Dr Lauren Alex O'Hagan
@drlaurenalexohagan.bsky.social
🎵 I got me them Rory Gallagher blues🎵
Creator of Rewriting Rory | Research Fellow at Open University | Affiliate Researcher at Örebro University | Specialist in 19th/early 20th-c. visual/material culture & Irish ethnomusicology
www.rewritingrory.co.uk
Creator of Rewriting Rory | Research Fellow at Open University | Affiliate Researcher at Örebro University | Specialist in 19th/early 20th-c. visual/material culture & Irish ethnomusicology
www.rewritingrory.co.uk
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My first Bluesky post! After 3 years of research, 200+ interviews & archival visits in 15 countries, I'm thrilled to announce Rory Gallagher: The Later Years is now out! What an emotional journey & a true labour of love for a man who means the world to me. Rory, I hope you like it ❤️
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#rorygallagher
A slight detour from the usual focus of my 'Forgotten Fridtjof' blog to write a little piece on S.A. Andrée. I look at a selection of wonderful objects in the Grenna Museum that show how polar exploration was transmitted back home to the Swedish public:
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August 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A slight detour from the usual focus of my 'Forgotten Fridtjof' blog to write a little piece on S.A. Andrée. I look at a selection of wonderful objects in the Grenna Museum that show how polar exploration was transmitted back home to the Swedish public:
forgottenfridtjof.com/2026/08/19/f...
forgottenfridtjof.com/2026/08/19/f...
As a huge boardgame nerd, it was a pleasure to write this little blog post for The Victorianist on 'Heroic' Age polar-themed boardgames:
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#polarexploration #boardgames
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#polarexploration #boardgames
From the Poles to the Parlour: Boardgames and the ‘Heroic’ Age of Polar Exploration
Lauren Alex O’Hagan is Research Fellow in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University and Affiliate Researcher in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Öre…
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August 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
As a huge boardgame nerd, it was a pleasure to write this little blog post for The Victorianist on 'Heroic' Age polar-themed boardgames:
victorianist.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/f...
#polarexploration #boardgames
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#polarexploration #boardgames
My latest article 'The Commercial South Pole: Brands, Consumer Culture and the Commodification of Captain Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13)' is now out with Endeavour. Find out more here:
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#advertisements #antarctica #polarstudies #captainscott
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#advertisements #antarctica #polarstudies #captainscott
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August 5, 2026 at 8:24 AM
My latest article 'The Commercial South Pole: Brands, Consumer Culture and the Commodification of Captain Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13)' is now out with Endeavour. Find out more here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#advertisements #antarctica #polarstudies #captainscott
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#advertisements #antarctica #polarstudies #captainscott
Delighted to see my paper with Helen Andersson is now out with Visual Communication. It looks at corporate social responsibility and national belonging in Swedish food retailer ICA’s Folke Cheese Initiative. You can find out more below:
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July 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Delighted to see my paper with Helen Andersson is now out with Visual Communication. It looks at corporate social responsibility and national belonging in Swedish food retailer ICA’s Folke Cheese Initiative. You can find out more below:
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Thank you @uk.theconversation.com for the opportunity to write this piece on my 'Music as Cultural Refuge' project and the important role @rorygallagher.com's concerts played for young people growing up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
theconversation.com/during-the-t...
#rorygallagher
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#rorygallagher
During the Troubles, music shaped alternative identities for a generation of Northern Irish teenagers
Young people would cross territorial boundaries for band practice, house parties or underground gigs.
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July 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Thank you @uk.theconversation.com for the opportunity to write this piece on my 'Music as Cultural Refuge' project and the important role @rorygallagher.com's concerts played for young people growing up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
theconversation.com/during-the-t...
#rorygallagher
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#rorygallagher
The first of my studies on the 2024 Rory Gallagher Auction has now been published with Rock Music Studies. It looks at what made the Rory auction unique compared to other high-profile music auctions in recent years. Hope you enjoy it 🙂
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@rorygallagher.com #rorygallagher
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@rorygallagher.com #rorygallagher
“Doing Right by Rory”: Affective, Ritualized, and Ethical Practices at the 2024 Rory Gallagher Collection Auction
In 2024, the estate of the late Irish blues-rock musician Rory Gallagher announced that his personal instrument collection would be offered for sale at the London auction house Bonhams. As a site o...
