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
Advocacy Update – Alex Vince – Animal Liberation
In this Advocacy Update, Dinesh Wadiwel speaks with Alex Vince, Campaign Manager for Animal Liberation Dinesh: I am curious about your background. How long have you been at Animal Liberation,
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
Advocacy Update – Jed Goodfellow, Australian Alliance for Animals
In this Advocacy Update, Dinesh Wadiwel speaks with Jed Goodfellow, Co-Founder and Director, Policy and Government Relations, Australian Alliance for Animals Dinesh: I am curious about your background. Prior to
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
2023 AASA Popular Communication of Animals Studies Prize
Claudia Hirtenfelder, who won the AASA Popular Communication Prize in 2021. The 2023 Australasian Animal Studies Association Popular Communication of Animal Studies Prize is awarded to a member or members
2023 AASA Journal Article by an Early Career Researcher Prize
The Australasian Animal Studies Journal Article Prize recognises excellence in the work of early-career researchers. The prize is focused on the work of scholars in the production of scholarly journal
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
Creative Animals: Teya Brooks Pribac in conversation with Carol Gigliotti
A favourite activity of my (rescued) sheep is eating the leaves and flowers from surrounding trees, the higher the branches the better. In order to reach the latter the sheep
Call for Papers: AASA Conference 2023 – Animal Cultures
The Call for Papers has now closed. The 2023 Conference of the Australasian Animal Studies Association will be held in-person at the University of Sydney on the 27th and 28th
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.
A Cultural History of the Soul – Teya Brooks Pribac in Conversation with Kocku von Stuckrad
Sometimes you come across humans who lived before you whom you wish you had the opportunity to meet because you want to thank them simply for being the way they
Member publication: Kris Hill, Michelle Szydlowski, Sarah Oxley Heaney and Debbie Busby
Hill, M. Szydlowski, S. Oxley Heaney, D. Busby (2022). ‘Uncivilized Behaviors: How Humans Wield “Feral” to Assert Power (and Control) Over Other Species.’ Society & Animals. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10088 What scholarly
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
Australian Animal Law – Teya Brooks Pribac in conversation with Elizabeth Ellis
‘Courts … are slow to embrace change,’ said a judge who considered (and refused) a proposal to extend legal rights to chimpanzees, but she also added, citing a different judge:
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