Introducing Botany One’s Digital Botany Special Focus Issue www.botany.one/introducing-... Why digital botany matters now #Botany #PlantScience

Introducing Botany One’s Digital Botany Special Focus Issue

Why digital botany matters now

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The articles in our Endeavour special issue are starting to arrive! Check out research from @mattholmes.bsky.social & @arnoldke.bsky.social which are now available open access! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... #envhist #envhums #histsci #collections #museums

Katherine Arnold@arnoldke.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very pleased to share my new article on the legal case surrounding Welwitsch's Angolan botanical collections, part of the @collecol.bsky.social issue in @Endeavour (edited by the lovely @dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social) ✨ #envhist Available open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Looking backward to move forward: Enhancing metadata in scientific collections through interdisciplinary collaboration White & Harris 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PlantScience

We are thrilled to announce that INCSA's peer-reviewed journal, Advances in 19th-Century Research, just published its first articles. Take a look!

Efram Sera-Shriar@dreframss.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It has been a long time in the works, but the first articles for @incsa.bsky.social's brand new journal *Advances in 19th-Century Research* are starting to appear on the website. It is super exciting. Thank you to everyone involved! Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...

Given the low uptake of botany among students in the UK, this is an really interesting find and welcome development #HistSTM #botany

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

'Plant specimens and teaching materials that inspired Charles Darwin and qualified him to work as a naturalist on HMS Beagle have been unearthed from an archive in Cambridge and will be used for the first time to teach contemporary students about botany.' #Skystorians

Pleased to share that I’ve signed a contract for my monograph 'Scientific Herbal Medicine and the Making of Ghanaian Modernity, 1889–2002', which centres West African actors in the making of Ghanaian plant medicine research across its colonial, national, and global history 😄 #histSTM #ghana #plants

Had a great time last week Friday giving a guest session on African Traditional Medicine in the context of imperial history and contemporary Global Health. This was alongside Dr Mei Wang (Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), who gave a very engaging talk on TCM 😀

A little late to share, but I am grateful to have met Melanie Keen as Director, and that the display I co-curated at Wellcome during her time there (The Kola Nut Cannot Be Contained) is mentioned in this announcement! Keen pushed Wellcome into the future! wellcomecollection.org/melanie-keen...

Melanie Keen to step down as Director of Wellcome Collection in spring 2026

Wellcome has announced that Melanie Keen, who has been Director of Wellcome Collection since 2019, will step down in the Spring of 2026.

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📚 INCSA's Book Reviews Editor, @nathanbossoh.bsky.social, is looking for authors to review books for upcoming issues of Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research @advancesjournal.bsky.social. Click here for more details and to view a list for books for review: in-csa.com/book-reviews/

Book Reviews: Overview & Submission Guidelines - International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association

BOOK REVIEWS Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research, the journal of the International-Nineteenth Century Studies Association Publications Book Reviews Overview & Submission Guidelines Advances in Nin...

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My JRCPE article about Dr Archibald Hewan and Glasgow's medical libraries is out! You can read it for FREE via the link. Hewan was the first black physician to serve as a missionary in Africa. #histstm #histsci #hps #BookHistory #churchhistory #AfricanHistory journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Dr Archibald Hewan (1832–1883) and the University of Glasgow’s medical libraries - Matthew Daniel Eddy, Robert MacLean, Emma Yan, 2025

Background: We provide historical context for the recently discovered University of Glasgow Library records of Archibald Hewan (1832– 1883), the first Black med...

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The Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research Journal is not just interested in books that deal with the (long) 19th century, but also its legacies and afterlives today. See our current books on offer for review: docs.google.com/document/d/1... @incsa.bsky.social @advancesjournal.bsky.social

Books for review - ANCR

The Black Curator: Activists for Representation, Decolonization of Museums (2025) - Kemuel Benyehudah Decentring the Museum: Contemporary art Institutions and Colonial Legacies (2023) - Nina Möntmann...

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INCSA@incsa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWS 📚 Advancing Nineteenth-Century Research, the journal of #INCSA, calls for book reviews! 〰 For more information, visit: in-csa.com/book-reviews/ 〰 @advancesjournal.bsky.social 〰 Image: Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, Books, 19th Century. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

I was fortunate to be able to co-author a book chapter with @skidwayy.bsky.social on the topic of imperial intersections in the current historiography of science and religion, charting some new paths forward for the field! Congrats to the editors and other contributors on the new publication 😀📚😀

Back from my recent research trip to Ghana and it’s been quite a fun but busy few weeks there! Got to see many things and also definitely need to go back to see many other things 🇬🇭😆

Join us next Thursday for our final seminar of the academic year! 'Science, Christianity, and Representation: ethnic dimensions in past and present,' with Dr Nathan Bossoh from Southampton University. @nathanbossoh.bsky.social Sign up here: tinyurl.com/eclas-seminars

I am giving a talk tomorrow for the INH series online, where I am looking at the origins of the Aburi Botanic Gardens in the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) and the role that instructions and suggestions played in its management and early "success" #botany #ghana.Bsky #HistSTM #aburibotanicgardens

Linda Andersson Burnett@lindaaburnett.bsky.social · last yr.

