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Upcoming Events
Thu 12 MarVienna University of Economics and BusinThe first of our 2026 VAS Summer Lecture Series will be a talk by Dr. Arianna Ferrari about the key challenges, pitfalls, and possibilities for animal lives in futures where cultivated meat plays a significant role.
Thu 09 AprVienna University of Economics and BusinThe second talk in the 2026 VAS Summer Lecture Series will be by Dr. Zipporah Weisberg and Sona Kalafusova about animal sanctuaries.
Multiple Dates
Thu 23 AprWU, Auditorium: TC.0.03Dr Serrin Rutledge-Prior is visiting Vienna! While here she will be giving a VAS lecture focused on how Mary Astell (1666- 1731) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) critiques of domestic(ated) femininity can be extended beyond the human.
Wed 13 MayUniversitätsstraße 7 (NIG, 2i)In this Visiting Lecture, Dr. Chiara Stefanoni draws on insights from her book The Human and the Meat to discusses how capitalist society has reshaped human-animal relations.
Tue 26 MayUniversity of Veterinary Medicine ViennaThe third 2026 VAS Summer Lecture Series will be a talk by Dr. Konstantin Deininger about organoids and ethics.
Wed 03 JunWilhelm-Exner-HausThe final lecture for the 2026 VAS Summer Lecture Series will be on the challenges of ecological and species protections.
Wed 17 JunUniversitätsstraße 7 (NIG, 4th floor)In this Visiting Lecture, Neha Vora explores “cat walks” and other movements within urban space as stray cat placemaking activities in the UAE’s urban neighborhoods.
Past Events
Current Debates in Animal Ethics: Animals and DeathMon 02 MarVetmeduni, GA2 (GA05N23), See Map Below
Struggling to Balance the Scales: Empirical Insights from the Ethical Review of Animal Research in SwedenTue 27 JanConference room, building AZ, Vetmeduni
The Animal I see the Person I amWed 10 DecUniversity of Vienna (NIG, Hörsaal 3A)
Mercy – A Central Virtue in Animal EthicsMon 01 DecSeminar room, building AZ, Vetmed Campus
Animals, Ethics, Activism, and TechThu 20 NovWirtschaftsuniversität (WU) D5.0.0.001
Pets in Contemporary Japan: Between Commodification, Family Membership, and Animal Welfare ChallengesWed 19 NovUniversity of Vienna, JAP 1
Reinventing Humanism beyond the Human: Philosophical Foundations for a Multispecies Politics of HopeTue 11 NovUniversity of Vienna (NIG, Hörsaal 3A)
Virtual Animals: An Ethical DiscussionWed 08 OctImmersium
Bat X AustriaMon 06 OctHaus des Meeres
Opium for the Earth at the expense of nonhuman animals? A non-anthropocentric perspective on GeoengineeringWed 10 SeptUniversity of Vienna (NIG, Hörsaal 3D)
Acoustic Bat WalkSat 06 SeptWien
IMHAI Symposium 2025Tue 17 JunWien
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