Embodying Histories: Daniel Jacquet (University of Chicago)

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Daniel Jaquet is a current Fulbright Scholar in the Department of History at the University of Chicago. A medievalist with a background in literary studies and interests in history of science and material culture in the early modern period, he specializes in martial arts studies, with specific interest into the production, transmission, and reception of embodied knowledge in the past. His current project is looking into the development of physical exercises in the United States (1820-1920), especially the reception of Swedish Gymnastics and its influence in the United States.

Embodying Histories is funded by the Baermann's Body project and hosted in collaboration with the University of York's Historical Practice Research Network and School of Arts and Creative Technologies, and the Performance and Embodiment cluster at the Orpheus Instituut Gent.

The seminars are free and open to anyone to attend. They will comprise a mixture of presentation and discussion.