Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy talk series

Created in 2015, the Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series is an online talk series providing a welcoming, engaging and rigorous forum for debate and ideas about the relations between animals, law, and philosophy more broadly.

All events in this series are free and open to all.

The views expressed in these talks are those of the respective speakers and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law.

Upcoming talks

19 October 2026, 5-6.30pm
Book launch of ‘Multispecies Legality’
Serrin Rutledge Prior (University of Helsinki)
With comments by Pablo P Castello (Denver Law School), Eva Bernet Kempers (Wageningen University) and Leo Bromberg (La Trobe University)

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29 October 2026, 5-6.30pm
Book launch of ‘The Only Flag Worth Flying’
Sarah Levy (University of Oxford)
With comments by Margherita Pieraccini (Bristol Law School) and Stephen Scharper (University of Toronto)

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1 December 2026, 5-6.30pm
‘Whale Legal Personhood: Insights from Posthuman Theory and Nonhuman Animal Communication Technologies (NACTs)’
Emily Jones (Newcastle Law School)

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Past talks

Watch video recordings of our past talks

Use the arrow on the right side of the video gallery to explore our catalogue of Talking Animals presentations.