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Manon Raffard

@manonraffard.bsky.social
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PhD | Researches #smellstudies #envhum, #inequalities, #hstm, and #19thc #frenchstudies Autistic academic Hallsworth Research Fellow @manchester.ac.uk research.manchester.ac.uk/en/person…

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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 5h
Like many times before, riot squads are attacking 15yo peaceful protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets. Many in hospitals with potentially permanent injuries. Smells like 2018. www.reuters.com/world/dozens...
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Injuries and arrests as French high school student protests spread
Dozens of people have been injured and hundreds arrested, most of them teenagers, officials said, in a wave ‌of French student protests against teacher shortages and dilapidated buildings that on Wedn...
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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 01/10/2026
Depuis nos révélations sur ses écrits antisémites, le Rassemblement national, a violemment mis en cause le travail de Mediapart. Nous publions les documents au cœur de l’enquête et détaillons la méthode utilisée pour les authentifier. Par @alexandreberteau.bsky.social‬ et @anttonrouget.bsky.social
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Écrits antisémites de Jordan Bardella : les preuves du mensonge
« Propos délirants », « dinguerie », « faux grossiers »… Depuis nos révélations sur ses écrits antisémites, Jordan Bardella, soutenu par Marine Le Pen et le Rassemblement national, a violemment mis en cause le travail de « Mediapart ». Nous publions les documents au cœur de l’enquête et détaillons la méthode utilisée pour les authentifier.
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 22h
Another great day in UK Higher Education news 👏 Joking aside, completely undermines THE's legitimacy for reports and rankings bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán's Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundatio...
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hygiene and sanitation people, rejoice!!
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Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reducing vehicles means better air as well, even locally this is a measurable effect.
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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
how your email finds me
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't believe they put JP Sartre in Interview with a Vampire season 2 like whyyyy
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Smell Studies Group @smellstudiesgroup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Join the SSG! Our first meeting of the academic year is upcoming on October 2, 2026. New members are welcome!
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More info here: www.paris.fr/evenements/l...
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Le cloaque, un bas-fonds d'un autre genre à explorer ?
Colloque organisé par le Centre d'Histoire du XIXe siècle
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Smell weirdos, sewer dwellers, radical scholars, and nineteenth-century fiends, assemble! Next week in Paris, I'll be discussing smell and health in the nineteenth-century workhouse. Free entry at the Médiathèque Françoise Sagan.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Call for Papers – A World of a Thousand Cuts: Forests, Wood, and Industrialisation Across the Globe in the 19th and 20th Centuries 6-8 July, 2027, hosted by the University of Turin Proposal Deadline: 30 November 2026 niche-canada.org/2026/09/17/c... #envhist #foresthistory #globalhistory
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Call for Papers - A World of a Thousand Cuts: Forests, Wood, and Industrialisation Across the Globe in the 19th and 20th Centuries
This 2027 University of Turin conference re-examines 19th-20th-century global industrialisation by exploring how timber's ongoing role reshaped world forests.
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Melanie A. Kiechle @melaniekiechle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
How can you teach and fight climate change? This is the question that 70+ #envhist scholars wrangle, from a variety of histories and concerns, for the forthcoming A Historians' Handbook to Save the World. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625...
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A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World
The work of historians is vital to this moment. As climate debates shift from “believing the science” to fighting for the massive changes needed ...
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Magda Maaoui, PhD @magdamaaoui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Et vous, votre été ? Je relaie l'appel à témoignages du Collectif Dernier Etage dont je fais partie depuis quelques mois. Nous œuvrons pour l'habitabilité de nos logements en situation de fortes chaleurs. Si vous avez 10 min, votre retour d'expérience sera précieux ! framaforms.org/canicules-20...
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Canicules 2026 - retour sur la situation vécue à votre domicile | Framaforms.org
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History of science & technology @EPFL @lhst-epfl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📢 Call for Papers History of Art x History of Science: Disciplinary Encounters, Tensions, and Transformations Lausanne, 27-28 May 2027 How have the histories of art & science observed, shaped, and challenged one another from the 18th c. to today? #histSTM #arthistory www.unil.ch/news/1789481...
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Appel à contributions: Histoire de l’art x Histoire des sciences: interactions, tensions, transformations / History of Art x History of Science: Disciplinary Encounters, Tensions, and Transformations
Colloque international Unil/EPFL/FNS, 27-28 mai 2027
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19 Century Studies Association @ncsascholars.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
CfP: Society of Dix-Neuviémistes for their 2027 Conference in Dundee: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-annual-c...
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Craft and Industry / Artisanat et industrie (Dundee 2027)
Gustave Caillebotte, Raboteurs de parquet, 1875 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCESociety of Dix-Neuviémistes Craft and Industry / Artisanat et industrie Dundee, 14–16 April 2027 With the support of th…
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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On 15 September at 6 pm CEST, Marco Armiero, Roberta Biasillo, David Pellow, and Rob Nixon will discuss Armiero's book Vajont: A Political Ecology of an Unnatural Disaster. The talk will take place on the YouTube channel of Radical Environmental Humanities. #envhist #envhum
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Radical Environmental Humanities
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Depends on your departmental and institutional affiliation.