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July 9, 2026 at 7:38 AM
The first of my studies on the 2024 Rory Gallagher Auction has now been published with Rock Music Studies. It looks at what made the Rory auction unique compared to other high-profile music auctions in recent years. Hope you enjoy it 🙂
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@rorygallagher.com #rorygallagher
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@rorygallagher.com #rorygallagher
Delighted that my paper 'Constructing Polar Heroism and National Myth-Making in Norwegian Sheet Music Covers: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis' has now been published with Scandinavian Journal of History. You can read it open access here:
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#nansen #amundsen #norway
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#nansen #amundsen #norway
Constructing Polar Heroism and National Myth-Making in Norwegian Sheet Music Covers: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis
This paper provides the first systematic analysis of polar-themed sheet music covers depicting Norway’s celebrated explorers, Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, using multimodal critical discourse...
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July 6, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Delighted that my paper 'Constructing Polar Heroism and National Myth-Making in Norwegian Sheet Music Covers: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis' has now been published with Scandinavian Journal of History. You can read it open access here:
doi.org/10.1080/0346...
#nansen #amundsen #norway
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#nansen #amundsen #norway
My paper "Heritage as symbolic capital in outdoor apparel marketing: a multimodal critical discourse analysis" is now out with Multimodal Communication.
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June 25, 2026 at 10:50 AM
My paper "Heritage as symbolic capital in outdoor apparel marketing: a multimodal critical discourse analysis" is now out with Multimodal Communication.
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Delighted to share that my paper 'Scrapbooking as Sanctuary: Embodied Music Fandom, Affective Attachment & Female Cultural Labour in Early 1970s Belfast' about the
@rorygallagher.com scrapbooks in the Oh Yeah! Music Centre is now out with Popular Communication:
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@rorygallagher.com scrapbooks in the Oh Yeah! Music Centre is now out with Popular Communication:
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Scrapbooking as sanctuary: embodied music fandom, affective attachment and female cultural labor in early 1970s Belfast
This article offers the first scholarly exploration of a set of scrapbooks about Irish blues-rock musician Rory Gallagher, created by Carol Clerk – a teenage girl growing up in 1970s Belfast who wo...
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June 18, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Delighted to share that my paper 'Scrapbooking as Sanctuary: Embodied Music Fandom, Affective Attachment & Female Cultural Labour in Early 1970s Belfast' about the
@rorygallagher.com scrapbooks in the Oh Yeah! Music Centre is now out with Popular Communication:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@rorygallagher.com scrapbooks in the Oh Yeah! Music Centre is now out with Popular Communication:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Not a day goes by that you're far from my thoughts, dear Rory, but never more so than today. As the years pass, it somehow gets harder to convey my love for you, but you've brought such joy, strength & meaning to my life. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for everything ❤️
#rorygallagher
#rorygallagher
June 14, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Not a day goes by that you're far from my thoughts, dear Rory, but never more so than today. As the years pass, it somehow gets harder to convey my love for you, but you've brought such joy, strength & meaning to my life. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for everything ❤️
#rorygallagher
#rorygallagher
The final paper in my Rory music keepsakes study is out now with Journal of Popular Music Studies!
Find out more here:
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#rorygallagher #blues #fandom
Find out more here:
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#rorygallagher #blues #fandom
Arranging and Displaying Music Keepsakes in the HomeRelational and Embodied Narratives of Memory and the Self
This paper offers a novel perspective on the materiality of fandom by exploring the relational and embodied material networks that connect people, music keepsakes, and domestic spaces. Drawing on obje...
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June 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The final paper in my Rory music keepsakes study is out now with Journal of Popular Music Studies!
Find out more here:
online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
#rorygallagher #blues #fandom
Find out more here:
online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
#rorygallagher #blues #fandom
My paper "The Subtle Codification of Science Through Integrated Design: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of the Online Marketing of Vitamin Patches" has now been published in Critical Discourse Studies. Find out more here:
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The subtle codification of science through integrated design: A multimodal critical discourse analysis of the online marketing of vitamin patches
Published in Critical Discourse Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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June 4, 2026 at 7:23 AM
My paper "The Subtle Codification of Science Through Integrated Design: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of the Online Marketing of Vitamin Patches" has now been published in Critical Discourse Studies. Find out more here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Delighted to share that one of the papers from my Rory study on music keepsakes has now been published with Journal of Fandom Studies:
intellectdiscover.com/.../jou.../1...
