Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS
@boddice.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Historian of Emotions, Science, Medicine, Experience, Pain, Placebo/Nocebo. Global and longue duree, but esp Britain C18-20. Neuroscience meddler. Running; guitars; cricket. Montreal and Helsinki. https://www.robboddice.com/
Me, @boddice.bsky.social and @stephanietrigg.bsky.social talk to the ABC’s God Forbid show about the history of emotions. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
God Forbids The History of Emotion: Were feelings always felt this way? - ABC listen
If you hit your finger with a hammer, would you feel it the same way a medieval carpenter did, doing exactly the same thing?
abc.net.au
30% off 2nd edition of the History of Emotions with EVENT30 at the MUP website. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/06...
SHS 2026 Reading List - Manchester University Press
To mark this year’s Society History Society Conference from 1 – 3 July 2026, we’ve put together a reading list of essential titles. If you’re attending SHS 2026 our Publishing Director, Emma Brennan a...
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Turkish readers, you can let me know if this makes any sense medyascope.tv/2026/06/22/t...
Tarihçi Rob Boddice Medyascope'a konuştu: "Paylaşılan duygu, çaba gerektirmeli, kolay geliyorsa büyük olasılıkla yanlış yapıyorsunuzdur" - Medyascope
Tarihçi Rob Boddice, ağrının yalnızca fiziksel değil; kültürel, duygusal ve toplumsal boyutları olan öznel bir deneyim olduğunu savunuyor.
medyascope.tv
This is an excellent defence of the humanities, and I don't say that just because I'm in it. youtu.be/QRN7LoQ-eKs?...
New issue of the Austrian Journal of Historical Studies on the history of emotions. Open access. journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oe...
Bd. 37 Nr. 1 (2026): Emotions Meet History. Neue Perspektiven in der Gefühlsgeschichte | Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
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Professional athletes don't drink alcohol. These are overpaid amateurs. www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
Ben Stokes: England cricket may consider alcohol ban after nightclub incident, says Rob Key
Director of cricket Rob Key is considering imposing an alcohol ban on the England team and has given no assurances Ben Stokes will remain Test captain.
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New issue of the Austrian Journal of Historical Studies on the history of emotions. Open access. journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oe...
Bd. 37 Nr. 1 (2026): Emotions Meet History. Neue Perspektiven in der Gefühlsgeschichte | Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
journals.univie.ac.at
New Element for sensory studies, human-animal relations, and urban history. Kelvin Low on Sensory Contact Zones in the City www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Sensory Contact Zones in the City
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Sensory Contact Zones in the City
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History of emotions, auf Deutsch www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin...
Emotionsgeschichte • Z+ Empfehlung: Warum haben Menschen im Mittelalter anders gefühlt?
Früher empfand man nicht die gleichen Emotionen wie heute, sagt der Historiker Rob Boddice. Welche dann? Wir haben ein fiktives Leben im Mittelalter mit ihm angeschaut.
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Post doc opportunity to work at the excellence centre on history of everyday nationalism in Tampere, Finland tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
Postdoctoral Researcher (History of Everyday Nationalism, CoE NARS) / Tutkijatohtori
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SHE 2027. Vienna. CFP. Emotions in Adversity.
CFP. The Society for the History of Emotions biennial conference. June 2-4, 2027. Vienna. Emotions in Adversity. societyhistoryemotions.com/she-conferen...
SHE 2027. Vienna. CFP. Emotions in Adversity.
talked to Aussie radio about the history of emotions the other day. Podcast here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Have human emotions changed through history? - ABC listen
Have you ever wondered what your ancestors were feeling decades or centuries ago? Rob Boddice is an historian who argues that differences in our contexts and world-views would make our emotional exper...
abc.net.au
New at HEX Handbook: Anna Derksen on medicine and experience sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/...
Medicine and Experience | Digital Handbook of the History of Experience | Tampere Universities
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Excellent review by Ray Tallis, of a book by Mark Solms, in defence of Freud and the essence of psychoanalysis. Imao this is a model book review: fair, nuanced, and Tallis doesn’t just read the book, he checks the references. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
The Only Cure by Mark Solms review – has modern neuroscience proved Freud right?
An expert in both disciplines makes a bold attempt to convince sceptics, and partially succeeds
theguardian.com
NEWS 📣 The CUP Element @draflint.bsky.social & I wrote on 'Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain: A Sensory and Emotional History' has been published & free to download here. Thanks to editorial team incl @boddice.bsky.social, reviewers and all who commented on WIP 🙏 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
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40% off @manchesterup.bsky.social till the end of January with code JAN40. 2nd edition of The History of Emotions is in the sale. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526171177/
Manchester University Press - The history of emotions
The history of emotions - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of The history of emotions by Rob Boddice
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On this episode of BBC radio 4's "Child" I spoke about the risks of emotional colonialism and the in-your-face approach to emotional recognition www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This one started for me with an almost childish question: Can we take it for granted that people in the past experienced reality the same way we do? It turns out a whole field of study and an important scholar were asking the same...down into this fascinating rabbit hole I went.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 8mo agoA radical new field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow, Gal Beckerman writes.
This was a long time in the making and I'm delighted it's now out. Huge thanks to @galbeckerman.bsky.social for his perseverance and diligence. Please check it out. Print edition will be out soon. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
A Radical New Approach to Human History
The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow
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Conversation this morning with Derya Gürses Tarbuck on pain, emotions and politics. Go see www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAi...
A Conversation with Rob Boddice
YouTube video by Herkes İçin Bilim ve Düşünce Tarihi
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Conversation this morning with Derya Gürses Tarbuck on pain, emotions and politics. Go see www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAi...
A Conversation with Rob Boddice
YouTube video by Herkes İçin Bilim ve Düşünce Tarihi
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