Second International Weekend Conference
“The Role of the Donkey and Mule in the Culture of
the Mediterranean”
Island of Hydra: 12–14 October 2007
Programme
The Conference will begin with registration on Friday
afternoon. It will end with a “farewell” session on Sunday evening.
The official language of the Conference is English.
In cases of necessity we shall make informal translation arrangements
available.
PROGRAMME OF SPEAKERS AND PAPERS
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SATURDAY MORNING – 10.00am
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GEORGIOS ARSENOS [Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]: “Saving the Greek donkey”
PAUL STARKEY [ATNESA / University of Reading]: “An overview of donkey and mule
in the culture of the Mediterranean”
ED EMERY [Free University of
Hydra]: “The donkey and mule culture of the Island of Hydra”
IVÁN SALVÍA SEGUÉS [El Refugio del Burrito, Spain] “The work of the international Donkey
Sanctuary”
JUDY QUINN [Corfu Donkey Refuge]: “Donkey welfare
activity in Corfu, Greece”
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BERKE INEL [Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul]: “Turgut Zaim’s Donkeys:
Modern Art as a tool of reconciliation between rural and urban cultures in
mid-20th century Turkey”
SUSAN D. MARTIN [University of Tennessee]: “Donkeys,
mules, and overland transport in Roman Italy”
JO-ANN SHELTON [University of California, Santa Barbara]: “Valued and Reviled:
Contrasting images of donkeys in ancient Greek and Roman authors”
LISA B. HUGHES [Colorado College]: “Unequally yoked: The sex life of Apuleius’s accidental donkey”
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SUNDAY MORNING 10.30AM
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HEIDI GHOMI [University of Goteborg]: “Domestic
slaves’ nobility of mind: Rumi’s Masnavi and the fables of Kalila wa Dimna”
SOZITA GOUDOUNA [Royal Holloway College, University of London]: “The donkey and mule culture of the Island of Hydra: Economic and aesthetic
considerations”
MOHAMMED MATOOCK [University of Cairo]: “The importance of the donkey and mule in the
culture of Egypt”
SAMEH HESHMAT [Society for the
Protection of Animal Rights in Egypt]: “The condition and care of donkeys and mules
in Egypt”
MARKO ŠUKLJE [Slovenia]: “Alternative saddles: The
efficient use of riding donkeys”
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PERE-MIQUEL PARÉS I CASANOVA [University of Barcelona]: "XIX and XX Centuries in Catalunya, Spain: the Golden Age of hypermetrical
Catalan mules"
ALBERT SCHWEIZER [Austria]: “Donkey societies in Northern Europe”
JILL BOUGH [Australia]: “The Judas Collar extermination
programme in Australia”
JASON MELISSINOS [Athens]: “Sexology of donkeys: Three interviews”
Ends