Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A person who practices veganism is known as a vegan.
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad is a public university in Mashhad,the capital city of the Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan. FUM is named after Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi,who is considered to be the national epic poet of Greater Iran. Having been established in 1949,FUM is the third-oldest modern university in Iran.
The University of Western Ontario is a public research university in London,Ontario,Canada. The main campus is located on 455 hectares of land,surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames River bisecting the campus's eastern portion. The university operates twelve academic faculties and schools.
Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee,North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian scholar,literary theorist,and feminist critic. She is a University Professor at Columbia University and a founding member of the establishment's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society.
Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus public university located in New South Wales,Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. Established in 1989,it was named in honour of Captain Charles Napier Sturt,a British explorer who made expeditions into regional New South Wales and South Australia.
Donald Watson was an English animal rights and veganism advocate who co-founded The Vegan Society.
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike,also known as Uche Peter Umez,is a Nigerian author and academic currently working as an assistant professor of English at the University of Calgary. In addition to publishing several works of children’s fiction,short fiction,and poetry,his academic research draws from gender studies and critical race theory to analyze African,African diaspora,postcolonial,and global literatures as well as film.
Lori Gruen is an American philosopher,ethicist,and author who is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University in Middletown,Connecticut. Gruen is also Professor of Science in Society,and Professor of Feminist,Gender and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan.
Candle Cafe,Candle West and Candle 79 were fine-dining vegan restaurants in Manhattan,New York City.
Melanie Joy is an American social psychologist and author,primarily notable for coining and promulgating the term carnism. She is the founding president of nonprofit advocacy group Beyond Carnism,previously known as Carnism Awareness &Action Network (CAAN),as well as a former professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has published the books Strategic Action for Animals,Why We Love Dogs,Eat Pigs,and Wear Cows and Beyond Beliefs.
Vegaphobia,vegephobia,veganphobia,or veganophobia is an aversion to,or dislike of,vegetarians and vegans. The term first appeared in the 2010s,coinciding with the rise in veganism in the late 2010s. Several studies have found an incidence of vegaphobic sentiments in the general population. Positive feelings regarding vegetarians and vegans also exist. Because of their diet,others may perceive them as more virtuous or principled.
Saheed Aderinto is a Nigerian American Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University,an award-winning author,and a filmmaker. He is the Founding President of the Lagos Studies Association. In February 2023,Aderinto received the $300,000 Dan David Prize–the largest financial reward for excellence in the historical discipline in the world in recognition of his “outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of history.”He has published eight books,thirty-six journal articles and book chapters,forty encyclopedia articles,and twenty book reviews.
Vegan studies or vegan theory is the study of veganism,within the humanities and social sciences,as an identity and ideology,and the exploration of its depiction in literature,the arts,popular culture,and the media. In a narrower use of the term,vegan studies seek to establish veganism as a "mode of thinking and writing" and a "means of critique".
The Vegan Studies Project:Food,Animals,and Gender in the Age of Terror (2015) by Laura Wright coined the term and proposed the academic field of vegan studies and serves as the field's foundational text.
Musa W. Dube,also known as Musa Wenkosi Dube Shomanah,is a Botswanan feminist theologian and Professor of New Testament at the Candler School of Theology,Emory University,and she is known for her work in postcolonial biblical scholarship.
A vegan school meal or vegan school lunch or vegan school dinner or vegan hot lunch is a vegan option provided as a school meal. A small number of schools around the world serve vegan food or are vegan schools,serving exclusively vegan food.
Jodey Castricano is a Canadian scholar of English and cultural studies who is a Professor at the University of British Columbia,Okanagan. They are known for their work in critical theory,critical animal studies,and gothic studies.
Richard Twine is a British sociologist whose research addresses environmental sociology as well as gender,human/animal and science studies. He is noted for his "foundational" work in critical animal studies. He is a reader in sociology in the Department of History,Geography &Social Sciences at Edge Hill University,where he is the co-director of the Centre for Human-Animal Studies. He is also the chair of the Research Advisory Committee of The Vegan Society.
Emelia Quinn is a British scholar of English known for her work developing vegan theory. She is an Assistant Professor of World Literatures and Environmental Humanities at the University of Amsterdam.