Doctor Who Meme ("Depends on the Context"): Top left: "Is it acceptable to have 'legitimate concerns' about AI?" | Top right: "Depends on your academic affiliation." | Bottom left: "In a History Department, yes." | Bottom right: "At a place that equates merit with bringing in external money, any means justifying the ends, no."
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fresh off the investigative journalism press today: 2 pieces on Horizon Europe (and the ERC globally) legal troubles regarding its financing of military research in collaboration with Isreali institutions. See below for links 👇
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The Plant Initiative @theplantinitiative.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Posting from Pew Trusts by Alex Clayton Moya - 5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Bogs "A bog may take thousands of years to form, but its delicate balance can be disrupted much faster." www.pew.org/en/research-...
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5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Bogs
Bogs may conjure images of fog, folklore, and lurking creatures, but in fact, they are dynamic habitats that perform some of the planet’s most important ecological work.
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Article below includes, among others, mention of senior management relocation costs higher than most ECRs yearly salary (*42k*) Anyhow, back to bulk-buying dehumifier boxes so I don't die of mold exposure while writing a book review✌️ inews.co.uk/news/educati...
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The seven elite universities losing millions of pounds… while bosses' pay rises
Russell Group universities are axing jobs and cutting courses as the sector faces a financial crisis fuelled by a drop in international students
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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Massachusetts is unsealing records of generations of disabled people and the violence many faced while institutionalized. Advocates told me their stories should serve as warnings to us as demands to return to institutionalization are ramping up under Trump 2.0.
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Massachusetts Unseals Records of Abuse of Disabled People in State Institutions
The state is baring the history of generations of disabled people and the violence many faced while institutionalized.
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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
As we get closer to publication day for Sniff: A History of Smells, a reminder that the first book talk I'm giving is at David's in Letchworth Garden City (my local!) on the 16th of September. There will be smells and it'll be lots of fun! www.davids-bookshops.co.uk/products/eve...
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Event Ticket: Will Tullett, 16th September 2026
Date: 16th September 2026, 7pm Venue: David's Bookshop. This is an in person event (not available to attend online) Event to start at 7pm, doors opening 6:30pm. Please note there are no physical ticke...
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Instead of watching Channel 4 use a Spectator columnist confirm the biases of ppl on FB who reckon there were no ND people in the 80s, the kid they used to bully only knew every fact about the Intercity 125 to be difficult, listen to It's A Superpower??! thedailytism.com/podcasts/its...
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Podcast: It's a Superpower??
It’s a Superpower?? is the first sitcom made by a team of autistic creatives for an autistic audience. The show follows Norah, Pix, Wilder, Sophie and Bums – five autistic people who meet at an autism...
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Sarah Robbins Jackie Sullivan Zina Ward Lauren Ross Zoe Drayson Nedah Nemati ... To name a few women (Some are on this platform @sarahrobins.bsky.social @jackiesullivan.bsky.social @zoedrayson.bsky.social @laurennross.bsky.social) aeon.co/essays/why-a...
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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My new article on Jorvik Viking Centre and its use of smells over the last 40 years has just come out today in The Public Historian! online.ucpress.edu/tph/article-... if you can't access it and want to read it, let me know.
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“It Smelt Real”Jorvik Viking Centre and the Experience of Museum Smellscapes
Despite the emergence of sensory history and the increasing use of smell at museums and heritage sites, little attention has been paid to how smell experiences and public perceptions of the past mutua...
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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This looks like a super interesting new piece taking a fat studies perspective on the history of body odour www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“No monopoly on smell:” History of senses and fatphobia in historical newspapers
The history of the senses and olfactory-focused writings is loaded with ascribed meanings. In this article, I want to examine the links between the discussion of fat people and related stereotypes....
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This really exposes one of the flaws in the way air quality levels are reported. DEFRA's system is showing low #AirPollution despite huge peaks across Greater Manchester due to the wildfires. The same peaks in neighbourhoods are missed when people burn wood in their homes. #Health #ToxicAir
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Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Yesterday, I welcomed over 40 academics, practitioners, and artists to Thackray Museum of Medicine for 'Medicine and the Senses: Past, Present, Future'. It proved to be an absolutely fantastic day full of interactive workshops and compelling (and smelly!) discussion.
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Gemma McLean-Carr @gemmamcarr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My first journal article, "Seeing Stench: Identity and Odour in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century anti-Scottish Discourse," has been published in a special edition of The Scottish Historical Review! I have such a wonderful time going beyond my PhD research topic and writing about Scotland!
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Had an amazing time in lovely Leeds; also considered burglaring the #thackraymuseum' phenol display for, hum, 'science'. All thanks to @claireturner.bsky.social for the invitation and the flawless organising of the Medecine and the Senses workshop! #sensorystudies #medicalhumanities #chstm
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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
(1/)The special issue of @scottishhistreview.bsky.social on smell history and heritage that I co-edited with Xuelei Huang is out! www.euppublishing.com/toc/shr/curr... There’s an introduction by the both of us followed by some cracking articles.
