Cats are among the most popular pets in the world
- When, where, how and why were cats domesticated?
- What is their history?
- What is their role in traditional and non-traditional societies ?
- What is their relationship with Human beings?
- What is their relationships to domesticated and non-domesticated animals?
Deadline for paper proposal submission 30th May 2025
Announcement of acceptance of paper proposals 15th July 2025
Deadline for registration fee payment (90,00€) 30th August 2025
The cat has been present in human communities far thousands of years but its history is so far poorly known.
In the last few years, data and hypotheses about cats have progressively increased, sometimes controversially, in various ftelds of research. However, the lack of exchange between scholars of different backgrounds has hampered a real advance in the study of the relationship between humans and cats.
This conference (which follows on from our previous conference on humans and dogs} aims at creating a platform far the exchange of practical and theoretical approaches
far scholars from different ftelds of research (e.g. genetics, zoology, archaeology, archaeozoology, ethnoarchaeology, anthropology, ethnography, folklore, history of art, sociology, veterinary, psychology, ethnomusicology, literature, philosophy, comics} in arder to achieve a real interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective on the history of cats which will be pivotal far the future of research on this topic.
You can participate with:
- Oral Communication
- Poster
- Multimedia (video}
Abstracts of 500-600 words in English, 5 keywords, 5 references and 2 ftgures, should be sent before the 30 May 2025.
Registration form: https://forms.gle/CdcaAezsifGSvBwF6
Organizers:
Francesca Lugli & Ivana Fiore (AIE - ltalian Association far Ethnoarchaeology} With:
Francesca Alhaique (Museo delle Civiltà, Rame}, Stefano Biagetti (University Pompeu Fabra, ICREA Barcelona}, Daria Sanna (Dep. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari}, Galina Sychenko (AIE - ltalian Association far Ethnoarchaeology}, Ursula Thun Hohenstein (University of Ferrara}, Massimo Vidale (University of Padua}.