Titel: Minding Animals Conference 2012

Termin: 4.7.2012 bis 6.7.2012

Veranstaltungsort:
Utrecht University
(De Uithof)
P.O Box 80125
3508 TC Utrecht
The Netherlands

Referenten: u.a. Prof. Colin Allen, Professor of Philosophy, specialized in Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Science, in particular animal behaviour and cognition ; Prof. Marc Bekoff, Emeritus Professor of Animal Behaviour, author of numerous books about animal capacities and the human-animal relationship ; Prof. John Coetzee, Nobel Prize winning author

Weitere Informationen:
http://www.uu.nl/FACULTY/HUMANITIES/EN/CONGRES/MINDINGANIMALS/Pages/ge ...

Kurzbeschreibung: The Minding Animals Conference 2012 is the second in a series of conferences about scientific, ethical and social issues related to animals and human interactions with animals. The first, internationally celebrated, Minding Animals Conference took place in Newcastle, Australia, July 2009.

The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and scientists from different disciplines (amongst others: animal welfare, animal ethology, animal ethics, and animal studies in general) with politicians and a broad variety of interest groups. For a list of themes and confirmed keynote speakers, please see the programme.

The conference offers a platform for exchange of information about research developments, debates about controversial political and ethical issues concerning the treatment of animals and a variety of cultural activities around animals.

For information on how to submit an abstract, please see Call for abstracts. Deadline for application is January 15, 2012.

(Please note that the International Conference of Bioethics takes place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the last week of June 2012. There is also an Animal Law Conference at the University of Zurich on 7-8 July 2012: Animal Law - Reflecting on European, American and Asian Concepts)

Kontakt: mindinganimals@uu.nl
http://www.uu.nl/FACULTY/HUMANITIES/EN/CONGRES/MINDINGANIMALS/Pages/organisation-and-contact.aspx

Wissenschaftliche Leitung: http://www.uu.nl/FACULTY/HUMANITIES/EN/CONGRES/MINDINGANIMALS/Pages/scientific-committee.aspx

Schlagworte: Tierethik