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Slavery, Memory and Reparations

This talk will examine how the history and memory of enslavement shaped questions of identity and citizenship in Europe.

Experimental Gardens from Francis Bacon to Today

This lecture will begin with Bacon’s imagined garden, then consider the long-term promise of the experimental or scientific garden, which would eventually lead to today’s biotechnologies.

Food Security: A Poisoned Chalice of Plant Adaptation

We will need an aggressive strategy to ensure the safety of agricultural yields and food in the future especially in drought- prone and even temperate zones.

Climate Change and Deadly Plants

"We've all heard about climate change... but what is happening...

Did Prison Change Mandela?

Prof. Elleke Boehmer explores how prison did or did not...

Nelson Mandela in the 21st Century

To mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, the legacy of Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), first president of democratic South Africa, will be considered - both within his country and in the wider world.

South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and the Afrikaner people it served had, since the 17th century drawn a distinction between white ‘Christians’ and the apparently unconvertible ‘heathen’ peoples around them. Theology legitimised apartheid, but was also instrumental in its end.

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Slavery, Memory and Reparations

Experimental Gardens from Francis Bacon to Today

Food Security: A Poisoned Chalice of Plant Adaptation

Climate Change and Deadly Plants

Did Prison Change Mandela?

Nelson Mandela in the 21st Century

The Gospel of Apartheid

Gardening Entrepreneurs

Chelsea Physic Garden Through the Ages

Wildlife Gardening

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