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[caption id="attachment_205" align="alignright" width="300"] Adam naming the animals of the world, from the Peterborough Bestiary (MS 53, f. 195v)[/caption]New Animaliter colloquium  (May, 26-27, 2014) :The Programme is online (PDF) : http://www.encyclopaedia-animalium.germanistik.uni-mainz.de/Tierlexikon%20Textdateien/Tagungsprogramm%20Tier%20und%20Wort.pdfTopic and themesTalking about Animals: How do medieval authors describe and name animals?This comprises problems of terminology and classification, but also the analysis of poetic elements used when describing animals, such as epithets or proper names of animals, etc.Talking with Animals: Who talks with what kind of animal?The focus in this section is on the partially verbal and partially non-verbal communication between humans and animals, such as found in the medieval epic, and also in texts that look at the daily interaction between the two.Talking Animals: How, what and when do animals talk?The central texts for this topic are not so much animal-fables, but other works featuring animals that communicate or talk with humans.Technische Universität DarmstadtMonday, May, 26thRaum S1|02 036, Altes Hauptgebäude, Hochschulstraße 1Tuesday, May, 27thRaum S3|06 257, Hans-Busch-Institut, Merckstraße 25 (FB 18 – ETIT)Map : https://mapsengine.google.com/map/viewer?mid=z61l_z2X1Nto.kgrUOEm3ClN4Animalier : http://www.encyclopaedia-animalium.germanistik.uni-mainz.de/project-outline.htmlContactAndrea Rapp et Sabine ObermaierProf. Dr. Sabine ObermaierJohannes Gutenberg-Universität MainzFB 05 – Deutsches InstitutD – 55099 MainzRuf : 0049 6131 3924126Fax : 0049 6131 3923366E-Mail : soberm@uni-mainz.de