The ZOOGRAPHEIN conference will be held at the ILR Conference Center and the A.D. White House. This interdisciplinary conference reflects upon the descriptions and depictions of animals in ancient classical texts, and how these early studies contributed to zoological knowledge.
“We think this is a crucial – albeit to date understudied – aspect of the history of ancient science and of animal studies. Our keynotes consider this issue in both antiquity and the very contemporary world,” explained conference organizers Annetta Alexandridis, Associate Professor of Classics and History of Art, and Athena Kirk, Assistant Professor of Classics.
The conference is sponsored by the Departments of Classics and History of Art and Visual Studies, in collaboration with the Research Network ZOOMATHIA. It is co-sponsored by the Cornell Dairy Center of Excellence; the Archaeological Institute of America; the Departments of Philosophy, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and History; the Programs of Religious Studies and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies; and the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies.
Read more about the conference on the Art History department’s website.