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An International Weekend Conference
Programme
The Conference will begin with registration on Friday
afternoon. It will end with a “farewell” session on Monday morning.
The island is served by excellent ferry services,
with many sailings per day, including evening sailings.
The official language of the Conference is English.
In cases of necessity we shall make informal translation arrangements
available.
The panel of speakers has been established. The final
programming will be established in mid-summer and will be notified to all
speakers and participants.
LIST OF SPEAKERS
(in alphabetical order)
DIONISIUS AGIUS [University of Leeds]: “Donkey-boys
in nineteenth-century Egypt”
GEORGIOS ARSENOS and ELIAS
PAPADOPOULOS [University of Thessaloniki]: “Donkeys in Greece: A review
of current status and future trends” [Summary and CV]
JILL BOUGH [University of Newcastle, NSW]: “The donkey (and
mule) in the Gallipoli Campaign – World War I” [Summary and CV]
RICHARD BULLIET: [Columbia University] “The
symbolism of donkeys: religious, sexual, cultural…”
CHARLES DALLI [University of Malta]: “The Rise
and Fall of the Donkey: the Central Mediterranean Islands (Malta, Gozo,
Pantelleria and Sicily)”
ED EMERY [Free University of Hydra]: “Asinology: The
Mediterranean – a preliminary survey”
HEIDI GHOMI [University of Goteborg]: “The image and value of
the donkey in Persian folk tales and mystical poetry”
JUSTINA GREGORY [Smith College, USA] “The donkey
in archaic Greek literature” [Summary and CV]
BETTINA KRATZMÜLLER [University of Vienna]: “Mules
and Donkeys in the Ancient World of Sport”
SUSAN D. MARTIN [University of Tennessee]: “The
Roman jurists and the role of the donkey and mule in Roman transport” [Summary and CV]
FIONA MARSHALL [Washington University at St Louis]:
“Pastoral perspectives on domestication of the donkey” [Summary and CV]
MARJANE MASHKOUR and EMANUELLE VILA [Museum National d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris]: “The domestication of the donkey in the Middle East”
[Summary and CV]
ALEX METCALFE [University of Lancaster]: “From himar to sceccu:
the transmission of medieval and modern terms for donkeys in Sicily”
TRAJKO PETROVSKI [Folklore Institute of Skopje]: “The
Donkey in Roma folklore in Skopje”
ANDREW ROSENFELD [Mount St.
Mary’s University]:
“Muleteer Songs and the Traditional Musical Festivals of the
Alpujarras” [Summary and CV]
JENNIFER SCARCE [University of Dundee]: “Harnesses,
trappings and accoutrements of the Mediterranean donkey”
CORINNA SEEDS [Hydra]: “Four Donkeys and a
Funeral”
HOUSNI ALKHATEEB SHEHADA [University of Tel Aviv] “The medical
treatment of donkeys and mules in the Mamluk period (1250-1517)” [Summary and CV]
KHALID SINDAWI [University of Tel Aviv]: “The
Prophet Mohammad's donkey and it's role
in early Shi'a Islam” [Summary and CV]
PAUL STARKEY: [University of Reading]: “Donkey and mule
culture: the broader vision” [Summary and CV]
PAUL SVENDSEN [Donkey Sanctuary, Spain]: “A Working Charter for
the Mediterranean donkey”
TASOULA VERVENIOTI [Athens]: “The history of the
donkey Foula and the mule Koula and/or a Greek history of occupation-resistance
and the Greek Civil War (1940-50)” [Summary and CV]
BERKE ŸNEL [Yιldιz University]: “The role of the
donkey in Turkish/Mediterranean painting and folk art” [Summary and CV]