The modern indu strial age has relegated most animals to the periphery of the daily huma n experience, confining them within farms, zoos, and protected areas. Bu t for most of human history, animals were everywhere—both in the city an d in the countryside. Animals, moreover, mattered far more than they do in today’s industrial economy. They performed vital roles as modes of tr ansportation, as sources of food and fibers, as commodities, and as stat us and cultural symbols. Human history, in short, cannot be adequately u nderstood without paying attention to animals.
The Department of H istory at Penn State and the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) at Koç University are happy to announce a conference exploring the role of animals in Anatolian and Turkish history. The conference’s goal is to explore how animals shaped the human experience in Anatolia a nd Turkey over time, and how Anatolian and Turkish societies (in turn) h ave altered the past and present of different animal groups. The confere nce will be bilingual, in Turkish and English, and there will be a live English-Turkish and Turkish-English translation.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/animals-anatolian-turkish-confe rence/
URL:https://history.la.psu.edu/animals-in-anatolian-and-turkish-history/ LOCATION:Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10574-e5fa84b94cd3182e4a69f517a933cd2f@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260611T001019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240517T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240517T170000 SUMMARY:Animals in Anatolian and Turkish History Conference DESCRIPTION:\nThe modern industrial age has relegated most animals to th e periphery of the daily human experience\, confining them within farms\ , zoos\, and protected areas. But for most of human history\, animals we re everywhere—both in the city and in the countryside. Animals\, moreove r\, mattered far more than they do in today’s industrial economy. They p erformed vital roles as modes of transportation\, as sources of food and fibers\, as commodities\, and as status and cultural symbols. Human his tory\, in short\, cannot be adequately understood without paying attenti on to animals.\n\nThe Department of History at Penn State and the Resear ch Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) at Koç University are hap py to announce a conference exploring the role of animals in Anatolian a nd Turkish history. The conference’s goal is to explore how animals shap ed the human experience in Anatolia and Turkey over time\, and how Anato lian and Turkish societies (in turn) have altered the past and present o f different animal groups. The conference will be bilingual\, in Turkish and English\, and there will be a live English-Turkish and Turkish-Engl ish translation.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/an imals-anatolian-turkish-conference/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The modern indu strial age has relegated most animals to the periphery of the daily huma n experience, confining them within farms, zoos, and protected areas. Bu t for most of human history, animals were everywhere—both in the city an d in the countryside. Animals, moreover, mattered far more than they do in today’s industrial economy. They performed vital roles as modes of tr ansportation, as sources of food and fibers, as commodities, and as stat us and cultural symbols. Human history, in short, cannot be adequately u nderstood without paying attention to animals.
The Department of H istory at Penn State and the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) at Koç University are happy to announce a conference exploring the role of animals in Anatolian and Turkish history. The conference’s goal is to explore how animals shaped the human experience in Anatolia a nd Turkey over time, and how Anatolian and Turkish societies (in turn) h ave altered the past and present of different animal groups. The confere nce will be bilingual, in Turkish and English, and there will be a live English-Turkish and Turkish-English translation.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/animals-anatolian-turkish-confe rence/
URL:https://history.la.psu.edu/animals-in-anatolian-and-turkish-history/ LOCATION:Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR