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Cabinet of Natural History
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This HPS research seminar is concerned with all aspects of the history of natural history and the field and environmental sciences. The regular programme of papers and discussions takes place over lunch on Mondays. In addition, the Cabinet organises a beginning-of-year fungus hunt and occasional expeditions to sites of historical and natural historical interest, and holds an end-of-year garden party. Seminars are held on Mondays at 1pm in Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. You are welcome to bring your lunch with you. Organised by Laura Brassington. Seminars in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science are open to all members of the University (including academic staff, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students, and affiliates). Unless otherwise specified, they are not open to members of the public. If you have a question about this list, please contact: David Thompson. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 8 upcoming talks and 238 talks in the archive. Tour of the recently re-opened University Museum of Zoology and an insider's guide to natural history museumsMeet outside the Whale Hall (main entrance of the Museum of Zoology) by 1pm
Advijsen, old and new: the life span of VOC natural-historical information within the Dutch East Indies
Printing, publishing and circulating books across Joseph Banks's empire
Georg Joseph Kamel (1661–1706): natural knowledge in transit between the Philippines and Europe
Students, tourists and farmers: the publics of botanic gardens in the 18th century
Building knowledge of the natural world: the historical and contemporary contributions of citizen science within the UK
The 'dye herbarium': capturing colour in botanical collections
Meeting nature halfway: Georg Forster, mining, and the aesthetics of artifice
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Jack Ashby (Museum of Zoology, Cambridge).
Monday 21 January 2019, 13:00-14:00