Fully funded PhD: JUST ACQUISITIONS? LAW & ETHICS OVER TIME in KEW'S OVERSEAS PLANT COLLECTING HISTORY @rbgkew.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social #Law offer @ukri.org #AHRC funded studentship Deadline: May 8 More: royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her... @thelawsociety.bsky.social #justice

#KEW in #JAMAICA by @hcraddock.bsky.social - 2nd talk in #Gardens-Trust #online seminar series #Empires, #Plants & #Gardening' Jan 27 10-11:30 GMT More info & booking: eventbrite.co.uk/e/empires-pl... @kewgardens.bsky.social @UkNatArchives

Check out our @planthums-uk.bsky.social web pages at kew.org/science/inte... Learn who we are, what we do, and how you can work with us on #PlantHumanities #research @rbgkew.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social

#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...

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...

#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...

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

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

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

#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

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

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

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

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

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

Reminder!! Deadline for this CDA is May 16:

#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...

#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

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

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-...

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

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

REMINDER: Deadline for applications Feb 2!!

CfP: PRACTISING #VEGETAL #GEOGRAPHIES: #CREATIVITIES & BEYOND @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 Abstracts to [email protected] & [email protected] by Feb 24 2025 More: rgs.org/research/ann... @kewgardens.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk

Kadeem Oak: PRESSED #FLOWERS of the #EMPIRE - film screening event @ Somerset House 6 Feb 2025 18.45 GMT + DJ Lamin Fofana + #ethnobotanist Jonn Gale. Book: somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/hom... @kewgardens.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social

#SOIL - THE WORLD AT OUR FEET new #exhibition 23 Jan-13 Apr 2025 @Somerset House inc: Merlin Sheldrake @cosmosheldrake.bsky.social Anya Gallaccio @dianascherer.bsky.social @elzehesse.bsky.social Book: www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/soil @kewgardens.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social

#GARDENS & #EMPIRES: conference organised by @rbgkew.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social & @britishlibrary.bsky.social 27-28 June 2025. Call for papers: gardensandempires.tiiny.site @rhulgeography.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social

REMINDER! Deadline for this fully-funded PhD is January 17!

(RE)DISCOVERING NATURAL HISTORY: symposium of historians, archivists, curators, artists @linneansociety.bsky.social 11 Feb '25: @advollyr.bsky.social @prmlaurita.bsky.social @willtullett.bsky.social @trichocolea.bsky.social More: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-... @rhulgeography.bsky.social

Reminder! Abstracts deadline December 31 2024! @sheffielduni.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @edinburghuni.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @luresearchculture.bsky.social

CfP: #EAST #ASIA & #ECONOMIC #BOTANY, 1800-1950, in-person symposium @rbgkew.bsky.social with @royalholloway.bsky.social 9-10 June 2025. Abstracts to [email protected] & [email protected] by 30/12/2024 @rhulgeography.bsky.social @soashistory.bsky.social

Fantastic #postdoc opportunity: MUNBY #FELLLOWSHIP in #BIBLIOGRAPHY & #NATURAL-HISTORY 2025-27 from @theul.bsky.social & @Collections-Connections-Communities Further details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49338/ @kewgardens.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social

#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...

RE-STORYING THE SUSSEX WEALD GARDEN: #EXOTICS, #EMPIRE & #ECOBIOGRAPHY @CHASE_DTP PhD with @SussexUni & @kewgardens.bsky.social supervisors: Margaretta Jolly, Vinita Damodaran & @alanlester.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social Details: www.chase.ac.uk/cdas/re-stor...

Congratulations to Professor Felix Driver, champion of Plant Humanities UK!

NEW #funded AHRC studentship opportunity from @royalholloway.bsky.social & @rbgkew.bsky.social : ECONOMIC BOTANY & the CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS SERVICE Info: royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her... Deadline 17-Jan-25 @TECHNEDTP @ahrc-ukri.bsky.social @RHGeoHumanities @Kew_LAA @janehamlett.bsky.social