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Smell Studies Group
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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/
#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
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 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
October 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#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
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 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
September 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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
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
September 15, 2025 at 9:57 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
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 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
September 8, 2025 at 11:10 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
September 3, 2025 at 6:13 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
August 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#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
August 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#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
August 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
SOAS Shit Studies Conference abstracts are due TOMORROW, July 31, 2025.
Check out the CFP below.
The conference is taking place November 18-19, 2025.
July 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Journal issue: "Taste and Democracy in Nineteenth-Century French Literature and Thought", L'Esprit Créateur, Volume 65, Number 1, Spring 2025 (Guest Editors: P. Bray and A. Aloisi).

OA access here: champ.ly/2g5XQxoD

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #tastestudies
July 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
SSG Summer Newsletter COMING JULY 1ST!

Make sure to subscribe to our newsletter at the bottom of the page here: champ.ly/pFsIf2cK

Our newsletters share upcoming opportunities in the field!

#smellstudies #olfaction #sensorystudies #chemicalsenses #academia #cfp #callforpapers #callforsubmissions
June 28, 2025 at 7:00 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
June 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM