Call for applications Visiting Researchers 2025

Our Centre invites applications for Visiting Researchers for a period of eight weeks in Cambridge University Lent Term 2025 (21 January to 21 March). Applicants must be highly promising researchers who are in the course of completing a PhD or an equivalent qualification. Our Visiting Researcher programme offers an exciting opportunity to become part of our Centre’s lively community. Funding of up to £2,000 is available per Visiting Researcher for accommodation and travel expenses. The deadline for applications is 14 July 2024. More information on the programme and on how to apply is available here.

Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy Term Card

We are delighted to release the Easter Term card of the Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series. We will kick off with a special event on 6th May (5-6.30pm): our Co-Director Raffael Fasel (University of Cambridge) will launch his new book 'More Equal Than Others: Humans and the Rights of Other Animals' (OUP 2024). On 9th May (5-6.30pm), Rajesh Reddy (Lewis & Clark Law School) will join us to present on 'The Fly in the Ointment: The Problem and Promise of Insect Law and Ethics'. Richard Miller (Northwestern University) will talk about his new book 'The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation' on 29th May (5-6.30pm). Finally, on 6th June, Mariam Motamedi-Fraser (Goldsmiths University) will talk about 'Canis unfamiliaris: Species Stories and Species Categories'. Click here for more information and to register for the talks.