Materia medica on the move. Collecting, trading, studying, and using exotic...

by Descartes Centre (Utrecht University), Huygens ING, and Naturalis Biodivers...

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Date and time

Wed, 15 Apr 2015, 19:30 –

Fri, 17 Apr 2015, 13:00 CEST

Location

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

7 Pesthuislaan

2333 BA Leiden (Zuid-Holand)

Netherlands

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Description

Three-day conference on the circulation of knowledge regarding non-European plants and plant components, to which therapeutic properties were attributed in the early modern period (1500-1800).

NB Day 1 of the conference will take place at Museum Boerhaave, 10 Lange St. Agnietenstraat, Leiden. Day 2 and 3 will take place at Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 7 Pesthuislaan, Leiden.