Daiva Seskauskaite
Kruenta - publishing house, publishing, translation, promotion, event organisation · scientist, researcher
Research Interests
Research interests - ethnology, folklore studies, male-female relations, children and their education, social initiatives, linguistics, musicology, ethnobotany, mythology, religious studies, anthropology, ethnomusicology.
Biography
Department of Culture and Education - folklore expert. Chief folk song leader at the World Song Festival. Vilnius University - Head of folklore group. studies and teaching courses at the university. Head of Culture and Education Department of Kaunas district - artistic director, Kaunas College of Forest and Environmental Engineering. Ethnologist organises ancient weddings, hen parties, ceremonies, christenings, various celebrations, plays the kanklės, other Lithuanian folk instruments and sings ancient hymns.
Education
Dr. Daiva Šeškauskaitė - Kaunas J. Gruodis Conservatory - violin, viola. Vilnius Pedagogical University, specialisation in Lithuanian language and literature. Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University, doctoral studies in ethnology, folklore studies. Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University, PhD thesis in ethnology, doctoral dissertation in the humanities "Sutartines in the ceremonial context".
Recent Scopus Publications
- The bear in Eurasian plant names: Motivations and models
- Uses of tree saps in northern and eastern parts of Europe
- The botanical identity and cultural significance of Lithuanian Jovaras: An ethnobotanical riddle
- Some Lithuanian ethnobotanical taxa: A linguistic view on Thorn Apple and related plants
- Rūtà, die nationalblume der litauer: Zur kulturgeschichte der weinraute (Ruta graveolens L.) und zur etymologie von litauisch rūtà und deutsch raute
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6382-9276
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6507244164
- Personal Weblink https://daivaseskauskaite.lt