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Invited speakers who are already confirmed for May are Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen),
Hayden Lorimer (Glasgow University) and Richard Nash (Indiana University).
As well as these invited speakers the organisers are also issuing this call for papers. Topics
covered at this meeting might include (but are not limited to):
- The reintroduction of wild animals
- Wildness as a philosophical construct
- Wild animals in captivity
- Wildness as a cultural trope or theme
- Ferality and wildness
- Encounters with the wild – safaris, walking, urban wildlife
If you are interested in giving a paper addressing the topic ‗Wild‘ from whatever disciplinary
perspective please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words with a brief biography (also of no
more than 200 words). These should be included within your email – i.e. not as attachments.
Deadline for abstracts13 January 2012
Please send them to basn@strath.ac.uk. Presentations will be 20 minutes long, and we hope to
include work by individuals at different career stages.
For more information visit : http://www.britishanimalstudiesnetwork.org.uk/FutureMeetings.aspx
Taking Animals Apart: Exploring Interspecies Enmeshment in a Biotechnicalogical
Era Graduate Student Conference
31 May–2 June, 2012. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
CALL FOR PAPERS
In our globalized, highly-industrialized society, human and nonhuman animals are enmeshed in
surprising and often troubling ways. ―Pharm‖ goats are living factories for the production of
pharmaceuticals; honeybees are explosive-detectors in the ―War on Terror;‖ and household pets –
clothed and escorted in strollers – have become humanized companions. What do these sorts of
enmeshments mean for us and our ―human condition‖ as well as for our non-human animal
counterparts? What do they mean for relationships among species?
The Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center and Program in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at
the University of Wisconsin--Madison is sponsoring a three-day conference to bring together
advanced graduate students in animal studies, science and technology studies, and allied
disciplines (English, History, Anthropology, and Fine Arts among others) to discuss the
relationships between animal studies and STS. We welcome papers or projects that explore the
overlap of humans and other organisms as well as their mutual interaction with technology. Each
participant will present a pre-circulated paper, article, creative composition, or dissertation chapter
for constructive feedback in a roundtable discussion with peers and with scholars from the
University of Wisconsin.
Our keynote speaker will be Susan Squier -- Brill Professor of Women's Studies and English at The
Pennsylvania State University; acting director of its Science, Medicine, Technology in Culture
program; and author of Poultry Science, Chicken Culture: A Partial Alphabet.
Deadline for abstracts: December 15
Please send a paper proposal of 250 words and a curriculum vitae to Peter Boger at
boger@wisc.edu or Jen Martin at jamartin4@wisc.edu . Visual artists and creative writers of fiction,
nonfiction or poetry should contact Heather Swan for more information at hsrosenthal@wisc.edu.
For more information see: http://www.sts.wisc.edu
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