[Sca-cooks] Fw: [EK] CFP: History of Science Society, Nov. 20-23, 03 "New Plants andBotany before Linnaeus".

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This might be of interest to some of you....

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From: "Oscar" <oscar at sfrcs-sabis.net>
To: <sca-east at indra.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: [EK] CFP: History of Science Society, Nov. 20-23, 03 "New Plants
andBotany before Linnaeus".


> ***APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING***
>
> All,
>
> I saw this come through another list I belong to, and thought there would
be some interest.  I do not know what the names of any Apothecary, Medical,
or Herblore lists are, but please feel free to forward this on.
>
> YIS,
>
> Oskar
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS: "New Plants and Botany before Linnaeus".
> History of  Science Society Annual Meeting, Cambridge MA, Nov 20-23, 2003.
> Session co-sponsored by the Botany Section, National Museum of Natural
> History, Smithsonian Institution,
> and the National Coalition of Independent Scholars (NCIS).
>
> As a lead-up for the 400th anniversary of Linnaeus's birth (1707-1778), we
> propose a session on pre-Linnaean botany and the response to new plants.
> >From prehistory onwards, people who use plants in their work -
physicians,
> pharmacists, midwives, herb-gatherers, explorers, naturalists, chemists,
> gardeners, farmers, veterinarians, artisans - have encountered unfamiliar
> plants. Some of these plants were introduced from other places; some moved
> into new territory as the result of environmental change; some were sports
> or hybrids; some had been there all along, but had gone unnoticed. Before
> Linnaeus, there was no generally accepted way to name, catalogue, and
> characterize these 'non-descripts' - to use John Ray's term. We invite
> proposals of papers that analyze the discovery, dispersion,
naturalization,
> uses, and intellectual impact of  previously unknown plants before the
> mid-eighteenth century.
>
> Deadline for submission is April 1, 03. Please, send proposals (title and
> short abstract) to Alain Touwaide, at atouwaide at hotmail.com, or to Karen
> Reeds, at karen.reeds at verizon.net
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