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[caption id="attachment_254" align="alignright" width="194"] MAD conference 2014 flyer[/caption](Un)Expected Animals in (Un)Expected Places in the Middle Ages &#38; Early Modern Period3rd International Meeting of the Medieval Animal Data-NetworkMay 6-7, 2014 Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library University of Louisville The M(edieval) A(nimal) D(ata-networks) is conceived as a way to bring together scholars interested in addressing the manifold ways humans have related to and depended on animals for physical and spiritual existence in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. The aim of our meeting is to stimulate academic conversations and debates between scholars and students concerned with all aspects of the animal-human relationship in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (400-1600 CE).The meeting will cover multi-disciplinary information ranging from texts to image to material culture and bio archaeology. This year’s international meeting/symposium will focus on (un)expected animals in (un)expected places in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.This event is sponsored by the University of Louisville Medieval and Renaissance Workshop, with financial support from the University of Louisville Liberal Studies Project, the Department of History,the Hite Art Institute, and the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities. All talks are free and open to the public, but pre-registration is appreciated. To register, visit http://louisville.edu/medieval and  https://unexpectedanimals.eventbrite.comSchedule of EventsMAY 6th9:00-9:30 Registration, Morning Coffee, and Opening RemarksSESSION 1, 9:30-11:00OF ANIMALS, MONSTERS, IDOLATRY AND HYBRIDITY“Golden Calves and Sacred Snakes: Signs of Idolatry in Christian Egypt,” Jennifer Westerfeld, University of Louisville.“Enigmatic Animals: Human-animal Hybrids on the Irish High Crosses,” Hayley Humphrey, National University of Ireland.“Monsters and Propaganda in the German Reformation Woodcuts,” Zhou Shiting, School of History, Renmin University, China.11:00-11:30 Coffee BreakSESSION 2, 11:30-1:00OF WOLVES AND DOGS IN TEXTUAL SOURCES[caption id="attachment_256" align="alignright" width="231"] MAD conference Louisville 2014 : Schedule of events[/caption]“Hunting the Wolf's Head: The Outlaw as an Animal in Land, Law, and Literature in Medieval England,” Melissa Sartore, West Virginia University Institute of Technology."The Nose Knows: Encountering the Canine in Bisclavret," Alison Langdon, Western Kentucky University.“The Wolf as ‘Moral Mirror’ in Medieval Hispanic Sources,” Xochiquetzalli Cruz Martínez, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at UNAM.1:00-2:30 Lunch (for panelists)SESSION 3, 2:30-4:00OF BIRDS AND INSECTS IN MATERIAL CULTURE, LITERATURE, AND ART“In the Wings of an Eagle: Bone flutes in medieval Hungary,” Alice Choyke, Medieval Studies Department, Central European University“Birds and Bees and Blandin de Cornoalha,” Wendy Pfeffer, University of Louisville.“More than Marginal: Insects in the Hours of Mary of Burgundy,” Eileen Yanoviak, University of Louisville.4:00-5:00 Reception &#38; Viewing of Special Exhibit, “Animals in the University of Louisville's Rare Book Collection.”7:00-9:00 Speaker DinnerMAY 7th10:00-10:30 Morning CoffeeSESSION 4, 10:30-12:00OF ANIMALS, WONDER, MADNESS AND KNOWLEDGE“The Role of Animals in the Cause and Cure of Medieval Madness,” Anne Koening, University of South Florida.“Creating and Modifying in Unexpected Ways? The Visual Image of Animals in the Hortus Sanitatis,” Gerhard Jaritz, Central European University, Budapest.“Sea Monsters and the Wonders of the Arctic Ocean: Natural History in the Carta Marina,” Genevieve Carlton, University of Louisville.12:00-12:30 Closing remarks12:30-2:00 Lunch (for panelists)