The Camel Conference @ SOAS
![Camel and Boy, Pakistan [Photo: M. Arshad Hussain]](/history/images/img83393.jpg)
Camel and Boy, Pakistan [Photo: M. Arshad Hussain]
Date: 29 April 2013Time: 12:00 AM
Finishes: 30 April 2013Time: All Day
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings
Type of Event: Conference
The following is the provisional programme for our 2013 Conference. Not all the speakers have confirmed. A final schedule will be published in early April.
Please note that the programme for Monday 29 April will include an evening meal at a local restaurant (all welcome to attend); a lunchtime guest appearance by two Bactrian camels at SOAS for a camel photoshoot; and a small concert.
Speakers - in alphabetical order:
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| Marketing systems of live-camel and camel products in the desert ecologies of Pakistan KHALID MAHMOOD AUJLA [Pakistan Agricultural Research Council] | |
| Ed’s Stone – The story of an enterolith ADEL A.M. AULAQI [SOAS] * | |
| Factors affecting camel breeders’ knowledges and their acceptability to related modern technologies in some districts of Matrouh Governorate K.A. EL-BAHRAWY [Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt] et al.* | |
| The Camel Saddle: A Study DOUG BAUM [Texas Camel Corps] * | |
| Material culture of camel ornamentation in Kuwait Middle East EIREINE CANAVAN / ALI ALNAJADAH [Cardiff Metropolitan University: Cardiff School of Art & Design] * | |
| A pictorial review of traditional husbandry methods: 16 ways to stop a camel calf to suckle his mother at will AURIZIO DIOLI [Independent researcher] * | |
| Indigenous camel herders in Iran -a story of conservation, resilience and re-empowerment M. TAGHI FARVAR [ICCA Consortium, and Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA), Iran] et al. * | |
| The Camel in pre-Roman and Roman Tunisia: A critical re-assessment of archaeological evidence and new discoveries SARAH C. FOX [Independent researcher] * | |
| The wild camel – future prospects JOHN HARE [Wild Camel Protection Foundation] * | |
| Refocusing on the dromedary: A photographic account of its virtues and contribution to food security in the Nigeria–Niger corridor D.J.U. KALLA et al.* | |
| Establishing the relationship between infrared images and heart rate as a potential indicator of metabolic activity in the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) Heather Longhorn [University of Guelph, Canada] * | |
| Indigenous knowledge of pastoralists on camel in Jijiga zone of the Somali region, Ethiopia YOHANNES MEHARI [Independent researcher] et al. | |
| Promotion of innovative systems in Camel breeding for sustainable development in Egypt and Tunisia: The ENPI CBC MED ‘PROCAMED’ project DAVIDE MONACO [University of Bari] et al. * | |
| Study of camel production system and hair processing in Iran M. SALEHI [Agricultural Research & Education Organization, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Iran] et al. | |
| Camel milk for diabetes and cow’s milk allergy: Present knowledge and future prospects M.G. Smits [European Camel Research Society] * | |
| Conservation of camel genetic resources: Epididymal sperm recovery F. TURRI [Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology, Lodi, Italy] et al. * [Poster presentation] |
* Asterisk indicates confirmed speaker
Additional paper:
"Camel Milk Production Potential in Challenging Environments"
ABDUL RAZIQ [Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences (LUAWMS), Pakistan] [To be confirmed]
Registration:
The conference is open to all members of the University and the general public.
The cost of registration is £30 per person, and £10 for students and unwaged.
[If for any reason you cannot afford to pay, please tell us.]
Admission for SOAS staff and students is free, but pre-registration is required.
Registration for presenters of papers is free.
All conference enquiries to: ed.emery@soas.ac.uk
Organisers:
William Gervase Clarence-Smith, Conference Chair
Ed Emery, Conference organiser
Organiser: Ed Emery
Contact email: ed.emery@soas.ac.uk
