[Galileo] Veterinary Science and Empire: a workshop at the University of Manchester, 18 July 2008

[n.lloyd at auckland.ac.nz]

Veterinary Science and Empire
A workshop at the University of Manchester, September 18 2008
 
This is a second call for papers for 'Veterinary Science and Empire', a workshop to be hosted by the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester on 18th September 2008. Papers might address: animals and colonialism, the politics of veterinary science, veterinary networks, colonial/imperial veterinary services and veterinary practices.
 
The  meeting will be twinned with a workshop on the Health and Welfare of the Manufactured Animal, scheduled for 19th September. Accommodation is available to speakers at the business school on campus at £50 per night.  There is no registration fee.
 
Papers in the programme include:
 
A colonial disease or a natural part of the local ecosystem?  Rabies in 19th and 20th Century South Africa. Karen Brown, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford

 
Australasian veterinary science and imperial exchange: the problem of deficiency diseases in livestock. Natalie Lloyd and Ruth Barton, University of Auckland
 
British imperialism and its impact on the cattle, people and the environment in South Asia: A case study of the Deccan Plateau. Laxman D. Satya, University of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
 
The colonial birth of scientific breeding and veterinary medicine in Punjab. Brian Caton, Luther College, Iowa
 

The invention and mass dissemination of bluetongue vaccine in South Africa, 1900-1950, Daniel Gilfoyle, British National Archives

 
 
Please contact Natalie Lloyd (n.lloyd at auckland.ac.nz) for further details.
 
Natalie Lloyd
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of History
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland  New Zealand  1142
T: +64 9 3737 599 ext. 87709
F: +64 9 3737 438
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