Call for papers: Forging Alliances and Intersections
ICAS Oceania 2017 Conference 15 & 16 July, Melbourne Australia The theme this year is “Forging Alliances and Intersections”. We are looking for papers, workshops and presentations that address this issue, particularly in the Oceanic region. Please see our Call for Papers for more details
Summer Retreat Program at Shin Pond, Maine
Summer Retreat Program at Shin Pond, Maine for Animal/Humane/Environmental Studies The 300-acre Camp Muse at Shin Pond, Maine, is the site of a Summer Retreat Program for writers, scholars, artists, educators, and other cultural producers and knowledge workers focusing on animals and/or their humane treatment, and/or on environmental trends or threats relevant to animals and […]
Call for Papers: TAXIDERMIC FORMS AND FICTIONS
SLSA Conference November 9 – 12th, 2017 Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona What are the temporalities, histories, and post-mortem animal embodiments of taxidermic forms and fictions? In her seminal essay, “Teddy Bear Patriarchy,” Donna Haraway proclaims that the taxidermic form operates as a “servant of the real,” while feminist scholars Sara Ahmed and Jackie Stacey […]
AASA Travel Scholarships
A reminder that the AASA is offering 4 travel scholarships this year for the Animal Intersections conference in Adelaide, July 2017. 1 x International PG, 1 x Domestic PG and 2 for under-employed/casual academics or independent researchers. Applications are due on 31st March 2017 – go to our page for more information and to apply […]
British Animal Studies Network ‘Hearing’
Registrations are now open (early bird till March 19) for the 2 day meeting ‘Hearing’. The schedule and link to registration information is via this link.
PhD and Post Doc Positions @ Ghent University
There are 3 positions (2 PhD fellowships and 1 Post-doc) for the project ‘Narrating the Mesh’. The application date is 2 May for the PhD positions and 5 June for the Post-doc position. “Narrating the Mesh” (NARMESH in short) is a multidisciplinary research project interrogating contemporary narrative and its potential for staging, challenging, and expanding […]
Exhibition: SPOM Sexual Politics of Meat Exhibition
The Animal Museum, LA February 25 – April 30, 2017 Curated by artists Kathryn Eddy, Janell O’Rourke, L.A. Watson The Sexual Politics of Meat (SPOM) exhibition is a traveling show curated by artists: Kathryn Eddy, Janell O’Rourke & L.A. Watson, and features fourteen contemporary women artists whose work has been inspired by the eco-feminist theories […]
Call for Papers – Gender, work, organisation and non-human animals
Organizational studies have traditionally focused solely on humans within organizations, neglecting and marginalizing other species as objects, food, symbols and resources. While such humanist hegemony is understandable from a pragmatic perspective, the absence of other species from organizational studies is problematic particularly as recent empirical research has shown the significance of other creatures to the […]
Call for papers – Sanctuary Conference
Sanctuary: Reflecting on Refuge a conference about care and purpose at farmed animal sanctuaries September 29-30, 2017 Location: Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut Hosted by VINE Sanctuary and Wesleyan Animal Studies For more details go to the website here The conference will be comprised of paired talks and panel discussions. We envision talks to be engaging […]
Funding for Animal Advocacy Research
Animal Advocacy Research Fund The purpose of this fund is to support research that contributes to an understanding of effective animal advocacy. We will prioritize research that contributes to an understanding of advocacy for farmed animals because of its importance, tractability, and neglectedness Home The application deadline for this funding round is January 27, 2017.