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 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 […]
CFP: Art and Criticism in the Anthropocene
CAA 106th Annual Conference Los Angeles, February 21-24 2018. Art and Criticism in the Anthropocene Chair(s): Giovanni Aloi, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, galoi@saic.edu Caroline Picard, The Green Lantern Press, caroline@sector2337.com Art criticism is currently at the forefront of a global revolution — the demise of art history as the central epistemological optic on art, […]
Call for Papers for Workshop: Animals and Emotions in History
Call for Papers for Workshop Animals and Emotions in History Friday November 17th 2017 AHRC Pets and Family Life Project Royal Holloway, University of London (central London base) Deadline: 30 September 2017. This workshop will explore the intersection of two important developments in the field of history – the study of animals and the study […]
Animal Intersections – AASA2017
The draft program for Animal Intersections is available at http://aasa2017.com.au/ You can still register for the full conference or single day attendance – see the registration link on the page.
CFP: Development for Species: Animals in society, animals as society
Deakin University, Melbourne City Campus, September 18-19 Abstracts due by June 30, 2017 Nonhuman animals are typically marginalised by the anthropocentric focus of traditional scholarship in both development and sociology. As social scientists increasingly recognise nonhuman animals as critical members of society who co-produce ‘the social’ along with other animals, we are presented with the […]
Illegal Wildlife Trafficking: Attacking on All Fronts
Venue: Adina Hotel Central (near Central Station), Sydney Date: Tuesday 13th June 2017 Illegal wildlife trafficking is seriously threatening fauna species around the world, whether poaching elephants, rhinos and tigers for their tusks, horns and other body parts, or lesser-known species such as pangolins. Australian cockatoos and other parrots, pythons, and lizards can also fetch […]
Pre-conference Event – #AASA2017
Guided Tour of Animal Themed Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia, North Terrace, Adjacent to The University of Adelaide. Sunday 2nd July, 2017, 1.45pm – 2.45pm Before the conference opening and the Val Plumwood Memorial Lecture, take a guided hour tour of the Art Gallery of South Australia, where the guide will focus […]
AASA Travel Scholarships Awarded
We are pleased to announce that the AASA Travel Scholarships for the AASA2017 Conference have been awarded to:- Esther Alloun (PG): ‘The promised land for vegans’: identity, culture and place in the making of Israeli animal activism’ Sarah Bezan (International PG): Crace’s ‘The Devil’s Larder’ and the edibility of human, animal, and vegetable bodies’ Andrea […]
CFP: Animals in Public – Care, Charisma and Knowledge
Animals in Public: Care, Charisma and Knowledge CFP for a panel at Science in Public (10th-12th July, 2017): Panel submission deadline, 18th April 2017 This panel focuses on questions of how knowledge about animals is communicated, constituted and utilised in the public sphere. Animals have often played significant yet under-examined roles in engagements between science […]