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In 'How to Research Like a Dog', Aaron Schuster takes Franz Kafka's short story 'Investigations of a Dog' as a springboard to propose different ways of doing philosophy and research. To research like or as if a dog, invites us to sniff, bark, etc., in general take on canine attributes. The book engages with philosophers/writers/thinkers from Plato to Flaubert, Lispector, and Lacan and puts the dog in dialogue with psychoanalytic theory, the history of philosophy, and modern literature. Aaron Schuster will be in conversation about his book with Professor Heike Bauer (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birkbeck) and Professor Maria Aristodemou (School of Law, Birkbeck). This event will be moderated by Professor Elena Loizidou (School of Law, Birkbeck). Doors open: 3:45 pm. The event will be recorded and livestreamed. Co-organised by the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and the Centre for the Study for Law and the Humanities.

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