I am pleased to inform you that organization of our conference The Experience of Animality in Culture, Science and Daily Life has reached its final stage.

Please find attached a Preliminary Program of the Conference and a set of abstracts for the scheduled presentations. Due to a large number of interesting proposals, we decided to extend the conference by one day; it will now be held from October 11 to 13. In spite of the extension and rigorous screening, we had to opt for a very tight schedule. Still, we hope that you’ll find the program exciting and decide to attend the conference. You are also invited to submit your texts for publication in a post-conference volume. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for sending the abstracts and apologize for not being able to include them all.

Presentations have been grouped into following sections: Human-Animal Relationship, Animal Ethics, Animals in Literature, Animals in Art and Culture, Animals in Religion and Theology, Animals and Political Philosophy. The headings are conventional and designed to introduce order into the diversity of topics. I hope you will accept this arrangement as well as our agenda.

Please confirm your participation in the conference and verify the title of your presentation. Due to the number of participants the conference organizers will not able to assume all expenses but only travel and accommodation costs for specifically invited guests and keynote speakers.  Such guests, if travelling by air, are requested to book economy flights as only those will be refunded. Other speakers are asked to seek funds for accommodation and travel from other sources. In your confirmation e-mail please include the length of your stay in Warsaw for the purpose of booking hotel rooms. The conference features an official dinner for all speakers on Friday October 12. All speakers are also invited to lunches on the three conference days. Please let us know in advance whether you shall require vegetarian meals. I hope you find these arrangements convenient.

Presentations of keynote lecturers are not expected to exceed 40 minutes, with an additional 10 min. set aside for discussion. The time limit for the other speakers had to be reduced to 15 min. with 10 min set aside for discussion after each paper, followed by a 5- min. break. Please make sure to conform to these constraints, otherwise the time for discussion would have to be reduced.

All conference lectures will take place at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies "Artes Liberales" University of Warsaw, located on Dobra St. 72. The guests will be staying at the Hotel Harenda, Krakowskie Przedmieście 4/6, Phone: 22 826 00 71. 

I hope you will find the conference program rich, interesting and worth the effort. Following the receipt of individual confirmations and prior to welcoming you in Warsaw, I will provide you with further information concerning our conference.

Looking very much forward to welcoming you in Warsaw in October,

Szymon Wróbel