Should anyone want to read my reflections on causing a stink and going viral, my article with The New Statesman is linked below: newstatesman.com/politics/media…

Dec 7 @scmpnews: "Ban wei (Smell of work)—One China buzzword that gained traction on mainland social media, where users share their strategies for 'washing off ban wei' to achieve a better work-life balance, such as through travel and social activities / sc.mp/tfjm1 "

New post on the SSG blog! A fun, semi-academic read on the link between smell, overconsumption and marginalizationin in a popular christmastime rewatch: How the Grinch stole Christmas (2000). By the SSG's own Dr. Manon Raffard Read here: smellstudies.com/blog/one-mans-…

New publication in smell studies now available : Common Scents by Jonas Rosenbrück. Check it out here: sunypress.edu/Books/C/Common…

🥁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 pdimagearchive.org Public Domain Image Archive

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: crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/45567/#…

This is…unreal. No flavours for you!

Feb 16 Dr Ally Louks: "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. x.com/DrAllyLouks/st… "

i am reading The Forgotten Sense (2025, 2023c Det underskattade sinnet) by Jonas Olofsson / Mariner Books "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 […]"

🎤 Let's welcome Dr Dr Cora Lingling Xu许玲玲博士 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!

🎺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. Scottish Centre for China Research 苏格兰中国研究中心 #BPCS2025

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

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: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

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

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!

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

Looking forward to speaking about olfactory Sinophobia at British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies Conference on Friday!

I had such a lovely time British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies Annual Conference in Glasgow today. Thank you to all of the organisers and the other panelists, I learnt so much!

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

We're very proud to announce that Odeuropa has won one of Europe's top heritage awards in 2025, the Europa Nostra: europeanheritageawards.eu/winners/odeuro… Please look for a blogpost next week on our website with more details.