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Lectures and Public Talks

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I offer guest lectures locally and internationally at colleges, universities and in public fora. Recent lectures include: 

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  • Of Fishpots, Bonnets, and Wine: The Cultural History of the Bermuda Palmetto 

    • Joint conference of the Societies of Ethnobiology and Economic Botany, Madison WI (2018)

    • Human Ecology, UBC​ (2017)

    • St. George's World Heritage Centre (2017)

    • Heartbeats Heritage Lecture Series (2017)

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  • The Story of String:

    • Plants and Peoples, UBC (2017)

    • Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo (2017)

    • Botanical Dimension Ethnobotany Festival, California (2016)

    • Botanical Dimensions Ethnobotany Library Opening, California (2015)

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  • Losing Ground: The effects of cultural transplantation and colonization on plant knowledge in Bermuda 

    • Think Fest, Bermuda (2017)​

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  • Medicinal Plants of British Columbia

    • Applied Biology, Douglas College (2015, 2016)​

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  • What is Ethnobotany? 

    • Plants and Peoples, UBC (2017​)

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  • The Ethnobotany of Gin

    • Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC (2014)​

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  • The Ethnobotany of Beer

    • Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC (2013)

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© 2015 by Saskia Wolsak

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