The English Department of the Faculty of Letters is pleased to announce the second edition of its international conference, now entitled Scents and Sensibilities: Adorning the Body, Scenting the Soul. Interdisciplinary Explorations of Perfume and Jewellery across Literature, Art, Psychology, and the Media. The event will take place in a hybrid format (online and onsite) between 26–28 February 2026. Building upon the success of The Olfactory Story of Perfume in Literature, Psychology, and the Arts (2024), this conference seeks to expand the interdisciplinary dialogue on the sensory, symbolic, and aesthetic dimensions of olfaction and ornamentation.
Through an interdisciplinary lens, the conference is conceived as a forum for scholars, artists, and practitioners to explore the cultural, psychological, aesthetic, and semiotic roles of perfume and jewellery as vehicles of self-expression, storytelling, and embodied identity. Participants are invited to examine how scent and ornament have functioned as cultural texts, psychological markers, and artistic motifs across diverse media, historical periods, and social contexts.
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