Professor Rod Preece Lecture

Professor Rod Preece
Department of Political Science
Wilfred Laurier University

will be addressing the Vancouver Institute on October 30 at 8:15 p.m. in Lecture Hall No. 2 in the Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, University of British Columbia.

Life in Harmony With Animals and Nature: Contemporary Cultural Myths

Professor Preece holds a doctoral degree from the University of Leicester and has taught at the universities of Surrey and Leicester, Mannheim and Waterloo. In addition to his position at Wilfred Laurier University, he is Maurice Young Invited Research Scholar in the Centre for Applied Ethics at UBC. Professor Preece is the author, co-author and editor of books on German politics, European socialization, animal welfare, and political theory. His most recent book: Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities, just published by UBC Press is the product of six years of intensive research into comparative religion, literature, philosophy, anthropology, mythology, ethology, and animal welfare science.

Fall Program 1999
Sep 25, Oct 2, Oct 16, Oct 23, Oct 30, Nov 6, Nov 13, Nov 20, Nov 27, Dec 4.

Background Information

(Compiled by Ted Powell)

• http://www.ubcpress.ubc.ca/featured/anim.htm Description of Animals and Nature, with table of contents and an excerpt.
• http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwpress/catalog/wwwbooks/preece.html Description of Animal Welfare and Human Values, co-authored by Professor Preece.

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