About

Dr. Naomi Yuval-Naeh is a cultural historian interested in science, environment, and nature, focusing mainly on 19^th 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