Talking Emotions Oxford

With the publication of our podcasts (tinyurl.com/2d7fae8y) Talking Emotions officially comes to a close. You can learn more about the project on TORCH's website tinyurl.com/ye6htfrj and/or visit the Talking Emotions website tinyurl.com/nwj3psnb.

.@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!

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: tinyurl.com/29vs9hut @AshmoleanMuseum

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. tinyurl.com/7fhm3mhc

Ranjamrittika Bhowmik of @OrientStudiesOx explores the embodiment of a powerful emotion, compassion, through the figure of the Buddha of Compassion, Avalokitesvara. tinyurl.com/3z3cuaj5

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. tinyurl.com/4k4ue7dc

Dr. Katherine Backler of @oxfordclassics imagines the users of an ancient Greek cosmetics pot and the emotions it evoked in them. tinyurl.com/zj3cp2u8

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: tinyurl.com/45e85p2j

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. tinyurl.com/p2kbbwpb

You can also read about @dramaticpapyrus' experience with Talking Emotions and humanizing images of ancient Egypt here: tinyurl.com/uua2a4hn

Today with @dramaticpapyrus of @OrientStudiesOx consider how different kinds of anticipation may shape understandings of single images over the course of millennia. tinyurl.com/9b47tzm

"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: tinyurl.com/5h2zcw52

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. tinyurl.com/rchceuvb

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. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

"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. youtube.com/watch?v=NKumNf…

You can learn more about this fascinating painting in the @AshmoleanMuseum and Dafydd's research here: tinyurl.com/996x2j5d.

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). tinyurl.com/3793zj75

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: tinyurl.com/nwj3psnb

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

With the publication of our podcasts (tinyurl.com/2d7fae8y) Talking Emotions officially comes to a close. You can learn more about the project on TORCH's website tinyurl.com/ye6htfrj and/or visit the Talking Emotions website tinyurl.com/nwj3psnb.