Under the auspices of
Stylianos Bozikis, Mayor,
& The Municipality of Zakynthos
and H.E. Mr Marc Van den Reeck, Ambassador
& The Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Athens
Vesalius Continuum
commemorating the 500 th anniversary of
Andreas Vesalius
Conference programme
Zakynthos, Sept 4-8 2014
Organized by
Pascale Pollier, President
(BIOMAB, AEIMS, Medical Artist)
Dr. Ann Van de Velde, Treasurer
(BIOMAB, UA)
Emeritus Prof Mark Gardiner,
(University College London)
Theo Dirix, Coordinator,
(Consul, Embassy of Belgium in Athens)
Thursday, 4 September 2014
10.00: gathering of the officials, speakers & guests
10.30: Opening Ceremony
10.35: Greetings of Welcome by
Mr Stelios Bozikis, Mayor of Zakynthos;
H.E. Marc Van den Reeck, Ambassador of Belgium in Athens;
Pascale Pollier, President BIOMAB and AEIMS , Dr. Ann Van de Velde, (UZA)
Prof Mark Gardiner ( UCL)
10.55: Ministers of Health, Education and Tourism
(awaiting agenda confirmation)
11.15: Key-note speaker:
Mr. Manos Salmas, Vice-Minister of Health & Anatomist
11.45: Welcome Drink offered by Dr. Stephen Joffe
13.15 – 14.00: Procession to the site of the new monument sculpted by Richard
Neave and Pascale Pollier & Plinth with Vesalius coat of arms sculpted by Chantal
Pollier & Inauguration
17.00 – 19.30: Round Table: «Travelling through time with a camera in Zakynthos:,
Vesalius and the healers in his footsteps" with:
Katerina Demeti, Director of the Museum of D. Solomos: Nicholaos Barbianis and
Andreas Vesalius: The contribution of N. Barbianis to and his management of the
historical information surrounding Vesalius’s death on Zakynthos.
Katerina Kabassi, Head of the Protection and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, TEI of
Ionian Islands: Travelling in time via Internet: The Internet as a tool for the study of
the past. Case Study: a multidimensional search for Vesalius. G
George Moschopoulos Professor of History at the University of Patras: Physicians in
Zakynthos: Their contribution to the development of the History of Medicine;
Dionysius Flemotomou, Writer-poet, President of Giostra di Zante: The role of Saints,
healers and folk remedies in epidemics on Zakynthos.
Friday, 5 September 2014 / morning session 08:30-12:30
Session 1: Andreas Vesalius – The Life.
Chairs: Pavlos Plessas and Stephen Joffe.
Speakers:
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Omer Steeno - Andreas Vesalius has inspired Belgian artists’
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Maurits Biesbrouck - “Vesalius’s voyage to Jerusalem”
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Theodoor Goddeeris
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Pavlos Plessas
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Jan Driessen
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Apostolos Sarris
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Theo Dirix
Topics
The details of Vesalius’ life were established, to a considerable extent, in Charles
O’Malley’s biography published in 1964 on the 400th anniversary of his death and in a
later work by Stephen Joffe. However, much recent original historical work (by
Steeno and Biesbrouk) has focused on the circumstances of his last voyage and death
and archaeological work is ongoing in an endeavor to establish his burial place on the
island (The Quest for the Grave: Pantokrator or Santa Maria delle Grazia ?).
Presentation of the latest findings will be made by Jan Driessen, Belgian School in
Athens, Apostolos Sarris, Foundation for Research & Technology, Hellas (F.O.R.T.H.) &
Institute for Mediterranean Studies (I.M.S.) and Theo Dirix. If possible, a maritime
historian will be enlisted to consider the nautical, navigational and meteorological
circumstances of his last voyage.
Sponsored by:
Three speakers 20 minutes each and half hour for open discussion. Tea Break/ coffee break
followed by same pattern 3 X 20 min max with then plenary discussion.
Friday, 5 September 2014 / afternoon session 13:30 – 17:00
Session 2: Andreas Vesalius- The W ork.
Chairs: Vivian Nutton and Sachiko Kusukawa.
Speakers:
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Vivian Nutton, Correcting the Fabrica
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Jacqueline Vons, The Epitome and the Fabrica
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Guy Cobolet, The Fabrica and contemporary books on anatomy
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Daniel Garrison, The Epistle on the China Root
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Malcolm Hast (on the changes between Ed. 1 and Ed. 2)
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Stephane Velut.
Topics
The Fabrica (1543) will of course be the central focus. There are two new
developments of special interest concerning what is rightly considered to be one of
the great treasures of Western civilisation. A second edition has recently been
discovered which scholarly analysis (by Nutton) suggests was annotated by Vesalius
himself in preparation for a never published third edition. Karger, located in Basel
where the original was published, are bringing out a new English translation ( by
Garrison and Hast) to coincide with the quincentenary. Attention will also be directed
toward his other works such as the Epitome and the China Root Epistle.
Sponsored by:
Three speakers 20 minutes each and half hour for open discussion. Tea Break/ coffee break
followed by same pattern 3 X 20 min max with then plenary discussion.
Saturday, 6 September 2014 / morning session 08:30-12:30
Session 3: The art of hum an anatom y: Renaissance to 20 th century
Chairs: Ruth Richardson (UK)
Speakers:
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Robrecht van Hee, Vesalius’s Pupils
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Roberta Ballestriero
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Marco Catani
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Ruth Richardson
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Paolo Mazzarello
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Jane Wildgoose
Topics
The relation between the art and science of anatomy from the time of Vesalius to the
present will be considered with particular emphasis on the role of the medical artist
and the changing nature of anatomical illustration over the last five centuries. Pivotal
changes in the art of anatomy will be examined including the evolution of media
from woodcuts to wax models, brain imaging from Golgi to Geschwind, and the
transition of Vesalian imagery into film.
