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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Welcome to the Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies Report.
This month once again brings a record number of HAS Funding and Opportunities, below. Among them is a call for applications for funding for RedRover Relief Safe Housing Grants. These important grants help survivors of domestic violence by removing a barrier to safety and allowing companion animals and humans to escape abuse together. It’s heartening to see such on-the-ground action aimed at this aspect of The Link between human and nonhuman animal abuse that has received so much attention in the field of Human-Animal Studies. (See “Why Doesn’t She Just Leave: Fear for Pets’ Welfare a Top Concern” in this month’s Link-Letter, and the new article The Impact of Forced Separations Between Women and Their Pets in Domestic Violence Situations and the Effectiveness of Crisis Response: Protocol for a Conceptual Framework, here and below.)
As an aside, RedRover became close to my heart when in 2011 I completed training to be one of their RedRover Responders, individuals who deploy to provide temporary care for animals in emergency situations such as large cruelty situations or natural disasters. Find out more about the RedRover Responder program here.
On a related note, 2023 is now confirmed as the world’s hottest year on record, and the United States is confronting what may end up as the record warmest winter in history. The climate crisis brings with it an increase in weather-related natural disasters we can continue to expect. It’s good to step back and contemplate what, or what else, we might be doing—in whatever small ways—to attend lovingly to our planet and to all living beings, including ourselves, who share it.
Stay healthy and safe, and do what you can to protect those you can.
Best,
Gala
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Editor’s note: The HAS e-newsletter is organized as follows: Jobs, grants, and calls are ordered chronologically by deadline dates, with the earliest first, and will continue to be posted until the deadlines expire. Books and articles include, where possible, links to access them directly from this email. Because publication reference styles vary by source, they might not always be consistent or pretty, but they will get you there. To read more about the topics discussed, click the bold hyperlinks for source material and additional information.
Please send your comments, suggestions, and submissions to: gala.argent@animalsandsociety.org, and if possible include a URL link to your project or announcement.
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The January Human-Animal Studies Colloquium, co-sponsored by ASI and the Animals and Society Section of the American Sociological Association, has been rescheduled to February 28. It features a talk, “Brainless Beauties: Assessing How Zoos and Aquariums Depict Marine Animals without Faces” by Cameron Whitley and student Kaitlin Barrailler, discussing their research assessing how the depiction of sea stars, coral, and jellies on all AZA-accredited zoo and aquarium websites do not serve to foster empathy or conservation efforts for these animals. Cameron is an Associate Professor at Western Washington University in the Department of Sociology and an ASI-UIUC 2017 Summer Institute fellow. The research in this presentation has been funded in part by a National Science Foundation Early CAREER award, into which ASI was written to assist with dissemination of the project. The colloquium is now scheduled for Wednesday, February 28, 2024 11am PT/1pm US CT. Register here.
The latest issue of the ASI-managed journal Society & Animals, 31(7) is out with the following articles:
Editor’s Note
Announcing the Fourth Society & Animals Early Career Research Prize
Research Articles
To Read or Not to Eat: Anthropomorphism in Children’s Books
Author: Anastassiya Andrianova
Visitors’ Feelings toward Moose and Coyote in a Wildlife Sanctuary: Transcendent Feelings of Animal Valuation Scale
Authors: Donna J. Perry, Jacob P. Averka, Curt Johnson, Howie Powell, and Amanda Cavanaugh
An Untold Story of Dogs: Clandestine Canine Contributions to Science
Author: Tina Bloom
Political Animals
Uncivilized Behaviors: How Humans Wield “Feral” to Assert Power (and Control) over Other Species
Authors: Kristine Hill, Michelle Szydlowski, Sarah Oxley Heaney, and Debbie Busby
Viewpoints
Primate Documentaries: A Critical Analysis of Their History
Authors: Crystal M. Riley Koenig and Bryan L. Koenig
The latest issue of the ASI-managed Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Volume 27, Issue 1, January-March 2024 is out with the following articles:
Research articles
Effects of free farrowing system on the productive performance and welfare of sows and piglets
José A. Sánchez-Salcedo & Ariadna Yáñez-Pizaña
Social Stress during the Estrus or Luteal Phase in Sheep
Aline Freitas-de-Melo, Mariana Garcia Kako Rodriguez, Camila Crosa & Rodolfo Ungerfeld
Physiological Response, Haematology and Stress Condition of Scavenging Chickens in Cement Production Areas
Kazeem O. Bello, Oluwakemi T. Irekhore, Onaopepo O. Adeitan, Azeez O. Yusuf & Babatunde S. Bada
Assessment of animal welfare in fattening pig farms certified in good livestock practices
Andrea Martinez, Eliana Donoso, Rick Obrian Hernández, Jorge A Sanchez & Marlyn H. Romero
Owner Perspectives of Cat Handling Techniques Used in the Veterinary Clinic
Madalyn Couture, Anastasia C. Stellato, Carly M. Moody & Lee Niel
A global survey of companion animal veterinary practitioners on animal welfare teaching – Focus on undergraduate and continuing education, and clients’ sources of information |
Nienke Endenburg, Shane Ryan & Hein A. van Lith
Community factors and animal shelter outcomes
Laura A. Reese
Advice on cat behavior in German veterinary practices:Expectations of cat owners and influencing factors on compliance
Jessica Karn-Buehler & Franziska Kuhne
A fast technique to induce and measure anticipatory behavior in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Stefano Bigiani & Cristina Pilenga
Reliability of caretakers’ ratings of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and finless porpoises’ (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sp.) behavioral style for welfare monitoring
Agathe Serres, Chaoqun Wang, Yujiang Hao, Jie Lin & Ding Wang
Cognitive Group Testing Promotes Affiliative Behaviors in Dolphins |
Eszter Mátrai, Suzanne M. Gendron, Michael Boos & Ákos Pogány
Characterizing the alternative feedback mechanisms in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and determining a stressed state in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
Nicole Anderson
A minimally invasive procedure for blood extraction from Xenopus laevis allows follow up studies without euthanasia
Cedillo-García Jessica, L. Buendía-González, M. L. Ruiz-Gómez & García- Morales Carla
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This month’s National Link Coalition’s February LINK-Letter—concerning animal cruelty’s intersections with child, elder and domestic abuse and its implications for veterinarians, social workers, prosecutors, legislators, and therapists—addresses the following: Are humane officers required to report child abuse? Why don’t women with pets just leave a domestic violence abuser? And how did a teenager in Kentucky persuade legislators to consider a cross-reporting bill?
Huron University in Canada has launched the world’s first major in Animal Ethics and Sustainability Leadership (AESL), rooted in their Management and Organizational Studies Department. “The first program of its kind in the world, AESL allows students who are passionate about animals and the planet to develop both their knowledge and their leadership and organizational skills,” says Dr. Kendra Coulter, Professor in Management and Organizational Studies & Coordinator of AESL. “Animal lovers can now earn a degree from one of Canada’s elite universities focused on animal and environmental issues through this distinct learning pathway that combines Management and Organizational Studies, the Social Sciences, and the Arts.”
If you haven’t already done so, check out the articles in the journal, Animal Sentience, published by Well-Being International. The journal uses the Open-Peer Commentary format, in which a peer-reviewed target article on a particular topic is accepted, and a range of experts are then invited to submit commentaries and thoughts on this target article. The invited commentaries are published with the target article, and at an appropriate time, the author(s) of the target article are expected to respond to the commentaries. Online publishing also allows commentaries to be published at any point—maybe years—after the target article is published. Such a journal is an excellent and directed means of exploring challenging and controversial topics. Learn more about the journal here.
The Society for the Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations (PHAIR) has released a new Library of Measures, which includes over 30 scales that have been developed to measure people’s attitudes, beliefs, motivations, and other psychological constructs related to the consumption of plant-based and animal-derived products, vegetarianism, veganism, and non-human animals. The library is meant as a resource for researchers who want to conduct research in this area.
The Sorabi Rock retreat in South Africa offers a unique scientific wilderness management course, “The Art of Real-life Conservation,” and programs for researchers, filmmakers, and content creators. By immersing participants in the heart of the Africa bush, the program provides a platform to comprehend the complex challenges facing our planet. The course goes beyond theoretical concepts, equipping participants with the skills and insights needed to make meaningful contributions to conservation practices worldwide.
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The University of Amsterdam is currently seeking three PhD candidates for my ERC-funded project ‘Farm animal value-scapes: Veterinarians and the contrasting values of European livestock production’ (or ‘VetValues’). The PhD candidates will do fieldwork in the Netherlands, Sweden or Italy. VetValues is a comparative ethnographic study of how European livestock farming juggles food security and economic viability with mounting concerns about biodiversity loss and global warming, the development of antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic diseases, and the compromised welfare needs of farm animals. Read more about the positions here. Application deadline is February 15.
Applications are open for the Harvard Animal Law & Policy Program Visiting Fellowships, which provide opportunities for outstanding scholars and legal practitioners to undertake research, writing, and scholarly engagement on Animal Law & Policy projects that further their mission. Recent advanced degree graduates, junior academics, and mid-career practitioners who are committed to pursuing publishable research that will make a significant contribution in the area of animal law and policy are encouraged to apply. Applications are due February 15, 2024.
The Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) welcomes law school faculty in the fields of animal advocacy, environmental law, energy, and agriculture to apply as the Animal Law Distinguished Scholar this summer. Each visiting scholar delivers a Hot Topic lecture, participates in informal social events on and off campus, and has an opportunity to interact with students and faculty. To apply, please send a cover letter stating your interest, including the topic of your scholarship or proposed presentation, and CV to the Animal Law and Policy Institute at animallaw@vermontlaw.edu. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or for further information. Applications are due by February 15, 2024.
The sixth annual Animal Studies Summer Institute will take place at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, June 23-29, 2024. This program is focused on graduate students and those in the first few years post-Ph.D. or other terminal degrees and enables participants to work on their dissertations or publications for one intensive week. The program will offer a shared space of critical inquiry that brings the participants’ work-in-progress to the attention of a network of influential HAS scholars and provides the participants with the guidance and feedback to develop their work. Jane Desmond and Kim Marra lead the program. Application deadline is Friday, February 16, 2024.
The Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) has issued a call for research proposalsfrom institutions and organizations across the globe to investigate the health outcomes of pet ownership and/or animal-assisted interventions (AAI), both for the people and the animals involved. Proposals should have a strong theoretical framework and focus on innovative approaches to studying the positive effects of companion animals on human health. The deadline for applications is February 22, 2024.
Four Postdoctoral Fellowships in Social Anthropology and Zoology are available at Ca’Foscari University in Venice, Italy. These three-year postdoctoral fellowships (an initial one-year contract, which can be renewed up to three years) are part of the five years ERC-funded research project: Between Domestication and Ferality: Cattle-Human Relationships in the Making of Post-colonial South-American Society. For further enquiries and clarifications please write to valentina.bonifacio@unive.it You can find further details and apply for each of the positions separately HERE (search by using the keyword «Human-cattle relations»). Thedeadline for submission of applications is February 29, 2024,
Faunalytics is accepting applications for a People & Operations Director. This person will play a key role behind the scenes, overseeing HR and general operations, and ultimately increasing the organization’s impact for animals. If you’re detail-oriented with a passion for animal protection, people management, and nonprofit operations, this is the career you’ve been waiting for. The application deadline is March 1, 2024
The Seattle Foundation has an open scholarship for undergraduate or graduate students studying the intersection of social justice and animal welfare within a historical context. The purpose of the Theresa Earenfight Critical Animal Studies Scholarship is to support students who are passionate about the intersection of social justice and animal welfare within a historical context. This is a $10,000 annual scholarship renewable through the completion of the student’s degree, assuming the student continues to meet the eligibility criteria. The scholarship may be applied to tuition and fees, or other academic expenses payable to the college or university. Deadline is March 1, 2024. Find out more and apply here.
