5th Annual Conference 2020 Students for Critical Animal Studies ONLINE ONLY

Sat, March 14, 2020 10:00 AM - Sat, March 14, 2020 5:00 PM at ONLINE ONLY

NOTE: This will still be held ONLINE ONLY. Zoom link coming soon.

The Students for Critical Animal Studies is hosting its 5th annual conference to give a platform for students, activities and professors to critically assess the animal liberation, oppression and domination theoretically and empirically. Our hope is that the conference will encourage both a productive reflexion that challenges normalcy of systemic oppression that implements discrimination and networking among those who do academic and pragmatic social justice work. 

Panel 1 – 10 am to 11:00 am

THE PRAGMATISM OF ANIMAL LIBERATION

 

Intersectional Veganism

 (SAMYUKTHA IYER, Michigan State University)

 

The Importance of Appealing to Values in Animal Liberation Activism

(MARK SUCHYTA, Michigan State University)

 

Panel 2 – 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

SPECIESISM AND THE STATE

The Conflict Management in Turkey: The Case of Animal Domination in Istanbul Adalar

(DENIZ HOSBAY BAYRAKTAR, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey, University, Turkey)

 

About an Anarchist Sanctuary. For a Materialistic Definition of Antispeciesism (SKYPE)

(MARYLINE EL KHOURY, University of Paris, France and

KENZO JACQUEMIN, University of Liège, Belgium)

 

A Comparison of the Local Governments in Terms of Approaches to Stray Animals in Turkey

(DENIZ HOSBAY BAYRAKTAR, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Turkey and

OZGUR BAYRAKTAR, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Turkey)

 

 

Lunch – 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

(Woody’s Oasis, Mediterranean, catered and free to all!)

 

Panel 3 – 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

MOVING THE PARADIGMS FORWARD

 

Nonhuman “Others”: A Theology of Hope and Liberation (SKYPE)

(SARAH TOMASELLO, Canisius College, United States)

 

“It’s a Privilege”: A Critical Examination of University Students’ Perspectives of Animal Experimentation in Science Education

(ALAINA INTERISANO, York University, Canada)

 

Prisoners and Farming/Slaughtering Animals

(VARUN JOSHI, University of Guelph, Canada)

 

“[A] Vision and Vital Condition to Endure, to Outwit Evil and Dominance, and to Deny Victimry”: Exploring Animal Survivance

(BENJAMIN J. KAPRON | York University, Canada)

 

Roundtable – 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

CRITICAL ANIMAL STUDIES AS A CAREER