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Natural History in the Age of Revolutions, 1776-1848

 
  • 27 November 2023. 'Indigenous Knowledge and the Practices of Natural History in the Revolutionary Age'. Talk, History Department, University of Auckland. 
  • 20 November 2023. 'Natural History, Indigenous Knowledge and the Exploration of New Zealand, 1769-1830,' Workshop and Evening Lecture, Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand.   
  • 14 November 2023. 'Information, Empire and a Revolution in Nature in the wake of Cook's Voyages,' Evening lecture and workshop, State Library of New South Wales. 
  • 11 November 2023. A panel for the History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, entitled 'Natural History in the Age of Revolutions'. 
  • Project Fieldwork Visit: members of the project team will be visiting: Sydney, New South Wales, 13-17 November 2023. New Zealand, 18-28 November. We will arrive in Dunedin on 18th November and will be travelling overland to Auckland before departing on 28th November. Please do get in contact if you are interested to know more about this research or are interested to talk more about the history of the local areas we are visiting. 
  • 25 August 2023. European Society for Environmental History Conference, Bern, Switzerland. Dr Edwin Rose, PI for this project, is speaking on 'Assembling God's Global Environment in the Cambridge Botanic Garden'. 
  • 30 March 2023. Bookings are now open for our first public event 'Exploring Cambridge University Herbarium in its Historical Context'. To book your ticket, please click here and follow the instructions. 
  • 23 March 2023. Bookings are now open for our first public event 'Exploring Cambridge University Herbarium in its Historical Context'. To book your ticket, please click here and follow the instructions.