The Greenhouse: Speaker - Professor Sigrid Schmalzer, University of Massachusetts Amherst

For this session we'll be hearing from speaker Professor Sigrid Schmalzer, University of Massachusetts Amherst, with a talk titled "The Power of Systems" (Chapter Two of a book project in preparation, "Heritage and Survival: The Power of Agricultural Knowledge in the People's Republic of China")

A chapter to read in advance will be circulated closer to the time.

The Greenhouse is a meeting place for students and researchers interested in the history and sociology of plants, food, agriculture and environment to explore how science and technology shape what we grow and eat. The regular programme of papers and discussions is curated in conjunction with the project From Collection to Cultivation, which is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

The reading group is open to all. We meet from 12-1pm on Tuesdays fortnightly during Cambridge term time, to discuss papers or presentations. We're currently meeting via Zoom, with access information circulated prior to the sessions via our reading group mailing list. Write to us at hps-greenhouse@lists.cam.ac.uk to subscribe.

This term's theme is the Green Revolution.