Save the date! At last, on Wednesday September 21st the Siebold symposium ‘The Japanese Footprint of Siebold in The Netherlands’ will take place in the Academy Building of Leiden University, Rapenburg 73, Leiden
You may register by sending an e-mail to Gerda van Uffelen: g.a.van.uffelen@hortus.leidenuniv.nl. If you would like to lunch, please indicate this in an email and transfer €10 to the account of the Clusiusstichting, NL81ABNA0566434482
By now we have over 120 participants, which means that the Auditorium is full, and that we will have to place your name on the reserve list, and will let you know as soon as a place becomes available.
The Japanese Footprint of Siebold in The Netherlands
9:30 Registration, Beeldentuin, University Academy Building, Rapenburg 73, Leiden
10:00 Welcome by Mr. Martine Mondt-Schouten, Chair Clusius Foundation
Introduction by Moderator Norbert Peeters, MA
10:15 Keynote lecture Prof. dr. Hideaki Ohba (University of Tokyo):
The relevance of Siebold’s Herbarium
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Prof. dr. Pieter Baas:
Tokunai’s decorated wood samples: a precious gift to Siebold
12:00 Dr. Kasper van Ommen:
The heritage of Prof. dr. Harm Beukers, Siebold’s importance
12:30 Lunch Break
13:30 Prof. dr. Tinde van Andel and Shantonu Abe Chatterjee MSc
Forgotten vegetables from Siebold’s time: The Seikei Zusetsu agricultural catalogue (1793-1804)
14:00 Prof. dr. ir. Wybe Kuitert:
Context and Praxis: the Siebold Memorial Garden in Leiden
14:30 Dr. Gerda van Uffelen:
Siebold’s living plants in the 21st century
15:00 Tea Break
15:30 Dr. Daan Kok:
Siebold’s favorite painter Keiga: a panorama screen view Nagasaki /Deshima
16:00 Prof. dr. Willem van Gulik
Utamaro’s picture book of insects and flowers, a precious gift to Siebold
16:30 Summing up by Norbert Peeters
16:45 Closing remarks by Martine Mondt-Schouten
17:00 -1800 Drinks