Being Edible in the Renaissance

The ASU Department of English's program in Literature presents a talk by Early Modern scholar Erica Fudge of the University of Strathclyde. The event will take place in a hybrid format—livestreamed and in-person in room 117 of Ross-Blakley Hall on ASU's Tempe campus on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. All are welcome. 

Erica Fudge is a professor of English at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Her research intersects the fields of animal studies and Renaissance studies. She publishes on Early Modern meat-eating, dreams, children, laughter, reason, bladder-control and animal faces. Her published work on contemporary culture looks at a range of areas where humans interact with animals, including pet ownership, experimentation, the wearing of fur, anthropomorphic children's literature and vegetarianism. She is the author of "Quick Cattle and Dying Wishes" (Cornell University Press, 2018) and the director of the British Animal Studies Network.

Fudge will also participate in an informal coffee chat hosted by the Institute for Humanities Research earlier in the day at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 22: "Let’s Talk About Animals."

These events are sponsored the ASU Department of English's Literature Program and the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.