I argue that, as an experimental laboratory, the early success of the Aburi Botanic Garden played a key role in plans to permanently expand botanic stations across West Africa. Colonial “successes” however, did not come without its failures. instructingnaturalhistory.com/events/makin...

Don't miss tomorrow's seminar by the fabulous @nathanbossoh.bsky.social: Making Colonial Laboratories: Investigating the Role of Suggestions and Instructions in Managing the Aburi Botanic Gardens. 21 May, 15.00-16.00 CET. Please note time dif.To register please email instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se

Is there a long 19th-century-ish book you'd like to review? Or have you written one? We've got an editor for that! Meet Nathan Bossoh @nathanbossoh.bsky.social - book reviews editor here at Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.

The 2025 Anniversary conference celebrates 50 years of the Science and Religion Forum. The upcoming conference doesn't pose the question of whether science and religion can interact but how and where they are in dialogue 📚 Last opportunity for (in-person) tickets! www.srforum.org/anniversary-...

SRF 50th Anniversary Conference

The Anniversary conference is taking a broad look at the the ongoing points of connection and dissonance between science and religion. This includes questions on the interaction of indigenous knowledg...

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Two new significant articles have just recently been published (separately) on the topic of colonial collections, displays, and practices in the London Science Museum! 📚 The 1st: journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/chal... The 2nd: journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/ma... #HistSTM #GLAMS #sciencemuseum

Challenging museum narratives: the case of a Rhodesia Railways carriage - Science Museum Group Journal

This article examines the history of a former Rhodesia Railways carriage in the Science Museum Group’s collection to ask what stories it can tell beyond the narrative of its return. The article argues...

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Very happy to be able to say that the new @incsa.bsky.social academic journal 'Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research' is now live and accepting proposals! Do get in touch with me regarding potential books for review and/or books you would like to review 😁 www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...

Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research

Explore the latest peer-reviewed articles and learn how to publish your work in Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.

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Got an opinion piece on the boil? Meet @dremilyvincent.bsky.social - our Forums Editor: she is commissioning bold, informed discussions of topical, controversial, or neglected research questions in long 19th century studies around the work.

Just been at Kew Gardens this week for some archival research and got to check out the awesome exhibition by @edwinrose.bsky.social called 'Botanical Revolutions 1776-1848' - worth a viewing if you happen to be visiting Kew anytime soon! #naturalhistory #botany #exhibition #HistSTM #KewGardens

Excited for the publication of @jackdashby.bsky.social new book ‘Nature’s Memory’ - I’ve already read it cover to cover (& obviously loved it) If you want to know more about natural history museums this is a must read. It’s not just bones & stones behind the scenes @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

This is a super interesting call for papers! As historians what do we do with the archival materials that we gather but that end up not fitting into our research narrative for a particular project? #histSTM #environmentalhistory #archives

NiCHE Canada@nichecanada.bsky.social · last yr.

We've got a new NiCHE series CFP!! Call for Submissions – Archival Outliers, Invented Ephemerals in Constructing Environmental Histories Proposal Deadline: 7 May 2025 Editor: @nulybranch.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/04/16/c... #envhist #envhum #archives

Looking for a venue for that inspiring 19th-century-esque article you're writing? Look no further! Paul Watt is our General Editor with responsibility for articles - get in touch here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...

How is the crisis in higher education impacting history and historians in the UK? Lucy Noakes on the scale of cuts and closures, and how the Royal Historical Society (@royalhistsoc.org) can advocate for our discipline. www.historyworkshop....

Making the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical Society

Lucy Noakes on how the crisis in UK higher education is impacting history and historians, and how the Royal Historical Society can advocate for our discipline.

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It's here.

New 2-year job position at Cambridge University for those interested in working on natural history collections! Research Associate in Natural History Humanities (Fixed Term) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50729/ #HistSTM #naturalhistory #museums

New Cambridge 'Natural History Humanities' Visiting Fellowship recently opened! particularly to those in the Global South, check below for more details www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #histSTM #naturalhistorymuseums

Postdoctoral Researcher role: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens...more below \/\/\/

Richard Calis@richardcalis.bsky.social · last yr.

*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht. www.uu.nl/en/organisat... #skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens