Why digital botany matters now

The special issue proposes a new environmental history of the sciences manifested in a critical examination of the pasts and futures of collections. It crosses disciplinary boundaries to re-assess the...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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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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.

Research Associate in Natural History Humanities (Fixed Term) in the Botanic Garden at the University of Cambridge.

Postdoctoral Fellow: History of Modern (19th century-present) Medicine or Public Health Position Requirements: PhD in history of modern (19th century-present) medicine or public health or closely rela...