RedRover’s Relief Safe Housing Grants help survivors of domestic violence by removing a barrier to safety and allowing pets and people to escape abuse together. Grants of up to $60,000 are offered to nonprofit domestic violence and animal organizations across the United States, and grants of up to $100,000 for homeless shelters to become pet friendly. RedRover has a goal of ensuring that 25% of domestic violence shelters in the United States are pet-friendly by 2025. Flexibility in how to implement your pet program ensures that there is a solution for every community. The deadline for this batch of funding is March 1, 2024.
The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law has announced its 2024 Animal Rights Law Essay Competition. This year, essays are invited on the following:
"Whether autonomous, nonhuman animals have rights that ought to be 'recognized by law' is precisely the question [courts] are called upon to answer ... The immensity of that question does not place it exclusively within the domain of the legislature". Discuss. (Taken from the judgement of Judge Jenny Rivera, New York Court of Appeals, in Nonhuman Rights Project (Happy) v James Breheny, No 52, June 14, 2022.)
The Essay Competition is open to both secondary school students and university students (and graduates). Prizes of up to £750 may be awarded in the university category, and commendations and school prizes may be awarded in the secondary school category. The deadline for essays is March 4, 2024.
The Institute for Human-Animal Connection (IHAC), a specialized center within the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, is looking for a Research Postdoc/Fellow. The Fellow will have opportunities to contribute to academic products including funding proposals, peer-reviewed journal articles, conference abstracts, and other research products. This Research Fellow will focus on IHAC’s trauma portfolio, which includes examining the impacts of pairing service dogs with military veterans experiencing PTSD. The two-year fellowship requires a Master’s Degree. The deadline is March 31, 2024.
Applications for the Society for Companion Animal Studies (SCAS) funded research grants are now open. The grants include 5 x $10k maximum pump priming research awards; 2 x $1.5k maximum funding to support open access publication of research relating to SCAS priority areas. To join an online Zoom webinar about SCAS Funding on Monday February 19, 2024, please email info@scas.org.uk with your full name and email address. Application deadline March 31, 2024.
Funding for a PhD position on “Pioneering Progress: Insights into Effective Animal Welfare Interventions” is available for the School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland. his PhD project offers a unique opportunity to: 1. Dive deep into understanding how cultural differences and implementation strategies affect the adoption of management practices that boost animal health and welfare; 2. Uncover patterns of success in animal welfare strategies across Europe, analyzing their underlying behavioral determinants and applicability to the UK context; and 3. Conduct two pioneering farm animal welfare intervention studies, guided by human behavior change theory. No deadline given.
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This section includes both upcoming live events, and past events that were recorded.
Join the Vine Virtual Book Club’s meet-the-editor discussion with Lori Gruen, who will address her book, The Ethics of Captivity, Sunday, February 18 at 3:00 pm US-EST. Register here.
The “Animal Scales” seminar series, co-hosted by University College London Anthropocene and the Goldsmiths Centre for Critical Global Change, runs from February-July 2024 with monthly talks. The first session is Tuesday, February 20 and features “Animal Scales series: Scale Metabolic,” with Maan Barua. Upcoming speakers include: Charlotte Blattner, Andrea Arnold & Anat Pick, Eric Baratay, Will Kymlicka & Sue Donaldson, and Dinesh Wadiwel. Find details on all seminars and register for any of the sessions here. For further information, please contact m.motamedi-fraser@gold.ac.uk.
