Society for the History of Natural History AGM Wednesday 16 July 2025 (online)
Annual General Meeting 2025, Wednesday 16 July at 3.00pm London time (15:00 BST) – Online
We look forward to meeting you at our virtual Annual General Meeting on 16 July (3:00pm London time / 15:00 BST), and extend a special welcome to our new members and international members.
The official business of the AGM will be followed by presentation of the Society’s awards and short talks by our award winners. Details of award winners are below.
The AGM is open to all SHNH members, but advance registration is required. Please register via this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shnh-annual-general-meeting-and-prizegiving-2025-tickets-1412020293709
Joining the online AGM: On the day of the meeting an invitation will be emailed to you with a link and other login details to enable you to join the AGM on Zoom. This link will also allow you to download Zoom if you don’t already have it.
We all look forward to meeting you on 16 July 2025.
We are delighted to announce our Awards for this year:
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President’s Award to Caroline Cornish, Humanities Research Coordinator at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and an honorary research fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Founders’ Medal to David J. Mabberley, Director Emeritus, Botanic Gardens of Sydney, Emeritus Professor, University of Leiden, Emeritus Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford, Fellow of the National Botanic Garden of Wales and Chairman of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy’s General Committee for Plant Nomenclature.
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SHNH Natural History Book Prize (John Thackray Medal) to Malini Roy, Cam Sharp Jones and Cheryl Tipp for Animals. Art, Science and Sound (British Library, 2023, ISBN 9780712354332). Malini Roy is Head of Visual Arts, Asian and African Collections, Cam Sharp Jones is Curator of Visual Arts, Asian and African Collections and Cheryl Tipp is Curator of Wildlife and Environmental Sounds at the British Library.
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W. T. Stearn Student Essay Prize to Theo Detweilier, for ‘Hare, Hyrax, and Hart: Biblical Natural History and Hermeneutics in British Expeditions to the Holy Land, 1863-1884’, by which was a revised chapter of his BA History, Arabic Studies Honors thesis at William College, USA. Theo is currently at Cambridge University undertaking an MPhil on a Hershel Smith Fellowship. Readers described this as ‘a very well-researched essay which offers a valuable re-evaluation of the work of Henry Baker Tristram and his interpretation of mammals in the Holy Land’.
The Agenda for the AGM, and all the supporting documents including the list of nominees to Council portfolios are available below.
SHNH AGM 2025 AGENDA
1) Welcome from the President
2) Apologies for absence
3) Minutes of the AGM held on 4 July 2024
4) Report of the Trustees for 2024
- Legal Status
- Address
- Objectives and Activities
- Trustees
- President’s Report for 2024
- Membership
- Publications and Communications
- Meetings
- Awards and Grants
- International Representatives
- Treasurer’s Report and Statement of Financial Activities for 2023
5) Elections to the portfolios of Council and election of Trustees
6) Any other business
7) Presentation of Awards for 2025 and talks by award-winners
- Introduction to the Society’s awards by the Awards and Grants Secretary
- The President’s Medal
- The Founder’s Medal
- The SHNH Natural History Book Prize (John Thackray Medal)
- The W. T. Stearn Student Essay Prize
9) Closing remarks from the President
10) Vote of thanks and close of AGM
SHNH AGM 2025 DOCUMENTS