International Symposium on Human-Animal Relationships in Religious Traditions, Bonn / Germany, September 25-27 2014

Thursday September 25       
13.00-13.30     Registration & Coffee
13:30-15:00
Words of Welcome: Prof. Dr. Christoph-Antweiler, Head of the Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies, University Bonn
Lauren Drover
Animals and animal-human hybrids in the nature/culture separation of Akha worldview.
Stephanie Zehnle
Where Camels turn into Giraffes… The Islamization of Human-Animal-Relationships in West African History
14.30-15.00     Coffee Break
15.30-17.00   
Anja Döscher
Human-animal relationships in the context of Parsi death rituals
Manfred Hutter
Animals in Yezidism: Symbolism, mythology and rituals.
Thomas Overdick
“He should show kindness to animals” Bahá’í perspectives on animal ethics.
17.00-18.00     Snack & Transfer
18.15-             Keynote: Joyce D’Silva
ca. 19.45        Industrial Animal Farming and the Religious Void.
Main Building             
HS V
Friday September 26
9.00-10.30     
Michael Hirschler
The status of animals in the Mycenaean cult. Animal names in Linear B-texts and their Possible interpretation.
Giulia Pedrucci
Animal breastfeeding in Greek and Roman myths.
Yvonne Sophie Thöne “Like a Bear Robbed of her Cubs…” Animal Images of God and their Fields of Action
10.30-11.00     Coffee Break
11.00-12.30   
Alma Massara
Christians and Animals: a theological issue with the Anglican debate in the Eighteenth Nineteenth centuries.
Clemens Wustmans
Is “conservation of creation” the protection of biodiversity? Chances of an anthropocentric ethic of Christianity
Céline Grünhagen
Anthroposophical perspectives on Human-Animal Relationships.
12.30-14.00     Lunch
14.00-15.30   
Alina Mitek-Dziemba
Animal Studies and Post-Secular Spritiuality. Some Remarks on the Theory and (Cultural) Practice of Animal Theology.
Susannah Crockford
Of Dogs and Cats, Cows and Chickens: commodification and sacralisation of animals in Northern Arizona.
Susan Rustick
Animal Redemption.
15.30-16.00     Coffee Break
16.00-17.00   
Emmanuel Adeyemi
Alagba: The Sacred value and Heritage of the Oldest African Giant Tortoise
Asmaa El-Maaroufi
Animals as a source of organs – Ethics of xenotransplantation. A muslim viewpoint.
17.00-18.00     Snack & Transfer
18.15-           Keynote: Lisa Kemmerer – HS V
ca. 19.45      Animal Advocacy in Asian Religions: What they Teach about
Main Building                    what we Eat.
HS V
20.00-?         Get together/ Dinner at “Casa del Gatto” (optional)
Saturday September 27
9.30-11.00     
Ven. Phramaha Somphong Santacitto
Similarities and  Differences of Humans and Animals in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition.
Gabriele Reifenroth
The Symbolic and the Real. Hindu Nationalism and the Cow Protection Agenda.
Deborah Nodal
Stray Gods. Street animals and Hindu people in New Delhi, India.
11.00-11.30     Coffee Break
11.30-13.00     Discussion & Further Proceedings
Lisa Kemmerer: Presentation of a Project/Exhibition of the National Museum of Animals and Society (NMAS), Los Angeles