Day: January 27, 2020

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 […]

Animals Across Discipline, Time and Space

Animals Across Discipline, Time & Space, a new exhibition at the McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, runs January 4 – March 21, 2020. The exhibition uses art to explore the role of animals in the Anthropocene era by bringing together works by five North American artists who use animal imagery to critically address […]

Antennae special print editions

Antennae has released two special print editions, Issues #47 and #48, dedicated to the rise of interest in art and science collaborations. Available for a limited press run of 300 copies each. Issue #47, “Experiment,” and Issue #48, “Interface,” total almost 500 pages of full-color images, essays, interviews and artist portfolios. These collections feature original contributions […]