Historian and author Hilda Kean and animal advocate Kim Stallwood will teach the course, Animal Rights: past and present, at Ruskin College, Oxford on March 16 – 20, 2009. Please make a note of the date now if you would like to attend and participate in this unique educational opportunity.
For hundreds of years people have campaigned against the ill treatment of animals. Some activists have described this as animal rights, others as animal welfare, or animal advocacy. In this week long course we will analyse various past – and present – attitudes toward animals. We will also consider the different ways in which animals are treated and respected.
Dr Hilda Kean is a tutor in History, Humanities co-ordinator and acting dean at Ruskin College. She runs Ruskin’s pioneering MA in Public History and organises public history conferences and the Ruskin public history discussion group. She researches and publishes in public and cultural history and the cultural position of animals. She is the author of Animal Rights.
Kim Stallwood a veteran animal advocate who has held leadership positions for some of the world’s foremost animal welfare organizations in the United Kingdom and United States (e.g., CIWF, BUAV, PETA). He is an independent author, scholar and advisor on animal welfare and related matters. He became a vegetarian in 1974 when as a student he worked in a chicken slaughterhouse. He has been a vegan since 1976.
