PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME FOR

THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL

CAMEL CONFERENCE @ SOAS

Monday 29 – Tuesday 30 April 2013

The following is the provisional programme for our 2013 Conference. Not all the speakers have confirmed. A final schedule will be published in early April.

Please note that the programme for Monday 29 April will include an evening meal at a local restaurant (all welcome to attend); a lunchtime guest appearance by two Bactrian camels at SOAS for a camel photoshoot; and a small concert.

___________________ SPEAKERS: [in alphabetical order] __________________

1. “Marketing systems of live-camel and camel products in the desert ecologies of Pakistan” – KHALID MAHMOOD AUJLA [Pakistan Agricultural Research Council]

2. “Ed’s Stone – The story of an enterolith” – ADEL A.M. AULAQI [SOAS] *

3. “Factors affecting camel breeders’ knowledges and their acceptability to related modern technologies in some districts of Matrouh Governorate” – K.A. EL-BAHRAWY [Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt] et al.*

4. “The Camel Saddle: A Study” – DOUG BAUM [Texas Camel Corps] *

5. “Material culture of camel ornamentation in Kuwait Middle East” – KEIREINE CANAVAN / ALI ALNAJADAH [Cardiff Metropolitan University: Cardiff School of Art & Design] *

6. “A pictorial review of traditional husbandry methods: 16 ways to stop a camel calf to suckle his mother at will” – MAURIZIO DIOLI [Independent researcher] *

7. “Indigenous camel herders in Iran -a story of conservation, resilience and re-empowerment” – M. TAGHI FARVAR [ICCA Consortium, and Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA), Iran] et al. *

8. “The Camel in pre-Roman and Roman Tunisia: A critical re-assessment of archaeological evidence and new discoveries” – SARAH C. FOX [Independent researcher] *

9. “The wild camel – future prospects” – JOHN HARE [Wild Camel Protection Foundation] *

10. “Refocusing on the dromedary: A photographic account of its virtues and contribution to food security in the Nigeria–Niger corridor” – D.J.U. KALLA and A.M.ABDUSSAMAD*

11. “Establishing the relationship between infrared images and heart rate as a potential indicator of metabolic activity in the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius)” – Heather Longhorn [University of Guelph, Canada] *

12. “Indigenous knowledge of pastoralists on camel in Jijiga zone of the Somali region, Ethiopia” – YOHANNES MEHARI [Independent researcher] et al.

13. “Promotion of innovative systems in Camel breeding for sustainable development in Egypt and Tunisia: The ENPI CBC MED ‘PROCAMED’ project” – DAVIDE MONACO [University of Bari] et al. *

14. “Study of camel production system and hair processing in Iran” – M. SALEHI [Agricultural Research & Education Organization, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Iran] et al. *

15. “Camel milk for diabetes and cow’s milk allergy: Present knowledge and future prospects” – M.G. Smits [European Camel Research Society] *

16. “Conservation of camel genetic resources: Epididymal sperm recovery” – F. TURRI [Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology, Lodi, Italy] et al. * [Poster presentation]

VENUE:

The conference will take place principally in the Khalili Lecture Theatre in the basement of Main Building, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG [Telephone: 0044 (0)207 637 2388]

We start at 9.30am on Monday 29 April.

At lunchtime on Monday 29 April (12.30 to 2.30) there will be a public walk-about and photoshoot with two beautiful Bactrian camels, Thérèse and Temujin, in the walkway in front of SOAS. The public is welcome to attend.

REGISTRATION:

The conference is open to all members of the University and the general public.

The cost of registration is £30 per person, and £10 for students and unwaged.

[If for any reason you cannot afford to pay, please tell us.]

Admission for SOAS staff and students is free, but pre-registration is required.

Registration for presenters of papers is free.

All conference enquiries to: [email protected]

William Gervase Clarence-Smith [Conference chair]

Ed Emery [Conference organiser]

Photo: Arshad Iqbal

* Asterisk indicates confirmed speaker

Last updated: 5 April 2013

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