One of our faculty, Dr. Linda Johnson, PhD., has received a new appointment as a Fellow at the Oxford Centre of Animal Ethics, Oxford, England. She teaches several of our ARH112 courses and is a Visiting Professor of Art History here at UM-Flint. She describes her research: “My current scholarship explores the many intersections between Euro-American art, animals, and religious discourse within the development of the new scientific inquiry in the early modern period (1600-1815). My recent publication, “Joseph Wright of Derby: Animal Experimentation in Eighteenth Century Art” forthcoming April 2016, University of Illinois Press, was a result of working at the centre. The aim of the centre is to create a world-wide association of academics from all disciplines who want to pioneer ethical perspectives on animals. They intend to create a new intellectual force – a select Fellowship – composed of accomplished academics able to make the ethical case for animals.
The Centre
- is the first in the world dedicated to pioneering ethical perspectives on animals through academic research, teaching, and publication
- is an independent “think tank” for the advancement of progressive thought about animals
- aims to put animals on the intellectual agenda
- consists of an international fellowship of academics drawn from both the humanities and the sciences dedicated to pioneering ethical perspectives
- contributes to thoughtful public debate about animals
See more at: http://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/home/