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Cultivating the Plant Humanities

Cultivating the Plant Humanities

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  • Date 09 May 2024
  • Time 5.30pm
  • Category Lecture

Cultivating the Plant Humanities: a lecture by Yota Batsaki

Yota Batsaki is the Executive Director of Dumbarton Oaks, a Harvard University research centre, museum and historic garden located in Washington DC. Her talk will describe the Plant Humanities Initiative at Dumbarton Oaks as an example of how plant-focused projects and collections can stimulate research and public communication around humans, culture, and the environment. The lecture is organised by Royal Holloway's Centre for GeoHumanities.

Admission free but booking is essential.

Ferns

New Zealand fern album, 1880s, Dumbarton Oaks Rare Book Collection

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