Edinburgh Animal Studies Lecture Series 2017
Wednesday 24th May, 3-5pm
‘Of Islands, Ecology, and Immunity: The Lost Maples of Big Bend’
Cary Wolfe, Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor
Department of English, Rice University
Thursday 15th June, 3-5pm
‘Animal Rights and Global Justice’
Alasdair Cochrane, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory Sheffield Animal Studies Research Centre, University of Sheffield
Wednesday 5th July, 3-5pm
‘Should we provide the bear necessities? Climate change, wild animals, and the ethics of supplementary feeding’
Clare Palmer, Professor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University
All lectures take place in room 2.13, Geography Building (High School Yards, Drummond St, Edinburgh).
The lectures are free and open to all.
Supported by the Institute of Geography and the Lived Environment, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh. Further information: Emily.Brady@ed.ac.uk or K.Srinivasan@ed.ac.uk