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Animal Abuse and Human Violence Conference

Stephen Firth

2007-03-27, 5:25 pm

Animal Abuse and Human Violence Conference
One Day International Conference on the Relationship between Animal
Abuse and Human Violence
http://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/
Keble College, Oxford, 18 September, 2007

The League Against Cruel Sports is proud to announce its sponsorship
of this conference being organised by the Oxford Centre for Animal
Ethics. The conference will highlight the importance of animal ethics
by exploring the following questions:

Is there empirical evidence of a link between animal abuse and
violence to humans or anti-social behaviour?
How should we interpret the evidence?
If there is a link, what are the ethical implications?
What are the implications for social and legal policy?
The purpose of the Conference is to enable people to better understand
the nature of animal abuse, the motivation that leads to cruel acts,
and the implications for human as well as animal welfare. This
understanding is essential to help inform social and legal policy.
This will be the first academic conference devoted to this subject in
the United Kingdom.

The conference is being arranged by the Oxford Centre for Animal
Ethics, founded in 2006 to enhance the ethical status of animals
through academic research, teaching and publication.
http://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/index.php

At the heart of the Centre's work is an international fellowship of
academics drawn from the sciences and the humanities. The Centre is
named after the distinguished Spanish philosopher José Ferrater Mora,
known for his pioneering opposition to bullfighting. One of the
Centre's key research areas is the link between animal abuse and human
violence.

The conference is being organised by the Centre as part of its
commitment to research and publication in this field. The aim of the
Centre is to put the issue of humankind's interactions with animals on
the intellectual agenda. During the last 30 years, evidence has been
accumulating of a link between animal abuse and violence to humans or
anti-social behaviour. This conference will document and explore the
meaning of this link, and the implications that should follow for the
making of social and legal policy.

Attendance and delegates
The Conference will appeal to academics, representing a range of
disciplines, including (but not limited to) ethics, philosophy,
theology, psychiatry, law, psychology, criminology, medicine, social
sciences, and social policy. We also expect the conference to appeal
to a wide range professionals concerned with

the care of children;
spousal and elderly abuse;
cruelty prevention and inspection;
social work;
penal policy;
veterinary services;
human and animal shelters;
humane education;
wildlife protection;
law enforcement, and
the implementation of legal and social policy.
We, therefore, particularly welcome attendance from professionals,
including anti-cruelty inspectors, teachers, medical personnel,
veterinarians, social workers, health care professionals, and law
enforcement officials.

Conference Programme
The one day conference includes approximately 17 x 15 minute
presentations, keynote presentations, including dinner and overnight
accommodation at Keble College. The full academic programme will be
published in May 2007.

Venue
Keble college is one of the largest of the constituent colleges of the
University of Oxford. Founded in 1870, its original brick Victorian
buildings have now been complemented and supplemented by award winning
contemporary developments including a purpose built lecture theatre in
the Sloane Robinson Building. Keble's self-contained conference
facilities include ensuite bedrooms and one of the largest and most
impressive Dining Halls in Oxford.

Registration
If you are interested in attending the conference please register here
and we will send further details soon, including conference costs:
http://www.league.org.uk/form.asp?F...CategoryID=1961

Call for papers
Academics worldwide are invited to submit brief abstracts of papers
for consideration. From the abstracts submitted, the best will be
selected for presentation at the conference. Each presentation will be
scheduled for 15 minutes.

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted via email to
Professor Andrew Linzey, Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal
Ethics to arrive by 1 May, 2007.
mailto:director@oxfordanimalethics.com

Those whose abstracts are selected will be asked to supply a full
academic paper of between 3,000-5,000 words by 1 September 2007. All
selected papers will be published in book form.

Pete ‹(•¿•)›

2007-03-27, 5:25 pm

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:05:06 +0100, Stephen Firth
<steve@smalloc.co.uk> wrote:

>Animal Abuse and Human Violence Conference
>One Day International Conference on the Relationship between Animal
>Abuse and Human Violence
>http://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/
>Keble College, Oxford, 18 September, 2007
>
>The League Against Cruel Sports is proud to announce its sponsorship
>of this conference being organised by the Oxford Centre for Animal
>Ethics. The conference will highlight the importance of animal ethics
>by exploring the following questions:
>
>Is there empirical evidence of a link between animal abuse and
>violence to humans or anti-social behaviour?
>How should we interpret the evidence?
>If there is a link, what are the ethical implications?
>What are the implications for social and legal policy?
>The purpose of the Conference is to enable people to better understand
>the nature of animal abuse, the motivation that leads to cruel acts,
>and the implications for human as well as animal welfare. This
>understanding is essential to help inform social and legal policy.
>This will be the first academic conference devoted to this subject in
>the United Kingdom.
>
>The conference is being arranged by the Oxford Centre for Animal
>Ethics, founded in 2006 to enhance the ethical status of animals
>through academic research, teaching and publication.
>http://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/index.php
>
>At the heart of the Centre's work is an international fellowship of
>academics drawn from the sciences and the humanities. The Centre is
>named after the distinguished Spanish philosopher José Ferrater Mora,
>known for his pioneering opposition to bullfighting. One of the
>Centre's key research areas is the link between animal abuse and human
>violence.
>
>The conference is being organised by the Centre as part of its
>commitment to research and publication in this field. The aim of the
>Centre is to put the issue of humankind's interactions with animals on
>the intellectual agenda. During the last 30 years, evidence has been
>accumulating of a link between animal abuse and violence to humans or
>anti-social behaviour. This conference will document and explore the
>meaning of this link, and the implications that should follow for the
>making of social and legal policy.
>
>Attendance and delegates
>The Conference will appeal to academics, representing a range of
>disciplines, including (but not limited to) ethics, philosophy,
>theology, psychiatry, law, psychology, criminology, medicine, social
>sciences, and social policy. We also expect the conference to appeal
>to a wide range professionals concerned with
>
>the care of children;
>spousal and elderly abuse;
>cruelty prevention and inspection;
>social work;
>penal policy;
>veterinary services;
>human and animal shelters;
>humane education;
>wildlife protection;
>law enforcement, and
>the implementation of legal and social policy.
>We, therefore, particularly welcome attendance from professionals,
>including anti-cruelty inspectors, teachers, medical personnel,
>veterinarians, social workers, health care professionals, and law
>enforcement officials.
>
>Conference Programme
>The one day conference includes approximately 17 x 15 minute
>presentations, keynote presentations, including dinner and overnight
>accommodation at Keble College. The full academic programme will be
>published in May 2007.
>
>Venue
>Keble college is one of the largest of the constituent colleges of the
>University of Oxford. Founded in 1870, its original brick Victorian
>buildings have now been complemented and supplemented by award winning
>contemporary developments including a purpose built lecture theatre in
>the Sloane Robinson Building. Keble's self-contained conference
>facilities include ensuite bedrooms and one of the largest and most
>impressive Dining Halls in Oxford.
>
>Registration
>If you are interested in attending the conference please register here
>and we will send further details soon, including conference costs:
>http://www.league.org.uk/form.asp?F...CategoryID=1961
>
>Call for papers
>Academics worldwide are invited to submit brief abstracts of papers
>for consideration. From the abstracts submitted, the best will be
>selected for presentation at the conference. Each presentation will be
>scheduled for 15 minutes.
>
>Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted via email to
>Professor Andrew Linzey, Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal
>Ethics to arrive by 1 May, 2007.
>mailto:director@oxfordanimalethics.com
>
>Those whose abstracts are selected will be asked to supply a full
>academic paper of between 3,000-5,000 words by 1 September 2007. All
>selected papers will be published in book form.

Thanks Steve

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