iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Fully funded PhD: JUST ACQUISITIONS? LAW & ETHICS OVER TIME in KEW'S OVERSEAS PLANT COLLECTING HISTORY @rbgkew.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social #Law offer @ukri.org #AHRC funded studentship Deadline: May 8 More: royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her... @thelawsociety.bsky.social #justice

043

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

#KEW in #JAMAICA by @hcraddock.bsky.social - 2nd talk in #Gardens-Trust #online seminar series #Empires, #Plants & #Gardening' Jan 27 10-11:30 GMT More info & booking: eventbrite.co.uk/e/empires-pl... @kewgardens.bsky.social @UkNatArchives

052

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Check out our @planthums-uk.bsky.social web pages at kew.org/science/inte... Learn who we are, what we do, and how you can work with us on #PlantHumanities #research @rbgkew.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social

043

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#PLANTATION #SCIENCE & #EMPIRE in the 20TH CENTURY: 3.5 yrs funded PhD @LSE & @rbgkew.bsky.social supervised by Kasia Kaprocki & @marknesbitt.bsky.social Details: lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

065

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

It's here!!! 200 pages of #research articles, #narrative #nonfiction, #poetry & #reviews - all on #trees! Many thanks to @whitehorsepress.bsky.social, @treeseeker.bsky.social & all our contributors url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9ZIoCojPZH...

0113

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

#PLANTS, #MEMORY, #BELONGING free online event October 8, 2025, 16.00-18.00 GMT. Sponsored by #Oak_Spring_Garden_Foundation & @plantperspectives.bsky.social Featuring: Maria Thereza Alves, Jessica J Lee, Marcello Di Paola, Goldie Poblador. Register: www.osgf.org/programs-and...

031

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Applications now open @rbgkew.bsky.social for @ahrc2025.bsky.social funded #ECR #FELLOWSHIPS in #CULTURAL & #HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS 2yr fellowships up to £312.5k Contact: planthumanities@kew.org Deadline 10 Dec 2025 ukri.org/opportunity/... #interdisciplinary #plant_humanities #early-career

Treetop Walkway and Temperate House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew © Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

063

Reposted by @planthums-uk.bsky.social

Kate Teltscher @kateteltscher.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan. Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock, @planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social

Front and back cover of Plant Perspectives vol 2.2 with image of installation 'Of the Oak' by Marshmallow Laser Feast in Kew Gardens 2025 on the cover.

Amherstia nobilis, hand-coloured lithograph by Maxim Gauci, based on drawing by Vishnuprasad from Nathaniel Wallich, Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 1 (1830).

194

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

#JUTE: THE GOLDEN #FIBRE OF #BENGAL - A #BRITISH #EMPIRE MONOPOLY Project completion celebration - #book launch, #exhibition, discussions eventbrite.co.uk/e/project-co... @StepneyCommunityTrust @HeritageLotteryFund @ArtPavilionMileEnd

010

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

BOOKING NOW OPEN!! In-person: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/confe... & Live-stream: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/confe...

nationalgallery.org.uk

000

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

SAVE THE DATE! 26th-27th Sept @NationalGallery : "CREATING THE #MUSEUM" #conference convened by @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social & @mghg.bsky.social 2 days of talks & discussions from researchers & museum practitioners More: mghg.info/forthcoming-... @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social #bicentenary

000

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

It's a wrap! #EastAsia & #EconomicBotany symposium @kewgardens.bsky.social 2 days of amazing papers, talks, tours & delegates - thanks to all! @rhulhistory.bsky.social ‪@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social ‬ @exeter.ac.uk @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @manchstm.bsky.social ‪@lund-university.bsky.social

010

Reposted by @planthums-uk.bsky.social

Kate Teltscher @kateteltscher.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Fantastic news! Many congratulations to Caroline Cornish on receiving the SHNH President’s Award for promoting and improving accessibility, inclusivity and diversity to the study of the history of natural history: shnh.org.uk/news/announc... @planthums-uk.bsky.social

shnh.org.uk

Announcement – Society for the History of Natural History 2025 awards - Society for the History of Natural History

SHNH President’s Award SHNH is delighted to award the SHNH President’s Award 2024 to Caroline Cornish. The Award recognises an individual or team’s contribution and impact in promoting and improving a...

