Senior Lecturer in 19th Century English Literature @SurreySLL; now on Bluesky (CEMathieson) and instagram (Dr_Charlotte_Mathieson)
Joined October 2011
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3 May 2024
Very excited to be part of the @BritishAcademy_ Summer Showcase this July, with my exhibit “Sensing Sunscreen: the curious history of a familiar product”. It’s a fantastic programme - find out more and sign up here:
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/even… #forcuriousminds
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13 Nov 2024
I’ve now joined Bluesky, same handle as here, and would love to keep in touch with some followers over there! I’ve also been over on instagram/threads (more the former than the latter) for a while, @ Dr_Charlotte_Mathieson
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
2 Oct 2024
Really pleased to be part of this!
It's vital that we nurture #PhD students & #ECRs working on #TransportHistory & #MobilityHistory.
Please share widely!
H/t my co-convenors @cemathieson @TurnipRail @LewisChSmith @DrOliBetts Tamara Thornhill & Aparajita Mukhopadhyay.
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2 Oct 2024
PhD student or ECR working on #TransportHistory or #MobilityHistory?
Join the next @ihr_history Transport & Mobility History seminar for career guidance & to ask questions!
Thurs 24 October, 17.30 UK
Co-convened by our Dr Mike Esbester.
Register here:
history.ac.uk/events/finding…
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
26 Aug 2024
How did we go from buying Sun Lovin’ Malibu Barbies to taking every precaution to avoid direct sunlight? Sunblock scholar Charlotte Mathieson explains. zps.la/3Xfu5iR
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
13 Jul 2024
Lots of fantastic exhibitions @BritishAcademy_ Summer Showcase! Just been admiring this section of @cemathieson 's fabulous display about sunscreen and sun protection remedies ☀️Do go along today if you can before it closes!! 👏🏻
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12 Jul 2024
We’re off to a fantastic start at the @BritishAcademy_ #SummerShowcase after a busy private view last night and schools morning today! Looking forward to the public opening this evening and a full day tomorrow! @SurreySLL
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13 Jul 2024
The sunscreen scent-memory activity has also been popular and the memory board is filling up with some wonderful responses!
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13 Jul 2024
Barbie and her “peek-a-boo tan” has very much been stealing the show here 😍 She’s refreshed and ready for a full and final day of #summershowcase
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
Thanks to @BritishAcademy_ for another exciting #SummerShowcase. I enjoyed chatting to BA-funded researchers who are doing innovative, boundary-crossing work in #SHAPE subjects like @cemathieson @surreysll @uniofsurrey who runs the ‘Sensing Sunscreen’ project. I learned lots!
ALT Board with words about sunscreen and picture of organs bottle of sunscreen
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
12 Jul 2024
Not to be missed - Sensing Sunscreen: The curious history of a familiar product, featuring Barbie herself! Research and display by @cemathieson
ALT A display of red and white deck chairs and blue and white striped deck chairs in a large bay window.
ALT Two barbies are displayed on a wooden table, bearing visible tan lines
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
10 Jul 2024
Don't forget - you can meet the author of this blog and explore the medical, commercial, and cultural histories of sun protection from the 18th to 20th centuries at our Summer Showcase happening this weekend (12-13 July)! Book a free ticket here: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/even…
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
10 Jul 2024
How did British people approach suntanning and skincare in the early 20th century? In a new blog post, Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey @cemathieson explores the medical and commercial histories of sun protection through literary text:
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog…
ALT A black and white photo of a group a women at the beach. On the far right, a woman applies sun cream to her friends' backs on Margate Main Sands, 1934. Image credit: © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
9 Jul 2024
It's not too late to book a FREE ticket to our Summer Showcase on 12-13 July - a festival of ideas that features the latest, uplifting research from the best and brightest in humanities and social sciences. Soak up the sun and discover a world of ideas: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/even…
ALT A purple background with a halo of pink and orange surrounds the British Academy logo, with the words 'Summer showcase' on it. On the right hand side, the words '12-13 July 2024' are written in white.
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3 May 2024
Very excited to be part of the @BritishAcademy_ Summer Showcase this July, with my exhibit “Sensing Sunscreen: the curious history of a familiar product”. It’s a fantastic programme - find out more and sign up here:
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/even… #forcuriousminds
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26 Jun 2024
Prep is now well underway for my “Sensing Sunscreen” exhibit
ahead of the BA Summer Showcase next month: here’s a few items from my own collection that’ll be making an appearance ☀️🏝️#forcuriousminds
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27 Jun 2024
…and a c1960s home-use UV/infrared “Health Ray” lamp
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
26 Jun 2024
CFP for a giant of gothic literature call-for-papers.sas.upenn.ed… @hammerfilms @HorrorHammer1 @reviewwales
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
26 Jun 2024
Right, on to the next conference - send us your proposals for Dickens and the Gothic. We're keen to hear from both Gothic scholars and Dickensians to get a broad range of papers, so please spread the word! @IGA_Goths @DickensFellowHQ @Dickens_Society
26 Jun 2024
Extended CFP for this year's Dickens Day in London - email your proposals for talks on Dickens and the Gothic to us at dickensdayuk@gmail.com by 14th July. Thanks to all those who have already submitted - we'll be in touch after the new deadline.
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
13 Jun 2024
NEXT WEEK!
20 June, 17.30 UK, hybrid
@NEN_Sithole, Hidden voices: immorality, respectability, & African women on the Rhodesia Railways
An @ihr_history Transport & Mobility History seminar, co-convened by our Dr Mike Esbester; also @IHRWomen.
Booking:
history.ac.uk/events/hidden-…
ALT Hilda Ramushu, the first African female traffic officer in Zimbabwe, at work coupling wagons. From: The Railroader, 26 January 1984 (reference: National Archives of Zimbabwe).
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One month to go!
3 May 2024
Very excited to be part of the @BritishAcademy_ Summer Showcase this July, with my exhibit “Sensing Sunscreen: the curious history of a familiar product”. It’s a fantastic programme - find out more and sign up here:
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/even… #forcuriousminds
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Dr Charlotte Mathieson retweeted
11 Jun 2024
‘The @BritishAcademy_ study says that rather than being “low value”, [media and comms] courses play a vital role in the UK’s £108bn creative industries and have become increasingly relevant in a world grappling with new technologies’ theguardian.com/education/ar…
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