VEGANISM FOR CONSISTENT PRO-LIBERATION - NORMAN RILEY

VEGANISM FOR CONSISTENT PRO-LIBERATION - NORMAN RILEY 

Part of the Race and Resistance Programme events 

Speaker: Norman Riley (University of Essex)

Friday 9 June 2023, 1-2.30pm

This session will highlight the radical core of ethical veganism. In doing so, we will ponder the question: is ethical veganism a requisite for consistent pro-liberation?

Biography: 

Norman Riley is interested in perceptions of veganism and Nonhuman animals in working-class communities. He is from such a community. Norman has a multi-disciplinary background in languages, international relations, human rights, and sociology. His MSc dissertation explored Thatcherite social housing policy through a human rights framework and his MA dissertation looked at representations of vegans/veganism in UK national newspapers. An edited version of the MA dissertation has subsequently been published as an article in the Journal for Critical Animal Studies. Norman Riley has worked in a voluntary capacity with The Refugee Council, Helen Bamber Foundation, Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, and Detention Action. He gives cookery demos and talks on veganism at state comprehensive schools for Animal Aid and produce the Football and Society podcast. Publication: Riley NG (2022) PC-ravaged clowns or plant-powered pioneers? UK newspaper portrayals of veganism in 2020. Journal for Critical Animal Studies. 19(2): 53-83.