0112

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Reminder!! Deadline for this CDA is May 16:

054

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Absolute peach of a PhD!! #PLANTS & their PRODUCTS: #BIOCULTURAL #COLLECTIONS @rbgkew.bsky.social & #SOUTH_KENSINGTON #MUSEUM in LONG 19TH CENTURY Fully funded studentship. More: royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her... @mghg.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social @rhul-cvs.bsky.social #V&A #botany

0105

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

REMINDER: Deadline for abstracts 14/03!! CREATING the MUSEUM: EXPLORING the MUSEUM IMPULSE in LOCAL, REGIONAL & NATIONAL CONTEXTS @musgalhistgroup annual conference @NationalGallery 26th-27th Sept 2025 Details: mghg.info/forthcoming-...

000

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

CFP: CREATING the MUSEUM: EXPLORING the MUSEUM IMPULSE in LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS MGHG Annual Conference in collaboration with National Gallery 26th-27th Sept '25. Details: mghg.info/forthcoming-... @rhulgeography.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org @musethnogroup.bsky.social

023

Reposted by @planthums-uk.bsky.social

Vera-Simone Schulz @verasimoneschulz.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Join us for a conference on "Textile Ecologies", intersections between textiles and the environment, and the past, present, and future of cloth, February 5-7, free online: full program and link to register: www.leuphana.de/institute/ip... #envhist #textiles #ecologies #envhum #sustainability

27633

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

REMINDER: Deadline for applications Feb 2!!

021

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

CfP: PRACTISING #VEGETAL #GEOGRAPHIES: #CREATIVITIES & BEYOND @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 Abstracts to mingcan.rong@bristol.ac.uk & m.j.beach@qmul.ac.uk by Feb 24 2025 More: rgs.org/research/ann... @kewgardens.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk

051

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Kadeem Oak: PRESSED #FLOWERS of the #EMPIRE - film screening event @ Somerset House 6 Feb 2025 18.45 GMT + DJ Lamin Fofana + #ethnobotanist Jonn Gale. Book: somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/hom... @kewgardens.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social

021

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

#SOIL - THE WORLD AT OUR FEET new #exhibition 23 Jan-13 Apr 2025 @Somerset House inc: Merlin Sheldrake @cosmosheldrake.bsky.social Anya Gallaccio @dianascherer.bsky.social @elzehesse.bsky.social Book: www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/soil @kewgardens.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social

1162

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

REMINDER! Deadline for this fully-funded PhD is January 17!

011

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

(RE)DISCOVERING NATURAL HISTORY: symposium of historians, archivists, curators, artists @linneansociety.bsky.social 11 Feb '25: @advollyr.bsky.social @prmlaurita.bsky.social @willtullett.bsky.social @trichocolea.bsky.social More: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-... @rhulgeography.bsky.social

1115

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

CfP: #EAST #ASIA & #ECONOMIC #BOTANY, 1800-1950, in-person symposium @rbgkew.bsky.social with @royalholloway.bsky.social 9-10 June 2025. Abstracts to Weipin.Tsai@rhul.ac.uk & c.cornish@kew.org by 30/12/2024 @rhulgeography.bsky.social @soashistory.bsky.social

051

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

#WOMEN & #BIODIVERSITY: #GENDER & THE MAKING OF THE #KEW #FUNGARIUM 1900-1950. Fantastic funded PhD opportunity from @AnthropoceneBio @york.ac.uk & @rbgkew.bsky.social supervised by @sabineclarke.bsky.social & Dr Nathan Smith. Details: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...

053

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

RE-STORYING THE SUSSEX WEALD GARDEN: #EXOTICS, #EMPIRE & #ECOBIOGRAPHY @CHASE_DTP PhD with @SussexUni & @kewgardens.bsky.social supervisors: Margaretta Jolly, Vinita Damodaran & @alanlester.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social Details: www.chase.ac.uk/cdas/re-stor...

043

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Congratulations to Professor Felix Driver, champion of Plant Humanities UK!

010

planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

NEW #funded AHRC studentship opportunity from @royalholloway.bsky.social & @rbgkew.bsky.social : ECONOMIC BOTANY & the CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS SERVICE Info: royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her... Deadline 17-Jan-25 @TECHNEDTP @ahrc-ukri.bsky.social @RHGeoHumanities @Kew_LAA @janehamlett.bsky.social

Block of 9 miniature paintings on rice paper donated to Kew Gardens by Thomas Watters, HM Consul, North Formosa, 1882. Image © RBG Kew

096