It's behind a paywall but if you do want to read it, please let me know & I'll be happy to share a copy.
#rorygallagher
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It's behind a paywall but if you do want to read it, please let me know & I'll be happy to share a copy.
#rorygallagher
June 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Delighted to share that one of the papers from my Rory study on music keepsakes has now been published with Journal of Fandom Studies:
intellectdiscover.com/.../jou.../1...
It's behind a paywall but if you do want to read it, please let me know & I'll be happy to share a copy.
#rorygallagher
intellectdiscover.com/.../jou.../1...
It's behind a paywall but if you do want to read it, please let me know & I'll be happy to share a copy.
#rorygallagher
Delighted to share news of my latest publication "How mobile mental health applications promote entrepreneurial ways of life: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of interface design", co-written with my Örebro colleague, Göran Eriksson, for Social Semiotics:
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How mobile mental health applications promote entrepreneurial ways of life: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of interface design
This study uses multimodal critical discourse analysis to explore the growing market of mental health applications (MHapps), particularly those using sound and music to promote wellbeing. Focusing ...
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June 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Delighted to share news of my latest publication "How mobile mental health applications promote entrepreneurial ways of life: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of interface design", co-written with my Örebro colleague, Göran Eriksson, for Social Semiotics:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Delighted to share news of my latest article ‘A Chink of Light’: Rory Gallagher, Youth Fandom and Musical Refuge in Early 1970s Belfast, just published with the Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland.
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#rorygallagher #Belfast
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#rorygallagher #Belfast
@rorygallagher.com
April 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Delighted to share news of my latest article ‘A Chink of Light’: Rory Gallagher, Youth Fandom and Musical Refuge in Early 1970s Belfast, just published with the Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland.
jsmi.musicologyireland.ie/index.php/jo...
#rorygallagher #Belfast
@rorygallagher.com
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#rorygallagher #Belfast
@rorygallagher.com
Outside the music sphere, where Rory Gallagher reigns supreme for me, one of my biggest heroes is the Norwegian polymath Fridtjof Nansen. In an effort to make this remarkable man far better known, I’ve created the blog Forgotten Fridtjof:
www.forgottenfridtjof.com
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Forgotten Fridtjof
Exploring the life and legacy of Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Fridtjof Nansen
www.forgottenfridtjof.com
March 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Outside the music sphere, where Rory Gallagher reigns supreme for me, one of my biggest heroes is the Norwegian polymath Fridtjof Nansen. In an effort to make this remarkable man far better known, I’ve created the blog Forgotten Fridtjof:
www.forgottenfridtjof.com
www.forgottenfridtjof.com
Reposted by Dr Lauren Alex O'Hagan
As some of you would have seen already, Dónal was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Open University. I was the person who nominated him for the award and I was delighted to attend the ceremony in Dublin. Read the full report here:
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#rorygallagher
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#rorygallagher
All Hail, Dr Dónal! A Proud Day at Croke Park
Some years ago, I heard an interview with Dónal Gallagher where he joked that he was usually introduced either as “Rory’s brother” or “Cecilia’s husband.” It was obviously said in jest, but the com…
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March 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
As some of you would have seen already, Dónal was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Open University. I was the person who nominated him for the award and I was delighted to attend the ceremony in Dublin. Read the full report here:
rewritingrory.co.uk/2026/03/23/a...
#rorygallagher
rewritingrory.co.uk/2026/03/23/a...
#rorygallagher
What a whirlwind 48 hours! Dónal Gallagher's honorary doctorate at Croke Park, book signing at Irish Rock and Roll Museum, Collins Barracks to see the Strat and a very special trip to Some Neck Guitars 😍 Dublin, you've been good to me. 'Till the next time!
#rorygallagher #Ireland #Dublin
#rorygallagher #Ireland #Dublin
March 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM
What a whirlwind 48 hours! Dónal Gallagher's honorary doctorate at Croke Park, book signing at Irish Rock and Roll Museum, Collins Barracks to see the Strat and a very special trip to Some Neck Guitars 😍 Dublin, you've been good to me. 'Till the next time!
