
Mansfield Isolation Conversation
These articles, linked by the common theme of social isolation, give an introduction to our subjects and the tutors who teach them.
The conversation so far
Our English Literature tutors contributed articles on Medieval anchoresses, Oscar Wilde's experience of forced solitary confinement, Daniel Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Fears in Solitude and Thomas Nashe as 'plague's prisoner'.
Our Physics & Materials tutors have contributed pieces on the magnetic properties of isolated atoms, Solitary Neutrinos and the socialising qubits in quantum computing.
Watch this space for Maths making waves, and more subjects to come ...
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Mansfield Isolation Conversation
- 3rd and 4th Century Social Distancing in the Desert (Jenn Strawbridge, Theology)
- Avoiding an Empty Universe with Solitary Neutrinos (Steve Biller, Physics)
- Daniel Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year (Ros Ballaster, English)
- Doing Community in Isolation: Mosques, Mecca and One Direction
- Isolation and Revelation (Alison Salvesen, Oriental Studies)
- Magnets in isolation (Stephen Blundell, Physics)
- Oscar Wilde in prison (Michèle Mendelssohn, English)
- Physically, but not socially, isolated: Insights from a small Micronesian island
- Power and politics amidst COVID-19 seclusions—perspectives from geography (Amber Murrey, Geography)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘Fears in Solitude’ (Ruth Scobie, English)
- Social Distancing in Ancrene Wisse (Lucinda Rumsey, English)
- Social distancing and quantum computing – are we all qubits now? (Jason Smith, Materials Science)
- Thomas Nashe: ‘Plague’s Prisoner’ (Chris Salamone, English)
- Even buildings need isolation (Sinan Acikgoz, Engineering)
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Mansfield Isolation Conversation