Smell Studies Group
@smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social
The study of smell in the humanities and sciences. Spreading joy and knowledge in all things smelly! #smellstudies
Acc. mod.: @manonraffard.bsky.social, Chanelle Dupuis & Radel J. Gacumo.
Website: https://www.smellstudies.com/
Acc. mod.: @manonraffard.bsky.social, Chanelle Dupuis & Radel J. Gacumo.
Website: https://www.smellstudies.com/
#newbook: Scents of Arabia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Olfactory Worlds, edited by Barbara Huber and Arnulf Hausleiter
Book available #openaccess here: champ.ly/rycqV09_
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #archeologynews #archeology #sensoryhistory
Book available #openaccess here: champ.ly/rycqV09_
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #archeologynews #archeology #sensoryhistory
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
#newbook: Scents of Arabia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Olfactory Worlds, edited by Barbara Huber and Arnulf Hausleiter
Book available #openaccess here: champ.ly/rycqV09_
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #archeologynews #archeology #sensoryhistory
Book available #openaccess here: champ.ly/rycqV09_
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #archeologynews #archeology #sensoryhistory
#academicjob: 2 postdoctoral fellowships in Ottoman History and Digital Literary and Linguistic Studies (Belgium), with a focus on taste, touch & smell.
Deadline for application: November 14, 2025
Info: champ.ly/nQZriZCg
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia
Deadline for application: November 14, 2025
Info: champ.ly/nQZriZCg
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia
Research Agenda
At the Centre: Please check back here for future updates
centreforsensorystudies.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
#academicjob: 2 postdoctoral fellowships in Ottoman History and Digital Literary and Linguistic Studies (Belgium), with a focus on taste, touch & smell.
Deadline for application: November 14, 2025
Info: champ.ly/nQZriZCg
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia
Deadline for application: November 14, 2025
Info: champ.ly/nQZriZCg
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia
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🌿✨ New Book Out! ✨🌿
Our new volume #Scents_of_Arabia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Olfactory Worlds is now published with
@archaeopress.bsky.social
Thank you to all contributors who made this book possible!
@dai-weltweit.bsky.social
🏺🧪👩🔬👃
#PastScents #Heritage #Archaeology
Our new volume #Scents_of_Arabia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Olfactory Worlds is now published with
@archaeopress.bsky.social
Thank you to all contributors who made this book possible!
@dai-weltweit.bsky.social
🏺🧪👩🔬👃
#PastScents #Heritage #Archaeology
October 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🌿✨ New Book Out! ✨🌿
Our new volume #Scents_of_Arabia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Olfactory Worlds is now published with
@archaeopress.bsky.social
Thank you to all contributors who made this book possible!
@dai-weltweit.bsky.social
🏺🧪👩🔬👃
#PastScents #Heritage #Archaeology
Our new volume #Scents_of_Arabia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Olfactory Worlds is now published with
@archaeopress.bsky.social
Thank you to all contributors who made this book possible!
@dai-weltweit.bsky.social
🏺🧪👩🔬👃
#PastScents #Heritage #Archaeology
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I'm planning an interactive workshop on the senses and medical humanities, to be held in Leeds in July 2026. It will involve creative practitioners, academics, and clinicians. If this is something you'd be interested in attending, please drop me a message or reply to this post and we can chat more!
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm planning an interactive workshop on the senses and medical humanities, to be held in Leeds in July 2026. It will involve creative practitioners, academics, and clinicians. If this is something you'd be interested in attending, please drop me a message or reply to this post and we can chat more!
New article alert: read all about SSG member Camille Grapa's research on olfactory clues in German museums!
Link: champ.ly/48CDjVwG
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia
Link: champ.ly/48CDjVwG
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia
Sur la trace olfactive des musées allemands
Sur la trace olfactive des musées allemands
NotesNotes
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October 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
New article alert: read all about SSG member Camille Grapa's research on olfactory clues in German museums!
