These events are made possible by generous support from Roger Williams University Office of the Provost, School of Humanities, Arts, and Education, University Library, Multicultural Student Union, and the Department of History, and the Rhode Island Historical Society.

Also supported by the Preservation Society of Newport County and its forthcoming exhibition Wild Imagination: Animals and the Gilded Age, coming in 2024 to Rosecliff.

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2023
Thursday, September 28th
11:00 AM

Registration

11:00 AM

12:30 PM

From the Tooth to the (Horses) Tail of the Army—British Expeditionary Force Transport Services During the First World War

Lucy Betteridge-Dyson, University of Wolverhampton

Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

12:30 PM - 1:10 PM

Stirring Visions of Reckless Cavalry: Portraying the Soldier’s Horse in the War Illustrated, 1914-1918

Jane Flynn

Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

12:30 PM - 1:10 PM

1:10 PM

Learning Theory: Improving Horse-Human Communication, Horse Welfare, and Human Safety

Holly Heartz, Horizon Health, University of Guelph

Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

1:10 PM - 2:00 PM

Project Update

Kate Kanne, University College Dublin

Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

1:10 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM

Coffee Break

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Belle Baruch and the Beach Pounders

Patricia Stafford

Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Cheyenne Women Warriors of the 19th Century

Antonie Dvorakova, Palacky University, Olomouc

Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Encounters Between the Cavalry Maiden Nadezhda Durova and Horses

Anastasija Ropa, Latvian Academy of Sport Education

Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Horses, Women, and Weapons in Viking-Age Scandinavia

Anneli Sundkvist, Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis

Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

4:00 PM

Discussion

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

6:00 PM

Narragansett Pacer

Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, Roger Williams University
Richard Ring, Rhode Island Historical Society

Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM