Category Archives: Conferences

CALL FOR PAPERS for the 4th Biennial Conference: Living with Animals

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

Theme: Some we love, some we hate, some we eat, some we need. Co-organizers: Robert W. Mitchell, Radhika Makecha, and Michał Pręgowski. “Living with Animals 4” is an Animal Studies conference about all things animal and human-animal interaction, occurring at Eastern Kentucky … Continue reading →

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Animaladies II Program and Registration

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

Register to attend Animaladies II Animaladies Program: Thursday December 13th 9.45 Acknowledgment of Country & Welcome: Fiona Probyn-Rapsey 10.00 Keynote Lecture :  pattrice jones         Chair:  Melissa Boyde 11.00 Morning Tea 11.30 Chair: Alison Moore Chair: Eva Meijer  – Sanctuary politics … Continue reading →

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CFP: How humans think (chirped the sparrow): Art-jamming the anthropological machine

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art AAANZ Conference 2018 December 5-8, 2018, School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Call for papers for the panel – How humans think (chirped the sparrow): Art-jamming the anthropological machine  Session … Continue reading →

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CFP: Animal nationalisms: Multispecies cultural politics, race, and nation un/building

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

Registrations now open – the event is free – via eventbrite Inspired by a special issue submission for the Journal of Intercultural Studies.  Animals have long been entangled with global cultural politics of nation-building and nationalism. In North America, both … Continue reading →

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CFP – New Directions in Animal Advocacy, Sydney, Australia

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

New Directions in Animal Advocacy 10-11 December 2018 – Call for Papers The Human Animal Research Network of the University of Sydney invites participation in the New Directions in Animal Advocacy conference in late 2018. Animal advocacy organisations have increasingly … Continue reading →

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CFP – Animal Rights and Animal Politics in Asia

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS 11) University of Leiden Leiden, The Netherlands, 16-19 July 2019 At the forthcoming International Convention of Asian Scholars there will be an entire day dedicated to Animal Rights and Animal Politics in Asia (ARAPA). … Continue reading →

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Workshop on “Animal Labour: Ethical, Legal and Political Perspectives on Recognizing Animals’ Work”

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

On May 18-19, 2018, the Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics research group (APPLE) at Queen’s University will be hosting a workshop on the emerging topic of animal labour. For both humans and non-human animals, work is often an … Continue reading →

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CFP: Decolonizing Animals: AASA 2019

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

EXTENDED CLOSING DATE FOR ABSTRACTS: October 30th 2018. Decolonizing Animals, will be held in Ōtautahi (Christchurch), Aotearoa (New Zealand) from July 1-4, 2019. The conference will be hosted by the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies / Te Puna Akoranga o … Continue reading →

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CFP: Animaladies II – December 2018 (Due 30th April)

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

CFP Animaladies II Conference Date: December 13-14, 2018. Location: University of Wollongong, Wollongong Campus Papers which address the following themes are welcome: Cultural politics of protest Actions and distraction Sanctuaries and sanctum Utopia and dystopia We will have two types … Continue reading →

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CFP: Social difference and nature: contesting narratives of elitism

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Lynn Mowson

1st June 2018; University of Edinburgh Organisers: Krithika Srinivasan, University of Edinburgh & Karen Bickerstaff, University of Exeter Keynote speaker: Prof. Claire Jean Kim, University of California, Irvine These times that have come to be christened the Anthropocene are characterised … Continue reading →

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