An Evening of Conversation with Claudia Horn
Listen to Claudia Horn discuss her upcoming book, Rosa Luxemburg’s Herbarium, which presents the first-ever translation of the revolutionary icon’s little-known collection of pressed plants.
The event will include a moderated interview followed by an audience Q&A.
Tickets: $25 (admission w/ book), $12.50 (general admission)
Note: Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred, if you are unable to attend.
About Rosa Luxemburg’s Herbarium:
Rosa Luxemburg’s Herbarium presents the first-ever translation of the radical icon’s little-known collection of pressed plants, offering a fascinating window into her ecological perspective.
“Such a look at nature and the cruelty around us can only inspire more radical politics, daring us to include beauty and diversity as propellers for a better socialist society.”
—Sabrina Fernandes
Better known for her revolutionary politics, Rosa Luxemburg was also an avid botanist. Between 1913 and 1918, even while incarcerated in Poland and Germany for her anti-war organizing, Luxemburg collected plants sent to her by friends or found in the prison grounds. With care and expertise, she pressed and annotated close to four hundred varieties of leaves and flowers.
This lavishly illustrated study, the first of its kind, brings together pages from Luxemburg’s herbarium, personal letters that richly detail her fascination with nature, and a discussion of her ecological critique of colonial capitalism.
Through the lens of the herbarium, Claudia Horn illuminates the connections between the study of flora, the naturalist movement, and the plantation economy, showing that the decolonization of botany and global environmental justice are both possible and necessary.
About Claudia Horn:
Claudia Horn is a lecturer in political economy at the Department of European and International Studies at King's College London. Her research explores the politics of development, ecological transition, and global inequalities, particularly market-based conservation and nature-based solutions. She completed her PhD in International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and holds an M.A. in Sociology from the New School for Social Research as well as an M.A. from the Technical University Dresden.