"Real" Animals and the Liberal Arts

February 17-18, 2010

This year's Fleming Lectures in religion focus on the growing field of the cultural studies of animals - particularly how this field intersects with religion and with humanities disciplines in general.  All events are open to the public and will be held in the McCombs Center ballrooms. For more information contact Laura Hobgood-Oster at hoboster@southwestern.edu.

Speakers:

Dr. Marc Bekoff

Marc Bekoff is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a former Guggenheim Fellow. He is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on animal behavior, ethics, and justice.

Dr. Paul Waldau

Paul Waldau is a scholar working at the intersection of animals studies, ethics, religion, law and cultural studies. He is currently the Barker Lecture in Animal Law at Harvard Law School and President of the Religion and Animals Institute. From 2004 through 2008 Paul was the Director of the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University School of Veterinary medicine. he is the author or editor of five books, including two that will appear in 2010. These are The Animal Invitation: Religion, Law, Science and Ethics in a More-than-Human World from Columbia University Press and Animal Rights in the "What Everyone Needs to Know" series from Oxford University Press.

Carol Adams

Carol Adams is the author of The Sexual Politics of Meat, a groundbreaking feminist-vegetarian constructive philosophy. She is the author of several other books as well as a well-known spokesperson and scholar on animals, religion, and contemporary culture.

Schedule:

Wednesday, February 17

3:00 – 4:15      Lecture 1: Paul Waldau

4:30 – 5:45      Lecture 2: Marc Bekoff

7:00 – 8:30      Lecture 3: Carol Adams – Sexual Politics of Meat Slideshow and Lecture

Thursday, February 18

9:30 – 11:00 Roundtable of scholars in the humanities and animal studies