The next Clusius Symposium is to be held on March 18th 2020: The Japanese Footprint of Siebold in the Netherlands

18 March 2020: Klein Auditorium, Leiden University Academy Building, Rapenburg 73, Leiden

Keynote lecture: ‘The Relevance of Siebold’s Herbarium’ by Prof. Dr. Hideaki Ohba
Chair: Prof. Dr. W.R. van Gulik
Summing-up by Prof. Dr. T.R. van Andel

Willem van Gulik, Opening
1. Hideaki Ohba, Keynote lecture: ‘The Relevance of Siebold’s Herbarium’
2. Pieter Baas, The impact of Siebold and Tokunai’s wood collections
3. Harm Beukers, Medicinal plants in Japan
4. S. Abe Chatterjee, Forgotten vegetables from Siebold’s time
5. Daan Kok, Keiga – Siebold’s painter
6. Gerard Thijsse, Rise and demise of Siebold’s nursery in Leiderdorp
7. Gerda van Uffelen, Siebold’s living plants in the 21st century
Tinde van Andel, Summing-up

The sessions will take place in the Academiegebouw , Rapenburg 73, in Leiden, on March 18th 2020, between 10:00 and ca. 17.00, the venue will open at 9.30. The lectures will be presented in English. Registration is free. Please send an email to g.a.van.uffelen@hortus.leidenuniv.nl if you wish to attend.