Manon Raffard
@manonraffard.bsky.social
PhD | Researches #smellstudies #envhum, #inequalities, #hstm, and #19thc #frenchstudies Autistic academic Hallsworth Research Fellow @manchester.ac.uk https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/m-raffard/
As part of our wonderful Archives Revealed project, we’re super excited that our co-curated exhibition “Archives Revealed: Unlocking a colonial collection” is open! FREE to visit and open Tues-Thurs 10-4pm. I’m so very proud of this project and all the fantastic people who’ve worked on it with us.
Small Acts of Link*dIn Terr*rism: reporting every annoying post as 'AI slop'. If it triggers an eye roll, it's going
Very excited to be delivering the University of Bristol Liberal Arts Public lecture on November 3rd! More details and free sign-up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liberal-ar... @yalebooks.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
Liberal Arts Public Lecture - Sniff: A History of Smells
Join Dr William Tullett (University of York) and dive into the world of smells and their history!
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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...
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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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
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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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...
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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Hygiene and sanitation people, rejoice!!
Centre de recherches historiques@crh.ehess.fr · 3w ago🪄Parution chez #JeanGisserotéditeur 📕❗Hygiène et santé au Moyen-Âge dans l’Occident chrétien❗ ✍️Danièle Alexandre-Bidon @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr ➡️ crh.ehess.fr/index.php?367 ▶️ crh.ehess.fr/index.php?11... On a longtemps affirmé que le Moyen Âge était sale. Mais n’a-t-on pas noirci le tableau ?
Reducing vehicles means better air as well, even locally this is a measurable effect.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3w agoOne thing that might or might not be obvious is that making one block "pedestrian only" reduces car traffic over a much larger area. I'm staying in the same neighborhood where I lived a few years ago, and the decrease in motor vehicle traffic is astounding.
Can't believe they put JP Sartre in Interview with a Vampire season 2 like whyyyy
Join the SSG! Our first meeting of the academic year is upcoming on October 2, 2026. New members are welcome!
More info here: www.paris.fr/evenements/l...
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 · 3w agoSmell 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.
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.
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
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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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...
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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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...
Canicules 2026 - retour sur la situation vécue à votre domicile | Framaforms.org
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📢 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...
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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CfP: Society of Dix-Neuviémistes for their 2027 Conference in Dundee: uksdn.co.uk/sdn-annual-c...
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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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
Radical Environmental Humanities
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Depends on your departmental and institutional affiliation.
Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · last mo.Is it acceptable to have ‘legitimate concerns’ about AI?
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 👇
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-...
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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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...
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
inews.co.uk
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.
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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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...
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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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...
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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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...
SPAN@socphilneuro.bsky.social · 2mo agoSPAN at the Gulf this September!
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.
“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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