Opportunity – design a logo
Competition for Animals and Art/Media/Design Students:Design the ACCC (Animals and Climate Change Conference) Logo and Banner There is a competition for Animals and Art/Media/Design Students to design the logo and banner for the Animals and Climate Change Conference. The only requirement is that you must be a member, or willing to become a member, of […]
In Conversation: with Nik Taylor. Companion Animals and Domestic Violence: Rescuing You, Rescuing Me
Prepared by Teya Brooks PribacImages: Mawson Lake Photography Club Nik Taylor is Associate Professor at the University of Canterbury, NZ. She is also, one could say, one of those people who are not afraid of difficult conversations. I first came across Dr Taylor’s work when I was looking for material concerning the psychological impact of […]
Melbourne: Knowing Animals Reading Group April 2019
Our next session focuses on The Animal Industrial Complex. As with the previous session – there are accompanying thematic texts, however the focus is on Carol J Adams’ article. If you would like to join us – contact hrae-info@unimelb.edu.au – we meet on Monday 29th April, 6-7pm at the University of Melbourne, Parkville. Readings: Barbara Noske’s Chapter […]
British Animal Studies CFP: Movements
The CFP for the autumn 2019 BASN meeting has just gone live. ‘Movements’ will be held at the University of Leeds on 22 and 23 November, under the direction of Lourdes Orozco, Jonathan Saha and Tom Tyler. If you are interested in giving a paper addressing the topic ‘Movements’ from whatever disciplinary perspective please submit […]
Politics and Animals announces that the 2019 issue is open for submissions!
Politics and Animals is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that explores the human-animal relationship from the vantage point of political science and political theory. It hosts international, multidisciplinary research and debate — conceptual and empirical — on the consequences and possibilities that human-animal relations have for politics and vice versa. As part of the 2019 issue, […]
CFP: Canadian Animal Law Conference – Learning from the past, looking to the future
October 4 – 6, 2019SCHULICH SCHOOL OF LAW, Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova ScotiaOctober 4 – 6, 2019 – Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Featuring a keynote address by Professor Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation The field of animal law in Canada has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. Law schools across the […]
News: Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law
The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law will officially be launched on 26 April 2019 Why animal rights law? The welfare of animals has been on moral, social, and legal agenda since the 19th century, and many countries have made significant progress in passing animal welfare legislation. The concept of animal rights as such has […]
Fellowships: Burning Questions Fellowship Award
Fellowships to tackle problem of global industrial food animal production. • The fellowships are meant primarily for academic researchers (including independent scholars) interested in helping to address negative impacts of global industrial food animal production (especially in low- and middle-income countries).• All applicants must hold PhD/doctoral degree or be enrolled in PhD/doctoral programs.• There are […]
Dr Alex Lockwood on public vigils for nonhuman animals
Alex Lockwood is a writer, activist and public speaker. Please visit his website for more info and updates: http://alexlockwood.co.uk/ ‘It’s a busy one today,’ says the guy with the goatee beard, who we often talk to as he arrives for work. He does shoulders with a boning blade. ‘About nine hundred.’ We absorb the news. We’ve […]
Melbourne Reading Group 2019 – ‘A Focus on Seminal Works in Animal Studies’
The Human Rights and Animal Studies Research Network (HRAE) runs a monthly reading group. Each group is held on the last Monday of the Month at 6-7pm. This year the focus is on seminal/early works in Animal Studies – recognising that many of us come to the field from other disciplines with different bibliographic heritages. […]