Maura Capps is a 2013 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient and a graduate student at the University of Chicago. In this Research Snapshot, she examines how Enlightenment-era high husbandry, with its arsenal of sown grasses, traveled throughout Britain’s settler empire. The Research Snapshots series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.
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From Our Fellows
A Contested Past and Present: Australian Trees in South Africa
by Brett BennettBrett Bennett was a 2010 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient. In this Research Snapshot, he explores how state scientific programs in Australia and South Africa encouraged the introduction of exotic species of trees into each region. The Research Snapshots series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.
May 1, 2011