Emory HLTH440: Botanical Medicine & Health Syllabus now available
Attention Emory students: The syllabus for HLTH440: Botanical Medicine and Health is now available here. More info on the course can also be found on the etnobotanica.us website here.
Tag: ethnobotany
New photos from Kosovo fieldwork!
Photos from the October 2014 fieldwork with students from the University of Prishtina are now up! Visit this link to view the pictures : https://etnobotanica.us/photos/fieldwork-in-kosovo
August 21st Science Cafe at Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Save the Date- Thursday, August 21st! I’ll be giving the Science Cafe talk in the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Plants and Human Health Series. This will be a fun, interactive evening, with hands-on activities that coincides with Cocktails in the Garden! So, plan on coming at 6pm to enjoy a cocktail,…
Presentation on the ethnobotanical approach to anti-infective drug discovery available on Vimeo
Dr. Quave’s presentation from the 2014 Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science is now up on Vimeo. Enjoy! http://vimeo.com/101350350
New paper out on uses of silver birch in Romania
A new paper coauthored with European colleagues has just been released: Papp, N., D. Czégényi, A. Hegedűs, T. Morschhauser, C.L. Quave, K. Cianfaglione and A. Pieroni (2014). The uses of Betula pendula Roth among Hungarian Csángós and Székelys in Transylvania, Romania. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 83(2): 113-122. The full article…
Photos from field study in Pantelleria, Italy
I have just completed an ethnobotanical field study on the volcanic island of Pantelleria n collaboration with Dr. Alessandro Saitta, mycologist and Asst. Professor at the University of Palermo, Italy and with support from the Emory Center for the Study of Human Health. Dr. Saitta and I examined the local…
Quave to speak at the Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium
I am honored to announce that I have been invited to serve as a session speaker at the fourth Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium to be held in Medan, Indonesia this June! I will be speaking in the session on Ethnobotany and Tropical Medicine. The symposium is sponsored by…
New paper out on ethnobotany in the Balkans
A new paper by Pieroni and colleagues explores Macedonian and Albanian traditional knowledge concerning local plants: Pieroni, A., K. Cianfaglione, A. Nedelcheva, A. Hajdari, B. Mustafa and C.L. Quave (2014). Resilience at the border: traditional botanical knowledge among Macedonians and Albanians living in Gollobordo, Eastern Albania. Journal of Ethnobiology and…
Dr. Quave’s new book on teaching now available
Great news! The book is Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences (C.L. Quave, Ed.; Springer Press) is out! Click here to order. This was an amazing effort by an inspirational group of educators! Thanks again to Pat Harrison, Will McClatchey, Kent W Bridges, Sonia VI, Keri McNew Barfield, Ryan…
New paper by Quave & Pieroni out on Food Security in the Balkans
Our new paper on ethnozymology and food security in the Balkans is out! You can read the full article here. Quave, C.L. and A. Pieroni (2014) Fermented foods for food sovereignty and food security in the Balkans: A case study of the Gorani people of northeastern Albania. Journal of Ethnobiology…
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New photos from Kosovo fieldwork!
Photos from the October 2014 fieldwork with students from the University of Prishtina are now up! Visit this link to view the pictures : https://etnobotanica.us/photos/fieldwork-in-kosovo
August 21st Science Cafe at Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Save the Date- Thursday, August 21st! I’ll be giving the Science Cafe talk in the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Plants and Human Health Series. This will be a fun, interactive evening, with hands-on activities that coincides with Cocktails in the Garden! So, plan on coming at 6pm to enjoy a cocktail,…
Presentation on the ethnobotanical approach to anti-infective drug discovery available on Vimeo
Dr. Quave’s presentation from the 2014 Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science is now up on Vimeo. Enjoy! http://vimeo.com/101350350
New paper out on uses of silver birch in Romania
A new paper coauthored with European colleagues has just been released: Papp, N., D. Czégényi, A. Hegedűs, T. Morschhauser, C.L. Quave, K. Cianfaglione and A. Pieroni (2014). The uses of Betula pendula Roth among Hungarian Csángós and Székelys in Transylvania, Romania. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 83(2): 113-122. The full article…
Photos from field study in Pantelleria, Italy
I have just completed an ethnobotanical field study on the volcanic island of Pantelleria n collaboration with Dr. Alessandro Saitta, mycologist and Asst. Professor at the University of Palermo, Italy and with support from the Emory Center for the Study of Human Health. Dr. Saitta and I examined the local…
Quave to speak at the Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium
I am honored to announce that I have been invited to serve as a session speaker at the fourth Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium to be held in Medan, Indonesia this June! I will be speaking in the session on Ethnobotany and Tropical Medicine. The symposium is sponsored by…
New paper out on ethnobotany in the Balkans
A new paper by Pieroni and colleagues explores Macedonian and Albanian traditional knowledge concerning local plants: Pieroni, A., K. Cianfaglione, A. Nedelcheva, A. Hajdari, B. Mustafa and C.L. Quave (2014). Resilience at the border: traditional botanical knowledge among Macedonians and Albanians living in Gollobordo, Eastern Albania. Journal of Ethnobiology and…
Dr. Quave’s new book on teaching now available
Great news! The book is Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences (C.L. Quave, Ed.; Springer Press) is out! Click here to order. This was an amazing effort by an inspirational group of educators! Thanks again to Pat Harrison, Will McClatchey, Kent W Bridges, Sonia VI, Keri McNew Barfield, Ryan…
New paper by Quave & Pieroni out on Food Security in the Balkans
Our new paper on ethnozymology and food security in the Balkans is out! You can read the full article here. Quave, C.L. and A. Pieroni (2014) Fermented foods for food sovereignty and food security in the Balkans: A case study of the Gorani people of northeastern Albania. Journal of Ethnobiology…
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