2023 sees the 200th anniversary of Alfred Russel Wallace's birth. He was born on 8 January, but the anniversary will be celebrated during the whole year. In fact, celebrations began in 2022, as several books were published in advance of the anniversary.
Here is a list of events, books etc designed to celebrate the anniversary. If you would like us to add any missing ones then please email George Beccaloni (g.beccaloni@gmail.com). If possible, please use the Wallace200 logo for your event - for details please click HERE
CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA
Symposium "Memories of Alfred Russel Wallace and the direction of research on the island bioculture of Southeast Asia". Organised by the Institute of Marine & Island Cultures and the National Institute of Biological Resources, South Korea on 6 January 2023
Conference "Alfred Russel Wallace - 1823-2023", Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK on 9 January 2023. Click HERE for details.
TALKS
"Wallace and Malay Archipelago": Linnean Lens online talk at the Linnean Society, London, by George Beccaloni, 14 March 2023, 2-3pm GMT
FILMS & VIDEOS
A 3 part TV series about Wallace's life and work, provisionally titled "The Great Journey", is being produced by production companies in South Korea and Brazil. It will be released in the second half of 2023 and there will probably be English, Korean and Portuguese versions.
BOOKS
Children's book about Wallace, published in both English and Bahasa Indonesia versions in September 2022: Click HERE
First French edition of Wallace's book The Malay Archipelago. Published November, 2022 by Plume de Carotte. Click HERE and HERE
First biography of Wallace in Norwegian, published November 2022: Markus Lindholm, Barbeint I Amazonas: Historien om Alfred Russel Wallace. Click HERE
A facsimile of Wallace's own annotated copy of The Malay Archipelago, with and introduction by Sandra Knapp, will be published by the Natural History Museum, London in January 2023.
Booklet about house
Most comprehensive biography of Wallace written to date, to be published March 2023 by Princeton University Press: James Costa, Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace. Click HERE
A book of quotes from Wallace's writings, compiled by Richard Milner, and illustrated buy magnificent photos by Tim Laman and others, will be published by Princeton University Press in 2023.
ARTICLES
George Beccaloni [In Press, March 2023]. Alfred Russel Wallace and His Discoveries in The Malay Archipelago. EVOLVE Magazine [Natural History Museum, London's members magazine]
EXHIBITIONS
An exhibition about Wallace's life and work will take place at the National Museum of Natural Sciences of Spain (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de España) in 2023.
OTHER EVENTS
Tree planting in Usk, Wales in September 2022 to mark the anniversary. Click HERE