Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Culture @unibern, proud mom of three. Ask me about wounds, scars, tattoo narratives
Berne, Switzerland
Joined July 2014
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Lily Freeman-Jones on the binding power of legal documents written on sheepskin #culturalskin23
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Day 1 of #Culturalskin23 is concluding with a fantastic Cultural Skintervention from Freya Verlander - great to be thinking through our own skins after a day of exploring so many approaches and perspectives
My brilliant Bern colleague Hanna Piercy on race snd passing in medieval romance #culturalskin23
Reju Mathew: „we cannot talk about skin without talking about cast in India“ #culturalskin23
Riya Chawla provides strong proof that skin studies needs to enter global discussions #CulturalSkin23
My brilliant co-organiser Charlotte Mathieson @cemathieson now speaking about DH Lawrence #CulturalSkin23
Frauke Harms on violent assaults on female skin in Tortilla Curtain in our third panel „Disrupted Skins“ #CulturalSkin23
Continuing our brilliant panel with Yanjung Lee‘s contribution, on Trollope‘s Jammaica #culturalskin23
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The @culturalskin team are busy with final prep for #CulturalSkin23 (and for the first time, in person!). There’s still time to join us virtually - 28 speakers in 7 panels, a skintervention, roundtable, plus networking and collaborative Padlets. More here culturalskinstudies.com/257-…
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Our Thursday #CulturalSkin23 panel highlight is (Mis)reading skin: 4 papers will explore race, passing& power in Middle English Romance; reading Native American skin colour in C17th France; the pellicular poetics of SuAndi and Leah Purcell; and colourism in Indian film & ads
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#Culturalskin23 as with all our panels, speakers on this panel will be both in-person and virtual, joining us from India, Switzerland, USA, and the UK @hannah_piercy culturalskinstudies.com/257-…
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We have 2 more #CulturalSkin23 panel highlights coming up this week! On Sat 8th July “Skin as Thing” explores leather, taxidermy, parchment, and textual surface: from the ecologies of sheepskin in early modern drama and tracing the animal in early modern leather gloves (1/2)..
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… (2/2) to tactile surfaces in the poetry of Barbara Guest, and taxidermy and gendered ecologies in Kate Mosse’s work. Panellists join us virtually in person, as can attendees - more details and register here: culturalskinstudies.com/257-… #culturalskin23
@lfreemanjones @BohmSchnitker
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So looking forward to speaking at this exciting, cross-period, and interdisciplinary conference on all things skin! You can sign up to attend virtually or in person on 7-8 July here: culturalskinstudies.com/257-…
We’re really excited for the #CulturalSkin23 programme and each day next week we’ll be highlighting one of the panels - each with both in-person and virtual speakers, and attendees can join us in Guildford or online. More details and link to register here culturalskinstudies.com/257-…
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I’m very excited that next week we’ll have 2 whole days of this at #CulturalSkin23, with some of us finally meeting in person (including me and @nicnyf!) and others joining around the world online. Still time to join us, more here culturalskinstudies.com/257-…
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Setting up @CulturalSkin with @nicnyf has been a true highlight of the last few years, with so much generous exchange of ideas, feedback & knowledge at every reading group - so grateful to everyone who makes it what it is! New members are very welcome culturalskinstudies.com
With gratitude, as ever, to @cemathieson and @nicnyf for this opportunity to celebrate the work of our reading group members together, and to discover new approaches. You can find information about joining the skin studies reading group on the website link above 💫
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(2/2)… affective transmission and haptic contact in Middlemarch, and remote touching and technoscience in the long C20th. More details and register here culturalskinstudies.com/257-…
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As well as our main #CulturalSkin23 panels, on Friday evening we have an interactive Cultural Skintervention, and Saturday will conclude with a roundtable on the conference and what next culturalskinstudies.com/257-…