CFP: Tracking the Human-Wildlife-Conservation Nexus Across the HAS Landscape
CFP: Tracking the Human-Wildlife-Conservation Nexus Across the HAS Landscape (Special issue of Society and Animals planned for 2017) Since the inaugural issue of Society and Animals in 1993, disparate academic examinations about animals in the social sciences and the humanities have coalesced into a more coherent interdisciplinary field known today as “human-animal studies” – or […]
APPLE Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies
The Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada hosts a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies, associated with the APPLE program. This is a one-year non-renewable 12-month fellowship, supporting a researcher with demonstrated expertise in animal ethics, law and public policy. While we interpret animal ethics, law and public policy broadly, and welcome applications […]
CFP: Harvard Workshop on Animal Agriculture from the Middle East to Asia
Workshop on Animal Agriculture from the Middle East to Asia Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA May 11-12, 2017 The Harvard South Asia Institute, the Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Program, and the Harvard Law School Islamic Legal Studies Program: Law and Social Change are pleased to announce an upcoming workshop on Animal Agriculture […]
CFP: Environmental Justice 2017
CFP: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 2017: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, 6-8 NOVEMBER 2017 In 1997, the University of Melbourne hosted a major international conference on ‘Environmental Justice: Global Ethics for the 21stCentury’. In 2017, the Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney will host an anniversary event, focused on both a retrospective look […]
Call for Papers – Animal Studies Journal
The Animal Studies Journal has just released a general call for papers – see pdf asj-call-for-papers-2016
AASA Travel Scholarships for AASA Conference, 2017
We are pleased to announce 4 Travel Scholarships are available for attendance at the Animal Intersections Conference, AASA 2017, Adelaide. AASA 2017 PG Student Travel Scholarships & Travel Scholarships
Exhibition Call: ‘Animal Intersections’
Expressions of interest sought for the curated exhibition ‘Animal Intersections’ which will occur alongside the conference at the University of Adelaide July 3-5, 2017. Exhibition Dates: 3-15 July, 2017 Venue: The Mill, Adelaide To intersect means to come across another being on their course, to occasionally even intercept this other. An intersection is the fact […]
Birds: Flight paths in Australian Art
2 December 2016 – 12 February Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria Over 70 works by 50 Australian artists are brought together for this exhibition on the bird. Encompassing works from painting to sculpture, decorative arts, photography, print-making and installation, this exhibition, two years in the making, explores the science, symbolism, beauty and curiosity of birds. […]
CFP: Animal Sanctuaries – Animal Studies Journal
Call for Papers: Special Edition of the Animal Studies Journal ‘Animal Sanctuaries’ Guest Editor: Elan Abrell We seek articles that consider animal sanctuaries as unique sites of human-animal interaction that both influence and are influenced by the way animals are treated and understood in larger contexts. How do animal sanctuaries contribute to the broader animal […]
Book: ‘Meat Culture’ – edited by AASA Committee Member Annie Potts
Meat Culture is now available – featuring an amazing line up of authors and topics. The analysis of meat and its place in Western culture has been central to Human-Animal Studies as a field. It is even more urgent now as global meat and dairy production are projected to rise dramatically by 2050. While the […]