Inspiring Apes
Wednesday 27 June 2012, 2.00PM to 16:30
Speaker(s): Ian Redmond (Independent Scholar) From Inspiration to Conservation: Gorillas to Bonobos, Amanda Rees (University of York) Primatological fieldwork: apes and the fieldworker's regress, Richie Nimmo (University of Manchester) Sociology and cultural primatology, Greg Radick (University of Leeds) Kafka's Ape: the Problem of the Real-Life Red Peter
- How does the way we think about apes shape what we know about them?
- How has the cultural status of apes in the West changed over time?
- What can studying ape culture teach us about human evolution?
These and other issues will be explored at a round-table workshop. Come prepared to ask questions and help us answer them!
Download the Seminar flyer here: Inspiring Apes Flyer (PDF 
, 187kb)
Location: University of York, Wentworth College W/222
Email: amanda.rees@york.ac.uk