Mediality of smells
Médialité des odeurs
Published on Thursday, June 21, 2018
Abstract
The study of scents and all things olfactory is currently thriving, a sign of the great interest that our information-based societies feel for a sense which seems to offer a direct and immediate experience of reality. The conference The Mediality of Smells aims to develop the nascent interdisciplinary exchange around smells by examining the question of the media and the possible mediatisation of smells.
Announcement
Maison française d’Oxford / Jesus College (Université d’Oxford)
Jean-Alexandre Perras, Jesus College & Érika Wicky, FNRS/Université de Liège
Inscription
L’inscription est gratuite mais obligatoire : Eventbrite
Programme
Dimanche 24 juin
Maison française d’Oxford
- 17h – Accueil des participant·e·s
- 17h30 – Isabelle Chazot & Anne-Cécile Pouant L’Osmothèque: a dynamic conservatory of perfumes, unique in the world
- 18h30 – Cocktail
Lundi 25 juin
Jesus College – Ship Street Centre
- 9h Accueil des participant·e·s
- 9h30 – Jean-Alexandre Perras, Jesus College & Érika Wicky, FNRS/Université de Liège Introduction
Session 1– Sociabilités
Présidence : Caroline Warman, Jesus College, University of Oxford
- 10h – Rémi Digonnet, Université de Saint-Étienne Recreating Smells: from Speech to Sense
- 10h30 – Patricia Nagnan-Le Meillour, CNRS Pheromones and social odours convey vital information between animals
11h – Pause / Break
- 11h30 – Willam Tullett, Institute for Historical Studies, London Privacy in Public: Smell, Agency, and Atmosphere in Eighteenth-Century England
- 12h00 – Cheryl Krueger, University of Virginia Sillage: Women as Perfume Diffusers in Nineteenth-Century France
12h30 – Déjeuner
Session 2– Atmosphères
Présidence : (Vivien Prigent, CNRS – Maison française d’Oxford)
- 14 h00 – Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford Olfaction in the Theatre: The Théâtre d’Art’s Song of Songs in Paris, 1891
- 14h30 – Marie Thébaud-Sorger, CNRS, Maison française d’Oxford The Chemistry of 1770s Paris Cesspools: Smells and Noxious airs
- 15h - 15h30 – Béatrice Caseau, Sorbonne université, Labex RESMED Fragrances of Paradise: Incense and perfumes in Byzantine churches
16h00– Pause
Conférence plénière
Présidence Frédéric Thibault-Starzyk, CNRS, directeur de la MFO
- 17h00 – Chantal Jaquet, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne The Invention of an Olfactory Aesthetics
- 18h 30 – Cocktail
Mardi 26 juin
Maison française d’Oxford
9h Accueil des participant·e·s
Session 3– Représenter les odeurs
Présidence : Paul Edwards, MFO, CNRS, LARCA
- 9h30 – Rosine Lheureux, Archives nationales, Paris Nommer et montrer l’odeur : étiquettes et contenants en parfumerie et cosmétique à la fin du XIXesiècle
- 10h – Sarah-Maria Schober, Oriel College, University of Oxford The Label of the Civet Cat and a Lost Scent
10h30 – Pause
- 11h – Christina Bradstreet, National Gallery, London Lost in translation? Looking at pictures of perfume in the nineteenth century
- 11h30 – Frédérique Desbuissons, Université de Reims La peinture qui pue. La médiatisation des odeurs dans les salons caricaturaux (France, XIXesiècle)
- 12h – Matthew Fisher, St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford The Artistry of Odour Science: Discovering and Diversifying the Plant Palette
12h30 – Déjeuner
Session 4– Polysensorialité
Présidence : Ann Jefferson, New College, University of Oxford
- 13h30 – Giusy Pisano, ENS Louis Lumière & Érika Wicky, FNRS/Université de Liège L’écoute des parfums
- 14h00 – Frank Krause, Goldsmith University Smell-Sound Synaesthesia as Revelatory Medium: A Brief History with Emphasis on German Literature (1900-1930)
- 14h30 – Ada Ackerman, CNRS/THALIM Sentir, ressentir. Retour sur les propositions olfactives et plastiques d’Eduardo Kac et de Laurent Duthion
15h – Conclusion
The convenors wish to thank the Jesus College, the Maison française d’Oxford, the Voltaire Foundation, the Medieval and Modern Languages Faculty, the Society for French Studies, the Society for the Study of French Historyand the Royal Historical Societyfor their support.
Subjects
- History (Main category)
- Society > Sociology
- Society > Ethnology, anthropology
- Mind and language > Representation
Places
- Maison française d’Oxford / Jesus College - 2-10 Norham Road
Oxford, Britain
Date(s)
- Sunday, June 24, 2018
- Tuesday, June 26, 2018
- Monday, June 25, 2018
Attached files
Keywords
- olfaction, odorat
Contact(s)
- Erika Wicky
courriel : erika [dot] wicky [at] univ-lyon2 [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Erika Wicky
courriel : erika [dot] wicky [at] univ-lyon2 [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Mediality of smells », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Thursday, June 21, 2018, https://doi.org/10.58079/10h3