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Border-Crossing Botanicals: The Curious History of Saffron in Japan
Posted on Tue., Jan. 22, 2019
Susan Burns, professor of history at the University of Chicago, explores the incorporation of saffron into Japanese pharmacology, a complex process that involved the rise of natural science and a "productive confusion" that linked saffron with other botanicals. This program is part of the East Asian Garden Lecture series.
