International Brigid Brophy Conference

A very exciting conference is being held on the British author and animal rights activist, Brigid Brophy on the 9th and 10th October 2015. It will mark the twentieth anniversary of the death of Brophy (1929-1995), and the fiftieth anniversary of her article ‘The Rights of Animals’ which was published in The Sunday Times on 10th October 1965.

The two-day international conference will celebrate all aspects of Brophy’s literary career, as well as her leading contributions to animal rights, anti-vivisectionism, humanism, feminism and her advocacy of the Public Lending Right. Already confirmed are a number of high profile speakers including Professor Philip Hensher (Bath Spa University), Dr Richard Ryder (anti-speciesism campaigner), Dr Robert McKay (University of Sheffield) and Kate Levey (daughter of Brigid Brophy) and others. To read more, view the programme and register for tickets visit the website here. 

The event will be catered with vegan food, including the evening dinner in a celebrated local restaurant. There is also an optional additional theatre event on the Friday: a reading of Brophy's play The Burglar by the university's own Drama students, running from 5.30-7.00pm, immediately followed by a dinner.

In the words of Professor Richard Canning, organizer of the conference, the event will, “celebrate all aspects of Brophy’s literary career, as well as her leading contributions to animal rights, vegetarianism, anti-vivisectionism, humanism, feminist politics and advocacy of the Public Lending Right.”