Interdisziplinäre Lehre: Meeting Global Challenges
Human Animal Studies
Registration
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Academic Responsibility
Contact Person
Oliver Reisen, M.Sc.
oliver.reisen@leonardo.rwth-aachen.de
Schedulue
Start
10.10.2022
Time
Monday, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Place
Digital (Zoom)
Contents
Companions and Enemies – Historical and Cultural Studies Perspectives on Animal-Human Constellations.
For centuries, the bond between humans and animals was also alive in our cultural area. Animals were ubiquitous as ‚companions and enemies‘ of humans. In this module, historical and cultural studies perspectives on the human-animal relationship will be explained and discussed. This will range from the world of the Ancient Near East, through the Middle Ages and modern times, to those speciesist approaches that can be readily identified during the Nazi era.
The lecture series will be accompanied by a voluntary tutorial.
Learning Outcomes
The aim is that at the end of the lecture students will have basic knowledge from several disciplines on the subject of animal-human relationships. In this semester, special attention will be paid to historical situations of human-animal encounters. In addition, students will be able to engage in an open and factual discourse on a topic that can often make a scientific approach difficult due to its emotionality. A voluntary tutorial is also offered for this purpose. The ability to think and argue independently, based on the current state of research, should help in the competent discussion of current research questions and supposed ethical implications.
Program
10.10.2022
Organizational introductory event
Prof. Dr. Simone Paganini
RWTH Aachen
17.10.2022
Gender Relations, from Prehistoric to Modern Times
Prof. Dr. Carel van Schaik
University Zurich
24.10.2022
Voluntary tutorial: How valuable is an animal life?
31.10.2022
Animal Agency, or Animals as Active Substitutes for Humans in the Hebrew Bible
Prof. Dr. Simone Paganini
RWTH Aachen
07.11.2022
Voluntary tutorial: Does an animal have a right to life or do I have a right to eat schnitzel?
14.11.2022
Störenfriede der Schöpfungsordnung: Heilige und Ungeziefer
Dr. Gregor Taxacher
TU Dortmund
21.11.2022
Voluntary tutorial: Does a person always have to be a human being?
28.11.2022
Animal Trials in the Middle Ages
Sebastian Huncke
WWU Münster
05.12.2022
Horses in the First World War
Prof. Dr. Thomas Ruster
TU Dortmund
12.12.2022
Animals and crime: dogs in police regulation
PD Dr. Aline Steinbrecher
University Zurich
19.12.2022
Voluntary tutorial: How speciesist are you?
09.01.2023
The Work of Dehumanization: The Ambivalent Role of Dogs in the Nazi Concentration Camp System
PD Dr. Mieke Roscher
University Kassel
16.01.2022
Precious and Unprecious Life under National Socialism
Freelance journalist
23.01.2023
Man without animals? On the history and present of solipsism
Prof. Dr. Andreas Krebs
University Bonn
30.01.2023
Final discussion: Between animal ethics and zoopolis
Prof. Dr. Simone Paganini
RWTH Aachen
Procedure/Working method
Depending on the course of studies, module and examination, credit points can be achieved through participation.
Certificate
Certificate of Participation (0 CP, not graded)
Protocol with critical analysis (2 CP, not graded)
Term Paper 10-15 pages (3 CP)
Term Paper 15-20 pages (4 CP)
