Category Archives: In the News

Save the Date: Minding Animals Conference Sydney

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

The Minding Animals Animals and Climate Emergency Conference (ACEC) conference and events will be held over 22 to 29 July, 2021, in Sydney, Australia, in a central Sydney city venue. A conference registration website and the call for abstracts will appear mid-year. In … Continue reading →

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Save the date: Sport, Animals and Ethics conference 2021

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

The Faculty of Kinesiology of the University of New Brunswick is hosting a two-day conference on Sport, Animals, Ethics, May 26-28, 2021. Paper proposals will be welcomed from all disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Watch for the Call … Continue reading →

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CFP: ISAZ 2020

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

ISAZ 2020: One Health, One Welfare: Wellbeing for all in human-animal interactions. June 29 – July 3, 2020, Liverpool, UK. The call for abstracts will close on February 3, 2020

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CFP: Aotearoa Animal Rights Conference

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

The Aotearoa Animal Rights Conference, AARC2020, Together for Animals, is seeking submissions from people wanting to share their ideas, experiences and methods for making the world a better place for animals. Submission deadline is February 1, 2020.

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CFP: Ecofeminism In/And The Anthropocene Panel

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

The European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, University of Innsbruck, August 26 – 28, 2020 includes a panel, Ecofeminism In/And The Anthropocene, with a CfP submission deadline of February 1, 2020. Contact: Chair: Robert Booth (University of Liverpool) robert.booth@liverpool.ac.uk; Co-chair: Andy Holland (University of Liverpool) holland@liverpool.ac.uk.

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CFP: Toward an Understanding of Nonhuman Minds: From Animal to Artificial Agency

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

The conference Toward an Understanding of Nonhuman Minds: From Animal to Artificial Agency will take place in at the Universität Zürich, Switzerland invites papers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives (including, but not limited to, anthropology, history, human-animal studies, literature, and sociology). The workshop offers … Continue reading →

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CFP: Animal Rights: Advocacy and Academia. Ireland

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

Animal Rights: Advocacy and Academia, 15-16 May, 2020, National University of Ireland Galway. Deadline is January 21, 2020. This symposium will address the academy’s comparatively recent focus on animal rights and consider the relationship of that academic interest to the practice of advocacy … Continue reading →

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CFP: New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

The European Association of Social Anthropologists is hosting its 16th EASA Biennial Conference, with the theme “New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe,” 21-24 July 2020 in Lisbon, with a deadline of January 20, 2020 for proposal submissions. Relevant panels include: Other species on … Continue reading →

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Yale Summer Program: Foundation in Bioethics

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

The Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics at Yale University is again hosting two summer programs—a four-day “Foundation in Bioethics” will run from June 9-12 and a seven-week Summer Institute in Bioethics from June 8-July 25. Admissions are rolling until the classes are full. Students have a wide range … Continue reading →

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CFP: Dogs and Conservation

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lynn Mowson

The Journal of Vertebrate Biology is pleased to announce an upcoming Special Issue, “Dogs and conservation: current and emerging considerations,” with Guest Editors Dr. K. Whitehouse-Tedd (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Dr. N. Richards and Dr. M. Parker (both from Working Dogs for Conservation, USA). The … Continue reading →

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