BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Rome BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240217T090000 RDATE:20240331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 RDATE:20250330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T020000 RDATE:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 RDATE:20270328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271031T020000 RDATE:20280326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281029T020000 RDATE:20290325T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291028T020000 RDATE:20300331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20301027T020000 RDATE:20310330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20311026T020000 RDATE:20320328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T030000 RDATE:20241027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T030000 RDATE:20251026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 RDATE:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270328T030000 RDATE:20271031T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280326T030000 RDATE:20281029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290325T030000 RDATE:20291028T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20300331T030000 RDATE:20301027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20310330T030000 RDATE:20311026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:06ee26c698a7d5c81c492c47ab177904 CATEGORIES:Call for papers CREATED:20250116T104601 SUMMARY:Deadline Call for Papers_“GARDENS AND EMPIRES" DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers for a forthcoming conference “GARDENS AND EMPIRES”, held at the British Library on 27th and 28th June 2025. The conference is being or ganised in partnership between Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, English Heritage, and the British Library. Please do forward to anyone you feel may be inter ested.\nGardens and Empires: Call for Papers\nThe histories of plants and g ardens are deeply entangled with the histories of empires. This is seen thr ough diverse examples such as: Aztec botanic gardens filled with plants gat hered from the territories of conquered enemies; the spread of the garden a s a manifestation of heaven in the expansion of the Ottoman Empire; and the symbolic Qing dynasty imperial gardens, designed to serve diplomatic purpo ses. In the European context, from as early as the sixteenth century, garde ns were sites for the display of and research into ‘exotic’ plants collecte d on voyages of exploration and colonisation. In all cases, plants and idea s about gardens circulated through empires, highlighting tensions between d iffering ways of seeing and controlling nature.\nThis conference aims to in vestigate the impacts of these global connections on gardens around the wor ld, in former colonies and in imperial centres. The histories of gardens an d plants are interwoven with those of power, expansion and domination. The emergence of the European garden, for instance, cannot be fully understood without considering the transatlantic slave economy, merchant capitalism, c olonial expansion, informal empire, and imperialism. Furthermore, as witnes sed with current ecological concerns around ‘invasive’ species, we are beco ming more aware of the environmental impacts of mass plant migrations.\nThe conference will explore the influence of global networks of science, comme rce and horticulture on the plants, designs and practices found in the gard ens of European and non-European empires, at home and abroad. The focus wil l be on ornamental plants and gardens, while recognising that they share mu ch of their history with economic plants. The conference will form the basi s of a proposal for an edited volume on the topic.\nWe would welcome propos als for papers on the following topics:\n\n - The impact of empires and col onialism on gardens around the world.\n - How ideas about gardens circulate d around and between empires and how these were disseminated and adopted.\n - The movement of people, plants, animals, and artefacts around the globe and how this shaped gardens and garden culture.\n - The role of the global majority, communities and populations in shaping and influencing the moveme nt of plants and ideas around the world.\n - The material culture of coloni al gardens – from architecture to tools – and modes of disciplining both pl ants and people.\n - The legacies of empire and colonialism in historic gar dens today and their impact on our understanding, management, and interpret ation of these gardens.Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words including a brief bio to Emily Parker ( (mailto:emily.parker@english-herita ge.org.uk)Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario ab ilitare JavaScript per vederlo.) by 9am on 17th February 2025. In writing y our abstract, please bear in mind that this conference will have a broad au dience including academic researchers, horticulturalists, and garden histor y enthusiasts. The conference will be fully hybrid, and speakers will be ab le to present remotely if required. Limited funding is available for speake r expenses upon application to the conference organisers\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Call for Papers for a forthcoming conference “GARDENS AND EMPIRES”, held at the British Library on 27th and 28th June 2025. The conference is being organised in partnership between Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, English Herita ge, and the British Library. Please do forward to anyone you feel may be in terested.

Gardens and Empires: Call for Papers

The histories of plants and gardens are deeply entangled with the historie s of empires. This is seen through diverse examples such as: Aztec botanic gardens filled with plants gathered from the territories of conquered enemi es; the spread of the garden as a manifestation of heaven in the expansion of the Ottoman Empire; and the symbolic Qing dynasty imperial gardens, desi gned to serve diplomatic purposes. In the European context, from as early a s the sixteenth century, gardens were sites for the display of and research into ‘exotic’ plants collected on voyages of exploration and colonisation. In all cases, plants and ideas about gardens circulated through empires, h ighlighting tensions between differing ways of seeing and controlling natur e.

This conference aims to investigate the impacts of these global co nnections on gardens around the world, in former colonies and in imperial c entres. The histories of gardens and plants are interwoven with those of po wer, expansion and domination. The emergence of the European garden, for in stance, cannot be fully understood without considering the transatlantic sl ave economy, merchant capitalism, colonial expansion, informal empire, and imperialism. Furthermore, as witnessed with current ecological concerns aro und ‘invasive’ species, we are becoming more aware of the environmental imp acts of mass plant migrations.

The conference will explore the influe nce of global networks of science, commerce and horticulture on the plants, designs and practices found in the gardens of European and non-European em pires, at home and abroad. The focus will be on ornamental plants and garde ns, while recognising that they share much of their history with economic p lants. The conference will form the basis of a proposal for an edited volum e on the topic.

We would welcome proposals for papers on the followin g topics:

Please submit an abstract of no more than 25 0 words including a brief bio to Emily Parker (Questo indirizzo em ail è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederl o.) by 9am on 17th February 2025. In writing your abstract, please bear in mind that this conference will have a broad audience including academic researchers, horticulturalists, and gard en history enthusiasts. The conference will be fully hybrid, and speakers w ill be able to present remotely if required. Limited funding is available f or speaker expenses upon application to the conference organisers

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