Reminder: Call for papers, World Vet History meeting
Does your research address the intersections between
human and animal health? Or the role of animals in war? Or anything to do with
the history of animal health and veterinary medicine (broadly construed)?
If so, then please submit an abstract by 31 January for
the 2014 congress of the World Association for the History of Veterinary
Medicine at Imperial College London on September 10-13. Full details, and the
form for abstract submission are at www.veterinaryhistorylondon.com
This meeting routinely attracts well over 100 delegates
from over 20 countries. Up to 10 student bursaries are available. Details of
how to apply for these bursaries will be posted on the website in March, when
registration opens.
Our keynote speakers are:
Dr Hilda Kean, Ruskin College, Oxford: ‘Animals in
wartime Britain: The Home Front’
Professor Donald Frederick Smith, Professor of Surgery
and Dean Emeritus, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine: ‘The
Three Parts of One Health’