Category Archives: Books & Journals

Some new publications in Animal Studies

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

Giovanni Aloi, Speculative Taxidermy: Natural History, Animal Surfaces, and Art in the Anthropocene (Columbia University Press, 2018): https://cup.columbia.edu/book/speculative-taxidermy/9780231180719 David Herman, ed., Animal Comics: Multispecies Storyworlds in Graphic Narratives (Bloomsbury, 2018): https://bloomsbury.com/us/animal-comics-9781350015319/ David Herman, Narratology beyond the Human: Storytelling and Animal Life (Oxford … Continue reading →

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New Issue of Animal Studies Journal – Sanctuary edition

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Lynn Mowson

The latest issue of the Animal Studies Journal is now available online: Current Issue:  Volume 6, Number 2 (2017) “This special sanctuary edition of the Animal Studies Journal is dedicated to Minuet, who died not long ago after living an … Continue reading →

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Book release: A Transnational History of the Australian Animal Movement, 1970-2015

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Lynn Mowson

A Transnational History of the Australian Animal Movement, 1970-2015, by Gonzalo Villanueva has just been released. This book offers the first transnational historical study of the creation, contention and consequences of the Australian animal movement.  http://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9783319625867

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Call for papers for a Special Issue on Animal Nationalisms

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Lynn Mowson

Animal nationalisms: Multispecies cultural politics, race, and nation un/building narratives Special Issue Proposal for the Journal of Intercultural Studies Yamini Narayanan (Deakin University) and Kathryn Gillespie (Wesleyan University) Animals have long been entangled with global cultural politics of nation-building and … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers – Journal of Urban affairs

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Lynn Mowson

The Journal of Urban Affairs is planning a special issue on animals in the city.  It will include papers that focus on the environmental, health, safety, ethical, and cultural implications of animals in the city and the human-animals interactions that … Continue reading →

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Book Series: Chapter Proposal Animals and Business Ethics

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Lynn Mowson

Chapter proposals are invited for Animals and Business Ethics, in the Springer Book Series: “Issues in Business Ethics”. Edited by Dr. Natalie Thomas (Evans); University of Guelph-Humber, University of Guelph, Canada. This book provides a long overdue examination of the … Continue reading →

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CFP – Edited Collection – Equine Breeds (Abstracts: October 15, 2017)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Lynn Mowson

In 1565 Thomas Blundeville mused that since ‘it is naturally given to every beast for the moste parte to engender hys lyke, as well as conditions as in shape of body, it is very requisite therefore for him that would … Continue reading →

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CFP: Vegan Geographies: Ethics beyond violence

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Lynn Mowson

The Vegan Geographies Collective, comprising the following editors: * Paul Hodge (The University of Newcastle) Paul.Hodge@newcastle.edu.au * Andrew McGregor (Macquarie University) andrew.mcgregor@mq.edu.au * Yamini Narayan (Deakin University) y.narayanan@deakin.edu.au * Simon Springer (University of Victoria) springer@uvic.ca * Ophélie Véron (Université Catholique … Continue reading →

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Member Publications

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Lynn Mowson

New Publications by our members: Esther Alloun, 2017. ‘Fur PETA’s Sake! The politics of animals in the Zionist State’, Animal Liberation Currents (23 May 2017). Available at https://www.animalliberationcurrents.com/fur-petassake/ Rick De Vos, 2017. ‘Extinction in a Distant Land: The Question of … Continue reading →

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Book Launch – Sydney ‘Extinctions Studies’

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Lynn Mowson

Thom van Dooren has co-edited, with Deborah Bird Rose and Matthew Chrulew, a new book entitled Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations (Columbia University Press). 2017 The book will be launched by Ross Gibson, Centenary Professor in Creative … Continue reading →

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