Name: Keynote Presentation: Mark Plotkin: The History of Hallucinogens at Harvard
Start: 2026-08-13T20:15:00-0600
End: 2026-08-13T21:45:00-0600

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Keynote Presentation: Mark Plotkin: The History of Hallucinogens at Harvard

Thursday August 13, 2026 8:15pm - 9:45pm MDT

Palm Theatre @ 721 W Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO 81435

Mycophiles and myconauts: You will NOT want to miss this Keynote lecture by world renowned ethnobotanist / ethnomycologist Mark Plotkin. Last time at the Telluride Mushroom Festival Dr. Plotkin treated us to a tour de force of his knowledge. For his overview, only teases us that he will be "Recounting the little-known story of entheogen research at Harvard, from William James to Richard Schultes and beyond…"

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Mark Plotkin Ph.D.

2026 Keynote

Mark Plotkin, Ph.D., is an ethnobotanist who has been working in and on the Amazon for over four decades. He is an ethnobotanist known for his work in the Neotropics and for advocating rainforest conservation. After early field experience at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology... Read More →

Thursday August 13, 2026 8:15pm - 9:45pm MDT
Palm Theatre

Passholder Event (included in Festival Pass), Psychedelics

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