Intoxication of the Senses: Pleasure, Poison and Perception, 1600-present
Alternate Tuesdays, 12.00-14.00 during term time
CRASSH
Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT
Programme 2012
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Easter Term 2012
During Easter Term the group will have private events only (work in progress sessions for conveners only)
Investigating the Intoxication of the Senses Pleasure, Poison, and Perception in Europe, 1600 to the Present
Monday, 24 Sep 2012
A one-day symposium. Invitation only
A one-day symposium. Invitation only
Lent Term 2012
The Closet of Kenelm Digby, 1669 - cook books and measurement in the early 17th century
Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012
Reading Group
Reading Group
Thomas Reid's Inquiry Into the Human Mind, 1764 - 18th-century 'common sense' philosophy
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012
Reading Group
Reading Group
Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, 1954 - experiments with mescalin
Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012
Reading Group
Reading Group
Holland's Translation of Pliny, 1601 - encyclopedia of natural history from AD 77-79, focus particularly on spices and perfumes
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2012
Reading Group
Reading Group
Delight and Disgust: The Alteration of the Senses. In Conversation -Mark Jenner with Lizzie Collingham-
Thursday, 1 Mar 2012
Mark Jenner (University of York), Lizzie Collingham (Food Historian). NB Different time 5.00pm -7.00pm
Mark Jenner (University of York), Lizzie Collingham (Food Historian). NB Different time 5.00pm -7.00pm
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