CFP: “We are Best Friends”: Animals in Society
The Journal Social Sciences will be publishing a special issue, with the theme of: “We are Best Friends”: Animals in Society, edited by Leslie Irvine. Friendships between humans and non-human animals were once dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. After all, who could claim to be friends with a being who did not speak the same language? […]
Journal News: “Political Animals: Ethics, Policy, and Practice.”
The study of human-animal relationships is now an established multi-disciplinary field. In addition, growing political debates over humanity’s troubled relationship with animals spanning the wild-domestic spectrum makes nonhuman animals a matter of pressing environmental, social, and global concern. As our connection with animals is increasingly on the public agenda, it is timely for the field […]
Funding: Culture & Animals Foundation 2019 Grants due now!
The Culture & Animals Foundation (CAF) is now accepting applications for our 2019 grants. We fund academic and artistic projects that raise public awareness about animals, awarding grants in three categories: Research (scholarly projects about animal advocacy and its cultural roots and impact); Creativity (original work by artists and thinkers that expresses positive concern for […]
Positions: Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Program is now accepting Visiting Fellowapplications for the 2019-20 Academic Year. The deadline to submit applications is February 15. The Animal Law & Policy Visiting Fellowships provide opportunities for outstanding scholars from a range of disciplines and legal practitioners to spend from three months to one academic year undertaking […]
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies: Queen’s University, Canada
The Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies. 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 from various disciplines that study human-animal […]
Positions: Harvard Law School – Visiting Clinical Professor or Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor
depending on level of experience, in the new Animal Law & Policy Clinic. This a term appointment for either one or two years, depending on the candidate’s preference. A successful visit will lead to consideration for a clinical faculty position. The Visiting Clinical Professor or Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor and Clinical Instructor will work in […]
British Animal Studies Network CFP ‘Emotion’
A reminder that the call for papers for ‘Emotion’, the next meeting to be held on 26 and 27 April 2019 at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, is still open until 18 January 2019. If you are interested in giving a paper addressing the topic ‘Emotion’ from whatever disciplinary perspective please submit your title, with […]
CFP: Southern Forum on Agricultural, Rural, and Environmental History (SFARE)
Call for Papers: The Southern Forum on Agricultural, Rural, and Environmental History (SFARE) is now accepting proposals for its annual conference, to be held at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, April 26-27, 2019. Now in its twelfth year, SFARE provides a collegial setting for advanced graduate students and established scholars to present material […]
Animal Studies Journal – Dairy Issue now online
The latest edition of Animal Studies Journal is now online, presenting research related to the dairy industry. The papers cover a range of perspectives, from the uses of female bodies and the mystification of milk, to the fate of calves, to the social coding of milking and of milk itself. Animal Studies Journal is free […]
Animal Machines/Machine Animals – audio recordings now available
The audio recordings of many of the papers given at the recent British Animal Studies Network meeting, ‘Animal Machines/Machine Animals’, are now available to download and listen to on http://www.britishanimalstudiesnetwork.org.uk/…/AnimalMachi…