Australasian Animal Studies Association

Art Laboratory Berlin: Aural Aquatic Presence

Aural Aquatic Presence  Seminar: Living Systems | Aquatic Systems with Robertina Šebjanic, Kat Austen, Regine Rapp and Christian de Lutz in the framework of the exhibition Aural Aquatic Presence. 18 September, 2016, 2-6PM The current exhibition project artistically explores the interplay and intercommunication between animal and machine while focusing on the aquatic environment. Within this […]

CFP: Fourth Annual Oxford Animal Ethics Summer School–The Ethics of Fur

The Ethics of Fur 23-26 July 2017, at St Stephen’s House, Oxford in partnership with Respect for Animals Every year more than 60 million animals are killed and sold by the international fur industry. It represents one of the largest uses of animals today. This Summer School will examine the ethics of the treatment of […]

Registration for BASN Conference now open

British Animal Studies Network: Conserving — University of Sheffield November 18-19, 2017 Registration is open for the BASN Conserving Meeting at the University of Sheffield on 18-19 November 2017. Keynote speakers are Helen Tiffin, David Farrier and Rosaleen Duffy. More information about the event, including the meeting schedule, papers and abstracts, and how to register […]

CFP: Special Issue of Humanities on ‘Joyce, Animals and the Nonhuman’

Deadline for proposal submissions: 31st October 2016 Humanities, an international, scholarly, open access journal, and its Guest Editor, Dr Katherine Ebury (University of Sheffield), are seeking proposals for a Special Issue focused on ‘James Joyce, Animals and the Nonhuman’. The Special Issue is scheduled to appear in September 2017, with a manuscript delivery deadline of […]

ASI – film reviews

The Animal and Society Institute are pleased to announce a new resource on the ASI website: film reviews by Dr. Pete Porter, Professor and Chair of Theatre and Film at Eastern Washington University. The first three reviews can be found here: Unlocking the Cage The Secret Life of Pets The Dog Lover: The Wrong Side of Right