Conference Programme
Spices and Medicine: From Historical Obsession to Research of the Future
24 May 2013 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Registration begins at 9 AM, Front Entrance Lobby
Maplethorpe Lecture Theatre
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Pharmacy
29-39 Brunswick Square
9:30 |
°Â±ð±ô³¦´Ç³¾±ðÌýResearchÌýQuestion:ÌýHow has Europe's fascination with spices as both food and medicine contributed to the global exchange and advancement of medical knowledge from ancient times to today? |
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Session 1. The Spice Trade in History:ÌýForming aÌýGlobal Network of Medical CulturesMaplethorpe Lecture Theatre (ground floor) |
9:30 - 10:30 |
Opening Keynote -Ìý"Health, Wellness and the Allure of Spices" Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History and Chair, History Department, Yale University,ÌýNew Haven, CT, USA. (via video) |
10:30 - 11: 00Ìý |
"The Roman and Islamic Spice Trade - Early Globalisation" Marijke van der Veen, Professor of Archaeology, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, UK.Ìý |
11:00 - 11:20 |
Coffee Break and Poster ExhibitThe Square Lounge (ground floor) |
11:20 - 11:50Ìý |
"The Mystification of Spices in the Western Tradition" Stefan Halikowski Smith, Senior Lecturer of History, Department of History and Classics, Swansea University, Wales. |
11:50 - 12:20 |
Sabine Anagnostou, President of the German Society for the History of Pharmacy and Professor for the History of Pharmacy,ÌýPhilipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. |
12:20 - 1:00 |
Q&A Panel Discussionwith morning speakers |
1:00 - 2:00 |
Lunch Break and Poster ExhibitLunch on your ownÌý Poster Exhibit located in the Square Lounge (ground floor) |
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Session 2.ÌýSpices in Food and Medical Research:ÌýFrom Kitchen to Apothecary & BeyondMaplethorpe Lecture Theatre (ground floor)
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2:00 - 2:30 |
"Curry Spice or Miracle Cure? An Ethnobotanical Investigation" Tony Booker, PhD student in Pharmacognosy, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Pharmacy and Leverhulme Centre forÌýIntegrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), London, UK.
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2:30 - 3:00 |
"Scent and Synaesthesia: Spice Bags in Cross-cultural Context" Vivienne Lo, Convener of the China Centre for Health and HumanityÌýand Senior LecturerÌýof the History of Asian Medicine and Classical Chinese Medicine, and Di Lu, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Centre for the History ofÌýMedicine,ÌýLondon, UK. |
3:00 - 3:30 |
"Spices - New Challenges and Opportunity" Monique Simmonds, Director of the Kew Innovation Unit, Deputy Keeper and Head of Sustainable Uses of Plants Group, Royal Botanic Gardens-Kew, London, UK.
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3:30 - 3:50 |
Coffee Break and Poster ExhibitThe Square Lounge (ground floor) |
3:50 - 4:50 |
Closing Keynote -Ìý"From Spices to Superfruits - The Changing Role of Global Trade Links" Michael Heinrich,ÌýProfessor of Pharmacognosy and Head of the CentreÌýfor Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Pharmacy, London, UK.
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4:50 - 5:20 |
Q&AÌýPanel DiscussionÌýwith keynotes and afternoon speakers
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5:20 - 5:30 |
Closing Remarks
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5:30 - 6:30 |
ReceptionThe Square Lounge (ground floor)
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