Research Fields
- Environmental History
- History of Natural History
- Victorian Studies
- History of Science
- British History
- Cultural History
About
Dr. Naomi Yuval-Naeh is a cultural historian interested in science, environment, and nature, focusing mainly on 19th century Britain. Naomi holds a BSc (Biology and Amirim), and M.Sc (Plant Science) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D (History) from Tel Aviv University. Dr. Yuval-Naeh serves as the academic curator of the Herbarium at the Hebrew University’s National Natural History Collections.
Selected Publications
“Cultivating the Carboniferous: Coal as a Botanical Curiosity in Victorian Culture”, Victorian Studies 61.3 (2019)
(Forthcoming) “The Botany Department and the Spatial Question, 1948-1967” (Hebrew), in The History of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Vol. V, eds. Yfaat Weiss and Uzi Rebhun (Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press)
Selected Awards
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship
Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dan David Prize Scholarship
Teaching
Environmental History
History of Natural History
On Plants and People: Entangled Histories
Industrial Culture in 19th Century Britain
Victorian Environments: Between the Country and the City
Victorian Society and Culture