around London next week; there are some fascinating events scheduled!
I am excited to present at the Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar later today. I will be talking about Opium, Odours, and Olfactory Prejudice in China and London's Chinatown. If interested, please feel free to join!
May 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I am excited to present at the Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar later today. I will be talking about Opium, Odours, and Olfactory Prejudice in China and London's Chinatown. If interested, please feel free to join!
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Realised local libraries have access to audiobook apps - great! But now convinced where books are in a series they don’t stock all of the audiobooks and that this is some kind of conspiracy to give you a taste and then force you to cough up elsewhere for access to the next books in the series 🫠
April 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Realised local libraries have access to audiobook apps - great! But now convinced where books are in a series they don’t stock all of the audiobooks and that this is some kind of conspiracy to give you a taste and then force you to cough up elsewhere for access to the next books in the series 🫠
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Now that's a way to start a review
(from Mainland et al., 2014; From molecule to mind: an integrative perspective on odor intensity)
(from Mainland et al., 2014; From molecule to mind: an integrative perspective on odor intensity)
February 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Now that's a way to start a review
(from Mainland et al., 2014; From molecule to mind: an integrative perspective on odor intensity)
(from Mainland et al., 2014; From molecule to mind: an integrative perspective on odor intensity)
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What happens when we try to preserve the peddlers' calls which made up the soundscape of Peking?
As Odila Schröder writes 'As is the case with most local art forms, the process of heritagisation has fundamentally changed the art form itself'.
www.historyworkshop....
As Odila Schröder writes 'As is the case with most local art forms, the process of heritagisation has fundamentally changed the art form itself'.
www.historyworkshop....
Noise, Nostalgia, and the Sound of Beijing’s Peddlers
What happens in the process of preserving the 'sounds of old Beijing'? Odila Schröder explores the heritagisation of Beijing's peddler calls.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
February 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
What happens when we try to preserve the peddlers' calls which made up the soundscape of Peking?
As Odila Schröder writes 'As is the case with most local art forms, the process of heritagisation has fundamentally changed the art form itself'.
www.historyworkshop....
As Odila Schröder writes 'As is the case with most local art forms, the process of heritagisation has fundamentally changed the art form itself'.
www.historyworkshop....