Manon Raffard
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Manon Raffard
@manonraffard.bsky.social
PhD | Researches #smellstudies, #envhum, #inequalities, #hstm, and #19thc #frenchstudies

Disabled academic

Hallsworth Research Fellow @manchester.ac.uk
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My paper on spatial segregation, class, air and smell in 19th c Paris has been published OA by the amazing team at Venti Journal!
And here it is: www.venti-journal.com/manon-raffard

#smellstudies #sensoryhistory #classinequality #envhum #envhist #urbanhistory
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I'm delighted to share details of the first of two workshops I'm hosting this year on The Senses and Medical Humanities. The first workshop will take place in Durham on 24 February. Spaces are limited, so reserve yours now.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
The Senses and Medical Humanities
A one-day workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities through short talks, creative activities, and networking.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Our @meltingmetropolis.bsky.social article on keeping cool in summertime Paris, New York and London is free to read in the Journal of Social History. doi.org/10.1093/jsh/...
Sensing Heat, Finding Cool: The Search for Water in Summertime Paris, New York, and London, 1880–1930
Abstract. At the turn of the twentieth century, Paris, New York, and London were epicenters of urban modernity, but these cities and their inhabitants were
doi.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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Calling all grad students, independent scholars, librarians, museum pros, academics …

✔️this list of available 📚 & DM me to review your pick for H-SciMedTech!

tinyurl.com/yzkcp9fa

#HSTM #HPS #STS #HistSci #PhilSci #HistTech #HistMed #RHM #LitMed #MedSocio #MedAnthro #MediaStudies #InfoStudies
H-SciMedTech Books for Review
Below are the books currently available for review with H-SciMedTech. Interested in reviewing one? Message Penelope Hardy @pkhardy on Twitter or @pkhardy.bsky.social, or send an email to phardy@uwlax...
tinyurl.com
November 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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'Fine particulate matter less than 2.5µm in diameter that typically contains things like smoke, soot, liquid, or solid particles in aerosol, or biological matter like mould, bacteria, and pollen, is a health risk because when inhaled it can travel deeply into the lungs.'
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Air pollution: EPA to stop putting price on human health benefits and focus on cost to industry
Human health will no longer be factored into US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cost-benefit calculations of air pollution. Instead, costs to industry will be the EPA’s focus when assessing the...
www.bmj.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Baking 'galette des rois' to bring to work tomorrow because I refuse to let the French department surrender to 'meal deal-eat over your keyboard' culture
January 18, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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And Marronages is an excellent journal. POC academics taking up space on racism has led to brilliant research👇🏽.
I oft refuse to comprise & as a result get marginalised. Worth it though. Dismantling whiteness in FR academia is far more important than buying into power.
marronnages.org/index.php/re...
January 17, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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👇 cool topic - anyone in the #HSTM #Network have something they could share? #Ethics #EarlyModern #Museum #Heritage #MedicalHistory
Sharing with @eurohealthhist.bsky.social Working Group 5 Heritage scholars who may have suggestions. Dawn Kemp @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social gave an excellent talk on ethics of historical medical specimens e.g. not sure if its published #Heritage #Museums #HSTM @hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social ???
January 17, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Je suis très heureuse d'annoncer que mon nouveau livre La finance aux extrêmes. Enquête sur le capitalisme autoritaire en France, sort le 22 janvier prochain aux éditions la Découverte. On y parle gestion d'actifs, transformations des manières d'accumuler et nouveaux modes de gouvernement.
January 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Great news: the recording of this CNRS seminar is now available on YT with automatic subtitles and translations!

I explore the history of the nervous system and the role smell played in its understanding.

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1go...

#hstm #histsci #chstm @manchstm.bsky.social #medhist
January 16, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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looking for any and all microhistory* recommendations for books on the period 1850-1950, any geography

*let’s say focused on a court case, or a non-elite protagonist, or a community etc. i know the term hasn’t always travelled that well outside of its origins in early modern european examples 🗃️
January 16, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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Mou et gluant, nuisible et comestible, l’escargot aussi a une histoire !

Pour en parler, François Jarrige est l'invité du deuxième épisode du podcast de L'Histoire.
👉 www.lhistoire.fr/podcast/lesc...
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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#HSTM is a small but growing network of friendly scholars, fascinated by exploring technological innovations across the ages. Annual meetup 24 April 2026. Come along & share your work #CFP extended to 22 Jan 2026 #HSTM2026 link👉 shorturl.at/2c6KW The History of Knowledge in Ireland #Skystorians
January 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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#CfP alert! “Queer Ecologies Across Socialisms" – conference in Regensburg on Oct 15-16, 2026. Deadline: 15 Feb 2026 queersocialism.net/2026-confere...
#queerstudies #envhum
2026 Conference – CfP
Queer Ecologies Across Socialisms 15-16 October 2026 University of Regensburg, October 15-16, 2026 | CfP deadline: Feb 15, 2026Organizers: Martyna Miernecka, Paweł Matusz In literary and arts resea…
queersocialism.net
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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A reminder of this brilliant practice-based research fellowship scheme - accepting applications until 30th Jan.
📣 Applications are open for our 2026-27 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme! The scheme supports professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities.

