Guest Lecture: Emilie Wellfelt, ‘Following the Feathers: Global History Along the Trails of the Bird of Paradise’

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London

‘Following the Feathers’ is an investigation of global history and human-animal relations using a spectacular bird species as its focal point. It asks how the bird of paradise affects humans who encounter them, either in living form or as a prepared specimen. The specimen, often without wings, legs and scull bone, is the main form…