“When They Became Pests: Human & Nonhuman Species As Vermin in History”
a HYBRID one-day event convened by T.H. Breen Graduate Fellow Guangshuo YANG
Leopold Room, Harris Hall (Rm. 108), 1881 Sheridan Rd., Evanston campus (with in-person and remote papers, livestreamed for a wider audience). For livestream only, please register below when link becomes available.
For full program, please go to More Info Link below.
Instead of planned Keynote lecture by Susan Jones:
1:00-2:30 p.m. Seminar/workshop on the paper
"Becoming and Unbecoming Pests: New Approaches to Marginalized Being"
by Susan JONES (University of Minnesota), author of Death in a Small Package: A Short History of Anthrax (2010) and Valuing Animals: Veterinarians and Their Patients in Modern America (2003).
Because of unforeseen circumstances, Professor Jones will be unable to attend the conference; instead we will discuss her pre-circulated paper, with Professor David SHYOVITZ (Northwestern) as moderator. To receive the paper, please email conference convener Guangshuo Yang at g-yang@northwestern.edu
Elzbieta Foeller-Pituch
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