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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Singer and Cavalieri on Zizek

Monday, December 29, 2008

Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer have an article-length reply to Slavoj Zizek’s essay, “The Prospects of Radical Politics Today,” (and Zizek’s book, On Violence) both in the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies. It is generally a re-statement of their well-known position on animal ethics – along with a series of unhelpful, party-line comments (e.g, “Since [...]

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Introducing High School Students to Animal Studies

Thursday, December 11, 2008

I’ve been selected to teach a course to high school students – grades eight to twelve, I believe – as part of a “mini-enrichment course” designed to get students interested in going to university (and to realize how utterly terrible high school is, I imagine). The course is a week long (Monday to Friday). The [...]

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Remembering Mickey (December 9, 2006)

Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Victims of the Montreal Massacre at l’École Polytechnique on December 6, 1989 Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Status of Women Canada Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends (StatsCan) National Clearinghouse on [...]

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