Body in History Network
Academic study is often concerned with the mind, with ideas, reason, and fact which are implicitly set against the messy, complicated realities of human embodiment. However, recent decades have seen a turn towards the body across the humanities and social sciences, a wide-ranging and dynamic topic. Alongside this ‘somatic turn’ in academia, contemporary culture displays something of an obsession with the body, its appearance, performance, and management. Moreover, even when our research does not directly touch on the body, we all have bodies, and our engagements with the university and archive as well as broader society are informed by our different experiences of embodiment.
The Body in History Network brings together researchers across disciplines interested in the history, representation, and experience of the human body and its environments. The group provides a space to unite the disparate range of body research at Oxford, offering a unique opportunity to cross disciplinary divides, network, and share insights. Please email bihn@history.ox.ac.uk to join the mailing list.
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Email bihn@history.ox.ac.uk
Convenors:
Helena C. Aeberli (Faculty of History, Magdalen College, Second Year)
Emilia Stuchlik (Faculty of History, Lincoln College, Third Year Part-time)
Orestis Tzirtzilakis (Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Merton College, Fourth Year)
Chloe Green (Faculty of Music, University College, Second Year)
Please let us know any questions to bihn@history.ox.ac.uk
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