Centre for World Environmental History Botany, Climate, and Empire A one‐day workshop and Launch of Deepak Kumar, Vinita Damodaran and Rohan D’Souza, The British empire and the natural world: environmental encounters in South Asia, Oxford University Press 2010 A festschrift for Professor Richard Grove 19 May 2011 University of Sussex Conference Centre, Bramber House Workshop schedule Welcome and introduction ‐ 10‐10.15 am Research questions ‐ 10.15‐11.30 am Collections ‐ 11.45‐12.45 pm Panels: 2‐3 pm – Botany and medicine; 3‐4pm ‐ Climate/ environment Visit to library collections ‐ 5‐6 pm Book launch 6‐7 pm