Dear members of the GSU Anthropology community:

I am hosting the Joint Conference of the Society for Economic Botany and Society of Ethnobiology at Emory University on the main campus the week of June 4-9, 2023.

The conference will center on six major thematic areas, all offering cross-systems insight to planetary and human health:

• Phytochemistry: Reading the Language of Nature
• Psychedelics: From Indigenous Knowledge to Applications in Medicine
• Traditional Medicine and Ethnopharmacology
• Urban Ethnobiology
• Community Based Conservation and Land Management
• Agroecology and the Future of Food

Abstract submissions in other topical areas pertinent to ethnobotany, economic botany, ethnopharmacology, ethnobiology, paleobotany, zooarchaeology, and pharmacognosy are also encouraged. We’d love to see faculty, student, resident, and postdoc abstract submissions from your community!

More info on abstract and documentary film submissions here: https://www.econbot.org/home/meetings/economic-botany-2023/abstract-submission.html

Important Dates and Deadlines:

• Abstracts due: March 1 (just 2 weeks away!)
• Early-bird registration: April 15 We have affordable rates for in-person or virtual delegates

Register here: https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=727553&

Keynote Speakers

• Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Opening Keynote. Award winning author of Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss and SUNY Distinguished Professor of Environmental Biology
• Dr. Bradley C. Bennett, Recipient of the Distinguished Economic Botanist Award, Professor of Biology at Florida International University
• Dr. William Balée, Recipient of the Distinguished Ethnobiologist Award, Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University
• Dr. Nadja Cech, Plenary Speaker, Patricia A. Sullivan Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina Greensboro
• Dr. Mark Merlin, Plenary Speaker, Professor in the Botany Program, School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
• Dr. Ben Erik Van-Wyk, Plenary Speaker, Professor at the University of Johannesburg in the Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology
• Dr. Andrea Pieroni, Plenary Speaker, Professor of Ethnobotany at the University of Pollenzo, Italy
• Dr. Kat Anderson, Plenary Speaker, Research Associate at University of California Davis
• Chef Sean Sherman, Plenary Speaker, James Beard Award-winning Chef and founder of The Sioux Chef

Nonfiction Author Panel

• Dr. Mark Plotkin, award-winning author of The Shaman’s Apprentice and Medicine Quest. President of the Amazon Conservation Team
• Dr. David Haskell, award-winning author of The Songs of Trees and Sounds Wild and Broken. Professor at The University of the South
• Dr. Cassandra Quave, award-winning author of The Plant Hunter. Associate Professor of Dermatology and Human Health at Emory University
• Maryn McKenna, award-winning author of Superbug and Big Chicken. Senior Writer at WIRED and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Human Health at Emory University
• Elias Altman, Literary Agent at MMQLIT, representing leading journalists, historians, essayists, and scientists

Key Workshop Leaders

• Sandor Katz, Fermentation revivalist and author of the NY Times Bestselling book The Art of Fermentation
• Julia Skinner, Food historian and author of the acclaimed book Our Fermented Lives
• Alexis Nikole Nelson, Environmental science enthusiast, best known for her social media accounts as “The Black Foragers”, with millions of subscribers
• Linda Black Elk, renowned advocate for indigenous food sovereignty

Note that if you are only interested in attending Dr. Kimmerer’s talk, and not the full conference, we have a limited number of seats (in-person or virtual) available to the public here: https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=736675&

I hope to see you there! Please let me know if you have any questions!

Best,

Cassy