In this episode of Libromania, David chats with Cecilica Bembibre, a researcher at University College London, about the science behind the smell of old books: why people love it, why it matters, and what it means for the preservation of culture.
Cecilia Bembibre is a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts Heritage and Archaeology (SEAHA), University College London. She holds a degree in Communication from the University of Buenos Aires and an MRes from the Institute of Sustainable Heritage, The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies (UCL). She is interested in historic smells and they ways we engage with the olfactory aspect in heritage spaces. You can read more about her work at www.smellofheritage.org.
Remember: Subscribe, rate, review!
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Graham Greene the Spy, with Christopher Hull
On the Work of the Regional Novelist, with David Joy
Callie Feyen on Teaching Shakespeare
The Summer Reading Episode
Paul Sahre, One of the World's Foremost Book Cover Designers
Discussing the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalists with John Wilson
Christian Kiefer on "Phantoms" and the Writing Life
Dostoevsky's Gambling Problem (featuring Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson)
Eighth Day Book's owner, Warren Farha
The Tragic Story of A Confederacy of Dunces
On Sans Forgetica, a new font to aid memory retention
On the Best Film Adaptations of Books, with Jeffrey Overstreet and Steven Greydanus
Libromania Top 5: The Most Romantic Books
Matthew Zapruder, author of WHY POETRY, on life as a poet
Remembering Mary Oliver (with A.M. Juster and Allison Backous Troy)
S.D. Smith, Jonathan Rogers, & Douglas McKelvey talk process and vocation
Why "To Kill a Mockingbird" is America's most popular novel
The Year in Movies, with Jeffrey Overstreet
John Wilson on his favorite books of 2018
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
50 Tastes Of Gray
Dear Alice | Interior Design
Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast
The Story of Mankind
A Tale of Two Cities
Fresh Air
The Magnus Archives