Teaching Human-Animal Studies Symposium
International Symposium, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Central Building (Libeskind-Bau) 40.704, January 23–25, 2020
In recent years, the field of human-animal studies has experienced an unprecedented growth. Indeed, the animal turn, as Harriet Ritvo called this paradigm shift, has promoted “new understandings of the role of animals in the past and at present.” Among other aspects, scholars have begun to explore the agency of animals and to discuss their influence on storytelling and the construction of knowledge. Given these developments and the emergence of human-animal studies as a distinct institutionalized discourse, it is somewhat surprising that the questions of how we teach human-animal studies and how this field may change didactics have received little attention.
Addressing this gap, the symposium “Teaching Human-Animal Studies” explores different ways of teaching human-animal studies in school and university classrooms. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Human-Animal Studies in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Education
- Teaching Literature, Film and Human-Animal Studies
- Human-Animal Studies in Political and Philosophical Education
- Interspecies Societies and Relations after the Animal Turn
- Teaching Human-Animal Studies in the Face of Extinction
We cordially invite all scholars, teachers, and students to join us for the symposium. The symposium is organized by Micha Edlich, Andreas Hübner, and Maria Moss under the auspices of the Institute of English Studies.
Please register via e-mail at teaching.has@leuphana.de by January 17, 2020.
The registration fee is € 50,00.
Micha Edlich | Andreas Hübner | Maria Moss | Leuphana Universität Lüneburg | Institute of English Studies | Universitätsallee 1 | 21335 Lüneburg | teaching.has@leuphana.de | 04131.677-2090