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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-...

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...

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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...

‘Places, Plants and People’ an event from PPPAN and ARA ESG

Discussions exploring how archives, heritage, and research organisations are addressing sustainability and environmental engagement.

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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-...

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.

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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...

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/...

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025

Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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Katie Parker@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Amazing PhD opportunity with Dr Hannah Young at the University of Greenwich: ‘De-colonising Maritime Greenwich: Confronting histories and legacies of empire, c. 1694-2025.’ Fully-funded!! Spread the word to prospective applicants! #PhD #postgraduate www.gre.ac.uk/__data/asset...

Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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...

Umbrella from Myanmar: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-225304

Enjoy hunting in libraries and archives? PhD placement "Unearthing the roots of Kew Gardens’ 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

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.

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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...

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...

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: planthumanities@kew.org

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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...

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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/

Seminars & Events

Our next online seminar Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice will be held on Wednesday, 19 March 2025. This event will be live streamed and recorded. Tickets will be availab…

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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

Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 2y ago

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...

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. “It is with deep sadness that I have to report the death of Dr Andrea Tanner,...

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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.

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-...