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“Animal Ethics in the Islamic World”: A Lecture by Prof. Peter Adamson

Thursday, April 10, 2025 4:30pm to 6pm

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McMullen Museum of Art, Hill Room 111 View map

2101 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02135

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Free; open to the public

The departments of Philosophy; Environmental Studies; Art, Art History & Film; Islamic Civilization & Societies, and Theology invite Prof. Peter Adamson, Chair of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, for this in-person lecture. 

Professor Adamson's lecture will connect his work on the philosophy of animals in the Islamic World to the McMullen exhibition, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science & Innovation in the Islamic World. 

 The lecture will be followed by a docent tour of the exhibition. 

 

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Lecture Arts Exhibition Tour Visual Arts

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McMullen Museum of Art Boston College Human Resources Office for Institutional Diversity Arts Council

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MCAS - Art, Art History, and Film Department (web) MCAS - Theology Department (web) MCAS - Philosophy Department (web) Arts & Culture (web) MCAS - Islamic Civilization and Societies MCAS - Environmental Studies Program (web) Arts Council

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Art, Art History, and Film, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, Arts Council, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences , Environmental Studies, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, Islamic Civilization and Societies, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, McMullen Museum of Art, Philosophy, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences , Theology, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

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The departments of Philosophy; Environmental Studies; Art, Art History & Film; Islamic Civilization & Societies, and Theology

Contact

Rachel Chamberlain; 617-552-1427; rachel.chamberlain@bc.edu

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Free; open to the public