cea-miceandmen Updated on Sunday 14 January 2007 at 20h 04m Atlantic Standard Time

Of Mice and Men: Animals in Human Perception

Spring Conference ~ 29-30 March 2007 ~ UPR Mayagüez

Send 200-word proposal for 20-minute paper to cea_caribbeanchapter@hotmail.com by 20 January 2007. Proposal should be sent as part of a text message, not as an attachment

The CEA-CC Spring Conference will address the general topic of non-human animals in human perception. We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on cultural, historic, political and symbolic views and representations of animals in literature, film, beast fables, bestiaries, fairy tales, myth, folklore, philosophy, religion, and scientific discourse.

The specific topics to be addressed by the conference will include but not be limited to Cultural views of Animals; The role of animals in the Nature/Culture debate; Animals and Liminality; Animal Rights and Speciesism; Animals and Food; Animals and Gender; Animals and Race; Animals and the Discourse of Science; Fantastic Animals

For general information on the CEA-CC, registration, and the conference site, please see the CEA-CC webpage