Talking Emotions Oxford

@UniofOxford doctoral and early career researchers explore the ways in which objects from the @AshmoleanMuseum can provide insights into the world of emotions.

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

With the publication of our podcasts (https://t.co/FJW7cFebn0) Talking Emotions officially comes to a close. You can learn more about the project on TORCH's website https://t.co/JOJ1IQpxXD and/or visit the Talking Emotions website https://t.co/jjfkJJz6uS.

[Naveen Zaidi Farhan @naveen_zaidi]

.@samantariq30 and I have been working on this seminar series for the last few months. Talks are online and open to all -- please come by if anything looks interesting!

[TORCH Oxford @TORCHOxford]

Talking Emotions: Humanizing our images of ancient Egypt

@dramaticpapyrus writes on "a cosmetic spoon in the shape of a ‘swimming girl’" - "it is small, personal, and most of all delightful."

Discover more: https://t.co/7mUgI4iPFK

@AshmoleanMuseum

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

For our final talk, we have a video by @r_coombes of @OxfordArtHist. She explores the role that music played in the emotional lives of the wealthy in the 17th century. https://t.co/Tc7FX0K1fv

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

Ranjamrittika Bhowmik of @OrientStudiesOx explores the embodiment of a powerful emotion, compassion, through the figure of the Buddha of Compassion, Avalokitesvara. https://t.co/LitoNP1kdA

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

What can a nineteenth-century board of Snakes and Ladders tell us about emotions, morality, and colonialism? Find out with @naveen_zaidi of @OxfordHistory in today's talk. https://t.co/DQSnteOhY0

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

Dr. Katherine Backler of @oxfordclassics imagines the users of an ancient Greek cosmetics pot and the emotions it evoked in them. https://t.co/JYQG6FLei5

[TORCH Oxford @TORCHOxford]

As part of the @TalkingEmosOx project, Dr @DafyddMDaniel writes on 'The ‘Sentimental’ @AshmoleanMuseum Painting that was nearly the Great Seal of the United States'.

Find out more about this unlikely choice: https://t.co/3hXAGZr3yv

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

Explore the emotion of wonder with @kp_heath of @RAIOxford as she talks about John Constable’s cloudscapes and the art produced through NASA’s Art Program. https://t.co/0G5Yv5Fqsz

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

You can also read about @dramaticpapyrus' experience with Talking Emotions and humanizing images of ancient Egypt here: https://t.co/cv8eO2JbyD

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

Today with @dramaticpapyrus of @OrientStudiesOx consider how different kinds of anticipation may shape understandings of single images over the course of millennia. https://t.co/fxjRbYnSxU

[TORCH Oxford @TORCHOxford]

"By using objects as a bridge between the emotions of the past and those of today, Talking Emotions provided a unique opportunity to promote meaningful encounters..."

Explore @TalkingEmosOx through this new @OxGradProjects podcast series: https://t.co/NYv5n13vfi

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

Our talk for today is by Emily Clifford of @oxfordclassics. She looks at two ancient Athenian pots and the emotions of love and longing that surround them. https://t.co/HP1JTTz7lT

[Ashmolean Museum @AshmoleanMuseum]

Other episodes in the series feature a varied selection of objects from our collection, uncovering the ties between John Constable and NASA, Snakes and Ladders and colonialism, or ancient Athenian pots and Zoom calls. https://t.co/objmKLA1Yc

[Ashmolean Museum @AshmoleanMuseum]

"How do you think Hercules looks in this painting?"

That's the first question posed by @DafyddMDaniel in his fascinating new video podcast for @TalkingEmosOx. https://t.co/PXPnMNMzar

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

You can learn more about this fascinating painting in the @AshmoleanMuseum and Dafydd's research here: https://t.co/SAZHtVrLjL.

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

The first talk we are going to highlight is by @DafyddMDaniel of @OU_TheoReligion. He discusses the relationship between aesthetics and ethics, art and morality, in Paolo de Mattheis' painting, The Choice of Hercules (1712). https://t.co/fY9KrIZBNc

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

Most of all thank you to our wonderful researchers! @DafyddMDaniel, Emily Clifford, @dramaticpapyrus, @kp_heath, Katherine Backler, @naveen_zaidi, @r_coombes, Ranja Bhowmik, and @sabinebeans. Learn more about them here: https://t.co/jjfkJJz6uS

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

With the publication of our podcasts (https://t.co/FJW7cFebn0) Talking Emotions officially comes to a close. You can learn more about the project on TORCH's website https://t.co/JOJ1IQpxXD and/or visit the Talking Emotions website https://t.co/jjfkJJz6uS.

[Talking Emotions Oxford @TalkingEmosOx]

Thank you to everyone at @OxGradProjects and @TORCHOxford for all of the funding, administrative, and technical support.