Moving Animals

Presentation at POLLEN24

Presentation at POLLEN24

This week, Monica Vasile presented a paper at POLLEN24, the Political Ecology Network's Biennial Conference. The global conference was held in Lund, Sweden, Dodoma, Tanzania, and Lima, Peru. Vasile's paper, "Przewalski’s Horses: Hoofing the Trail of Wildlife...

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Article in Science in Context

Article in Science in Context

Simone Schleper has an article, "Victims and diplomats: European white stork conservation efforts, animal representations, and images of expertise in postwar ornithology," in the latest online issue of Science in Context. Abstract: This article discusses two...

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Lecture at University of Cologne

Lecture at University of Cologne

On 7 June, Raf De Bont gave a lecture at the Global South Studies Centre, University of Cologne, entitled ‘Moving Animals and Computerized Arks: Wildlife Logistics in the Anthropocene’. The ensuing discussion showed there were important synergies between the work...

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Seminar Lecture for Animal History Group

Seminar Lecture for Animal History Group

In May, Vanessa Bateman gave a lecture for the Animal History Group Annual Seminar Series. Her talk, "Saving the American Elk with Camera" discussed her research on the creation of the National Elk Refuge in 1912 by way of photography, and how "the visual culture of...

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Taking part in the Conservation Humanities Network

Taking part in the Conservation Humanities Network

In the beginning of May, Monica Vasile attended in Munich the first meeting of the European Conservation Humanities Network, a group of scholars who aim to establish a field of research and engagement that brings approaches from the humanities to bear on the...

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Lecture in Helsinki at Helsus

Lecture in Helsinki at Helsus

In April, Monica Vasile gave a talk at the Helsinki Institute for Sustainability Science, HELSUS, on the history of wildlife conservation and the Przewalski's Horse, followed by a discussion with environmental historian Mikko Saikku. The lecture can be watched on...

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Visiting Fellowship at University of Oulu, Finland

Visiting Fellowship at University of Oulu, Finland

From January to June, Monica Vasile is a visiting fellow, VisitAnt, in the interdisciplinary programme Biodiverse Anthropocenes at the University of Oulu in Finland (not far from the Arctic Circle). There, Monica shares an office in the Genetics and Ecology department...

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Three Chapters in Gender and Animals in History

Three Chapters in Gender and Animals in History

The Moving Animals project is well represented in the newly published book Gender and Animals in History, Yearbook of Women's History (Amsterdam University Press), edited by Sandra Swart. Vanessa Bateman, Simone Schleper, and Monica Vasile each have a chapter,...

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Presentation at Animals in the History of Technology Workshop

Presentation at Animals in the History of Technology Workshop

In March, Vanessa Bateman presented new research at the workshop "From Passive Livestock to Untamed Beings Reanimating Animals in the History of Technology" at Technical University Berlin, organized by Christian Zumbrägel. Her paper is based on archival research from...

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