The Fourth Annual Oxford Animal Ethics Summer School The Ethics of Fur, 23-26 July, 2017
Sunday 23rd July
4.00-5.00pm: Registration in the Summer School Office
5.00pm: Reception in the Common Room
Welcome by Professor Andrew Linzey, Mark Glover, and Clair Linzey
6.00pm: Welcome Buffet Meal
Dining Room
8.00pm: Mark Glover, Director of Respect for Animals presents
A Selection of Films Commissioned by Respect for Animals, including Films by David Bailey
Showing in the Couratin Room
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Monday 24th July
7.30-8.30am: Breakfast in the Dining Hall
8.30-9.00am: Registration in the Summer School Office
Couratin Room Hope Room
Chair: Dr A. W. H. Bates Chair: Maureen O’Sullivan
9.00-9.45 9.00-9.45 Dr John Miller Professor Alice Crary Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature Chair of Philosophy University of Sheffield The New School for Social Research, New York
Fashion, fiction and the fur seal hunt, 1875-1900 The animal question in ethics: The case of the fur industry
9.45-10.30 9.45-10.30 Dr Letícia Albuquerque Hadas Marcus Co-Director, Observatory of Environmental Justice Instructor of English for Environmental Studies Dr Paula Brügger Tel Aviv University Co-Director, Observatory of Environmental Justice Oranim College of Education, Israel Gabriela Carvalho Masters candidate Visual culture and fur: Why wear animals? Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Fur trade in Brazil: Changing Legislation
10.30-11.00am: Tea and Coffee in the Common Room
Chair: Professor Kurt Remele Chair: Dr Carlos Frederico Ramos de Jesus
11.00-11.45 11.00-11.45 Laura Donnellan Dr Lydia de Tienda Lecturer, School of Law Post-doctoral researcher in Philosophy University of Limerick University of Valencia
The cat and dog fur regulation: A critique of the EU Dignity and value: The case of the use of nonhuman approach to animal welfare animals in fur industry
11.45-12.30 11.45-12.30 Rebecca Rose Stanton Robyn Hederman Doctoral Candidate Associate Fellow Northumbria University Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
“All fur coat and no knickers”: The contradiction of fur The nineteenth-century boycott against feathered in Disney films hats, and its influence on the anti-fur campaign
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Couratin Room Hope Room
12.30-1.15 12.30-1.15 Dr Linda Johnson Professor Milan Stehlík Visiting Professor in Art History Professor, Institute of Statistics University of Michigan - Flint University of Valparaíso, Chile
Fur and fashion: Ethical decisions in Puritan dress Bycatch of protected species: The case of sea lions from Chile and Patagonia
1.15-2.15pm: Buffet Lunch in the Dining Hall
Chair: Laura Donnellan Chair: Professor Boris Bakota
2.15-3.00 2.15-3.00 Pei F. Su William Gildea Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ACTAsia Masters Candidate Yuan-Chih Lung Keble College, Oxford Doctoral Candidate, Tsinghua University Against Humane Furrierism A re-examination of the Chinese fur industry and its global position
3.00-3.45 3.00-3.45 Dr Savithri Bartlett, Tamera Heron Kimberly Moore Daniele Beavis-Smith, and Olivia Abercrombie Attorney, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP University of Winchester Board of Directors, Fur Free Society
The pulse of fur in fashion Targeting children for fur products
3.45-4.15pm: Tea and Coffee in the Common Room
Chair: Dr Natalie Thomas Chair: Jennifer Clements
4.15-5.00 4.15-5.00 Simon Brooman Julia Johnson Senior Lecturer in Animal Law Masters Candidate Liverpool John Moores University Yale Divinity School
Politics and law in the fur trade: A tale of three Furs in the cupboard: What to do with them? continents
5.00-5.45 5.00-5.45 Rivers Gamrell, Doctoral Candidate Sien van der Plank Katie Javanaud, Doctoral Candidate Doctoral Candidate Harshmeena Sanghani, Doctoral Candidate University of Southampton University of Oxford The potential for political parties for animals to ReFURmation: Transforming the fur industry address concerns around fur
6.30pm: Sherry in the Common Room
7pm: Dinner in the Dining Hall
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Tuesday 25th July
7.30-8.30am: Breakfast in the Dining Hall
Couratin Room Hope Room
Chair: Dr Linda Johnson Chair: Hadas Marcus
9.00-9.45 9.00-9.45 Dr A. W. H. Bates Dr Margarita Carretero-González Honorary Senior Lecturer in Anatomical Pathology Senior Lecturer in English Literature University College, London University of Granada, Spain
A dead bird in your bonnet: Fur, feather and fashion And some we wear: The sexual politics of fur in Edwardian England
9.45-10.30 9.45-10.30 Professor Justin Marceau Sidney Blankenship Professor, Strum College of Law Associate Fellow University of Denver Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
Free speech and fur Corpse "contamination" as a religious approach to fur
10.30-11.00am: Tea and Coffee in the Common Room
Chair: Simon Brooman Chair: Hugh Curran
11.00-11.45 11.00-11.45 Professor Kurt Remele Danielle Sampson Associate Professor of Ethics and Catholic Social Undergraduate candidate Thought, University of Graz, Austria Hadlow College, Kent
Of ermines, cats and “the best-dressed Pontiff ever”: The ethical debate of fur in fashion A furry clerical fashion show
11.45-12.30 11.45-12.30 Dr Savithri Bartlett Miles Kempton Senior Lecturer, Fashion Media and Marketing Masters candidate University of Winchester Balliol College, Oxford
Fur and sumptuary laws Fur in fantasy, fur in fact: PETA’s open letter to Games Workshop
