Natural History Museum, London, for 3rd April 2025 (10am–1pm, Flett Theatre)
Speakers and titles of flash talks
Diogo de Carvalho Cabral (History, Trinity College, Dublin), ‘At the Mercy of Ants: Colonial Anthropocentrism, Insect Agency and the Making of Brazil’s National Identity’
Sabine Marie Clarke (History, University of York), ‘Poisons, Productivity and Power: Making a Pest of the Desert Locust’
Rohan Deb Roy (History, University of Reading), ‘The White Ant’s Burden: Entomo-political Complex in British India’
Beulah Garner (NHM, Entomology), ‘“Our Boy has many Beetles”: Colonial Attitudes towards Describing the Insect Diversity of Central America’
Andrea Hart (NHM, Special Collections), ‘Insects in Art and Archives: A Quick Fly through of the Natural History Museum’s Library and Archive Collections and Resources’
Fiona Melhuish (The Museum of English Rural Life/Special Collections, UMASCS, University of Reading), ‘Bees Around the World: the Cowan Bee Book Collection at The Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading’
Andy Polaszek (NHM, Entomology), ‘Are Post-Colonial Settlements now Fit for Purpose?’
Sue Ryder (NHM, Entomology), ‘Overview of the Entomology Historical Collections with regard to Exploration under the Auspices of Empire’
Jonathan Saha (History, University of Durham), ‘Of Bedbugs and Beri-Beri’
Claire Smith (Cole Museum of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading), ‘A Tanzanian Lucky Dip: Eric Burtt’s Collecting in Colonial East Africa’
All NHM and University of Reading Staff are welcome to attend. There will be an option to attend virtually, please put your email address into the registration form, to make sure you receive the link. To give us a broad sense of numbers please register here.
The Partnership can cover travel expenses for those who wish to attend in person, please register in advance.