Joanna Bourke (2022) | The Last Taboo

Our modern society is dependent on extraordinary levels of
abuse and violence towards non-human animals. While we may love
animals, we continue to interact with them in thoughtless,
violent and cruel ways. We destroy their habitats, regulate
their slaughter, farm and exploit them, and even in extreme
circumstances, sexually abuse them. 




Historian Joanna Bourke asks us how we can love and care for
animals better?  




Please note this session contains themes that may be sensitive
to some listeners including depictions of animal abuse and
bestiality. 


Joanna Bourke is a historian, academic and Professor of History
at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Fellow of the British
Academy. She is also the Gresham Professor of Rhetoric (London,
2019-2023). She is the Principal Investigator on a Wellcome
Trust-funded project entitled SHaME (Sexual Harms and Medical
Encounters). She is the prize-winning author of 14 books, as
well as over 100 articles in academic journals.