Rowan Rose Boyson
@rowanrobo
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Reader @kingsenglishdpt. Likes Enlightenment, Romanticism, philosophy, history, smell. Writing about the political meanings of air and atmosphere, 1640-1840.
Forest Gate & Kingsway
Joined April 2010
The star, Rebecca Barr. Hoping to wrangle childcare to attend
We are delighted to welcome @R_A_Barr on the 15th October to give our first QMCECS seminar of the semester. She will be speaking on 'Eliza Haywood's She Comedies'. 17:15 start, online and in person, all welcome! Full details can be found here:
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Greatly honoured by the invitation to speak at this - and what a super poster!
Join us next September in Cambridge and online for the 2025 BARS PGR & ECR Conference, ‘ROMANTIC (UN)CONSCIOUSNESS’ CfP live until 6 January 2025 - please share widely and we look forward to reading your submissions!
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Excited to see this out - congrats @SAHowardSmith !
I spent a good chunk of 2020/1 with post-covid anosmia and parosmia. @ExploreWellcome gave me the chance to reflect on my own experiences and what the @AnosmiaHistory project discovered about how people responded to smell loss in the past. Read here:
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RT @RoyalHistSoc: Like so many, all @RoyalHistSoc are deeply saddened to learn of the death of our friend, Arthur Burns. Arthur was a true…
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Two year lectureship in 18C literature at KCL - closing 06.08.23 - teaching poetry, literary theory, Gothic, the novel - in friendly, busy and inspiring department.
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@drrachelhewitt Wow Rachel, this seems like a bold and positive move, giving well deserved freedom over your time xxx
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‘Impaired Airs’ yesterday was a joy - thanks everyone who came alone.
Fantastic 'Impaired Airs' meeting @KingsCollegeLon today, superbly organised and chaired by @rowanrobo as part of the @AnosmiaHistory project. Thanks to all who participated, including @SAHowardSmith, @WillTullett, @chriskelly151 and many talented others - I learnt so much!
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A few places still available for an informal study day: 'Impaired Airs: Environmental Change and Sensory Loss in History and Culture', 10-6pm, Weds 19 July, KCL. We're talking about pollution, anosmia, nuisance, animal sense loss... Please email me if interested in participating!
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Kant’s missing Ice Cream Critique - Ruby Tandoh on London gelato 🤩 Read for the sublime Knickerbocker glory / Giant Panda analogy alone
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Thanks so much for the invite LitLon! Looking forward to exploring John Evelyn’s evocative and strange pamphlet, addressed to another new King Charles…
We are thrilled to have Dr Rowan Boyson joining us next week to discuss London air - past, present and future!
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So looking forward to introducing the brilliant Daisy Hay, to talk about her inspired portrait of a community and era organised around Joseph Johnson’s dinner parties. Come!
THIS FRIDAY!! London-Paris Romanticism Seminar. Daisy Hay (Exeter): 'Writing a Revolutionary Age in "Dinner with Joseph Johnson"'. Friday 24 March at 17.30. Senate House, London. Chair: Rowan Boyson. Free admission. Wine reception. All welcome. Details at
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@MLedgerLomas @pdsegal Preschool $48,050 Kindergarten $51,350 Lower School, grades 1–3 $51,350* Grades 4-8 $53,450* Grades 9–12 $55,050** *Grades 1-7 mandatory lunch fee of $1,300. **Grades 9-12 mandatory High School activity fee of $475
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RT @khetiwe24: Don't miss this @sciencemuseum blog post from @technocene in his role on the @nat_collection Congruence Engine project: http…
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