[Facnet-l] [CULTSTUD-L] 2019 Jonathan Safran Foer Virtual Classroom Visit

Wed Mar 6 09:05:11 PST 2019

Hi Betsy, sorry for the late reply, but thank you for sharing this. Not only is it applicable to sustainability, but also to my Agricultural Policy class. I will plan on participating.

From: Betsy Eudey <BEudey at csustan.edu>
Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 at 3:15 PM
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Subject: FW: [CULTSTUD-L] 2019 Jonathan Safran Foer Virtual Classroom Visit

FYI - in case this is of interest to anyone who teaches topics related to environmental, animal and/or food ethics.

Betsy
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Subject: [CULTSTUD-L] 2019 Jonathan Safran Foer Virtual Classroom Visit

Dear List Members,

Please see the letter below for information on the 2019 Jonathan Safran Foer Virtual Classroom Visit, a webinar event where Foer discusses environmental, animal, and food ethics relating to his book (and recent documentary) Eating Animals. In past years, this event has served as a great supplement to courses focusing on cultural studies as it intersects with the above topics. We also encourage and welcome participation from individuals and organizations within and beyond academia. Many members of this list have taken part with their students or organizations in the past, and it would be great to have even more participation in 2019. Please get in touch with any questions, and thank you for your consideration.

Joey Tuminello

josepht at farmforward.com<mailto:josepht at farmforward.com>

Program Coordinator // Farm Forward

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Please consider this invitation to bring the critically acclaimed novelist Jonathan Safran Foer into your classrooms to discuss his international bestseller, Eating Animals<http://www.eatinganimals.com/>. Reserve now<https://www.farmforward.com/#!/blog?blogid=foes-virtual-visits-2018> for the next event on Monday, April 8, 2019. Limited space is available for this complimentary program.

Set in the context of a larger journey of exploration, Eating Animals presents what many consider the most important popular critique of industrial farming. As part of our broader educational efforts, Farm Forward<http://www.farmforward.com/>, a national nonprofit organization, is covering all costs of this program.

Foer’s first two books, Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, have both been made into major motion pictures and, while highly regarded for their literary merit, are also popular with the college demographic. Eating Animals has also recently been adapted into a major documentary<https://www.farmforward.com/#!/blog?blogid=bringing-eating-animals-to-the-big-screen>. Produced by Natalie Portman and directed by Christopher Quinn, the documentary premiered to widespread acclaim at the 2017 Telluride Film Festival.

Kirkus Reviews called Foer's Eating Animals “wholly compelling” and the LA Times argues that it offers a wisdom “that, in all its humanity and clarity, deserves a place at the table with our greatest philosophers.” In recent years both Duke University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill made it required reading for their incoming freshman class. The most frequent comment we hear from educators who use Eating Animals is “I’ve never had such great classroom discussion!”

On April 8, 2019, Jonathan Safran Foer will make a number of virtual classroom visits to discuss Eating Animals, using professional webinar technology. See further details below.

Because Eating Animals looks at the consumption of animals from a variety of perspectives, it has been used successfully in a wide range of academic fields, including Business, English, Environmental Studies, Nutrition, Philosophy, Public Policy, and Religious Studies.

Please consider passing this email on, and don’t hesitate to contact me with further questions at the email below.

Sincerely,

Joey Tuminello

josepht at farmforward.com<mailto:josepht at farmforward.com>

Program Coordinator // Farm Forward

Additional Information

On the day of the event, there will be 4 available sessions to choose from.  Each session will consist of a 10-minute presentation by Foer, followed by a 25-minute Q&A session. While multiple classrooms and groups will be included in each time slot, there is limited space and high demand is anticipated. With this in mind, we encourage all interested educators to reserve their classroom visit from Foer as soon as possible. Instructors can sign their classes up for a session by visiting our sign-up page<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/jsfvcv2019>.

Schedule of Sessions (U.S. Eastern Time) - Monday, April 8, 2019

●      Session 1 – 12:00pm - 12:35pm

●      Session 2 – 12:45pm - 1:20pm

●      Session 3 – 1:30pm - 2:05pm

●      Session 4 – 2:15pm - 2:50pm

Farm Forward is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization which implements innovative strategies to promote conscientious food choices, reduce farm animal suffering, and advance sustainable agriculture. Learn more about us at www.FarmForward.com<http://www.farmforward.com/>.

For educators who are interested in incorporating Eating Animals into their respective courses, Farm Forward’s website provides a host of discipline-specific supplemental materials<https://farmforward.com/2012/12/03/eating-animals-curriculum-resources/>, as well as a comprehensive reading guide<http://farmforward.com/2015/10/08/eating-animals-reading-guide/> for the book. If you already have used Eating Animals in your course and are willing to share your experience, please write me.
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