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ASAA Conference 2025

The University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia5 – 7 NovemberAbstract submissions have been extended to 4 August 2025.Please submit your abstract here or see below for more details. Submit hereThe 2025 Australasian

Member Spotlight – Michelle Szydlowski

Dinesh Wadiwel speaks with AASA member, Michelle Szydlowski about her latest publicationCongratulations on Elephant Tourism in Nepal. Szydlowski, Michelle (2024) Elephant Tourism in Nepal Historical Perspectives, Current Health and Welfare

Member Spotlight – Josephine Brown and Zoei Sutton

Ondine Sherman talks to AASA members Josephine Brown and Zoei Sutton about their latest publication Browne, Josephine and Sutton, Zoei (eds) Human-Animal Relationships in Times of Pandemic and Climate Crises:

Member Spotlight – Rachel Yerbury

Ondine Sherman talks to AASA member, Rachel Yerbury about her latest publication. Yerbury, R. M. Zoos and aquaria: Dark Tourism or Light fun? (2023) A post-humanist perspective. Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism, 2,

Member Spotlight – Jane Kotzmann

Ondine Sherman talks to AASA member, Jane Kotzmann about her latest publication. Kotzmann, Jane (2023) ‘Sentience and Intrinsic Worth as a Pluralist Foundation for Fundamental Animal Rights’, Oxford Journal of

Member Spotlight – Brenda De Groot

Ondine Sherman talks to AASA member, Brenda De Groot about her scholarship and art. What originally drew you to the field of Animal Studies? My animal-centred worldview, which has been

Member Spotlight – Fernando Do Campo

In this Advocacy Update, Dinesh Wadiwel speaks with Jed Goodfellow, Co-Founder and Director, Policy and Government Relations, Australian Alliance for Animals How did you start birdwatching and how did birds

Member Spotlight – Boria Sax

Ondine Sherman talks to AASA member, Boria Sax, author of numerous books on human-animal relations and lecturer and a teacher at Mercy College, USA. What originally drew you to the

Member Spotlight – Jes Hooper

Ondine Sherman talks to AASA member, Jes Hooper about her latest book. What scholarly disciplines are most relevant to this publication? Emerging Voices for Animals in Tourism is a multidisciplinary

Member Spotlight – Gavin Bolsen

Ondine Sherman talks to AASA member, Gavin Bolsen about his latest publication. Bonsen, Gavin T., Arian D. Wallach, Dror Ben-Ami, Oded Keynan, Anton Khalilieh, Yara Dahdal, and Daniel Ramp. 2024.

Watch the 2024 Val Plumwood lecture

  Click above to view the 2024 VAL PLUMWOOD LECTURE SOCIAL LIVE OF ANIMALS: DOMINATION. INTERSECTIONALITY & HETEROTOPIA DR ERIKA CUDWORTH AASA is delighted to share the 2024 Val Plumwood

2024 Val Plumwood lecture

  2024 VAL PLUMWOOD LECTURE SOCIAL LIVE OF ANIMALS: DOMINATION. INTERSECTIONALITY & HETEROTOPIA DR ERIKA CUDWORTH AASA is delighted to invite you to join us for the 2024 Val Plumwood

AASA 2023 Prize Recipients

AASA 2023 Prize Announcement AASA 2023 Prize Recipients AASA was very excited to announce prize winners at the Animal Cultures Conference Dinner. The 2023 prizes were donated by AASA members, in honour of the late Associate Professor

Member Showcase – Jen Valender

Member / Artist Jen Valander Jen Valender | Field 3 February 2024 – 5 May 2024 Animal Studies member and artist Jen Valender’s exhibition Field presents a new body of

New release for Laura Jean McKay

Award winning author and AASA member Laura Jean McKay releases a new collection of short stories. ‘‘Startling, beautiful, and dangerous. McKay is the brightest of talents. We’re lucky to have

Dingo Bold

Dingo Bold 30 September 2023 AASA member Rowena Lennox is talking about her book Dingo Bold at the Avid Reader bookshop, 191 Boundary Street, West End, Brisbane, at 3 pm

Activity Fund 2023

Application due date: COB Sydney Time, 31st July 2023 The Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) has established an Activity Fund to support the work of members in the field of

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Call For Papers – AASA Conference

Australian Animal Studies Association is holding their first conference post COVID and we are seeking papers. More information soon! Please submit your EOI here.

Member Publication: Teya Brooks Pribac

Teja and Pumpkin Brooks Pribac, Teya (2022) ‘Narrating Animals: Between Fear and Resilience’, Religions 13(7), 597, https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13070597, https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/7/597    What scholarly disciplines are most relevant to this publication?   Animals and

Member Publication: Dinesh Wadiwel

Wadiwel, Dinesh. (2022). “Le Voreux: Scenes of Animal Labour in Emile Zola’s Germinal.” In Animal Remains. Edited by Sarah Bezan and Robert McKay, Routledge, pp. 158-180. What scholarly disciplines are

Member blog: Justine Philip

— Growing up, I always gravitated towards animals – I avoided eating meat, I grieved deeply when my companion animals passed away, and spent every holiday in the company of

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