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The Medieval Animal Data-Network is organizing several sessions on Animals for the International Medieval Congress that will take place at the University of Leeds in 2020. We are welcoming submissions for 20-minute presentations for the interdisciplinary session "Animals Near and Far." This session will explore the perception, representation, and misrepresentation of domestic, exotic and/or fantastic animals in art, literature, daily life, zooarchaeolgy, etc., Cross-cultural comparison between the Western and the Eastern perceptions of animals are welcome.Please, send title and 250-word abstract to Mónica A. Walker, Ph.D., at monica.ann.walker@gmail.com by 15 September, 2019.