News: Update on International Law and Policy
Courtesy of Animals & Society Institute The College & Research Libraries News has released an Introduction to animal law: Resources for online research and study. The open access publication includes animal lawLibGuides, programs of study, case law sources, open access animal law journals, state animal law rankings, and sources on Federal and State cruelty statutes. Presentations and Commentary The New York […]
CFP: Pathogenic entanglements and multispecies encounters: what narratives for what responsibilities
A call is out for presentations for a panel on “Pathogenic entanglements and multispecies encounters: what narratives for what responsibilities?” at the forthcoming Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK & Commonwealth Annual Conference, ASA 2020: RESPONSIBILITY, which will take place at the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, 24-27 August 2020. Abstract: The One Health agenda seeks […]
CFP: Life without Animals
Coordinated by the University of Derby, the Life Without Animals: The Second (Un)Common Worlds Conference is slated for July 14-16, 2020 in Derby, UK. The conference invites proposals from all disciplines and fields in response to our title, Life With and Without Animals. Deadline is March, 13 2020. They are particularly interested in responses to the following themes, but will consider others that […]
CFP: Special Issue ‘Therapies Incorporating Horses’
Human Animal Interaction (HAI) Section of the American Psychological Association has issued a Call for Papers for a special issue covering “Therapies Incorporating Horses to Benefit People: What are They and How are They Distinct?” The deadline for manuscript submittal is November 30, 2020. Please direct any inquiries (e.g., suitability, format, scope, etc.) about this special issue […]
CFP: Special Issue ‘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. Contact: katherine.whitehousetedd@ntu.ac.uk and CC the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Carl Smith.
New Books, Journals and Chapters
Books: Broom, D.M. and Johnson, K.G. (2019). Stress and Animal Welfare: Key Issues in the Biology of Humans and Other Animals, 2nd ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32153-6 Denworth, Lydia. (2020). Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond. New York: Norton. Guest, Kristen and Mattfield, Monica. (2019). Horse Breeds and Human Society: Purity, Identity and […]
Funding for research into the human-animal bond
The Society for Companion Animal Studies (SCAS) is releasing a three-year funding scheme to support research, which furthers our understanding of the human-animal bond. For funding to be considered by SCAS, projects or research must be specifically related to the human-animal bond. Currently prioritized focuses are: animal assisted interventions, particularly with children; the human-companion animal relationship; and […]
CFP: Sloth: A Journal of Emerging Voices in Human-Animal Studies
The Animals & Society Institute’s Sloth: A Journal of Emerging Voices in Human-Animal Studies is seeking submissions for its Summer 2020 issue from undergraduate students and recently-graduated students from all disciplines. The deadline is April 1, 2020. Sloth is an online bi-annual journal the showcases the important and innovative contributions of undergraduates, giving those who are interested in human/non-human animal relationships a […]
Entanglements: Humans, Animals, Environments
The 2020 Public lecture Series ‘Entanglements: Humans, Animals, Environments’ will commence on Thursday March 5th – 5pm. These talks have been organised by the Animal Studies Research Network (ASRN) and the Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space (ACCESS), in conjunction with Wollongong Art Gallery. The next speaker is Dr Rowena Lennox on the subject of Dingoes of K’Gari Island. When: […]
CFP: ‘Animals, Ethics and Law’ session, Sweden, August 24-26
CFP for panel contributions for the special session “Animals, Ethics and Law in a more-than-human world” at the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL) conference, 24-26 August at Lund University, Sweden. This session of the 2020 RCSL conference invites scholars across the academe to discuss the social, political, and ethical dimensions of the current […]