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Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - shr: Vol 105, No 2
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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Thanks to @claireturner.bsky.social for organizing a stimulating and very smelly day on the senses yesterday. Met some lovely people and enjoyed putting together my paper on alcohol and the senses in Victorian fiction and culture to get some of my thoughts together on this.
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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 10/07/2026
The CFP for next year’s ESEH conference is out! Looks like I won’t be able to go this time, it’s my turn to handle childcare responsibilities. But I’m hoping there will be many people there - and many interesting papers! Highly recommended for anyone interested in #envhist
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CfP: 14th Biennial European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) Conference – European Society for Environmental History
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Éditions La Découverte @edladecouverte.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
[SAMEDI EN LIBRAIRIE]
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Liam R. Findlay 👃 Theme park smells @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
What a lovely day at the Medicine and the Senses event, organised by @claireturner.bsky.social! #InternationalThemedSmellDay
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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
You might think "hey I *know* the history of mesmerism / animal magnetism" but you don't
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Nicole Maceira Cumming @nicolemaceira.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 @joshuarushton8.bsky.social and I are holding an online colloquium 'Environmental Approaches to the Reformation World' on 30 Sept 2026 🌳 🌊 ⛪ 🐄 Deadline for submissions 1 September.
call for papers text with woodcut image of 1607 flood
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ICEHO @iceho.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Two postdocs that could interest French-speaking #EnvHist scholars
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It is out and OPEN ACCESS: "The Senses: Perception and Experience" (Cambridge University Press, Elements: Philosophy of Mind, ed. by @keithfrankish.com) #PhilSky #booksky #HPBio #philosophy #cogsci www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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The Senses
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - The Senses
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Kiri Ross-Jones @kirirj.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We’ve nominated our fabulous assistant archivist, @islauter.bsky.social for ARA New Professional of the Year! She very much deserves this, so please do vote for her. Below are some pics from the wonderful Persia Reimagined workshops she ran: www.archives.org.uk/new-professi...
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Congratulations to Emily and all the contributors! If anyone wants to review the entire volume for sonancejournal.com please let me know! #earlymodern 🗃️
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About the Journal | Sonance: A Journal of Early Modern Sound Studies
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Everytime I open my book draft, copil*t offers to summarize it, but like, good luck with that buddy, you can't even summarize a houmous recipe
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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We're starting a journal! We're looking for ideas for pieces that we can fold into the proposal that will go to an interested press, with the hope that if the press take the journal on we'll starting publishing in 2028. #smellstudies #sensorystudies #smellhistory #smells
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Manon Raffard @manonraffard.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Super happy to embark on this new editorial project: the Smell Studies Journal! Currently examining abstracts for our first two issues :) #smellstudies #envhum #sensoryhistory #sensorystudies #chstm
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Arthur Hunaut @arthuno.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
J'ai eu le plaisir de recenser les trois volumes sur l'histoire environnementale de la France publiés par les @edladecouverte.bsky.social, pour la revue Histoire et Sociétés Rurales. @crh.ehess.fr @leruche.bsky.social #EnvHist #HumanitésEnvironnementales #Société #Environnement Vol.1 :
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, François Jarrige, Thomas Le Roux, Corinne Marache, et Julien Vincent, dir., La nature en révolution. Une histoire environnementale de la France, 1780-1870 (vol. 1), Paris, La Dé...
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Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We're down to the last handful of tickets for my workshop on 'Medicine and the Senses' in Leeds on 10 July. Please share! www.eventbrite.com/e/medicine-a...
10:00-10:30: Welcome & Coffee
10:30-11:00: Activity ‘Medicine and the Senses’
Hosted by Mary Robson (Creative Facilitator, Durham University)
11:00-11:45: WORKSHOP 1: ‘Sensory experience and nature connection: from
evidence to hospital practice’
An interactive workshop hosted by Dr Duika Burges-Watson (Centre for Sustainable
Healthcare).
11:45-12:00: Coffee Break
12:00-13:00: PANEL 1
Dr Pam Lock (University of Bristol): New ideas on alcohol’s effects on the body and mind in
nineteenth century fiction and culture
Claire Sunho Lee (Artist, researcher, and writer): Tell Me What I’m Remembering
13:00-14:00: Lunch & Explore
14:00-15:00: PANEL 2
Professor Carolyn Oulton and Dr Philip Ulrich (Canterbury Christ Church University): From
Dr Brighton to Breezy Broadstairs: Social Prescribing and the Myth of Sea Air
Dr Kathy Davies (Northumbria University): ‘An evil-smelling and evil-tasting
nightmare’: Embodied experiences of air pollution in twentieth century Britain
15:00-15:15: Coffee Break
15:15-16:15: WORKSHOP 2: ‘Malodorous Maladies and Reeking Remedies:
Storytelling with Smells’
An interactive workshop by Liam R. Findlay (AromaPrime). This workshop forms part of
July’s International Themed Smell Day celebrations.
16:15-17:00: ‘Reflections’
Hosted by Mary Robson (Creative Facilitator, Durham University)
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