Sustainability and Forum for European Philosophy panel discussion
Date: Saturday 13 February 2010
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Zeina Frangie-Eyres, Dr Simon Glendinning, Professor Marina Warner, Dr Mark Wright
Story Teller: Alia Al Zougbi
Chair: Isabel Carlisle
An event that combines a story-telling of the 1000-year-old eco-fable The Animals’ Lawsuit against Humanity with a panel discussion on the story’s historical and literary origins; current biodiversity in the midst of species extinction; the philosophical relationship between humans; and animals and the need for a myth for our times.
Zeina Frangie-Eyres, a Lecturer at Leeds University in Culture and Society in the Middle East, is an expert on the story of The Animals' Lawsuit. Dr Simon Glendinning is a Reader in European Philosophy and Director of the Forum for European Philosophy at LSE. Marina Warner, is the author of From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers, and No Go the Bogeyman: On Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock. She is writing a study of the Arabian Nights, and is currently a Professor at the University of Essex. Dr Mark Wright is the Conservation Science Advisor for WWF-UK following a long career starting as an insect ecologist. Isabel Carlisle is the Director of the Animals Lawsuit Project which develops educational programmes to raise awareness of the need for biodiversity, sustainable living and protection of the environment.
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