Renaissance Goo

Two-year project funded by the Royal Society to remake Renaissance skincare recipes with a soft matter scientist.

Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	1/09/21 → 31/08/23
Links	https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/renaissance_goo/

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Amicizia e creatività nelle acconciature femminili tra Quattrocento e Cinquecento
Translated title of the contribution: Friendship and Creativity in Women's Hairstyles in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth CenturiesBurke, J., 30 Nov 2023, Le Trecce di Faustina: Acconciature, donne e potere nel Rinascimento. Burns, H., Farinella, V. & Mussolin, M. (eds.). Milan: Skira Editore, p. 41-48 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
How to Be A Renaissance Woman: An Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity
Burke, J., 3 Aug 2023, London: Profile Books. 336 p. (Wellcome Collection)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Encapsulated bacteria deform lipid vesicles into flagellated swimmers
Nagard, L. L., Brown, A. T., Dawson, A., Martinez, V. A., Poon, W. C. K. & Staykova, M., 15 Aug 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 119, 34, p. 1-7 7 p., e2206096119.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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‘Beneath that ugly shell a most beautiful soul’: How Renaissance Women Discussed their own Ugliness
Burke, J. (Invited speaker)
25 May 2023
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Adornment and Femininity in Renaissance Culture
Burke, J. (Keynote speaker)
21 Apr 2023
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
On Recipes, Bodies and Time (Or Where’s the History in Historical Reconstruction?)
Burke, J. (Invited speaker)
9 Nov 2022
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk