The Infamous ‘Tartan Ribbon’
The James Clerk Maxwell and Thomas Sutton Saga with Historical Context and Technical Clarifications
By Paul Elter
Working Groups
The Consortium invites scholars to join our topical working groups for challenging and collegial discussion of interesting publications in their fields and of each others’ works-in-progress.
Each group meets monthly. All interested scholars are welcome to participate via online video conferencing.
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Upcoming Meetings
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 2:00 - 3:30 pm EDT
Samantha Muka, Stevens Institute of Technology, "Extending the Petroleumscape: Building the Liberty Ship Reefs in Texas Coastal Waters"
Monday, June 23, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Leah Malamut, University of Minnesota, will present "Evolutionary Imperialism: Sex and Social Insect Hierarchies," followed by a discussion.
Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
Charlotte Ribeyrol (Sorbonne Université and Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) on 'the Colourful Literary Imagination of the Victorian architect William Burges (1827-1881)'
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 10:00 - 11:30 am EDT
Tuli Mekondjo (Windhoek): Oimbodi Yedu: Herbs of the Soil
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 2:00 - 3:30 pm EDT
Publishing Roundtable
Meet editors from four journals and ask them anything about submitting your article
Thursday, August 14, 2025, 10:00 - 11:30 am EDT
Banji Chona (Lusaka): Weeds to Who? An Ecological Reimagining of Zambezian Plants
Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 2:00 - 3:30 pm EDT
Oceans Book Club!
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Thursday, September 11, 2025, 10:00 - 11:30 am EDT
Romuald Tchibozo (Université d'Abomey-Calavi): Plants in Contemporary Art: The Case of Meschac Gaba in Benin
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 10:00 - 11:30 am EDT
Edwin Coomasaru (London): Plantation Ecologies in Sri Lankan Art: Gender, Sexuality and Environmental Aesthetics