Talks
The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography
Tessa Rajak on "The Jewish War" by Flavius Josephus
Tatous and Taiwan Devils: making sense of scaly mammals in the seventeenth century
Thu 6 November 2014
Anglia Ruskin University
Natalie Lawrence, a PhD student from the Department of History and
Philosophy of Science, will be speaking on how naturalists dealt with
exotic beasts as strange as the pangolin and armadillo in the early
modern period. Pangolins were characterised as both disruptive
'Devils' and 'armoured innocents,' and because of their wonderful scaly
and shelled forms, both pangolins and armadillos came to occupy a
unique place on the Chain of Being.
Cost: £1, free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
All welcome. Tea and coffee served before talks from 7.00 pm.
Part of the autumn programme of talks arranged by Cambridge Natural History Society.
Free to members of CNHS, ARU Wildlife Society or the Wildlife Trust; otherwise £1.
Website Email: events@cnhs.org.uk