Sponsored by:
Three speakers 20 minutes each and half hour for open discussion. Tea Break/ coffee break
followed by same pattern 3 X 20 min max with then plenary discussion.
Saturday, 6 September 2014 /afternoon session 13:30 -17:00
Session 4: 21st century anatom y teaching and learning
Quo Vadis?
Introduction by Professor Abrahams
Chairs: Peter Abrahams and Francis van Glabbeek.
Speakers:
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Peter Abrahams
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Susan Standring, Grays anatomy – past present and the future role of the
major text book of tomorrow?
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Tom Lewis, What can tablets eg. Ipad Apps or smart phones provide – Can
they replace the cadaver experience?
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Robert Trelease, Designing a modern anatomy teaching and learning facilitywhat to do in an ideal world?
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Richard Turnstall , Latest technology - what does 3D anatomy do for teachers
and learners?
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Marios Loukas, Radiology and imaging - a servant of anatomists or shining
light of clinical anatomy education?
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Shane Tubbs, Translational research -can surgery focus anatomical research
and education- the reverse of Vesalius’ time?
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Bernard Moxham, Anatomy education - Today it is so much more than just
learning the anatomical structures.
Topics
Sponsored by: St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies
Three speakers 20 minutes each and half hour for open discussion. Tea Break/ coffee break
followed by same pattern 3 X 20 min max with then plenary discussion.
Saturday, 6 September 2014 /evening 19:00 - 20:00
• Film; Jan Fabre
• Film; Fabrica Vitae , Sofie Hanegreefs and Jelle Jansens.,Pascale Pollier
Reception
Annual dinner
20:00 -23:00
Sunday, 7 September 2014 / morning session 08:30-12:30
Session 5: 21 st century art of hum an anatom y.
Chairs: Ann Van de Velde and Yvan Freund.
Speakers:
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Eleanor Crook
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Hugh Aldersey-Williams
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Glenn Harcourt and lisa Temple Cox
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Rachael Allen, Project ANATOME: When artist meets anatomy education
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Margot Cooper and Cat Susman, Staying ahead of the curve- the future of 3D
medical models and the past from which it developed'
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Richard Neave
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Lucy Lyons
Topics
The role of the medical artist in the 21st century will be addressed together with
strategies for the education of medical artists and medical students. The wider field
of medical art in the forensic field, in the research field and in the publishing world
and literature will be explored, and a close look taken at European art and science
courses and collaborations.
Sponsored by:
Three speakers 20 minutes each and half hour for open discussion. Tea Break/ coffee break
followed by same pattern 3 X 20 min max with then plenary discussion.
Sunday, 7 September 2014 / afternoon session 13:30 -17:30
Session 6: Fabricate Vitae; the stuff of life
A perception of the hum an body seen through the eye of the
contem porary artist
Chairs: Pascale Pollier and Martin Kemp
Speakers and Performers:
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Stelarc
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Martin Kemp "Rhetoric of Reality" (Vesalius's visual strategies)
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Dino Vals
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Nina Sellars
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Robert Devcic
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Mara Haseltine, Geotherapy thinking about our planet as a living cybernetic
organism
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Francis Wells
Topics
A session devoted to a variety of cultural events at the interface between the human
body, science and technology, sci art, the cyborg body, quantum physics,
encompassing performance art, theatre, music and poetry.
Sponsored by:
Three speakers 20 minutes each and half hour for open discussion. Tea Break/ coffee break
followed by same pattern 3 X 20 min max with then plenary discussion.
Sunday, 7 September 2014 / evening 18:30 -19:30
18:30 – 19:30: Private View exhibition Fabricae Vitae with Champagne reception
20:30: Concert of Renaissance Music by Jerassimos Coidan & Ensemble, creation of
a tour on Ionian Islands as part of the cultural cycle: Things from Belgium, at the
Church of Faneromeni, built in the 15th C, destroyed by the earthquake of 1953, but
restored following its original design.
Monday, 8 September 2014 / morning session 09:00-10:00
09:00- 10:00: Annual General Meeting for
MAA, AEIMS, and other associations
12:00: Closing lunch offered by the Embassy of Belgium in Athens to all speakers &
organizers.
With thanks to our sponsors
Paulsen Media BV
Dr. and Mrs Stephen N. Joffe, USA
The Vesalius Trust
St George’s University Medical School, Grenada
Association Européenne des illustrateurs Médicaux et Scientifiques (AEIMS)
Biological and Medical Art in Belgium (BIOMAB)
H.E. Marc Van den Reeck, Ambassador of Belgium, Athens
Theo Dirix, Consul, Embassy of Belgium, Athens
The Municipality of Zakynthos, Greece
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium
The Organizing Com m ittee expresses its gratitude to all organizations
and individuals offering advice and support:
Peter Abrahams, Maurits Biesbrouck, Annemie Deboodt, Katerina Demeti,
Marc De Roeck, Jan Driessen, Emmanuel Durand, Theodoor Goddeeris,
Katerina Kabassi, Denia Kakolyri, Akis Ladikos, William Nagels, Vivian
Nutton, Pavlos Plessas, Chantal Pollier, Apostolos Sarris, Regina
Souli & Polina Pakhomova, Omer Steeno.