Cats in culture and society conference

Two day interdisciplinary conference about cats in culture and society. A collaboration between @SenateHouseLib and @ucl

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@crc4 @SenateHouseLib We’re happy to hear you enjoyed the conference!

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That’s it! We’d like to thank everyone who contributed to the conference in the last two days. You all might this a great experience! As a special treat: some more cat fashion from today.
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@NiallOddy We’re happy to hear you have enjoyed the conference and that it created such a relaxing environment for your cat.

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Our final talk is the keynote given by professor Ben P. Robertson and Katona Weddle. They will present on cats in literature. Fun fact: Troy University is home to 15 cats.
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@curlsquirrel We’re happy you’re enjoying the conference!

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Our final speaker in this session, Vera Vasas, talks about how cats see and their perception. Fun fact: cats see differently from humans.
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Conference co-organiser Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi talks about how cats can help with learning a second language.
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Sanna Lillbroända-Annala talks about stray cats in Greece. She works for this charity as well as being an academic.
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PhD students Yinhe Quan and Yuying Lai explore cat ownership in Japan. Fun fact: since covid-19 more people have cats in Japan than before.
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Elettra Carbone is presenting on anthropomorphic cats in Bjørg Vik’s play ‘The trip to Venice’ which features various cats who are viewed as replacement children and companions.
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Antoine Paris compares the comic books ‘Felix the cat’ and the French comic ‘Blacksad’ and discusses unsettling scenes in both.
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Tonisha Guin is presenting on decolonising gender through feline femininity.
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Timothy Bourns presents on cats in medieval Icelandic life and literature. Fun fact : cats were introduced into Iceland by Vikings.
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Per Arne Bodin talks about a Ukrainian soldier saving a cat during the Russia-Ukraine war.
Slava Ukraini!
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Per Arne Bodin tells us more about Ukrainian and Russian cats. Fun fact: the Ukrainian for cat is ‘kit’ and the Russian is ‘kot’
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The second talk for today is given by Richard Espley from the Victoria and Albert Museum. His talk is on the appearance of cats in library collections.
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Welcome to day two of the conference! Our first talk for today is given by Tansy Barton who further introduces the exhibition put together by Senate House Library.
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@superteadrinker Unfortunately not! Let’s hope for some tomorrow 🤞

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First feline appearance of the day! May there be many more
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We had some excellently dressed conference goers today! Take a look at our gallery for the latest cat fashion.
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Our final speaker for today is Dr Kristyn Vital who talks about cat social behaviour and discusses how it’s poorly understood. Fun fact: cats can adapt to a variety of social environments from our homes to the streets and cat cafes.
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