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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 4d

#PLANTATION #SCIENCE & #EMPIRE in the 20TH CENTURY: 3.5 yrs funded PhD @LSE & @rbgkew.bsky.social supervised by Kasia Kaprocki & @marknesbitt.bsky.social Details: lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 9d

It's here!!! 200 pages of #research articles, #narrative #nonfiction, #poetry & #reviews - all on #trees! Many thanks to @whitehorsepress.bsky.social, @treeseeker.bsky.social & all our contributors url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9ZIoCojPZH...

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 9d

#PLANTS, #MEMORY, #BELONGING free online event October 8, 2025, 16.00-18.00 GMT. Sponsored by #Oak_Spring_Garden_Foundation & @plantperspectives.bsky.social Featuring: Maria Thereza Alves, Jessica J Lee, Marcello Di Paola, Goldie Poblador. Register: www.osgf.org/programs-and...

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 23d

Applications now open @rbgkew.bsky.social for @ahrc2025.bsky.social funded #ECR #FELLOWSHIPS in #CULTURAL & #HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS 2yr fellowships up to £312.5k Contact: [email protected] Deadline 10 Dec 2025 ukri.org/opportunity/... #interdisciplinary #plant_humanities #early-career

Treetop Walkway and Temperate House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew © Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Aug 27

Call for papers: "#Plant #Fever: #Politics, #Poetics & Pleasures of #Houseplants" conference Copenhagen 2–3 Dec 2025 Abstracts to: [email protected] by SEPTEMBER 15 #Ordrupgaard @au_dk @ucph.bsky.social @veluxstiftung.bsky.social @hiddenplantstories.bsky.social #Hirschsprung_Collection

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Kate Teltscher @kateteltscher.bsky.social · Aug 26

What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan.
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social

Front and back cover of Plant Perspectives vol 2.2 with image of installation 'Of the Oak' by Marshmallow Laser Feast in Kew Gardens 2025 on the cover.

Amherstia nobilis, hand-coloured lithograph by Maxim Gauci, based on drawing by Vishnuprasad from Nathaniel Wallich, Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 1 (1830).

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Aug 14

#JUTE: THE GOLDEN #FIBRE OF #BENGAL - A #BRITISH #EMPIRE MONOPOLY Project completion celebration - #book launch, #exhibition, discussions eventbrite.co.uk/e/project-co... @StepneyCommunityTrust @HeritageLotteryFund @ArtPavilionMileEnd

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Aug 13

BOOKING NOW OPEN!! In-person: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/confe... & Live-stream: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/confe...

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Jul 31

SAVE THE DATE! 26th-27th Sept
@NationalGallery
: "CREATING THE #MUSEUM" #conference convened by
@nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social & @mghg.bsky.social 2 days of talks & discussions from researchers & museum practitioners More: mghg.info/forthcoming-...
@paulmelloncentr.bsky.social #bicentenary

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Jul 28

Coming this autumn!! #PLANT #PERSPECTIVES 2(2) special issue: #Tree #Cultures & #Arboreal #Humanities eds
@treeseeker.bsky.social & Caroline Cornish #research articles, narrative #non_fiction, #poetry & reviews whp-journals.co.uk/PP @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social

'Of the Oak' 2025: digital art installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast @rbgkew.bsky.social

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Jun 13

It's a wrap! #EastAsia & #EconomicBotany symposium
@kewgardens.bsky.social 2 days of amazing papers, talks, tours & delegates - thanks to all! @rhulhistory.bsky.social ‪@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social ‬ @exeter.ac.uk @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
@manchstm.bsky.social ‪@lund-university.bsky.social

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Kate Teltscher @kateteltscher.bsky.social · Jun 7

Fantastic news!
Many congratulations to Caroline Cornish on receiving the SHNH President’s Award for promoting and improving accessibility, inclusivity and diversity to the study of the history of natural history: shnh.org.uk/news/announc...
@planthums-uk.bsky.social

Announcement – Society for the History of Natural History 2025 awards - Society for the History of Natural History

SHNH President’s Award SHNH is delighted to award the SHNH President’s Award 2024 to Caroline Cornish. The Award recognises an individual or team’s contribution and impact in promoting and improving a...

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Apr 18

Reminder!! Deadline for this CDA is May 16:

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Apr 18

#GARDENS & #EMPIRES - booking open! International conference @britishlibrary.bsky.social 27-28 June Convened by #BL, @rbgkew.bsky.social & @englishheritage.bsky.social Speakers include
@advollyr.bsky.social @sathnam.bsky.social & @corinnefowler.bsky.social
Booking: events.bl.uk/events/garde...

Gardens and Empires | British Library

The histories of plants and gardens are deeply entangled with the histories of empires. This conference investigates the impacts of these global connection

events.bl.uk

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Mar 18

#KEW_GARDENS / #WAKEHURST based #POSTDOC #RESEARCH #FELLOWSHIP, 4 yrs, #interdisciplinary applications welcome, deadline 20 April 2025. More: careers.kew.org/vacancy/kew-... @kewgardens.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social @plantperspectives.bsky.social @natsca.bsky.social
#plant_humanities

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Mar 13

Absolute peach of a PhD!! #PLANTS & their PRODUCTS: #BIOCULTURAL #COLLECTIONS @rbgkew.bsky.social & #SOUTH_KENSINGTON #MUSEUM in LONG 19TH CENTURY Fully funded studentship. More: royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her... @mghg.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social @rhul-cvs.bsky.social #V&A #botany

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Mar 11

REMINDER: Deadline for abstracts 14/03!!
CREATING the MUSEUM: EXPLORING the MUSEUM IMPULSE in LOCAL, REGIONAL & NATIONAL CONTEXTS
@musgalhistgroup annual conference @NationalGallery 26th-27th Sept 2025 Details: mghg.info/forthcoming-...

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Feb 4

CFP: CREATING the MUSEUM: EXPLORING the MUSEUM IMPULSE in LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS
MGHG Annual Conference in collaboration with National Gallery 26th-27th Sept '25. Details: mghg.info/forthcoming-... @rhulgeography.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org @musethnogroup.bsky.social

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Vera-Simone Schulz @verasimoneschulz.bsky.social · Feb 2

Join us for a conference on "Textile Ecologies", intersections between textiles and the environment, and the past, present, and future of cloth, February 5-7, free online:

full program and link to register: www.leuphana.de/institute/ip...

#envhist #textiles #ecologies #envhum #sustainability

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Jan 27

REMINDER: Deadline for applications Feb 2!!

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Dec 2

#WOMEN & #BIODIVERSITY: #GENDER & THE MAKING OF THE #KEW #FUNGARIUM 1900-1950. Fantastic funded PhD opportunity from @AnthropoceneBio @york.ac.uk & @rbgkew.bsky.social supervised by @sabineclarke.bsky.social & Dr Nathan Smith. Details: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...