Apply by 30 Jan:
Practice Research Fellowship Scheme
Announcing our Medical Humanities In Practice Research Fellowship Scheme
medhumsplatform.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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#CFP #conference: "Olfactory Knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th Century to the present day" (Oxford, 22-3/08/26)

Deadline: 15/04/26

Info: champ.ly/he8yqe3p

#smellstudies #olfactorystudies #sensorystudies #sensoryhistory #hstm #histsci #sciencestudies
AAC (CFP) « Savoirs olfactifs : Connaître par l'odorat du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours » / "Olfactory knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th century to the present day" (22-23/10/2026) - Chaire Santé SHS
Appel à communication pour le colloque « Savoirs olfactifs : Connaître par l'odorat du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours ».« Dis-moi ce que tu sens, je te dirai ce que je sais ». Organisé du 22 au 23 octobre 2026 à la Maison française d'Oxford (Royaume-Uni), le colloque « Savoirs olfactifs : Connaître par l'odorat du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours » propose d'interroger la place de l'odorat dans la constitution des savoirs au cours de l'époque contemporaine en s'intéressant à ses rapports avec les usages et les pratiques.Les savoirs olfactifs font partie partie intégrante de nombreuses pratiques qu'elles soient savantes, médicales, artisanales ou encore domestiques. Le recours aux expertises organoleptiques et aux appréciations olfactives est déterminant dans la caractérisation des matériaux, des espèces végétales et fongiques ou encore à l’élaboration d’un diagnostic médical. Dans le domaine des artisanats, l’olfaction constitue le plus souvent un savoir tacite, mais les documents tels que les traités techniques rappellent que l’odeur a aussi bien souvent été convoquée pour signaler une matière frelatée ou l’état d’avancée d’un processus de transformation chimique. Malgré ces usages, l'odorat reste considéré comme un sens inférieur aux autres dans l'économie générale des savoirs : il ne permettrait d'accéder qu'à une connaissance approximative. L'expertise olfactive devrait être complétée par l'instrumentation pour accéder à la connaissance. Cette conception reste profondément ancrée jusque dans la langue où le flair demeure une métaphore privilégiée pour désigner une connaissance intuitive.En questionnant ce lieu commun, ce colloque interdisciplinaire ambitionne de reconsidérer la place ambivalente accordée à l'odorat dans la constitution des savoirs. Les nombreuses pistes de recherche empruntées - la respiration, la physiologie, l'olfactométrie, les méthodes d'enseignement ou les enjeux de genre, - doivent permettre de stimuler une riche réflexion collective. La mobilisation de différentes disciplines - depuis les arts, les sciences humaines et sociales jusqu'à la médecine, la chimie, les neurosciences ou encore l'architecture - doit quant à elle permettre de multiplier les angles d'approches en plus d'élargir le champ des objets étudiés, depuis les textes (traités, ouvrages...), les images (illustrations, photographies) jusqu'aux objets (olfactomètres, etc...).Le comité d'organisation attend les contributions de jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses comme celles des spécialistes confirmés dans leur domaine. Les propositions de communication en français ou en anglais, d’environ 3 000 signes, accompagnées d’une courte bio-bibliographie, sont à adresser à Rémi Digonnet (remi.digonnet@univ-st-etienne.fr) et Érika Wicky (erika.wicky@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr) avant le 15 avril 2026. Ce colloque international est organisé par la Chaire de Professeure junior « Olfactions » (Université Grenoble-Alpes / LARHRA). Il sera accueilli par la Maison française d’Oxford (CNRS). Il bénéficie du soutien du Centre Alexandre Koyré (CNRS/EHESS/MNHN, Paris), du laboratoire ECLLA (Université Jean-Monnet de Saint-Etienne), de la Chaire Santé-SHS de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne et de l’Institut universitaire de France.(Informations-clés au bas de l'actualité) Call for papers :  "Olfactory knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th century to the present day" (English)Held on October 22-23, 2026, at the Maison française d'Oxford (United Kingdom), the international conference "Olfactory Knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th Century to the present day" will examine the role of smell in the constitution of knowledge in the contemporary era, focusing on its relationship with customs and practices.Olfactory knowledge is an integral part of many scholarly, medical, artisanal, and domestic practices. The use of organoleptic expertise and olfactory assessments is crucial in the characterization of materials, the classification of plant and fungal species and even in the development of medical diagnoses. In the field of crafts, olfaction is most often tacit knowledge, but documents such as technical treatises remind us that smell has also often been used to indicate adulterated materials or advanced chemical transformation processes. Despite these uses, smell is still considered inferior to the other senses in the general economy of knowledge: it is thought to provide only approximate knowledge. Olfactory expertise must be supplemented by instruments in order to access knowledge. This conception remains deeply rooted even in language, where flair remains a favored metaphor for intuitive knowledge.By questioning this commonplace, this interdisciplinary conference aims to reconsider the ambivalent place accorded to smell in the constitution of knowledge. The numerous avenues of research explored (breathing, physiology, olfactometry, teaching methods, and gender issues...) should stimulate rich collective reflection. The involvement of different disciplines, from the arts, humanities, and social sciences to medicine, chemistry, neuroscience, and architecture, should make it possible to multiply the angles of approach and broaden the field of objects studied, from texts (treatises, books, etc.) images (illustrations, photographs) to objects (olfactometers, etc.).The organizing committee welcomes contributions from young researchers as well as established specialists in their field. Proposals for papers in French or English, approximately 3,000 characters in length, accompanied by a short bio-bibliography, should be sent to Rémi Digonnet (remi.digonnet@univ-st-etienne.fr) and Érika Wicky (erika.wicky@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr) before April 15, 2026.This international symposium is organized by the Junior Professorship Chair “Olfactions” (University of Grenoble-Alpes / LARHRA). It will be hosted by the Maison française d’Oxford (CNRS). It is supported by the Alexandre Koyré Center (CNRS/EHESS/MNHN, Paris), the ECLLA research laboratory (Jean Monnet University of Saint-Etienne), the Health-SHS Chair of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, and the Institut Universitaire de France. Contributors’s travel and accommodation expenses will be covered.- Informations-clés / Key information :Organisateur·trices / Organizers : Rémi Digonnet, Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Étienne / ECLLAJudith Rainhorn, Paris 1 / CHSMarie Thébaud-Sorger, CNRS / CAKÉrika Wicky, Université Grenoble-Alpes / LARHRALieu / Location : Maison française d’Oxford (Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom)Date :  22/10/2026 - 23/10/2026
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January 12, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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My fellow French and Canadian housers have lately been tuning into very detailed New York City housing politics & provision mechanisms. I gave this interview to make sense of the history, and the future, of New York's housing landscape to European audiences:

