This month I accepted an invitation to speak next summer at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. The event is being organized by the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR) as part of its 2015 conference on “Romanticism and Rights,” which will be held at the city’s historic Fort Garry Hotel. Conference activities will include among […]
I’m still basking in the warm glow of the ”Reading Animals” conference at the University of Sheffield, where I gave the second of six keynote talks — and where I joined the advisory board for Palgrave Macmillan’s newly launching book series on “Animals and Literature” (to be edited by Susan McHugh, Bob McKay, and John Miller).  I’m now enjoying a few days of research at the […]
This afternoon I arrived in Sheffield, just east of England’s Peak District National Park, to participate in an international conference entitled “Reading Animals,” where some of the world’s leading Animals Studies scholars will be gathering to present and discuss their research. On Friday morning I’ll be giving a talk about English Canada’s early colonial history, focusing in […]
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Kevin Hutchings
