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Melanie Boehi

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Chercheuse postdoctorale, Université de Lausanne, Section d'histoire, Université de Lausanne
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Experience

  • 2020–present
    SNSF Postdoc.Mobility fellow, Swiss National Science Foundation
  • 2022–present
    Postdoctoral fellow, Université de Lausanne
  • 2018–2020
    SNSF Early Postdoc.Mobility fellow, Swiss National Science Foundation
  • 2018–2018
    Lecturer, University of Basel
  • 2012–2018
    PhD student, University of Basel
  • 2017–2017
    Lecturer, University of Basel
  • 2017–2017
    Co-editor A* Magazine, University of Basel

Education

  • 2018 
    University of Basel, PhD
  • 2011 
    University of the Western Cape, MA

Publications

  • 2018
    Multispecies histories of South African imperial formations in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Uriel Orlow and Shela Sheikh (eds.), Theatrum Botanicum (Berlin: Sternberg Press 2018), 81-87.
  • 2016
    The Politics of Nature and Science in Southern Africa, co-edited with Maano Ramutsindela and Giorgio Miescher ,
  • 2016
    “‘Flowers are South Africa’s silent ambassadors’: flower shows and botanical diplomacy in South Africa, Maano Ramutsindela, Giorgio Miescher and Melanie Boehi (eds.), The Politics of Nature and Science in Southern Africa (Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien 2016), 149-176.
  • 2015
    Who cut down Margaret Thatcher’s tree?, Veit Arlt, Stephanie Bishop and Pascal Schmid (eds.), Explorations in African History: Reading Patrick Harries (Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien 2015), 71-74

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    SNSF Postdoc Mobility Fellowship
    Role:
    Fellow
    Funding Source:
    Swiss National Science Foundation
  • 2018
    SNSF Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship
    Role:
    Fellow
    Funding Source:
    Swiss National Science Foundation