The network is celebrating its 15th anniversary on Wednesday 19 March 2025 (14.30 – 17.15 GMT) with an online seminar titled Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice.
The programme features a diverse range of speakers to reflect the multidisciplinary nature of herbal research:
- Prof Mark Nesbitt (Senior Research Leader, Kew)
- Prof Elisabeth Hsu (University of Oxford)
- Simon Mills (Medical Herbalist)
- Dr Deborah Moretti (Hereford University)
- Dr Peter Jones (Nottingham Trent University)
- John Hunnex (Curator Natural History Museum)
This event will be livestreamed, and the recording will be available to view for registered attendees for 3 months. Tickets are now available through Eventbrite priced at £20 for general admission or £15 for students. All ticket sales and donations are used to fund our website, study groups, student travel bursaries and research events. We will send you a pdf of the speakers’ abstracts & bios when you register.
In addition, we are sending out a call for postgraduate student poster abstracts and successful submissions will be published on the HHRN website. Posters will be judged on the day of the seminar with the winner receiving a book token and being invited to write a blog post for the summer. To submit a poster abstract complete the form https://forms.gle/qfEVYudn72wb9usC8 by 07 February. Accepted abstracts will be notified week commencing 10 February.
For more details about the group please visit our website: Seminars & Events – Herbal History Research Network. We look forward to seeing you online! Feel free to share this event with your networks.