Program workshop

The colonial legacy of Dutch natural history collections

9.00 Walk-in coffee / tea

9.30 Welcome

9.50 Keynote speaker 1 Tinde van Andel (Naturalis/University of

Leiden/Wageningen University) –
Opening the treasure rooms of colonial botany in Leiden

10.40 Coffee / tea

11.00 Panel papers 11.00-11.30 Gerda van Uffelen (Hortus botanicus

Leiden / Leiden University) –
Hortus botanicus Leiden: over four centuries
of plant collections

11.30-12.00 Huib Zuidervaart (Huygens ING / KNAW) –

Collected since 1771: Colonial Testimonies
from the Collection of a Learned Society
from Zeeland

12.00 – 12.30 Emilie Wellfelt (Stockholm University) –

Bird of paradise in Early Modern Europe:
Interpretations and uses of exotic
specimens
12.30 Lunch

13:30 Guided tour Guided tour by ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo with a focus on
its colonial heritage

14.30 Presentation Reinwardt Presentation of results of the artists in residence program of

Academy / Amsterdam Reinwardt Academy / Amsterdam University of the Arts by
University of the Arts Marijke Hoogenboom (Amsterdam University of the Arts)

14.40 Keynote speaker 2 Nick Shepherd (Aarhus University) –

Cecil Rhodes' Zoo and the Coloniality of Nature

15.30 Coffee / tea

15.45 Round table Ronde tafelgesprek met:
[in Dutch only / in het  Andreas Weber (University of Twente)
Nederlands]  Erik de Jong (University of Amsterdam / ARTIS-
professor of Culture, Landscape and Nature)
 Wendeline Flores (Museum of World Cultures)
 Truus Coppus (Mission Museum Steyl)

17.00 Closing

18.00 Conference dinner for

invited speakers