Link: champ.ly/48CDjVwG
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia
Link: champ.ly/48CDjVwG
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia
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Arts/Humanities PhDs in 🏴, go work with @sgsah.bsky.social if you can. One of the kindest, most generous institutions I've encountered, staffed with warm and wonderful people. They want you to think your research big - get in touch and see what they can do for you! Love, a former SGSAH-funded PhD.
There's lots of brilliant research internships & artist residencies here from @sgsah.bsky.social (nb only for current PhD researchers in Arts & Hums in Scotland, due to our funding source), but I'll highlight some of the publishing & literary ones, nb deadline 31 Oct ... 1/ bsky.app/profile/sgsa...
⭐️ Our 2026 internship opportunities are live! ⭐️
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Arts/Humanities PhDs in 🏴, go work with @sgsah.bsky.social if you can. One of the kindest, most generous institutions I've encountered, staffed with warm and wonderful people. They want you to think your research big - get in touch and see what they can do for you! Love, a former SGSAH-funded PhD.
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
For a limited time, use the code HOJV30 for a 30% discount.
Find out more here: champ.ly/P62PxziE
October 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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
For a limited time, use the code HOJV30 for a 30% discount.
Find out more here: champ.ly/P62PxziE
#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
Deadline: 28/11/2025
Info: champ.ly/QQ9FJ8y8
#cfp #smellstudies #olfactorystudies #sensorystudies #arthistory #art
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#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
Deadline: 28/11/2025
Info: champ.ly/QQ9FJ8y8
#cfp #smellstudies #olfactorystudies #sensorystudies #arthistory #art
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New preprint from the very talented Bob Pellegrino! 🧪
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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?
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?
August 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New preprint from the very talented Bob Pellegrino! 🧪
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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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September 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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! 🧠🎨🤓
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
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 …
artandolfaction.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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
Info: champ.ly/NS0eIzis
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #research #art
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
#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
Deadline: 1 December 2025
Info: champ.ly/fop5LFap
#smellstudies #olfactorystudies #sensorystudies #callforpapers #callforsubmissions #foodstudies
September 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#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
Deadline: 1 December 2025
Info: champ.ly/fop5LFap
#smellstudies #olfactorystudies #sensorystudies #callforpapers #callforsubmissions #foodstudies
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This week's odious interview is now on BBC Sounds:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
September 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This week's odious interview is now on BBC Sounds:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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September 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#newbook: "Materiality of Air" (ed. Tatiana Konrad, Exeter Press)
Full OA access and info: champ.ly/EwXPsOzw
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #envhum #atmospheres
Full OA access and info: champ.ly/EwXPsOzw
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #envhum #atmospheres
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
#newbook: "Materiality of Air" (ed. Tatiana Konrad, Exeter Press)
Full OA access and info: champ.ly/EwXPsOzw
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #envhum #atmospheres
Full OA access and info: champ.ly/EwXPsOzw
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #envhum #atmospheres
👃✨ 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
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Lots of nice sensory stuff here!
🌳 ’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!
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!
September 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lots of nice sensory stuff here!
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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...
philosophymindscience.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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...
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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 🎶🥾🌳
September 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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 🎶🥾🌳
#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
Access: champ.ly/Lc_5ng3Z
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #research
Sensory Criminology
Exploring sensory experience of the criminological
sensorycriminology.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
#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
Access: champ.ly/Lc_5ng3Z
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #research
#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
Info: champ.ly/Yb4sBlrf
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #neurodiversity #arts #museums
September 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
#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
Info: champ.ly/Yb4sBlrf
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #neurodiversity #arts #museums
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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
August 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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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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
#ERC #OLFAC #UniversityofArtsLinz #research
August 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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
#ERC #OLFAC #UniversityofArtsLinz #research
#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
Info: www.peeters-leuven.b...
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #hstm #findesiècle #lithub
August 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#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
Info: www.peeters-leuven.b...
#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #hstm #findesiècle #lithub