Don’t miss your chance at a weekend packed with equine history! Registration is extended to Friday, Nov. 16.
About Equine History 2018:
A three-day conference bringing equine history to the public will come to Pomona, CA on Nov. 30, Dec. 1, and Dec. 2, 2018. Events will showcase the influence of equine animals in human history, including the introduction of horses, their assimilation into indigenous and colonial societies, the presence of ranches in California, and how human beings and horses have shaped the environment. A keynote address on Nov. 30 at 5pm will feature Dr. Richard Nash (Professor of English at the University of Indiana, Bloomington), who is a leading scholar of Human-Animal Studies and eighteenth century English culture. Twenty-four public historians and archivists coming from all over the US and internationally will contribute to themed panels held at the W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library (University Library Building, 3801 West Temple Ave Pomona, CA 91768). A tour of the WKKAHL will showcase its collections and current exhibit to promote the rich resources available for the study of Arabian horses at Cal Poly Pomona. The conference will close with a Q&A session and the traditional Arabian Sunday Show at the W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center (3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768).
This event is organized by the Equine History Collective (EHC), a California nonprofit founded in 2018 with the goal of fostering equine history research and its dissemination, along with collaboration among public, equine and scholarly communities. The W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library (WKKAHL), a library and archive on the Cal Poly Pomona Campus led by Katie Richardson, Head of Special Collections and Archives, is generously sponsoring this event. The WKKAHL holds one of the largest public collections of Arabian horse materials as a legacy of the land grant from cereal magnate W.K. Kellogg. Additionally, the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center (WKKAHC) continues this legacy of public outreach in the College of Agriculture, where students get hands on training in breeding and agricultural management through the Animal Science and Agribusiness programs.
Follow us all month for a preview of the presentations we have lined up.