CFP: New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe
The European Association of Social Anthropologists is hosting its 16th EASA Biennial Conference, with the theme “New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe,” 21-24 July 2020 in Lisbon, with a deadline of January 20, 2020 for proposal submissions. Relevant panels include: Other species on the horizon: Transformative potentials of more-than-human methods and approaches Amazonian Pets: Strange Kin, Anomalous Animals […]
Yale Summer Program: Foundation in Bioethics
The Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics at Yale University is again hosting two summer programs—a four-day “Foundation in Bioethics” will run from June 9-12 and a seven-week Summer Institute in Bioethics from June 8-July 25. Admissions are rolling until the classes are full. Students have a wide range of choices for seminar topics including Medical Ethics, Ethics of Climate Change, Policy Analysis for […]
CFP: Dogs and Conservation
The Journal of Vertebrate Biology is pleased to announce an upcoming Special Issue, “Dogs and conservation: current and emerging considerations,” with Guest Editors Dr. K. Whitehouse-Tedd (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Dr. N. Richards and Dr. M. Parker (both from Working Dogs for Conservation, USA). The deadline is March 31, 2020. The issue will focus on the role of dogs in applied […]
CFP: Book ‘Flann O’Brien & the Nonhuman: Animals, Environments, Machines’
Flann O’Brien & the Nonhuman: Animals, Environments, Machines (eds. Katherine Ebury, Paul Fagan, John Greaney). Deadline February 1, 2020. Recent years have seen a remarkable rise in studies dedicated to the nonhuman turn in Irish literary and modernist contexts. Yet this proposed collection posits that the writing of Brian O’Nolan (pseud. Flann O’Brien, Myles na gCopaleen) constitutes a significant gap […]
New Journal Articles and Chapters
Thanks to the Animals & Society Institute for this List Following are some of the research articles and book chapters published this month in the field of Human-Animal Studies.Special Issues:Mamzer, H., Ed. (2019). An animal as a subject. An animal as an object.Society Register, 3(3). January 2020 Articles:Amici, F., Waterman, J., Kellermann, C.M. et al. (2019). The ability […]
Research Grants: Industrial Food Animal Production
The Tiny Bean Fund Spring 2020 Research Planning Grants applications for projects related to problems and negative impacts of industrial food animal production—terrestrial as well as aquatic (a.k.a. factory farming) especially in low- and middle-income countries. Deadline is March 13, 2020. Address questions to: min@tinybeamfund.org.
Cambridge: Postdoctoral Research Associate positions
Cambridge University, UK is seeking two Postdoctoral Research Associates to explore Urban Ecologies: governing nonhuman life in global cities, funded by an European Research Council (ERC) Horizon 2020 Starting Grant. The closing date is February 23, 2020. This interdisciplinary project examines how the urban is governed by regulating nonhuman life. Those with an interest in posthumanism and more-than-human geographies of […]
Research Associate Fellow/Senior Research Fellow
The University of Nottingham, UK, has posted for a Research Associate Fellow/Senior Research Fellow the School of Sociology and Social Policy (SSP). Deadline: February 3, 2020. The purpose of this role is to carry out research as part of the Animal Research Nexus Programme, an ambitious five-year project which is funded by the Wellcome Trust (https://animalresearchnexus.org/). If appointed, you will […]
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies
The Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies. Applications are due by February 1, 2019. 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 […]
Jobs: Communications Officer, Vienna
The Jane Goodall Institute is looking for a Communications Coordinator/Officer, Roots & Shoots Program based in their Vienna, VA US-HQ. The Institute’s mission is to understand and protect chimpanzees, other apes, and their habitats, and to work towards creating an informed and compassionate citizenry who will help to create a better world for people, other animals and our […]