Lecture Archive
2025
- January 29th: The Scented Stitch: Exploring Perfumed Garments Through History
- Feb 26th: Rose & The Social Ecology of Fragrance
- Mar 26th: Agarwood & The Social Ecology of Fragrance
- Apr 23rd: Anointed with Ambrosia: Scent in Greek Myth
- May 28th: Patchouli & The Social Ecology of Fragrance
- October 25th:The Odour of Witches: Scent During the European Witch Hysteria
- November: TBA
- December: TBA
2024
- July 31st: Anointed with Ambrosia: Scent in Greek Myth
- Oct 20th: Twin Flames: Vessel and Fragrance Development in the Ancient Near East
2023
- January 16: Scent Culture Theory 101: Scent Culture & Olfactory Heritage
- February 13: Roses: An Aromatic Cultural History
- March 2nd: Oud: An Aromatic Cultural History
- March 6th: Scent Culture Theory 202: Tools for Aromatic Auto-Ethnography
- April 3rd: The Great Stink: How Smell Made the Modern City
- May 28th: Precious Vessels: A Brief History of the Perfume Bottle
- June 26th: Redolent Garments: A Brief History of Perfumed Textiles
- July 23rd: The Colonial History of the Fragrance Trade
- August 13th: Perfumed Papers: The Evolution of the Perfume Formula
- September 10th: Smells like Xenophobia: An Olfactive History of Otherness
- October 4th: Cashmere Bouquet: Britain, India & Patchouli in the 19th-Century
- October 8th: The Scent of Grief: A Brief Survey of Aromatic Death Rituals
- November 5th: Oud: An Aromatic Cultural History
- December 3rd: Myrrh: An Aromatic Cultural History
2022
- January 17: Scent Culture Theory 101: Scent Culture & Olfactory Heritage
- February 28: The Colonial History of the Fragrance Trade
- March 28: Scent Culture Theory 202: Tools for Aromatic Auto-Ethnography
- April 18: The Black Death: from Plague Preservative to Perfume
- May 30: The Great Stink: How Smell Made the Modern City
- June 20: Smells like Xenophobia: An Olfactive History of Otherness
- June 27: A Fragrant Bouquet of Art & History: Conversation w Bharti Lalwani
- July 18th: Dangerous Women? Beauty, Perfume, and Poison
- August 22nd: Indole: An Aromatic Cultural History
- September 12th: The Colonial History of the Fragrance Trade
- October 3rd: The Scent of Grief: A Brief Survey of Aromatic Death Rituals
- November 7th: Tapputi-Beletekallim, The First Perfumer?
- December 5th: Myrrh: An Aromatic Cultural History
2021
- January 11: Scent Culture Theory 101
- January 25th: Smells like Xenophobia: An Olfactive History of Otherness
- February 15: From Plague Preservative to Perfume
- March 22: Smells, Miasma Theory, and Public Health
- April 26: The Scent of Gan Eden: Olfaction in Judaism
- May 4: Is Death Positivity a Form of Death Denial?
- May 17: Tapputi Belatekallim, The First Perfumer
- June 14: From Plague Preservative to Perfume
- July 12: The Scent of Gan Eden: Olfaction in Judaism
- July 26: The Babylonian Roots to Early Middle Eastern Perfumery
- August 23: The Putrid and the Divine: The Smell of Saints
- September 20: Dangerous Women? Beauty, Perfume, and Poison
- October 11: The Scent of Grief: A Brief Survey of Aromatic Death Rituals
- November 15: Tapputi Badakallim, The First Perfumer
- December 13: Smells like Xenophobia: An Olfactive History of Otherness
- December 20: Dangerous Women? Beauty, Perfume, and Poison
2020
- May 4: Scent and Public Health Part One: From Plague Preservative to Perfume @ ArtandOlfaction
- May 11: Scent and Public Health: Part Two; Smells and Miasma Theory @ ArtandOlfaction
- June 23: The Putrid and the Divine: The Magical Scent of Christian Saints @ ArtandOlfaction
- August 3: Smells Like Xenophobia: An Olfactive History of Otherness @ ArtandOlfaction
- September 15: Xenophobia: An Olfactory History of Otherness @ ArtandOlfaction
- November 16: Scent Culture Theory 101 @ ArtandOlfaction
Curation Archive
2023
- October 22nd: The Sensuality of Séance with Dr. Kate Cherrell
- November 26th: Perfume and Health in the Classical Islamic World with Dr Anya King
- October 1st: The Aesthetic and Political Potential of People’s Scents with Lauryn Mannigel
- July 9th: How Aromatics from Across the Ocean Changed the Chinese Sensorium with Linda Rui Feng
- April 10th: Sniffing out the History of Modern Shanghai with Xuelei Huang
- March 27th: Scent & Silver: fragrance and personal adornment in SWANA with Sigrid van Roode
- Feburary 27th: A Wondrous Scent from the Parterre with Nicolas Roth
- January 23rd: Sandalwood, from India to Sudan with Nehal El-Hadi
2022
- October 22nd: Death by Perfume with Dr. Christina Bradstreet
- September 19th: COVID & Smell: Behind the Glass Wall, with Dr. Danielle Reed
- August 8th: Sensory Punishment: The Scents and Smells of Women’s Imprisonment with Professor Dorothy Abram
- June 27th: A Fragrant Bouquet of Art & History: Conversation with Bharti Lalwani
- May 16th: Scent & Silver: fragrance and personal adornment in SWANA with Sigrid van Roode
- April 25th: From Smell to Olfaction: How The Science of Smell Developed with Anna D’Errico
- Feburary 22nd: ‘Intimate Sense Labor’: Smell, Intimacy and Domestic Work with Dr. Ishita Dey
2021
- November 22nd: “Divine Disinfectant”: Scent, Religion & Racism in Rio de Janeiro with Laurie Denyer Willis
- September 27th: Aromatic Pasts, Acrid Futures? Trajectories of Human Olfactory Heritage with Professor Rose Boswell
- August 30th: A Brief Cultural History of Aromatics in Medieval China with Linda Rui Feng
- June 28th: Perfumes for the Caliphs: Perfumery in Early Islamic Times with Dr. Anya King
- May 3rd: The Affectivity and Politics of Aroma in China with Jie Yang with Jie Yang
- March 16th: Olfactory Racism and the Atlantic World with Professor Andrew Kettler
- Feburary 22nd: An Olfactory Biopolitics: Nairobi, with Coltrane McDowell
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