Pleased to share that I'll be staying on at Durham University this next year to teach in @durhamhistory.bsky.social. More news to come on my research soon...
Claire Turner
@claireturner.bsky.social
Bridging Fellow in Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social | ECR Visiting Fellow @thejohnrylands.bsky.social | Currently working on cancer and the senses in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
A long shot but does anyone on here have experience of an ERC application in the humanities? This whole B1 / B2 thing has me in a tailspin!
An eerie bespoke scent has been specially created by AromaPrime for The Alton Towers Ghost Tours! This 60 minute VIP Experience at Alton Towers Resort takes guests through the ruins of the iconic Towers! Starting in October on select dates! 👻
A new article in @thelancet.com co-authored by IMH Director Angela Woods calls for caution on the rapid adoption of ‘ambient scribes’ in healthcare – these are AI tools that listen to consultations and automatically generate patient notes. Read more: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Ambient Scribes as Narrative Technologies - Durham University
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Just over a week to get abstracts in for this (1 September) - some wonderful submissions so far!
Joshua Rushton@joshuarushton8.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are really looking forward to bringing together those working on environment and the global reformations - send in your abstracts!! 🌿✝️🍃🌍
academics with three degrees trying to play a video on youtube
we're entering postdoc application season again guys x
happy international left-handers day to all my fellow left-handed people. the struggle is real
A lovely piece from BBC News as I spread the word about the Theme Park Smells card game! 👃🃏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Erin Maglaque's new book *Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body* was The Guardian's long read this month: www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju... @erinmaglaque.bsky.social
‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages
The long read: The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my abortion and I don’t want to forget theirs
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A lovely photo of the Theme Park Smells cards from @claireturner.bsky.social! 👃 Order yours: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
An unexpected highlight of my fellowship at the Huntington this summer: getting to see & smell two corpse flowers blooming this morning (one, nicknamed Odorysseus, is making its public debut!). They only flower for 24 hours or so once every 2-3 years, so a double bloom is a real botanical event!
🎉 OUT NOW! I am delighted to share that the Theme Park Smells card game is available to order! Order here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4... I enjoyed illustrating and coming up with fun facts for the smells! A great gift for the theme park fans in your life!
The THEME PARK SMELLS card game is out now! 🍊🌊🍿 Order here : www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4... UK residents can order via DM for £1 off. 😊
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
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.
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.
Great workshop; very enjoyable and I’ve got a lot to think about on the way back to Manchester.
What a lovely day at the Medicine and the Senses event, organised by @claireturner.bsky.social! #InternationalThemedSmellDay
🚨 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.
Preparing scented fans for the Malodorous Maladies workshop at Thackray Museum of Medicine!
What happens when archival research meets lived experience? After the birth of her son, @erinmaglaque.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social began exploring how women’s bodies have been understood across history. Her new book uncovers hidden histories of the female body. 👉 bit.ly/4vhyG2y
Around 6.4% of the UK population report having self-harmed in their lifetime. But how is self-harm influenced by culture? Congratulations to @veronicaheney.bsky.social who has won a prestigious Wellcome Early Career award to re-configure understandings of self-harm. @durham.ac.uk
Veronica Heney to shed new light on self-harm - Durham University
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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...
“What apple? In 1588 Violante Scaglione testified: ‘Adam’s apple was Eve’s butt, not the pit of the fruit that got stuck in his throat when he was called by God.’” —@erinmaglaque.bsky.social on the real “forbidden fruit”
erin maglaque (@erinmaglaque.bsky.social)
historian at durham / writer and critic, mostly for the lrb and nyrb. i'm writing a history of the female body, out in june! https://linktr.ee/erinmaglaque https://erinmaglaque.com
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Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards. For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #SkyStorians
Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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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...