The RSPCA Animal Welfare Seminar, online February 21-22, will delve into our current knowledge of animals’ needs and wants, providing animal-centric opportunities to improve our relationship with animals who share our daily lives, and answer the question: what can we do to support their best life? A recording of the Seminar will be made available via our website after the event. Find out more and register here.
The Humane Hoax Project is a collaborative effort of vegan activists, writers, and organizations who are working together to reveal the truth about “humane” animal agriculture. Their 5th Annual Humane Hoax Online Conference on Saturday, February 24, 2024 will include presentations from experts and activists digging into the critical issues of humanewashing and greenwashing. More information and registration here.
S6E6 of the Animal Turn Podcast features Corey Lee Wrenn on two concepts that are central to her work in animal studies: social movement mobilization and feminism. They discuss veganism as a social movement as well as some of the ways in which feminism has been sidelined in animal rights’ debates.
Animal Legal Defense Fund’s podcast, Animal Amicus, is now available to stream in full. The six comprehensive episodes reflect upon landmark criminal animal cases and how they’ve shaped the law. Hosted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Senior Policy Program Manager Nicole Pallotta and Managing Attorney David Rosengard, the podcast examines the often-tenuous relationship between animals and the legal system.
Interspecies Internet recording of a webinar, Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe, with Carl Safina, is now available. In this presentation, Professor Carl Safina introduces us to Alfie, the screech owl. Delve into the interconnectedness and links between humans, our history, and the natural world—an insightful exploration of the intricate bonds that connect us all.
Episode 29 of the Anthrozoology Podcast: Discussing Humanimality features Irene Perret, PhD student at the University of Exeter discussing Grief Part 1. The conversation unfolds with the exploration of different definitions and perspectives on grief, emphasizing the contextual nature of grief definitions, grief as a disruptive emotion challenging societal norms and touch on the diverse causes of grief, including loss of habitat, forced relinquishment, and the death of individuals, among other topics.
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Following are some recent books published of interest to the field of Human-Animal Studies.
Miriam A. Bibby, Ed. (2024). Saints and Sinners on Horseback. Vol. 1. Trivent Publishing.
Blazina, C. (2023). Good dogs and questionable people: How animal companions facilitate trust in a world that does not feel safe. In: Martha Peaslee Levine (Ed.), Trust and Psychology—Who, When, Why and How We Trust. IntechOpen.
Álvaro López-López, Gino Jafet Quintero Venegas & Carol Kline (2023). Tourism, Heritage and Commodification of Non-human Animals: A Posthumanist Reflection. CABI.
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Following are some recent articles and book chapters of interest to the field of Human-Animal Studies.
A Special Issue of Frontiers in Nutrition, edited by Christopher Bryan, Christopher Hopwood, and Jared Piazza, is out with the theme of Reducing Consumption of Animal Products.
Dugan, Holly, 'Dispossessed and Unaccommodated: Race and Animality in King Lear'. In: Patricia Akhimie (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Race, Oxford Handbooks (2024; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Jan. 2024).
Eduardo J. Fernandez (2024). The least inhibitive, functionally effective model: A new framework for ethical animal training practices. Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 71, pp 63-68.
Antoine F. Goetschel (2024). Animal welfare as the basis of One Health: A UN convention on animal welfare, health, and protection poses a realistic solution to improved animal welfare and human health. CABI One Health, 3(1).
Marchais, D., Roux, D., & Arnould, E. (2024). Hybridization of human–nature relationships and shifts in consumption practices: An analysis through the lens of Descola’s ontologies. Recherche et Applications En Marketing (English Edition).
Luke, K. L., McAdie, T., Warren-Smith, A. K., & Smith, B. P. (2023). Bit use and its relevance for rider safety, rider satisfaction and horse welfare in equestrian sport. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 259, 105855.
