CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Vegan Intersections: 
Literature, History, Theory
Wednesday 2nd - Friday 4th April 2025
Online via Zoom
Hosted by the University of Geneva
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Read each abstract by clicking on the title of the paper below
Download the conference abstracts and bios as a single file HERE
All times refer to Central European Time (CET Zurich)
Note that Summer Time begins in Switzerland on 30 March, when the clocks move forward by one hour.
WEDNESDAY 2 April
16h45 Conference Opens
17h Yagmur Su Kolsal, University of Münster, Germany
RESPONDENT : Sune Borkfelt, Aarhus University, Denmark
17h45 PAUSE
Organized with the Geneva Festival Histoire et Cité
Moderator: Deborah Madsen
Moderator: Deborah Madsen
Panel: Aïcha Bouchelaghem, Kimberly Frohreich, Bryn Skibo
Technical Support: Megan Zeitz
Watch the video recording at: YouTube or UNIGE Mediaserver
19h15 PAUSE
19h30 Ljubica Matek, University of Osijek, Croatia
RESPONDENT : Ghyath Manhel Alkinani, University of Kufa, Iraq
20h15 PAUSE
20h30 Dan Abitz, Emory University, USA
RESPONDENT : Bryn Skibo, Vancouver Island University, Canada
21h15 Discussion
21h30 END OF DAY 1
THURSDAY 3 April
16h45 Conference (re)Opens
17h Burak Sezer, Technical University Dortmund, Germany
“Veganism and Solidarity”
RESPONDENT : Martina Martausová, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia
17h45 PAUSE
RESPONDENT : Martina Martausová, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia
17h45 PAUSE
18h Aïcha Bouchelaghem, University of Geneva, Switzerland
RESPONDENT : Michael Boyden, Radboud University, Netherlands
18h45 PAUSE
19h Irati Jiménez-Pérez, University of the Basque Country, Spain
RESPONDENT : Yagmur Su Kolsal, University of Münster, Germany
19h45 PAUSE
20h Anna James, Franklin College, Indiana, USA
RESPONDENT : Arvind Thomas, UCLA, USA
20h45 Discussion
21h END OF DAY 2
FRIDAY 4 April
17h30 Conference (re)Opens
18h Martina Martausová, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia
RESPONDENT : Ljubica Matek, University of Osijek, Croatia
18h45 PAUSE
19h Arvind Thomas, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
RESPONDENT : Burak Sezer, Technical University Dortmund, Germany
19h45 PAUSE
20h Closing address
Bryn Skibo, Vancouver Island University, Canada
"Hope and Despair in the Time of Carnism: Why Vegan Literatures Matter"
RESPONDENT : Deborah Madsen, University of Geneva, Switzerland
21h Final discussion
21h30 END OF THE CONFERENCE
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