2nd International Conference on Global Plant Humanities
The 2nd International Conference on Global Plant Humanities at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2–3 May 2025, will further the dialogue between the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences towards novel perspectives on the botanical world and human-flora relations.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Penny Hay
Professor of Imagination, Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries, Bath Spa University, UK
Dr. Penny Hay is an artist, educator and researcher, Professor of Imagination Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries, Reader in Creative Teaching and Learning, Bath Spa University and Founding Director House of Imagination. Signature projects include School Without Walls and Forest of Imagination. Penny’s doctoral research focused on children’s learning identity as artists. Penny is strand leader for Creative Pedagogy in the Policy, Pedagogy and Practice Research Centre, and co-chair of the eARTh research group focusing on education, arts and the environment. She was recently the co-investigator on an Erasmus+ project Interstice in Europe researching the space between art, children and educators, and artist researcher on the AHRC funded Rethinking Waste Compound13 Project in Mumbai. Penny was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at Arts University Plymouth and a Fellowship in Imagination at the Centre for Future Thinking; she is a National Teaching Fellow and Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching.
Professor Ammaraj Joshi
Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University (TU), Kirtipur, Nepal
Professor Ram Prasad Chaudhary
Emeritus Professor at Tribhuvan University (TU), Kirtipur, Nepal
Professor Gregory F. Tague
Professor Emeritus, St. Francis College, N.Y., U.S.A
Gregory F. Tague, Ph.D. (1998 NYU) is Professor Emeritus, St. Francis College, N.Y., where he founded the Evolutionary Studies Collaborative and hosted Darwin-inspired Moral Sense Colloquia. His most recent books include An Ape Ethic and the Question of Personhood (2020) and The Vegan Evolution (2022). His new book, Forest Sovereignty: Wildlife Sustainability and Ethics, is scheduled for release in 2025. Tague’s current interests focus on environmental and animal ethics. Visit him at https://sites.google.com/site/gftague/
