Northern Animals was an event designed to bring together animal scholars in the north of England and it included the following events:
a research seminar by Dr Jonathan Saha
a talk on publishing in animal studies by Ben Doyle (senior editor for Palgrave)
a workshop on applying for PhD and post-doctoral positions
a session on drawing animals at a local museum
a workshop on imagining and planning what this community could be in the future.
The event was free and there were a limited number of travel bursaries to help with travel costs.