Montgomery J, Lloyd J, Liang Z (2024). The Impact of Forced Separations Between Women and Their Pets in Domestic Violence Situations and the Effectiveness of Crisis Response: Protocol for a Conceptual Framework. JMIR Res Protoc 2024;13:e52067. PMID: 38271100
Rumi Naitol, Kai M. A. Chan, and Jiaying Zhao (2023). Combating the exotic pet trade: Effects of conservation messaging on attitudes, demands, and civic intentions. Conservation Science and Practice.
Lusanda Ncisana, Nonhle Tracey Sibisi, Rebotile Munyuku, & Mmapake Masha (2024). From Theory to Practice: Teachers’ Pedagogical Experiences in Animal Studies. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 23(1).
Rochelle Paterson, Elise Boller, Youna Kim, & Kate Hammond (2024). What can veterinary professionals do?: Measuring the effect of one domestic violence training pilot program on veterinary professionals' capacity to recognise, respond and refer human victims of domestic violence. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11.
Schmölcke, Ulrich, and Oliver Grimm. 2024. A Special Relationship—Aspects of Human–Animal Interaction in Birds of Prey, Brown Bears, Beavers, and Elk in Prehistoric Europe. Animals, 14(3): 417.
Whitley, C. T., Kidder, E. N., Ortiz, K. J., & Grauerholz, L. (2024). Sociological Animal Studies Courses Are More Effective Than Human-Centered Sociology Courses in Enhancing Empathy. Teaching Sociology, 0(0).
Corey Lee Wrenn (2023). Animalizing Appalachia: A Critical Animal Studies Analysis of Early Sociological Surveys of Southern Appalachia. Journal of Appalachian Studies, 29(2): 145–165.
G Zeng, Z Chen, S Zhong (2024). “We Chinese just want meat!” an analysis of Chinese Netizens' reactions to vegetarian advocacy. Food Quality and Preference.
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A call is out for abstracts for a Special Issue of Animals on Animals, Media, and Re-presentation, edited by Debra Merskin. The call invites original research that identifies stereotypes of animals other than humans in media and popular culture and connects these portrayals with the lived experiences of a particular species. Topics can include portrayals in news media, film, internet, books, or objects. All research methods are welcome and can include discourse analysis (visual/verbal), qualitative, quantitative, historical, or semiotics or others. (Please note that an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs).) Submission deadline March 1, 2024.
A special issue on the theme of “Accelerating Replacement of Animal Experimentation: Critical Theoretical Perspectives” is planned for publication consideration by the Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH). This special issue invites submissions by researchers from the fields of law, ethics, philosophy, social sciences, etc. that address the replacement principle from the 3R model and law or policy reform through an analysis that engages with one or more critical theoretical perspectives. Such perspectives may include critical animal studies, critical science studies, children’s rights studies, critical plant studies, vegan ecofeminist theory or other feminist theory, anti-colonial theory, Indigenous theories, disability studies, queer theories, class-based critiques, Earth Jurisprudence, Black studies, critical race theory, etc. All perspectives and a broad range of specific topics addressing replacement in relation to critical theory are welcome. Contact: Maneesha Deckha at maneesha.deckha@ius.uzh.ch. Submissions are due June 1, 2024.
A call is out for abstracts for a Special Issue of Animals on A Nonspecisist Approach to Animal Abuse, edited by Rochelle Stevenson and Rozanne D. Hawkins. This Special Issue welcomes novel theoretical or applied works that approach animal abuse from a nonspeciesist perspective. This may include works that highlight abuse against companion animals and/or understudied or often hidden animals, research which adopts a broad and inclusive conceptualization of animal abuse, or papers exploring how such harms intersect with abuse against humans. (Please note that an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs).) Submission deadline August 31, 2024.
