HMEI Faculty Seminar “Seeing Beyond Sugar in Cuba” by Rachel Price

The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) will host a seminar by Rachel Price, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Price is the first speaker in the Fall 2026 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Price examines how nineteenth-century Cuban art, archaeology and historical documents reveal botanical knowledge and practices beyond the monoculture of sugar.

This seminar is free and open to the public. Lunch will be available in the Briger Atrium at 11:45 a.m. Click here to stream it live, no registration needed. If you’d like to submit a question for the Q&A, you can do so here.

Directions to Briger Hall.

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HMEI Faculty Seminar “Seeing Beyond Sugar in Cuba” by Rachel Price

Event Date

Tue, Sep 8, 2026 ・ 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Location

Briger Hall Auditorium, 11 Ivy Lane

Category

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The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) will host a seminar by Rachel Price, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Price is the first speaker in the Fall 2026 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Price examines how nineteenth-century Cuban art, archaeology and historical documents reveal botanical knowledge and practices beyond the monoculture of sugar.

This seminar is free and open to the public. Lunch will be available in the Briger Atrium at 11:45 a.m. Click here to stream it live, no registration needed. If you’d like to submit a question for the Q&A, you can do so here.

Directions to Briger Hall.