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Charlotte Blattner to Give Tom Regan Memorial Lecture. Will Kymlicka to Respond.
Continue readingCAF is delighted to announce that Charlotte Blattner (left), Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Faculty of Law, University of Berne, Switzerland, will give the second 2022 Tom Regan Memorial Lecture on “Transitional Justice and Animal Rights” on Monday October 17, at 3:00 p.m (Swiss time) and 9:00 a.m. (Kingston, Ontario time). Her respondent will be Will Kymlicka (right), Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Click here to attend.
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Episode 3 of Martin’s Act at 200 Audio Documentary Available
Continue readingEpisode 3 of CAF’s ongoing audio documentary on two hundred years of animal advocacy following 1822’s “Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act,” sponsored by the Irishman Richard “Humanity Dick” Martin, is now available. (Listen to episodes 1 here and 2 here.)
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Sherry Colb
Continue readingCAF is sorry to hear of the untimely death of Sherry F. Colb, who was the 2019 Tom Regan Memorial Lecturer. We extend our deepest sympathies to her husband, and fellow legal scholar and animal advocate, Michael Dorf, and their two daughters, Meena and Amelia. Michael has written an appreciation of Sherry’s life and scholarship. Sherry was Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School, where she taught courses in animal rights, evidence, and criminal procedure. She published articles in a variety of law reviews and wrote several books, including Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights; Mind If I Order the Cheeseburger?: And Other Questions People Ask Vegans; and When Sex Counts: Making Babies and Making Law.
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Meet 2013 CAF Grantee Claude Jones (Video)
Continue readingNew Zealand–born collagist and ceramist, and 2013 CAF grantee, Claude Jones talks with CAF Navab Fellow Victoria Reshetnikov about how she communicates her veganism through art, why she decided to work in ceramics, and how she tries to combat gun violence and violence toward animals through her art. You can watch the video here.
