In 2023, American farmers grew more than 9 million acres of alfalfa. What makes this hay grass so special? From the #PlantHumanities Lab at Dumbarton Oaks: bit.ly/3Qj9Ahy

Our first IRL meeting and we were lovingly hosted by 𝗔𝗼𝗱𝗵𝗮́𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆 at The Plant @ FASoS #UMplanthumanities #planthumanities

The importance of #planthumanities and how herbaria might provide an ‘exemplar for research bridging the gap between the sciences and the humanities in fascinating ways’. The Herbarium as Digital Manuscript – ⁦NiCHE⁩ niche-canada.org/2023/05/26/the…

#PlantHumanities #PublicHistory

Delighted to share this news of a fantastic project developing with colleagues Lorna Mitchell Olwen M. Grace Getty Foundation #worksonpaper #curatorialresearch #art -science #planthumanities

This week we're launching a new exhibition 'Uprooted' in our Reading Room display. Here's a taster of the fantastic treasures Christina Harrison and Heather Craddock have put together on the history of trees, forest conservation, and deforestation.

#archives #exhibition #planthumanities

Happening now! The Impact of European Colonialism on Global Plant Redistribution by Bernd Lenzner @[email protected] Spoiler alert: it’s staggering! 🙏 The Linnean Society of London Dr Mark A. Spencer for these important conversations. #colonialism #history #science #plantscience #globalism #botany #Planthumanities

Thrilled to have been involved in this and especially delighted for S P A R K I N S O N Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh recipient #intangibleheritage #fungi #planthumanities #art +science

Congratulations to Susan C. Staub & all the contributors to Shakespeare's Botanical Imagination, new from Amsterdam Univ Press!
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The book appears in the series Environmental Humanities in Pre-Modern Cultures, aup.nl/en/series/envi…

#planthumanities #envhist

Just finished registering for the Society for Ethnobotany and Society of Ethnobiology #conference at Emory University . Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️ has planned a great lineup of speakers and workshops. #ethnobotany #economicbotany #ethnobiology #botany #usefulplants #planthumanities #plantscience

In the American West, a fight has emerged over who gets the water: people or alfalfa? From the #PlantHumanities Lab at Dumbarton Oaks: bit.ly/3Qj9Ahy

CULTIVATING THE PLANT HUMANITIES:
FREE lecture by Yota Batsaki, Exec Director Dumbarton Oaks Royal Holloway 9 May 2024 17:30 BST More: eventbrite.co.uk/e/cultivating-… #PlantHumanities Kew Science Kew Gardens Library and Archives RHUL GeoHumanities Arts and Humanities Research Council

Enjoyable day at The Linnean Society of London x Kew Gardens Tree Cultures conference with fascinating upstairs exhibition. Met people I hoped to meet, discovered names completely new to me and caught up with music folk I didn’t expect to bump into! #planthumanities

an interesting online course on plant intelligence! #planthumanities #plantstudies #plantintelligence 🧠🌱🌿

Kicking off day #3 of #EBHL2023 The Linnean Society of London for “Flora in Folio” Who could ask for anything more?!?! #planthumanities #envhist #booksbotany

Exciting new #PlantHumanities journal! Congratulations to editors, contributors, & all The White Horse Press Kew Gardens Library and Archives Kew Science RHUL GeoHumanities

Our new journal ‘Plant Perspectives’ is looking for a Creative Submissions Editor – a key role in a very exciting new publication (with issue 1.1 forthcoming in April!). More details here: whp-journals.co.uk/PP/CallsForPap… #envhum #plantHumanities #plants

A Spartina Alterniflora-Amaranthus Cannabina stand grows sheltered along a train track. Can you spot it?(scroll for legend) Plant Humanities The Plant Initiative Yale Env Humanities Joyce Chaplin 🌻 Paul Sabin

More on this map and others at my #ASEH2023 presentation, #MappingLivelyLandscapes

Jessica Rosenberg

Botanical Poetics: Early Modern Plant Books and the Husbandry of Print

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#envhist #envhum #planthumanities #histsci #nathist

Thanks to Kew Science for letting myself and fellow Techne student Heather Craddock introduce our #PlantHumanities theses today and also promote our exhibition 'Uprooted' at Kew - co-curated during our joint placement at the amazing Kew Gardens Library and Archives over the summer. RHULGeography