CFP: Wild

This, the first meeting of BASN-Glasgow, will take place from 2.30pm on Friday 25 May to 5.00pm on Saturday 26 May 2012 at the University of Strathclyde in central Glasgow. Details about getting to Glasgow can be found on http://www.strath.ac.uk/visiting/. We will be offering suggestions for accommodation in the New Year. There will be a small charge for attending the meeting to cover the cost of refreshments (which will be vegetarian and vegan) and a drink and supper will be arranged on the Friday evening for all who want to attend. As with all previous BASN meetings, this one takes as its focus a key term in animal studies that it is hoped will be of interest to scholars from a range of disciplines.

If you are interested in giving a paper addressing the topic 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. Please send them to [email protected]. The deadline for abstracts is 13 January 2012. Presentations will be 20 minutes long, and we hope to include work by individuals at different career stages. Sadly we have no money to support travel, accommodation or attendance costs.

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