Session 78: “Surveiller les gardiens : le maintien de l’ordre dans les jardins botaniques, XIXe siècle.”

The next session of our seminar will take place on October 5th 2023. at the ICP, 74 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris (salle B01 Robert d’Harcourt, Maison de la recherche) and online. The link will be posted here on October 5th.

The Royal Botanic Gardens Constabulary was established in 1845. William Thiselton Dyer, Director of Kew from 1885-1905, is the bearded, white-haired officer carrying cane.

Marine Bellégo (LARCA, Université Paris Cité)will give a paper entitled “Surveiller les gardiens : le maintien de l’ordre dans les jardins botaniques, XIXe siècle.” Her respondent will be Mélanie Cournil (Université Paris Sorbonne).

This is a joint session with the Environnemental Humanities research group and the “Humanités et questions environnementales” research group.