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Events in Plant Humanities

Events within the Plant Humanities Initiative provide an opportunity for fellows and researchers to engage with the Rare Book Collection in meaningful ways, initiate dialogue with senior scholars and librarians, and collaborate with individuals and institutions participating in the emerging field of Plant Humanities. These events also help identify further research and digitization priorities in the collection.

2023

Early Modern Botanical Illustrations: Medium, Iconography, and Audience

October 13, 2023 | Lecture by Anatole Tchikine at the University of Virginia Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures (in Charlottesville, VA)

Plant Humanities Lab

October 13, 2023 | Talk by Yota Batsaki at the University of Virginia Scholars’ Lab, Clemons Library; Co-sponsored by the Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures (in Charlottesville, VA)

The Plant At the End of the World: Invasive Species in the Anthropocene

October 12, 2023 | Lecture by Yota Batsaki at the University of Virginia Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures; Presented by the Personhoods Initiative and co-sponsored by the Scholars' Lab (in Charlottesville, VA)

300 Years of Trees at Kew: An Illustrated Lecture by Tony Kirkham

May 3, 2023 | Plant Humanities Lecture with Tony Kirkham


2022

2022 Plant Humanities Conference

September 15–17, 2022


2021

Amy Lamb’s Photography: The Interplay of Science and Art

December 17, 2021 | Plant Humanities Virtual talk with Amy Lamb

Contemporary Botanical Images: Science, History, Environment

November 12, 2021 | Plant Humanities Virtual talk with Temitayo Ogunbiyi, Nirupa Rao, and Alice Tangerini

Heliconias, Evolution, and Art: A Botanist’s Perspective

October 22, 2021 | Plant Humanities Virtual talk with W. John Kress

Curating Portraits of Plants

October 8, 2021 | Plant Humanities Virtual talk with Yota Batsaki and Anatole Tchikine

“Artialize” Nature, Naturalize Art: When Plants and Other Creatures Become Living Books

April 30, 2021 | International colloquium organized by the Yale Department of French and sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.

Humanistic Uses of Herbaria

March 19, 2021 | Joint colloquium hosted by the Humanities Institute, New York Botanical Garden, and Dumbarton Oaks


2020

“Botanick Friends”: Exchanging Plants in the Eighteenth Century

March 4, 2020 | Public Talk in the Book Hill Talks Lecture Series of the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, Victoria Pickering

Margaret Mee: Portraits of Plants

January 10, 2020 | Rare Book Study Day, organized by Yota Batsaki and Anatole Tchikine

The study day, designed to inform the upcoming exhibition Margaret  Mee: Portraits of Plants, brought together experts and practitioners of botany, botanical art and illustration, early modern print culture, and conservation. Sessions covered a range of topics related to the exhibition, which included “The Art and Science of Botanical Painting,” “The Reproduction and Dissemination of Botanical Knowledge,” and “Plants in Context: Ecosystems of the Amazon.”