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WORTHY OF PROTECTION
This website is the culminating project of a group of graduate students who were enrolled in Professor Jane Desmond's spring 2026 seminar "Living in Multispecies Worlds," which is also part of the yearlong CAS initiative of the same name. The project collects five case studies of different animals, which have at different points in history not been considered “worthy of protection”. The students hope to inspire readers to explore their own feelings to the species that are featured in these stories.
WITNESSING AND WORLDING BEYOND THE HUMAN: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERSPECIES CONVERSATION
This 2021 two-day digital conference featured lightning talk panels from human-animal studies scholars from over 30 universities across 8 countries, who represented more than 20 disciplinary backgrounds. The panels were organized around questions of how nonhumans communicate, perceive, and build worlds. What might it mean to invite nonhumans to be participants and partners in research, and what responsibilities does this entail?