Harvard Summer Course – The Animal-Human Divide
Harvard University will again, through its Summer School (www.summer.harvard.edu), offer an online Animal Studies course. The 2018 course is entitled “The Animal-Human Divide.” Registration opens March 1 and closes May 21. A copy of the syllabus for the course can be downloaded at www.paulwaldau.com, or you can write Paul Waldau at pwaldau@gmail.com to get a copy of the […]
New Issue of Animal Studies Journal – Sanctuary edition
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 exceptionally long life for a cow in this world. She was 26 years old, almost […]
Book release: A Transnational History of the Australian Animal Movement, 1970-2015
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
Legislative Policy Fellowship (Harvard Animal Law & Policy Program)
Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Program is inviting applications for a four-month Fellowship to examine policy implications of proposed and potential legislation seeking to prevent U.S. states from regulating the in-state sale of “agricultural products” produced outside state borders. The Fellowship will provide an opportunity for outstanding scholars and legal practitioners to undertake […]
Call for papers for a Special Issue on Animal Nationalisms
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 nationalism. In North America, both cattle and horses, as domesticated laboring animals, have been foundationally […]
CFP: Animal Studies and Multispecies Precarity: The Politics of Living and Dying Together
Eighth Annual Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference (DOPE) February 22 – 24, 2017 University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky, USA) Deadline: November 17, 2017 In The Mushroom at the End of the World, Anna Tsing observes that precarity represents a condition of being vulnerable not only to various forms of harm, but also to transformation and […]
CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS
Role of animal companions in the health and wellbeing of lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender women As part of a project being undertaken by researchers at Flinders University, Dr Damien Riggs, Dr Nik Taylor, Dr Heather Fraser and Ms Shoshana Rosenberg are looking to speak with Australian lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender women aged 18 years and […]
Call for Papers – Journal of Urban affairs
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 result. Global comparisons would be particularly welcome. Authors are encouraged to submit article proposals to […]
Book Series: Chapter Proposal Animals and Business Ethics
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 diverse and morally challenging issues that arise at the interface between animal ethics and business […]
Call for Abstracts ISAZ, Sydney
The International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) is excited to announce that its 27th International conference, “Animals in Our Lives: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Human–Animal Interactions” will be held from 2 to 5 July, 2018 in Sydney, Australia: http://www.isaz2018.com/. This will be the first time the ISAZ has held a conference in the southern […]