Victorian Light Night goes to Dunedin, New Zealand 7 September 2020 Earlier this year, our Principal Investigator travelled with The Projection Studio to the University of Otago, New Zealand in order to share Victorian Light Night.
The Contagion Cabaret: The Film (and Post Show Decontamination!) 25 June 2020 The Contagion Cabaret is a brilliant irreverent look at plagues and pandemics, past and present--and now it's also a film!
Sleep and Stress, a special issue of Interface Focus 17 April 2020 This issue brings together a collection of papers focussed on sleep and stress.
Sleep and Stress, Special Issue Blog 17 April 2020 The latest issue of Interface Focus brings together a collection of papers focussed on sleep and stress. The topic is considered from both a historical and modern-day scientific perspective, with the articles spanning the sciences and humanities.
What unites Victorian and modern sleep researchers? -- An Oxplore Podcast 2 October 2019 What unites Victorian and modern sleep researchers? A full discussion with Prof. Sally Shuttleworth (English Faculty) and Prof. Russell Foster (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences)
PI Sally Shuttleworth explores how "stress caused sleeplessness for the Victorians too" on The Conversation sshuttleworth, 20 September 2019 “Sleeplessness is one of the torments of our age and generation.” You might presume that this is a quote from a contemporary commentator, and no wonder: the World Health Organisation has diagnosed a global epidemic of sleeplessness.
Past, Present, or Fiction?: Playing Mind-Boggling Medical History 3 June 2019 The room is quiet. Groups of students – year ten mostly – have just been given little piles of cards to sort through. Each card has a statement about medicine.
Podcast series: Diseases in Dialogue 3 June 2019 Researchers from the ERC-funded "Diseases of Modern Life" project at the University of Oxford join experts from a range of fields to discuss some of the major questions surrounding scientific, technological and medical developments.
Podcasts: Recordings from Solitude and Modernity colloquium 3 June 2019 The ‘Solitude and Modernity’ colloquium was co-sponsored by ‘Diseases of Modern Life’ (Oxford) and ‘Pathologies of Solitude’ (Queen Mary University of London).
Victorian Light Night video wins Public Engagement Award 3 June 2019 We are beyond excited to announce that 'The Victorian Speed of Life' project has won an University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Award.
Videos from Mind Reading 2019: Adolescence, Literature, and Mental Health 3 June 2019 See the videos from our conference, Mind Reading: Adolescence, Literature and Mental Health
'Such a Pair – The Twin Lives of Humans and Trees', Catherine Charlwood's Hay Festival Lecture 30 May 2019 Catherine won the 2019 ASLE/INSPIRE Literature and Sustainability Lecture Competition, giving her the opportunity to present her research at the Hay Festival.
Collaborating with the Thomas Hardy Society 20 May 2019 The last blog post introduced why we created GCSE resources, while this one explains how we've used them in events with teachers and students.
Creating Research-Based GCSE English Resources: How Scholars of the Nineteenth Century can Help Schoolteachers 15 May 2019
Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Seminars in Trinity Term 2019 11 April 2019 Our final seminar series of the project is announced.
Podcast: Victorian Light Night, an interview with The Projection Studio 1 April 2019 How do you turn five years of research into a spectacular light and sound show?
Reflecting on Victorian Light Night 1 April 2019 Three key figures - Prof. Sally Shuttleworth, Ross Ashton and Karen Monid - reflect on their experiences of Victorian Light Night.
Tales of Two Jameses: Literature, science and medicine at the end of the nineteenth century 26 February 2019 As a research assistant with Diseases of Modern Life, I will be looking at fin-de-siècle representations of mental illness and addiction, especially as these afflictions were conceived as being transferred among hereditary lines.
Pre-Printed Diaries and Almanacs: An Aid to Managing the Diseases of Modern Life? 18 February 2019 Hannah Wills, our new Research Assistant, introduces her work on Victorian diaries.
Podcast: #Ruskin200 - Ruskin, Science and the Environment 28 January 2019 You can listen to our #Ruskin200 podcast here.
When Greeks Flew Kites – Sleep: A Third of Human History 7 January 2019 Our PI, Professor Sally Shuttleworth, speaks about Victorians, overwork, and quack cures for sleeplessness on the 7th January 2019 broadcast of Radio 4’s When Greeks Flew Kites.
Podcast - Victorian Light Night: Collaborating with Cheney School 16 December 2018 Today we released a podcast detailing our work with Cheney School as part of Victorian Light Night.
Victorian Light Night: The Projection Video 3 December 2018 Having suitably intrigued you about the projection shown on Victorian Light Night and/or made you sorry you missed it, we are excited to share video footage of "Victorian Speed of Life".
