The sessions will take place in the Academiegebouw, Rapenburg 73, in Leiden, 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 e-mail to g.a.van.uffelen@hortus.leidenuniv.nl if you wish to attend.
Programme
- 9.30 – 10.00 Arrival of participants, tea and coffee (downstairs)
- 10.00 – 10.15 Welcome by Adriaan van der Staay, introduction by Willem van Gulik
- 10.15 – 11.00 Hideaki Ohba (Keynote lecture): ‘The Relevance of Siebold’s Herbarium’
- 11.00 – 11.30 Break
- 11.30 – 12.00 Pieter Baas: The impact of Siebold and Tokunai’s wood collections
- 12.00 – 12.30 Harm Beukers: Medicinal plants in Japan
- 12.30 – 12.45 Questions & Answers
- 12.45 – 14.00 Lunch break
- 14.00 – 14.30 Shantonu Abe Chatterjee: Forgotten vegetables from Siebold’s time
- 14.30 – 15.00 Daan Kok: Keiga – Siebold’s painter
- 15.00 – 15.30 Break
- 15.30 – 16.00 Gerard Thijsse: Rise and demise of Siebold’s nursery in Leiderdorp
- 16.00 – 16.30 Gerda van Uffelen: Siebold’s living plants in the 21st century
- 16.30 – 17.00 Questions & Answers, summing-up by Tinde van Andel
- 17.00 – 18.30 Drinks
In 2020 it will be thirty years ago that the first Clusius symposium was organized: The Authentic Garden. Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold (1796 – 1866) has been of particular importance for the Hortus botanicus Leiden, Leiden University, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and Japan Museum Siebold House. The jubilee year for the University, Hortus, Naturalis, and Siebold House is an excellent reason to dedicate a symposium to Siebold’s work and heritage.
