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Fascinated by the power of #plants to shape human #culture? This summer, spend 4 weeks exploring the intersections of #botany, #HistoryOfScience, #ArtHistory, & more at our funded Plant #Humanities program w/ @JSTOR. Share with your students & classmates! https://t.co/G0qxXGX8vk
"The frog came once more, and said,
'Open the door, my #princess dear,
...And mind the words that thou and I said
By the #fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.'"
It's the 234th birthday of #fairytales writer Jacob #Grimm, born #onthisday in 1785.
#BrothersGrimm #Folklore #otd
Close out 2018 with #books! Only 1 week left to get 15% off classic @DumbartonOaks paperbacks, like THE LIFE OF LAZAROS OF MT. GALESION, translated into English for the first time by Richard P. H. Greenfield (@queenshistory). Use code HOLIDAY15 at https://t.co/JM7Cziysyq.
Cabarets, luxuries...& #medievalism? Why were #BelleÉpoque France & #FinDeSiècle #Paris crazy for #medieval books, art, #WorldsFair sights, & more?
Find out at 2 exciting talks this week in #DC!
WEDNESDAY: https://t.co/A6ALefJqFW
THURSDAY: https://t.co/LQ3wAWyuOy
@FreeinDCBlog
A tale of #war, #trade, #addiction...& #tea? Help us share the hidden #history of #plants through #digitalhumanities. Apply to our Plant #Humanities #Fellowships (with @JSTOR/@MellonFdn).
Due today, Dec 1!
https://t.co/RQlgpkSF8u
#histsci #histmed #landscapearchitecture #empire
Make merry in #medievalist style this Nov 15! Enjoy winter drinks plus discounted #shopping at Evenings at @DumbartonOaks.
Tickets include #free snacks, live #juggling, & after-hours access to #JugglingtheMiddleAges galleries: https://t.co/JtQOcVVoeO.
📷: Postcard by Malatesta.
Indigenous people of the #Andes used this plant (which Europeans named "cinchona") medicinally. As a result of imperialism, cinchona spread globally -- the only effective malaria treatment until the 1930s. Today we call its active ingredient quinine. #WellnessWednesday #RareBooks