Gemma

PhD Student @EdinburghUni | Smells, odour and Sinaphobia in Britain and China
Museum Supervisor at @SCOTSDGmuseum

[Gemma @G_MCarr]

🎉 Call for Papers | 2026 Asian Histories Graduate Conference [Closes Friday!]
Please use the following link to apply: https://t.co/mv01coFAMG

[Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar @OxIHEAS]

The Call for Abstracts for the Michaelmas Term (13 Oct to 7 Dec) 2025 Session of the International History of East Asia Seminar at the University of Oxford is out now - Please share widely!

Please note - The deadline for Michaelmas Term IHEAS seminar abstracts is 28 Sep 2025.

[Odeuropa @odeuropa]

We're very proud to announce that Odeuropa has won one of Europe's top heritage awards in 2025, the Europa Nostra: https://t.co/t9gF1SuepI Please look for a blogpost next week on our website with more details.

[Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar @OxIHEAS]

Here is our updated termcard for TT25 - Please note that our Week 6 session will take place on 4 June at 5pm in the Ho Tim Room at the University of Oxford China Centre, while our Week 8 session will take place on 18 June at 1pm in the T.S. Eliot Lecture Theatre at Merton College

[Gemma @G_MCarr]

I had such a lovely time @BPCS_China Annual Conference in Glasgow today. Thank you to all of the organisers and the other panelists, I learnt so much!

[British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies @BPCS_China]

Following with the information for Panel Session 3, we look forward to seeing all of our presenters in Glasgow on 23 May! 🌺🌺

[Gemma @G_MCarr]

Looking forward to speaking about olfactory Sinophobia at @BPCS_China Conference on Friday!

[British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies @BPCS_China]

Again many thanks to BACS, the University of Glasgow’s School of Social & Political Sciences (UofGSPS), and SCCR (Scottish Centre for China Research) for supporting this year’s BPCS Annual Conference!
We look forward to seeing everyone in Glasgow in two days!#BPCS2025

[British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies @BPCS_China]

Again many thanks to BACS, the University of Glasgow’s School of Social & Political Sciences (UofGSPS), and SCCR (Scottish Centre for China Research) for supporting this year’s BPCS Annual Conference!
We look forward to seeing everyone in Glasgow in two days!#BPCS2025

[Gemma @G_MCarr]

I am excited to present at the Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar later today. I will be talking about Opium, Odours, and Olfactory Prejudice in China and London's Chinatown. If interested, please feel free to join!

[Gemma @G_MCarr]

Looking forward to speaking at the Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar this week!

[Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar @OxIHEAS]

Do join us ONLINE for our Week 4 session on Weds 21 May at 5pm BST on 'Reframing Modern China: Deaf Education and the Sensory Politics of Race and Empire' - Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

NOTE - This session is ONLINE ONLY.

MS Teams Link:

https://t.co/LXKGS5Hzwf

[Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar @OxIHEAS]

Do join us ONLINE for our Week 4 session on Weds 21 May at 5pm BST on 'Reframing Modern China: Deaf Education and the Sensory Politics of Race and Empire' - Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

NOTE - This session is ONLINE ONLY.

MS Teams Link:

https://t.co/LXKGS5Hzwf

[British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies @BPCS_China]

🎺Let’s welcome Prof Jane Duckett as one of our keynote speakers! Drawing on decades of publishing experience, she will walk us through how to write for Chinese Studies journals, handle peer review, and respond to editors. @UofGChinaCentre #BPCS2025

[British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies @BPCS_China]

🎤 Let's welcome Dr @CoraLinglingXu as one of our keynote speakers! She draws from her new book The Time Inheritors to explore how intergenerational time inequality shapes educational mobility in China and beyond.
🗓️CFP extended 25/4/2025
📣Other keynote speakers TBC–stay tuned!

[smellstories @smellstories]

i am reading The Forgotten Sense (2025, 2023c Det underskattade sinnet) by Jonas Olofsson / @MarinerBooks

"the strong suggestibility of contextual cues is one of the distinctive features of the sense of smell; it is the key to its richness, but also its limitations […]"

[smellstories @smellstories]

Feb 16 @DrAllyLouks: "The variety of responses below goes to show how subjective smell is. I personally don’t like the smell of cigarettes, and have never smoked, but it’s easy to see why some people would find it comforting and others disgusting. https://t.co/QQjni0OXrZ "

[Dr Ally Louks @DrAllyLouks]

This is…unreal. No flavours for you!

[Smell Studies @SmellStudies]

CFP for transdisciplinary symposium on "Scent and Imagination" (CRASSH Cambridge). Co-organized by SSG member Sofia Livi, with Chloé Guillaume and Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti.
Deadline for abstracts: 20 February 2025
More info here:
https://t.co/Edy9JLD24L

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

🥁Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse https://t.co/loRIxVgm6e @pdimagearchive

[Smell Studies @SmellStudies]

New publication in smell studies now available : Common Scents by Jonas Rosenbrück. Check it out here: https://t.co/0qn9oj4KMz

[Dr Ally Louks @DrAllyLouks]

Should anyone want to read my reflections on causing a stink and going viral, my article with The New Statesman is linked below: https://t.co/Hnqmzhz2DE