The editors of Animal History invite article submissions for its inaugural volume, to be published in 2025. The journal seeks research on all time periods from the late Paleolithic to the early twenty-first century. Article manuscripts may focus on any geographic region, time period, or species, although they are especially interested in studies concerning peoples of color, indigenous peoples, rural and working-class populations, marginalized communities, and less familiar but important species (from worms and centipedes, to antelope, lizards, clams, and bitterns). They seek to publish rigorous historical work, reading primary sources and material culture against the grain to recover nonhuman lives excluded, ignored, and erased. No deadline given.
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Calls for Papers: Conferences
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A call is out for the hybrid conference “Nonhuman Animals in the Age of Extinction and Mass Production” at University College Dublin on May 14, 2024. This one-day interdisciplinary conference will critically examine the paradoxical situation of nonhuman animal life in the age of mass extinction and mass production. This will explore how literature, film, visual art and other media perpetuate but also criticize and rethink the ethical, ecological and social implications of this scenario. At the core, this exploratory conference aims to foster a dialogue between (Critical) Animal Studies, Extinction Studies and Environmental Humanities, interdisciplinary fields that share ecological concerns but also have tensions. Deadline for Submission: February 14, 2024.
Call for Abstracts deadline has been extended for the workshop “At the Limits of Imagination: Otherness in Humans and Non-Human Animals” Sep. 26-28, 2024, at the University of Vienna, Austria. This two-and-a-half-day-workshop will take place at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna as part of the project “The Limits of Imagination: Animals, Empathy, Anthropomorphism” (P 35137-G; funded by the FWF, Austria). It will focus on the possibilities and limits of imagination and empathy with regards to humans and non-human animals, and on the tensions inherent in comparing or comparatively analyzing both groups. The organizers invite scholars from all areas of philosophy, for instance, feminist and political epistemology, (critical) phenomenology, animal studies, political theory, philosophy of mind, critical studies of race and disability, and ethics; also, contributions from related fields such as sociology, political sciences or psychology are most welcome. For more information, email carlo.salzani@uibk.ac.at. Abstracts are due before Feb 21, 2024.
A call is out for presentations for the two-day NYU Wild Animal Welfare Summit on June 21-22, 2024. The aim of this event is to connect scholars with an interest in this topic, particularly scholars across a variety of fields and career stages. The first day of the summit will feature lightning talks and discussion sessions. The second day will feature breakout sessions for workshopping collaborative project ideas. Both days will also include vegan meals and plenty of networking opportunities. We welcome expressions of interest from scholars in all fields, particularly scholars who work in animal welfare or conservation science. Please note that funding for travel and hotel is available for early-career scholars, i.e., scholars within five years of their terminal degree. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
The Open Conference of the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) will take place in Pucón, Chile, this year from the August 19-23. A call is out for the session “Ethics and politics in Antarctica: Nature, Animals and Conservation,” which will consider contributions on topics like animal political theory, welfarism, abolitionism, ecocentric and biocentric approches, rights of nature discourses and practices, and the political representation of more-than-humans, as well as more traditional research approaches pertaining to Antarctic conservation and its present and potential future interpretations in the context of Antarctic environmental governance. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
The seventh Anthrozoology Symposium, “Exploring Connections, Hierarchies and Transformations in More-than-Human Worlds,” will take place November 7-9, 2024. This year’s Symposium will focus on the connections, metamorphoses, hierarchies, and all kinds of transformations that animate multispecies collectives and multi-layered more-than-human worlds. This effort demands humility, examining the limits of our knowledge, and making the conscious decision to move forward and learn to deal with our limitations, not on the expanse of our fellow creatures. Email irina.anthrozoology@gmail.com for more information. Abstracts accepted until May 30, 2024.
A call for papers for the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Vegan Sociologists, October 5-9, 2024 online, is now open. This year's theme is capitalism and we are honoring the work of John Sorenson with a special keynote by David Nibert. Although the conference is open to all topics related to capitalism and animal rights/veganism, we are also encouraging anyone who would like to present on John's research or impact in the field to contribute. Call for Paper Deadline: June 1, 2024
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Gala Argent, PhD
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