Tiffany Watt Smith

Dr. Tiffany Watt Smith is a cultural historian and author of SCHADENFREUDE: The Joy of Another's Misfortune and The Book of Human Emotions. In 2014, she was named a BBC New Generation Thinker, and her TED talk The History of Emotions has over 1.5 million views. She is currently a Wellcome Trust research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London. In her previous career, she was a theater director.

Not Just a German Word: A Brief History of Schadenfreude

"This is a confession: sometimes I feel good when others feel bad."

November 21, 2018 By Tiffany Watt Smith

In Search of Obscure Words for Even Rarer Feelings

The More Emotions We Can Name, The Better Off We'll Be

June 6, 2016 By Tiffany Watt Smith

Tiffany Watt Smith

Not Just a German Word: A Brief History of Schadenfreude

"This is a confession: sometimes I feel good when others feel bad."

In Search of Obscure Words for Even Rarer Feelings

The More Emotions We Can Name, The Better Off We'll Be

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