Dear All, The upcoming meeting of the European Cetacean Society will be in Holland March 9-12, with workshops preceeding on Saturday and Sunday March 8-9. We would like to propose a workshop titled for the moment "Marine Mammals in the arts and social sciences" but before we start organizing we would like to know if among the potential attendees of the ECS2008 conference there are researchers and students who at academic level have studied/ are studying marine mammals in fields other than those generally represented at ECS. We realize that Most ECS members have a background in the sciences, often in biology or in practical studies such as veterinary medicine but there may be those among you who have done something in the arts, anthropology, social geography etc. If you are among this group and would be interested in giving a presentation at the proposed workshop please contact us at Addink@naturalis.nnm.nl with an idea of what you would like to present. It will enable us to plan such practical things as the duration of the workshop. We already know that there is interest in the subject among ECS members but we do need speakers as well! Marjan Addink (Biologist) Emily Lambert (Biologist and social geographer) Graham Pierce (Biologist) Joost Schokkenbroek (Historian)