Such a joy to be part of this! 😍 looking forward to seeing you all in the Basque Country soon!!

Hamburg particularly lovely this evening. Many thanks to HIAS Hamburg &Emily Jones Whitman College for a fascinating day of plant humanities discussions

Check out the first issue of the new open-access Plant Perspectives journal from The White Horse Press, now available online for free viewing or downloading at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/view/… "Plant Perspectives is a new forum, grounded in interdisciplinary plant studies, to explore

I did indeed partake of Spargel in Hamburg - 4 times!

How did strawberries get their name? Fascinating article on their etymology by Staffan Fridell & Ingvar Svanberg- most likely from the old custom of stringing the fruits on a grass stem: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South Australian institution have scientists up in arms theconversation.com/it-could-be-th… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Great to welcome members of TORCH Oxford to Kew Gardens today to talk #research & see some of our fabulous #collections! Kew Gardens Library and Archives Mark Nesbitt Kew Science University of Oxford TheRuskinSchool Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social Nandini Das 𝑬𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒊

Looking forward to this workshop in Lisbon on 14 May - all welcome. At Natural History Museum, booking: museus.ulisboa.pt/node/648

Join our panel of distinguished speakers as we explore the critical intersection of history, power, and environmental governance to address today's climate challenges 🌍 Sign up for your free ticket 🎟️ Mark Nesbitt Kasia Paprocki #LSEFestival zurl.co/iT90

One week ùntil our small grants deadline! Perfect for #PharmHist research, event or display support.

Our new exhibition at the Marianne North Gallery offers a glimpse into the curation of our diverse specimens and objects. See it before April 2025, admission is included in your Kew Gardens entry. Not visiting soon? Check out the exhibition online 👇 ow.ly/ts6650RYqAZ

Last minute - but interested in textiles and/or paper, and near London? Don't miss Kazuko Satō speak on 65 years of experience in the craft of Japanese paper textiles. Really, a once in a lifetime opportunity. Free, 3 June, 2pm, at the British Museum eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-the…

Where Plants and People Meet A collaborative programme with Queen Mary University of London, providing a series of discussions & workshops. Book online for FREE events: slbi.org.uk/event/where-pl… Image credit: Chantier, Émeric. Sculpture, France. #SLBI #QMUL

NiCHE Ecological Reparation Global History of Empires Joana Gaspar de Freitas Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time Image of the Zebra Yale Env Humanities Black Geographies ICHO (also @ histocean.bsky.social) patrick bresnihan Ēriks Bredovskis Prof. Briony McDonagh @lolabellebaird Esther Marijnen Verity Burke Mark Nesbitt

19 June, London School of Advanced Study, University of London "Reinterpreting Amazonia: Baniwa Perspectives on Indigenous Curation": sas.ac.uk/events/reinter… #Amazonia #Museums

I'm Akosua, a #PhD Candidate on a #RacialJustice Placement at the Museum. I'm researching anti-fertility botanicals used by enslaved African women, focusing on Okra from Sloane's collection. Okra was used to manage fertility, helping to dismantle slavery and inform modern uses.

Join us on the 25 June for this FREE webinar, which is open to all. Plant Humanities UK and our Senior Archivist Kiri Ross-Jones will be speaking!

Don't miss our next The Collection Ecologies Research Collective Consortium #HistSTM seminar at 12pm EDT/6pm CEST! Our very own Katherine Arnold will discuss new research entitled 'The Will of Welwitsch: Collections as the Object of a Transnational Legal Battle' ✨ Sign up here for the link ➡️ chstm.org/content/collec…

Ecologies, Collections, and Contested Heritage: (Un-)Natural History and Italian Colonial Ambitions in Africa Deadline: July 15, 2024 This online series seeks to bring together historians of art and architecture, historians of science, experts in literary studies, /1

A pleasure to join my talented colleagues Elinor Breman Millennium Seed Bank UK Team and artist Masumi Yamanaka greeting HRH the Emperor of Japan in the Temperate House.