8 Nov
2023
8 Nov
'23
8 a.m.
Dear BERGers and SHAIRers,
Today we don’t have a seminar, but next week we have a special guest lecture to look
forward to…
On Wednesday 15 November 4-5pm we will be joined by Dr Alexander
Weiss<https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/alexander-weiss>, whose research has made a great
contribution to advancing our understanding of animal welfare and animal personality,
especially in primates. Alex is a longstanding member of the Scottish Primate Research
Group<https://scottishprimate.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/faculty/> alongside many of us at
Stirling.
University of Stirling’s 2023 Universities Federation for Animal
Welfare<https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/fsvo-ufaw-symposium-a-humanely-ending-the-life-of-animals>
Guest Lecture
Alexander Weiss, University of Edinburgh
Making (Vegan?) Sausages: Lessons Learned from Editing a Book on Primate Welfare and
Well-Being
Abstract: Over an eight-year period I worked with Lauren Robinson—then my Ph.D. student—to
edit the edited volume “Nonhuman Primate Welfare: From History, Science, and Ethics to
Practice<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-82708-3#aboutB…k>”, which
was published recently by Springer. The book grew out of my interest in well-being, both
in animals and in humans, and in Lauren’s interest in primate welfare, and in a belief in
freedom of expression and the value of open debate. The project cut deeply into both a
visiting professorship I held at Kyoto University and into a sabbatical in Tucson,
Arizona. Based on my previous experiences editing books, I did not intend or expect it to
take so long. I also did not expect to learn as much as I did about primate welfare. I
also learned a lot of lessons about editing an academic book, which I did not learn with
previous volumes, which took less time. In my talk, after a brief overview of my own
interest in the area, I will cover what I learned over those eight years and what, should
I edit another volume, I would do differently. I will also take the time to say “Thank you
and goodbye.” to old friends.
Please join us for the lecture in the Psychology Common Room (Cottrell, C3A94) and hybrid
(link to follow next week).
We are grateful to UFAW for kindly sponsoring this lecture!
All are welcome to join us for dinner along with Alex afterwards! Sadly for us, Alex will
soon be moving away from Scotland, so this is an opportunity not to be missed. Please
email (clare.andrews@stir.ac.uk<mailto:clare.andrews@stir.ac.uk>, by Weds 15 Nov
morning) if you would like to come along.
The upcoming BERG programme is
here<https://stir-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/ac112_stir_ac_uk/EQ3i…yL>.
Looking forward to seeing you next Wednesday!
Clare
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Students: book to talk with me
here<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/PsychologyY1PersonalTute…s/>.
Dr Clare Andrews (preferred pronouns: she/her) MA MSc DPhil FHEA
Lecturer in Psychology, Course Director for MSc/MA Human-Animal
Interaction<https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-taught/human-animal-interaction/>
Psychology Division
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
ResearchGate<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clare_Andrews>
X (twitter)<https://twitter.com/clarepandrews?lang=en>
LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/clareandrews/>
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