Seventh Annual Animal Studies Summer Institute 2025 | Public Events schedule

CAS is pleased to offer this weeklong institute for early career faculty members and advanced graduate/professional students from around the US and abroad. Morning workshops will be followed by a busy afternoon schedule including plenary presentations by visiting and local scholars that are free and open to the public.

The following events are all located at Campus Instructional Facility, 1405 Springfield Ave, Urbana.

Sunday, July 13
6:30pm-8:00pm
Sharon P. Holland (American Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
A Proper Insurgency: Animal Study and Interdisciplinary Critique
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Monday, July 14
2:00pm-3:30pm
Susan McHugh (English, University of New England)
Woodswalk? Rambling, Writing, and Learning about Our Environment with Dogs
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Tuesday, July 15
2:00pm-3:30pm
Jane Desmond (Anthropology, University of Illinois)
Rethinking Medicine, Public Policy and the “Multi-Species Family”: A Social Justice Model of Access to Care
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Thursday, July 17
2:00pm-3:30pm
May Berenbaum (Entomology, University of Illinois)
Why people (for the most part) love bees but hate wasps
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Friday, July 18
2:00pm-3:30pm
Chris Green (Executive Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund)
The Evolution of Animal Advocacy: Alternative Strategies to Achieve Animal Welfare Advances
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4:00pm-5:30pm
Katie Hornstein (Art History, Dartmouth College)
The Nineteeth-Century Lion Hunt, between Algeria and Paris
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