Symposium | Death re-enlightened

Death re-enlightened: the existential role of mortality in art and science. Symposium organised in honour of the retirement of the curator of the LUMC Anatomical Museum.

Details

  • Location
    Buruma Lecture Hall, LUMC Building 3
  • Organiser
    LUMC Education Service Point

Description

Death re-enlightened: the existential role of mortality in art and science

In honour of the retirement of Dries van Dam, curator of the LUMC Anatomical Museum, the symposium ‘Death re-enlightened: the existential role of mortality in art and science’ is being organised.

The symposium broadly re-examines the existential and connecting role of death in art and science. Particular attention will be paid to Vanitas and the related developments in dissection, preparation and conservation, which enabled the creation of extensive scientific collections for study and wonder.

The symposium will highlight from different disciplines how this relationship with our mortality has developed.

Programme

  • 13:30 hrs.   Reception
  • 14.00 hrs.   Lectures - session 1
  • 15:40 hrs.   Coffee break
  • 16.10 hrs.   Lectures - session 2
  • 17.30 hrs.   Farewell reception
  • 20.00 hrs.   End

Register

You can register for this symposium via the Stichting Academisch Erfgoed website.You will also find further information here.

More information

Stichting Academisch Erfgoed website

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