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ethnobotanist and curator at Kew Gardens. Dipping my toe in...
Spectacular day at the incredible Kirstenbosh Botanical Garden in Cape Town
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Bumper harvest of PhDs on offer at Kew Gardens at the moment - on many aspects of plants including ethnobotany and humanities approaches. Closing dates December -January:
www.kew.org/science/trai...
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Available PhD opportunities
Discover our funded PhD opportunities in environmental science and plant humanities and learn about our involvement with a range of Doctoral Training Partnerships and similar schemes.
https://www.kew.org/science/training-and-education/phd-opportunities/available-phd-opportunities
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Interested in the history of herbalism? Curtis Gates Lloyd Fellowship at the incredible Lloyd Library in Cincinnati, closing 1 November:
lloydlibrary.org/2021-curtis-...
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Curtis Gates Lloyd Fellowship Application - Lloyd Library
The Curtis Gates Lloyd Fellowship provides funds for research at the Lloyd Library & Museum. On-site use of the Library's collections is required. Fellowships are given in one-month increments ranging...
https://lloydlibrary.org/2021-curtis-gates-lloyd-fellowship/
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Interesting, free online meeting on Sustainability in Archives, Heritage and Research Organisations, 22nd October 2025. Book by 17/10:
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/bI7iCLvRZH...
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āPlaces, Plants and Peopleā an event from PPPAN and ARA ESG
Discussions exploring how archives, heritage, and research organisations are addressing sustainability and environmental engagement.
https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/bI7iCLvRZHXQPl1HBf9uyZ70h
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Great speakers at this event "The Scent of Time: Omani Frankincense from Antiquity to Innovation", London 29 October 2025:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scent-...
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The Scent of Time: Omani Frankincense from Antiquity to Innovation
Explore the captivating story of Oman's iconic frankincense trees at the 8th Oman Natural Heritage Lecture, London.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scent-of-time-omani-frankincense-from-antiquity-to-innovation-tickets-1556444540519?aff=oddtdtcreator
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New funded PhD opportunity at Kew Gardens/LSE: Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century. Closes 14/1/26:
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
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LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/fees-and-funding/ESRC-Collaborative-Studentships-2026-entry/LSE-Collaborative-Studentship-with-Royal-Botanic-Gardens-Kew
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Postdoc opportunity at Kew Gardens: AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions. Closes 10 Dec 25:
www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025
Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/early-career-fellowships-in-cultural-and-heritage-institutions-2025/
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So excited to announce our conference on Gardens & Empires, with
@englishheritage.bsky.social
and the
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
27-28 June 2025, in person/online. Fantastic global speakers and panellists. Do come! Tickets £15-£40 in person; £5-£15 online.
events.bl.uk/events/garde...
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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
https://events.bl.uk/events/gardens-and-empires
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Mark Nesbitt
William Carruthers
8 months ago
Wow
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Mark Nesbitt
Harriet Atkinson
8 months ago
Studentship available to study MA Curating Collections and Heritage. Deadline 30th June 2025. Open to applicants from the African or Asian diaspora or a marginalised ethnicity. The course is a collaboration between Brighton & Hove Museums and University of Brighton. Further info:
lnkd.in/e8CJhtey
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Amazing job at the
@pittriversmuseum.bsky.social
: Research Fellow in Biocultural Heritage researching
@ox.ac.uk
collections using heritage science. So many possibilities...
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
9 months ago
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Enjoy hunting in libraries and archives? PhD placement "Unearthing the roots of Kew Gardensā history" with
@rbgkew.bsky.social
and HRP, open to UKRI-funded students. Apply by 11 May, details see link at:
kew.org/science/trai...
or DM me
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Placements for PhD Students
We welcome PhD placement students to learn from our experts and make real contributions to our work at Kew Gardens in London or Wakehurst in Sussex.
https://kew.org/science/training-and-education/placements-for-phd-students
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For UK undergraduates: Sandwich ('industrial placement') Intern: Enhancing Kew's collections. Spend a year curating, enhancing and sharing our ethnobotanical collections. Closes 11 May 2025 (+ similar posts in other teams)
careers.kew.org/vacancy/unde...
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PhD on offer at Kew: Plants and their Products: Biocultural collections at Kew Gardens & the South Kensington Museum during the long nineteenth century If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
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Post-doctoral fellowships available at Kew, closing 20 April. For proposals covering plant-people relationships, broadly defined, and using methods from the humanities, social sciences and life sciences see
careers.kew.org/vacancy/kew-...
Informal enquiries:
[email protected]
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Kew Research Fellow (Enhanced Partnerships) - Careers | Kew GardensMenuClose menu
We are seeking applications from promising early-career scientists with interesting, innovative, and viable research ideas for the Kew Research Fellowship in Plant and Fungal Science. The Kew Research...
https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/kew-research-fellow-enhanced-partnerships-582440.html
10 months ago
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Busy preparing my talk for Wednesday 19th's celebration of 15 years of the Herbal History Research Network: Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice. It's online - booking at:
www.herbalhistory.org/home/seminars/
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Seminars & Events
Our next online seminarĀ Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice will be held on Wednesday, 19 March 2025.Ā This event will be live streamed and recorded. Tickets will be availabā¦
https://www.herbalhistory.org/home/seminars/
10 months ago
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Remembering Mark Whittow, historian extraordinaire, who died on Christmas Eve 2017, seen next to his beloved red Land Rover on our drive London-Istanbul in 1991. The Romanian passes were snowy but we made it through on a truly memorable journey. Memories:
rememberingmarkwhittow.history.ox.ac.uk
about 1 year ago
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Sorry to hear of the passing of Andrea Tanner, archivist @Fortnums who have been donors of tea & groceries to @kewgardens Economic Botany Collection since 1855; Andrea continued this. @Fortnums archive was destroyed in WW2 so our collections esp. precious
aim25.com/dr-andrea-ta...
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Dr Andrea Tanner - Archivist, Author, Historian and Mentor (1956-2024) - AIM25
An announcement from Dr Geoff Browell, Chair of AIM25, on the death of our beloved friend and colleague, Dr Andrea Tanner. āIt is with deep sadness that I have to report the death of Dr Andrea Tanner,...
https://aim25.com/dr-andrea-tanner-archivist-author-historian-and-mentor/
about 1 year ago
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Christina Hourigan
about 1 year ago
Great day at the London Archives sharing stories from the Kew Archives around plants and trade and London ports in the Victorian era. I offered a quirky story of how some London streets were once paved with sweet gum timber (Liquidambar styriciflua) from N America.
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Many thanks to the incredible Huntington Library & Gardens in Pasadena for the invitation to speak at the Storm Cloud conference celebrating this great exhibition on climate change & art in the 19th century:
huntington.org/event/storm-...
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Lots going on in the world of
#planthumanities
this autumn... here are some events in London or online that have crossed my inbox: 21 November 2024 ā 19.00. In person, South London Botanical Institute. Dye plants: Vivi MellegĆ„rd (Kew) & ZoĆ« Burt (artist). Book ahead:
www.slbi.org.uk/events/
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