This episode of Knowing Animals features Prof. James Serpell. James is Marie A. Moore Professor of Ethics & Animal Welfare, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He is also Director, Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society. We discuss his recently updated and re-issued book ‘The Domestic Dog’. It is an edited collection, published by Cambridge University Press.
This episode is brought to you by AASA – the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Find them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/.
Knowing Animals is a fortnightly podcast hosted by Dr Josh Milburn who discusses all things related to animals and ethics; animals and the law; animals and politics; and animal advocacy. The show features interviews with Animal Studies scholars and animal advocates.
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by a very special guest, Dr. Hayley Singer from the University of Melbourne. Hayley has a PhD in creative writing and is interested in ecological and feminist theories of flesh, fiction, avant-garde …continue
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This episode’s returning guest is Professor Claire Parkinson, Professor of Culture, Communication and Screen Studies at Edge Hill University in the UK. She’s also the Co-Director of the university’s Centre for Human Animal Studies, which she established in 2014. Her …continue
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Today’s guest is Zara-Louise Stubbs. Zara is a researcher at the University of York, where she is reading for a PhD in Contemporary Literature. Her thesis is entitled Eating Bodies, Assembling Selves: The Uncanny Gastronomic in Contemporary Women’s Literature. As …continue
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