Appearances
To contact Barbara about a speaking engagement, write her at bjking@wm.edu.
Upcoming Appearances
June 18, 2022, 2:00pm-4:00pm ET
Friends local to Gloucester-Williamsburg VA! Mark your calendars for Sat. 6/18, when Barbara speaks and signs books at Gloucester County’s new indie bookstore RANDOM WORDS (White Marsh Shopping Center, Route 17). She will be at the store from 2-4. Come support your local bookstore!
Select Past Appearances
April 15-19, 2019
TED2019 | Bigger Than Us
Vancouver, Canada
Barbara spoke at the TED 2019 conference in Vancouver, Canada, on April 18. In a main stage talk, she discussed animal grief and love, and how our recognition of these emotions compels us to be better, and do better, for animals.
Her talk was noted in the TED Highlights blog post for this year’s conference. https://blog.ted.com/in-case-you-missed-it-highlights-from-ted2019/
January 27, 2022, 7:00pm-8:30pm ET
Transforming Medical Research: Advancing Modern, Ethical Methods to Help People and Animals
free event 7pm Eastern, January 27, to hear Barbara and other panelists speak about the future of non-animal, compassionate methods in medical research.
July 24, 2021, 12:00pm ET
Extending Compassion for All Beings: A Facebook Live Conversation
Barbara joins Phoenix Zones Initiative founder Dr. Hope Ferdowsian on Facebook Live for story-telling about the joys animals bring her and for discussion about increasing compassion for all animals.
June 23, 2021, 7:00pm ET
Beyond Binaries: A Conversation about Humans and Other Animals
Virtual event with pattrice jones of VINE Sanctuary in Vermont
June 1, 2021, 10:00am – 10:30am ET
Keynote Speaker, Transforming Animals’ Lives through Compassion: Views from Anthropology and Activism
Human-Animal Studies Israel (HASI) Annual Conference 2021: Human-Animal Relations: Opportunities and Challenges in Changing Realities
Event info coming soon.
May 18, 2021, 7:00pm – 8:00pm ET
Farm Sanctuary Speakers Series
In conversation with Jeff VanderMeer
Farm Sanctuary
Join me in conversation with best-selling author Jeff VanderMeer in this Farm Sanctuary Speakers Series event.
May 5, 2021, 3:00pm – 4:00pm ET
Webinar on public advocacy for animals in anthropology, with Dr. Amanda Stronza led by Dr. Lori Marino
Event info coming soon
April 29, 2021, 7:00pm – 8:30pm ET
Special Events: Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild WITH BARBARA J. KING
Lexington Community Education
Come listen to my public talk with Lexington MA Community Education
April 26, 2021, 5:00pm – 6:00pm ET
Community Conversation with Author Barbara J. King
In Conversation with Lisa Fontaine
The Human Rescue Alliance
Join me in conversation with Human Rescue Alliance President and CEO Lisa Fontaine.
April 22, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
By the Book: Smart Talk with Authors
An Earth Day conversation with Brendan Keim
The University of Chicago Press
On Earth Day, join me in conversation with journalist Brandon Keim about my new book on compassion for animals.
January 25, 2020, 1:00pm – 1:45pm
V72: The Big Event
Hosted by Vegan Action Richmond
Hofheimer Building
2818 W Broad St
Richmond, VA 23230
I’m talking about how an understanding of animals as thinking, feeling beings may impact our food system.
April 28, 2019, 1:30pm – 3:00pm
The Evolution of Religious Belief: Seeking Deep Evolutionary Roots (Panel Discussion)
National Museum of Natural History
Washington, D.C.
Barbara discussed how we may better understand the human impulse for religious belief by adopting an evolutionary perspective. A panel discussion followed with Dr. Nancy Howell from St. Paul School of Theology, Dr. Michael Tenneson from Evangel University, and Fr. Peter Ryan from Sacred Heart Major Seminary, moderated by Dr. Jim Miller from the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology, and the Christian Faith.
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March 21, 2019, 6:00pm (reception 5:30pm)
Rhodes College
Memphis, Tennessee
Personalities on the Plate: The Lives and Minds of the Animals We Eat
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November 16, 2018, 8:30pm – 9:15pm
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
San Jose, California
Animals Who Think and Feel: A View From the Intersection of Biological Anthropology and Activism
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August 11-12, 2018
Farm Sanctuary
Watkins Glen, New York
Talk on animal love and grief
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June 2, 2018, 8pm
World Science Festival
The Believing Brain: Evolution, Neuroscience, and the Spiritual Instinct
Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College
New York City
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Field Report Podcast (interview begins at 52:40)
March 23, 2018
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
Panel: Hidden Lives: Exploring Our Relationships with Animals (Barbara J. King, Abbie Gascho Landis, Maryn McKenna)
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September, 2017
Conference ‘Social Media in Academia’
Notre Dame University
Keynote talk: Animals Who Love and Grieve: The Anthropology of Animal Emotions.
2016
On Neanderthal Religion
NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered
Barbara is in conversation with Michel Martin about our evolutionary cousins and the evidence for their possible religiosity.
2016
The Future of Zoos
The Diane Rehm Radio Show
In conversation with Tom Gjelten, Andrew Revkin and Dennis Kelly, Barbara argues it is necessary to think hard about which animals should not be confined to zoos, and how animals should be confined in the zoos that remain, going forward.
2015
Grief
BBC Long segment includes Barbara in conversation with others; shorter segments are Barbara on her own in 2-minute clip on bird grief, and on her own doing 60 Second Idea To Change the World.