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Spices and Medicine

An interdisciplinary UCL initiative focusing on the use of potent substances across time, cultures, and contexts.

UCL Spices and Medicine is an interdisciplinary initiative that aims to showcase research relating to the interface between food, medicine, and culture to the present day and its relevance across different academic fields and to foster collaborations with institutions and communities interested in exploring botanical traditions. We are based at the UCL School of Pharmacy in  Brunswick Square, London.

 

Spices and Medicines Symposium with the Peter Bradley Lecture 2026                           

Hybrid event: Online and In-person. For more details, please visit our new Website:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/ucl-spices-and-medicine 

                                   

(2017 UCL Spices symposium)

Charlene Murphy (UCL) presents her work on archaeobotany, UCL Spices 2017.

Participants at the poster session, UCL Spices symposium 2017

(2017 UCL Spices symposium)

Vivienne Lo (UCL History, China Centre for Health and Humanity) speaks on Chinese medicine at the 2013 Spices symposium.

(2017 UCL Spices symposium)

Mark Nesbitt (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew) presents at the 2017 UCL Spices symposium.

Fabien Schultz, 2023

Prof Michael Heinrich, 2013

Jason TW Irving (University of Kent) presents his work on Jamaican ethnobotany, UCL Spices.

Judith Rollinger (University of Vienna) presents the UCL School of Pharmacy's Annual Frank Fish Memorial Lecture, 2022. 

Kim Walker (RGB Kew) presents her study on Cinchona, 2017

Zachary Bellman (UCL School of Pharmacy) presents his PhD research on cannabis, UCL Spices.

UCL Spices Herb Jars

Banaz Jalil, 2023

MJ Datiles (UCL) presents at BMA, 2016

Dr. Tony Booker speaks at the 2013 Spices and Medicine conference, sponsored by the British Society for the History of Science and London BioNat. 

Photo by Fon Lumerledkij

(2017 UCL Spices symposium)

Dr. Tony Booker speaks at the 2013 Spices and Medicine conference, sponsored by the British Society for the History of Science and London BioNat.

(2017 UCL Spices symposium)

Prof Michael Heinrich (UCL School of Pharmacy) discusses traditional medicines regulations and policy, 2019

Participants mingle, discuss presentations and posters, and engage with researchers at the reception for the 2013 UCL Spices and Medicine conference. 

Photo by Fon Lumerledkij

Photo by Fon Lumerledkij