12.30-1.15 12.30-1.15 Dr Darren Calley Brendan George Senior Lecturer, The School of Law Publisher, Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan University of Essex April James Assistant Editor, Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan The WTO fur seals judgment: A step forward for animal protection, a step backwards for animal Publishing with the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics rights? Series
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1.15-2.15pm: Buffet Lunch in the Dining Hall
Couratin Room Hope Room
Chair: Robyn Hederman Chair: Miles Kempton
2.15-3.00 2.15-3.00 Maureen O’Sullivan Adam Bridgen Lecturer, School of Law Doctoral Candidate National University of Ireland, Galway Linacre College, University of Oxford
Fur farming in Ireland "Thou shalt not use the skins of any living creature": The anti-fur theology of Thomas Tryon (1634-1703)
3.00-3.45 3.00-3.45 Professor Boris Bakota David Thomas Professor, Faculty of Law Legal Adviser Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia Cruelty Free International
Croatian legislation ends the breeding of chinchillas The fur trade: How the law can help animals for fur
3.45-4.15pm: Tea and Coffee in the Common Room
Chair: Dr Savithri Bartlett Chair: Adam Bridgen
4.15-5.00 4.15-5.00 Dr Carlos Frederico Ramos de Jesus Kristina Mering Coordinator of Animal Law Study Group Masters Candidate São Paulo University, Brazil Tallinn University, Estonia
It is not fun for everyone: Feather in Brazil´s carnival The construction of attitudes towards animals: An parades. A comparison with the fur industry example from the Estonian fur industry
5.00-5.45 5.00-5.45 Kimberly Moore Lena Remich Attorney, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Masters Candidate Board of Directors, Fur Free Society University of Graz, Austria
The myth that fur is “green” and the real impact of How to shut down fur farms: An investigation into the the fur industry on the environment Austrian campaign that led to the ban of fur farms
6.55pm: Summer School Official Photograph in Moberly Garden
7.00pm: Champagne Reception in the Cloisters
7.30pm: Gala Dinner
Gala Dinner speakers: Mark Glover, Director of Respect for Animals Peter Egan, Actor and Celebrity, Downton Abbey
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Wednesday 26th July
7.30-8.30am: Breakfast in the Dining Hall
Couratin Room Hope Room
Chair: Professor Alice Crary Chair: Dr Lydia de Tienda
9.00-9.45 9.00-9.45 Roberto Kunz Salla Tuomivaara Veterinarian, HoloConvivium, Portugal Doctoral Candidate Dr Ana Silva University of Tampere, Finland Psychologist, HoloConvivium, Portugal The role of Saga Furs and the Finnish fur industry in The contribution of anachronistic beliefs in the promoting the fur industry in China process of regulation and normalization of animal maltreatment
9.45-10.30 9.45-10.30 Alex Mayers, Head of Programmes Professor José Luis Rey Pérez Dr Faith Burden, Head of Research and Pathology Associate Professor, Faculty of Law The Donkey Sanctuary Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid
Donkey skin: The invisible fur trade What (if anything) can justify the use of fur?
10.30-11.00am: Tea and Coffee in the Common Room
Chair: Dr Margarita Carretero-González Chair: Professor Justin Marceau
11.00-11.45 11.00-11.45 Adam Donason Carla Campanaro Masters Candidate Doctoral Candidate Boston University School of Theology University of Rome Sapienza
Skin-to-skin connections: Toward a queer theology of The Italian fur context: Ethics, ethology, economy and fashion animal law
11.45-12.30 11.45-12.30 Walter Stepanenko Kyle York Graduate Assistant, Philosophy Department Masters Candidate University of Cincinnati University of Tartu, Estonia
Political approaches to animal rights and the If a fox could speak: Wittgenstein and the calculated construction of humans and animals in the global fur silencing of foxes in the fur industry industry
12.30-1.15 12.30-1.15 Professor Kay Peggs Marco Marabello Honorary Professor of Sociology Undergraduate student Kingston University University of Padova, Italy
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Fur trade is not fair trade: Nonhuman animals and the Fur farming and speciesism: The case of Italy ethics of fur
1.15-2.15pm: Buffet Lunch in the Dining Hall
Couratin Room Hope Room
Chair: Professor Kay Peggs Chair: Samual Garner
2.15-3.00 2.15-3.00 Hugh J. Curran Frances Robinson Lecturer, Peace and Reconciliation Studies Associate Fellow University of Maine Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
A Buddhist interpretation of the ethics of animal A case of wrongful use: An ethical analysis of the use suffering and the fur industry of animal fur
3.00-3.45 3.00-3.45 Julia de Cadenet Jasmine Alexander Founder Creative Director World Protection for Dogs and Cats in the Meat Trade Jasmine Alexander
Is it really possible to love animals yet covet fur? A critique of fur in fashion
3.45-4.15pm: Tea and Coffee in the Common Room
Chair: William Gildea Chair: Dr Darren Calley
4.15-5.00 4.15-5.00 Dr Natalie Evans Jennifer Clements Instructor in Media Studies and Philosophy Masters Candidate University of Guelph-Humber University of Sussex
The seal hunt in Canada: Facing the ethical challenges Bringing non-humans into the anthropology of fur of history, culture and profit
5.00-5.45 5.00-5.45 Dr Ambrose Tinarwo Dr Mandy Mihelic Lecturer in Animal Management Independent Researcher Hadlow College Does how much people know about animal fur Video killed the animal for fur: An analysis of the influence their attitudes on wearing it? influence of pop music culture on the ethics of fur
5.45 Closing Remarks by Professor Andrew Linzey 5.45 Closing Remarks by Clair Linzey
5.50pm: Summer School Ends
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