Syracuse University is a private research university in Syracuse,New York,United States. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church,the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Located in the city's University Hill neighborhood,east and southeast of Downtown Syracuse,the large campus features an eclectic mix of architecture,ranging from nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival to contemporary buildings. Syracuse University is organized into 13 schools and colleges and is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity".
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 follows the diet or philosophy 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.
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.
Donald Watson was an English animal rights advocate who co-founded The Vegan Society.
Elleke Boehmer,FRSL,FRHistS is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford,and a Professorial Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College. She is an acclaimed novelist and a founding figure in the field of Postcolonial Studies,internationally recognised for her research in colonial and postcolonial literature and theory. Her main areas of interest include the literature of empire and resistance to empire;sub-Saharan African and South Asian literatures;modernism;migration and diaspora;feminism,masculinity,and identity;nationalism;terrorism;J. M. Coetzee,Katherine Mansfield,and Nelson Mandela;and life writing.
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,in 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.
The New York University Department of Philosophy is ranked 1st in the US and 1st in the English-speaking world as of the most recent edition of the Philosophical Gourmet Report from 2021. It is also ranked 1st in the world by the 2023 QS World University Rankings,and is internationally renowned. It has particular strengths in epistemology,history of philosophy,logic,metaphysics,moral and political philosophy,philosophy of language,philosophy of logic and philosophy of mathematics,and philosophy of mind. The department offers B.A.,M.A.,and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy,as well as a minor in philosophy and a joint major in language and mind with the NYU Departments of Linguistics and Psychology. It is home to the New York Institute of Philosophy,a research center that supports multi-year projects,public lectures,conferences,and workshops in the field,as well as outreach programs to teach New York City high school students interested in philosophy.
West Chester University is a public research university in and around West Chester,Pennsylvania. The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity". With 17,719 undergraduate and graduate students as of 2019,WCU is the largest of the 10 state-owned universities belonging to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and the sixth largest university in Pennsylvania. It also maintains a Center City Philadelphia satellite campus on Market Street.
Vegaphobia,vegephobia 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 and an award-winning author. 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. 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.
Corey Lee Wrenn is an American sociologist specializing in human-animal studies,the sociology of the animal rights movement,ecofeminism,and vegan studies. She is presently a lecturer in the School of Social Policy,Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent.
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.
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.