#rorygallagher #Ireland #Dublin
#rorygallagher #Ireland #Dublin
What a fantastic day it's been today at Croke Park. It was such a pleasure to put together this application. So very well deserved. Delighted that Dónal now joins our OU family ❤️
#oufamily #openuniversity #rorygallagher
#oufamily #openuniversity #rorygallagher
March 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
What a fantastic day it's been today at Croke Park. It was such a pleasure to put together this application. So very well deserved. Delighted that Dónal now joins our OU family ❤️
#oufamily #openuniversity #rorygallagher
#oufamily #openuniversity #rorygallagher
Happy heavenly birthday, dear Rory. Thank you for everything ❤️
March 2, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Happy heavenly birthday, dear Rory. Thank you for everything ❤️
Delighted to share the final article in our Selling Beauty special issue by our very own @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social on the marketing of Tho-Radia - a French radium-based beauty product. Read it here:
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#radium #beauty #marketing
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#radium #beauty #marketing
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February 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Delighted to share the final article in our Selling Beauty special issue by our very own @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social on the marketing of Tho-Radia - a French radium-based beauty product. Read it here:
doi.org/10.1108/JHRM...
#radium #beauty #marketing
@makeupmuseum.org
doi.org/10.1108/JHRM...
#radium #beauty #marketing
@makeupmuseum.org
Delighted to share news that my paper for our 'Selling Beauty' special issue is now out. It uses Maniol ads to explore 'dishpan hands', class anxiety & the performance of femininity in early 20th-century Sweden:
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@lucyjanesantos.bsky.social @makeupmuseum.org
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@lucyjanesantos.bsky.social @makeupmuseum.org
Dishpan hands, class anxiety and the performance of femininity: marketing Maniol hand cream in early 20th-century Sweden
Purpose. This study aims to examine how sociocultural changes in early 20th-century Sweden, particularly regarding the roles and expectations of women, gave rise to class anxieties and specific perfor...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Delighted to share news that my paper for our 'Selling Beauty' special issue is now out. It uses Maniol ads to explore 'dishpan hands', class anxiety & the performance of femininity in early 20th-century Sweden:
www.emerald.com/jhrm/article...
@lucyjanesantos.bsky.social @makeupmuseum.org
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@lucyjanesantos.bsky.social @makeupmuseum.org
My latest publication 'The gender bias in NIVEA® sunscreen advertisements in Sweden: A transhistorical perspective' is now out with Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty. Co-authored with Lame Kenalemang-Palm.
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@makeupmuseum.org @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social
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@makeupmuseum.org @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social
The gender bias in NIVEA® sunscreen advertisements in Sweden: A transhistorical perspective | Intellect
This article explores gender bias in NIVEA® sunscreen advertisements through a transhistorical lens, using multimodal critical discourse analysis to interrogate their linguistic and semiotic features ...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My latest publication 'The gender bias in NIVEA® sunscreen advertisements in Sweden: A transhistorical perspective' is now out with Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty. Co-authored with Lame Kenalemang-Palm.
doi.org/10.1386/csfb...
@makeupmuseum.org @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1386/csfb...
@makeupmuseum.org @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social
So happy to be nerding out at @terrorcamp.bsky.social 🤓 A rare and wonderful space where academic inquiry meets fan convention energy. Great to be with people across the world who are brilliantly, obsessively in love with polar exploration like me 😆
#polarexploration #terrorcamp #conference #fandom
#polarexploration #terrorcamp #conference #fandom
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
So happy to be nerding out at @terrorcamp.bsky.social 🤓 A rare and wonderful space where academic inquiry meets fan convention energy. Great to be with people across the world who are brilliantly, obsessively in love with polar exploration like me 😆
#polarexploration #terrorcamp #conference #fandom
#polarexploration #terrorcamp #conference #fandom
Our special issue has now been assigned a volume! You can catch up with the editorial and all six articles here. Two more to go - one by me on 'dishpan hands' and one by @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social on radium.
www.emerald.com/jhrm/issue/1...
#cosmetics #marketing #advertisements
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#cosmetics #marketing #advertisements
Volume 17 Issue 3-4 | Journal of Historical Research in Marketing | Emerald Publishing
Focuses entirely on marketing history and the history of marketing thought.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Our special issue has now been assigned a volume! You can catch up with the editorial and all six articles here. Two more to go - one by me on 'dishpan hands' and one by @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social on radium.
www.emerald.com/jhrm/issue/1...
#cosmetics #marketing #advertisements
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#cosmetics #marketing #advertisements