Our Dogs, Ourselves: Alexandra Horowitz with Melissa Dahl

A celebration of the relationship between humans and their canine owners.

Looking through a scientific and cultural lens Alexandra Horowitz reveals the odd, surprising, and contradictory ways we live with dogs. We celebrate their unique personalities but breed them for sameness. They are like family members but legally exist as property. And the way we talk to them can be at once strange and delightful. The story of humans and dogs is thousands of years old but is far from understood. Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond explores all aspects of this complex interspecies pairing. 

Horowitz, Senior Research Fellow and head of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College, Columbia University and author of three previous books will be joined in conversation by writer Melissa Dahl.

FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED

Registration does not guarantee admission. For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time, and seats may become available at that time. A stand by line will form thirty minutes before the program.

The Program Room opens at 6 PM.

ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org.