www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
Zohran Mamdani ou le pari gagnant du logement
En plaçant au cœur de sa campagne la question du logement, Zohran Mamdani a réussi à mobiliser un électorat populaire qui s’est depuis longtemps détourné des urnes. Habituellement relégué au second p…
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January 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Co-signed.
A colleague reminded me I needed to do this: if you assign anything I wrote in your classes, I am very happy to zoom in and talk to your students. I consider it the best part of my job.
January 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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It was exciting to be invited to help celebrate @historyworkshop.org.uk’s anniversary, especially as it gave me yet another reason to rave about teaching with Michaela Kalcher’s work on trauma, the Terror, and an incredible diary doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
January 6, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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This is the book, it's a 19th- and 20th-century history of stigmata in Britain and Ireland, and I'm still happy to come talk to you about it in this the year of unravelling, 2026
January 4, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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New Special Issue!

New Special Issue on Eco-emotions from guest editors
Mihaela Mihai and Danielle Celermajer.

environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...
Special Issue on Eco-emotions, Vol 35, Issue 1 out now – Environmental Politics Journal
environmentalpoliticsjournal.net
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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#newarticle: "Sweet Bags as Embodied Artifacts of Olfactory Heritage" by Olena Morets for the journal Arts.

OA link: champ.ly/2BfBfVdq

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #sensoryheritage #HeritageAwning

Source for image: commons.wikimedia.or...
December 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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#newarticle: "Olfactory interruptions. Malodor, atmospheric invasion, and eco-Gothic in A. S. Byatt’s “The Thing in the Forest” and Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away" by Li-Hsin Hsu

Link: champ.ly/yjigoaSl

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #gothicliterature #ecocriticism #envhum
December 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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De la ségrégation des populations migrantes dans différentes villes européennes
🎄 Still looking for a gift for your favourite social scientist?

How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅

🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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-- historians of death and dying -- I'm looking for any studies of men dying from illness/old age as opposed to '''exceptional''' circs i.e., war, execution
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM