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VCU’s Science, Technology, and Society program launches its 2018 speaker series, “Imagining Animals Through Science,” in conjunction with the Library of Virginia, this panel discussion, Animal Science & the American Civil War, will examine the complex relationships between Victorian Americans, science, and animals in the midst of such turbulent events as slavery, Civil War, and ecosystem decline. Henry McGhie (Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology at Manchester Museum, University of Manchester) will address the rise of scientific ornithology and bird conservation in connection with Confederate blockades, and Abraham Gibson (NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Biology and Society, Arizona State University) will detail the evolutionary and social history of domesticated animals, such as pigs, cattle, and horses, that went feral. Kathryn Shively Meier (author of Nature's Civil War) will moderate.

Reception 5:30-6pm, panel 6-7:30pm, and book signing follows.