Research & Publications : Work in Progress
Books:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Botany: the salutary science.
‘Ecrits sur la botanique,’ in Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Œuvres complètes de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Paris: Garnier frères).
Articles:
"China in the Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau."
Conference Papers:
"Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Botanik und die Kritik der Naturwissenschaften," Forschungszentrum Laboratorium Aufklärung, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany, 20 October 2009
"La traduction de Rousseau en tant que réception," Equipe Rousseau, University of Paris IV--Sorbonne, Paris, France, 24 May 2008.
Colloquium on herbaria, Linnean Society, London, May 2008.
"The Herbarium as an instrument of social reform," Herbarium Workshop, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Ernst-Haeckel-Haus, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany, 11 December 2007.
"The disciple critiques the Master: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Linnaean nomenclature," Les mots et les choses au XVIIIe siècle: la science, "langue bien faite?" University of Lyon 2-Lumière, 22 September 2007.
"Between Praxis and Episteme: the herbarium as boundary object," International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, Exeter, U.K., 26 July 2007.
"Communicating science at a distance: Jean-Jacques Rousseau's botanical correspondence," Twelfth International Congress on the Enlightenment, Montpellier, France, 10 July 2007.
"Early-Modern European 'linguistic imperialism' in botany: The case of Chinese Plants," British Society for the History of Science, University of Manchester, U.K., 28 June 2007.
"Botanical Exchanges: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Duchess of Portland," Transferts culturels France-Grande Bretagne: agents, vecteurs, réseaux, University of Paris VIII-St Denis, France, 30 June 2006.
"Ein Philosoph wirbt für die Botanik: Die Herbarien von Jean-Jacques Rousseau," Historisches Institut, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 7 June 2006.
"Was there a biological concept of environment in the eighteenth century?" American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 37th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 31 March 2006.
"Jean-Jacques Rousseau and plant identification," International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, 15 July 2005.
"Rousseau's Herbarium: The neglected middle term," North American Rousseau Association Biennial Colloquium, Hamilton College in Clinton, New York (U.S.A.), 11 June 2005.
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