Josh Milburn
Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy at Loughborough University. Books: Just Fodder (McGill-Queen's, 2022) and Food, Justice, and Animals (Oxford, 2023). Host of the podcast Knowing Animals. Website: https://josh-milburn.com
- I'm pleased to share my latest paper. 'Let them eat hake? Nussbaum and veganism' has been published as part of a symposium on Martha Nussbaum's Justice for Animals in the Review of Politics. The symposium includes a response from Nussaum.
- I'm off down to Nottingham tomorrow for a workshop entitled Animals, Ethics, and Ideology. I'll be presenting on animals and war. ianjameskidd.weebly.com/animals-ethi...
- ‘As many people who know their British history and their Quaker history have since remarked, when the government are after the Quakers, you know you’re in trouble.’
- I’ve just presented on animals and the meaning of life (in Robert Nozick’s thought) at UBC’s Interspecies Sociality conference — although over Zoom, rather than in-person! Big thanks to @mattwperry.bsky.social and Kimberley Brownlee for the invite.
- Reposted by Josh MilburnI have two assistant jobs open for my chair (environmental and administrative law) here at UNIL @unil.bsky.social, starting this fall! You have or are about to finish your studies and enjoy teaching as much as research ? We look forward to your application 📝 career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
- Reposted by Josh MilburnPolitical theory/philosophy job in our Department! Deadline 26 May. Happy to answer questions by email. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
- I'm thrilled to share that @crispp.bsky.social has started to publish a nine-article symposium on my Food, Justice, and Animals and @matteobonotti.bsky.social and Anne Barnhill's Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy. First up: This is Tom Bailey's introduction to the symposium. (1/7)
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- On the latest episode of Knowing Animas, I speak to @juliettewaterman.bsky.social about the history and archaeology of red kites in Britain, plus her co-edited OA @uclpress.bsky.social book The Hand That Feeds. Find us in all the usual podcast places! knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-237-...
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- Between the Species has now published my response to Hyde, a version of which I originally shared on my website. I argue that Hyde's claims are, in many ways, confused. digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/bts/vol28/is...
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- Reposted by Josh MilburnUniversity lecturers: please students don't just use AI and actually challenge yourself to read and write and understand things. Every piece of software used in the learning process: here is an AI assistant so you don't need to read or write things yourself. (This one is from ProQuest Ebook reader)
- Reposted by Josh MilburnAre you writing on animals and (non)violence? Are you interested in getting it published in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence? If so, I have brilliant news for you: I'm putting together a Special Issue on Animals and (Non)violence! Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do... #polisky #animalsky
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- Say hello to Animals in Translation, the newest member of the iRoar Podcasting Network! Animals in Translation is an animal welfare science podcast hosted Sophie Holt, Kerri Tenniswood, and 'The Cat', sometimes joined by expert guests. iroarpod.com/iroar-member...
- Worth the read — especially if your first reaction is ‘but how could anyone hate equity?!’
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- With @stevecooke.org, @drsvg.bsky.social, @mattwperry.bsky.social, and others I'm organizing the latest conference in the 'Animal Politics' series, this time hosted in Leicester. The theme is 'Forgotten Animals', and we're now accepting abstracts. Spread the word! philevents.org/event/show/1...
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- Published a few weeks ago: A valuable and informed critique of the pro-animal case for cultivated meat, from Arianna Ferrari. Advocates of cultivated meat need to meet these challenges. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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- Just published: Fascinating new work from Chris Armstrong. 'The common heritage of Animalkind' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Josh MilburnThe fun thing abt my job is sometimes I have no idea what will be plopped onto my agenda—which is to say, I got roped into writing about the new wolves. They're neither dire wolves nor "de-extincted," & they have more to do w/ enacting human fantasies than helping animals www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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- Reposted by Josh MilburnDo you have a research interest in how AI can harm or benefit non-human animals? I'm recruiting a Research Officer to drive forward the "Animals and AI" priority area of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE. Please apply by 6 May! 🐖🐔🐟 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
- Today, I’m in Birmingham for the 2025 Cellular Agriculture Social Sciences Symposium! I can now say I’ve held cultivated meat (though I still haven’t eaten it). My presentation is on whether there is (or should be) ‘a philosophy of cellular agriculture’.
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- On the latest episode of Knowing Animals, I speak to @pablopcastello.bsky.social about his work on the 'fabric of zoodemocracy' recently published in @crispp.bsky.social. Available free below or in all the usual podcast places. knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-236-... #polisky #philsky #poltheory
- Reposted by Josh MilburnI was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
- Just published: Chris Bobier's review of my 2022 @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social book Just Fodder: The Ethics of Feeding Animals. 'I recommend the book to all who are interested in animal and food ethics. ... The topic is groundbreaking, the arguments are clear, and the conclusions are provocative.'
- The latest issue of Between the Species contains B.V.E. Hyde's SCATHING review of my 2023 Oxford University Press book Food, Justice, and Animals: Feeding the World Respectfully. All publicity is good publicity, perhaps? You can read Hyde's review here...
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- I'm thrilled to share that I've been promoted! From tomorrow, my title will be Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy. (I'm saying this today rather than tomorrow because it's probably not a good idea to share genuine life updates on April Fools' Day.)
- ‘No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory. This aggressive violation of our place of worship … shows what happens when a society criminalises protest. Freedom of speech, assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins democracy.’
- 🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
- A hard copy journal: they still exist! My review of Samantha Vice’s The Ethics of Animal Beauty is in the latest issue of Environmental Philosophy.
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- Last year, I introduced my work on animals and political philosophy – including my work on 1) food systems and 2) war – at a seminar hosted by Jin Qian and Shandong University's Center for Animal Protection Studies. You can watch my presentation below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZeo...
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- Just published: 'New challenges to cultivated meat', which I co-authored with Rachel Robison-Greene. We push back against recent criticisms of cultivated meat from Ben Bramble, Carlo Alvaro, and Elan Abrell. www.philinq.it/index.php/ph...
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- A philosopher on student use of AI. I sent this piece to my students yesterday. It really captures some of my views — but views that I’m not sure are shared by all of my colleagues.
