The University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia

5 – 7 November

The 2025 Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) Conference is held on the lands of Jagera, Giabal and Jarowair peoples. The Jagera people of the foothills and escarpment, Giabal of the Toowoomba area and the Jarowair of the northern areas towards and including the Bunya Mountains.

The 2025 AASA Conference, Centring Animals Across the Disciplines, asks us to pause, reorientate, and engage our imagination, intellect, and practice to place non-human animals at the centre.

What does the world look, feel, taste or sound like when we, as scholars, artists and activists, put animals at the centre of our engagement?

What critically informed insights emerge?

The Conference will offer a vibrant setting for conversations, projects, debates, and speculative futures, with the aim of identifying cross and trans-disciplinary synergies, and integrating First Nations knowledge in the interests of other species and the more than human world.

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Conference registration options (nNote you are able to combine AASA membership application with conference registration if you are not currently a member):
Early bird (valid until midnight AEST 10/9/2025):*
[ ] Non-member, full: $345†
[ ] AASA Member, full: $265
[ ] Non-member, concession: $250†
[ ] AASA Member, concession: $210

Standard registration (11/9/2025 onwards):
[ ] Non-member, full: $430†
[ ] AASA Member, full: $350
[ ] Non-member, concession: $345†
[ ] AASA Member, concession: $280

† Non-members only:
[ ] I would like to combine my registration with an application to join the Association (Please complete this member form immediately after your registration)

Optional event attendance (no additional charge):
[ ] I will be attending exhibition launch on Wednesday the 5th of November (evening event)

Optional Conference dinner ($130 or $80 concession):
Number of full-cost tickets for the AASA Dinner (you and guests) {CAN WE HAVE A DROP DOWN MENU UP TO 6 THAT CALCULATES?}
Number of concession tickets for the AASA Dinner (you and guests) {CAN WE HAVE A DROP DOWN MENU UP TO 6 THAT CALCULATES?}

Dietary requirements for the AASA Dinner (vVegan by default):
[ ] Coeliac / Gluten Free
[ ] Kosher
[ ] Halal
[ ] Allergy/s or other: {TEXTAREA}

Publication display
Would you like to bring one of your publications for display (e.g. an academic or fiction book, zine etc.)? [Yes/No]
Please note that AASA do not have capacity to sell publications at this event but you are more than welcome to add a QR code to your publication to direct interested participants to your purchase page. While utmost care will be taken AASA cannot guarantee the safety of publications on display.

Would you like to join our conference buddy initiative? This means you will be matched with another participant at the conference so that you know someone ahead of time and can arrange a friendly meeting during the week* (Yes/No)
Would you like to receive information about group travel options from Brisbane to Toowoomba (coach, carpool etc)? (Yes/No)
Optional identity questions (these help the conference committee and Indigenous sub-committee to plan activities and supports that best cater to our attendees . Only answer if comfortable).
Gender: {pulldown options: BLANK; Female; Male; Non-binary; Other; Prefer not to say}
First Nations Status: {pulldown options: BLANK; Aboriginal; Torres Strait Islander; Māori; Other; Prefer not to say}
Are you an (tick as many as apply):
[ ]Early career researcher
[ ]Academic
[ ] Artist
[ ]Creative Practitioner
[ ] Activist
[ ] Interested community member
Is there any other information you would like to share with the Conference organisers (e.g. accessibility requirements, hopes for the conference): {TEXTAREA box 3 lines}

[ ] I acknowledge the payment is non-refundable. The Conference organisers reserve the right to reject and refund any registrant. *
We look forward to seeing you in Toowoomba!
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