CfP: Historicizing Farm Animals: Cowsheds, Battery Cages, and Pigsties as Laboratories for One Health
Farm animals have been important actors in the transformations of medicine and the environment. The industrialization of livestock farming has had a huge impact on health and disease management, both in the barn and in the clinic. In order to understand the farm animals’ roles in these processes, we need to historicize them. We are happy to announce an international workshop that aims to do exactly that by bringing together historians of medicine, agriculture and science. It will take place from the 11th to 13th June 2025 in Zürich and feature a keynote by Hannah Landecker. We plan to publish the presented papers as a special issue in a high-ranking journal. Contributions that offer critical reflections on new archival materials, unusual sources and different methodological approaches are particularly welcome. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered.