James Room, 4th Floor Barnard Hall, Barnard College
Apr 24, 2025 | 6:30PM

Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism

Banu Subramaniam (Wellesley College), moderated by Rebecca Jordan-Young (Barnard College)

Banu Subramanian will discuss how botany’s foundational theories and practices were shaped and fortified in the aid of colonial rule and its extractive ambitions.

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botany, colonialism, empire