The Department of Sociology, Presidency University is happy to present the eighth of our book talk-discussions on April 20, 7 pm IST (2.30 pm BST) Dr. Radhika Govindrajan (University of Washington) will talk about her book, Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo28301734.html) The book will be discussed by Prof. Amita Baviskar (Ashoka University), and Dr. Nayanika MathurContinue reading “Book Discussion ‘Animal Intimacies’”
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Call for Papers – Animal/Privacy: Historical and Conceptual Approaches
Call for papers: ANIMAL / PRIVACY: Historical and Conceptual Approaches (Online Workshop: November 9, 2021) The Centre for Privacy Studies (University of Copenhagen) and the Kent Animal Humanities Network (University of Kent, UK) are planning an online workshop in November 2021, exploring the intersections between Privacy Studies and Animal Studies. We would like to inviteContinue reading “Call for Papers – Animal/Privacy: Historical and Conceptual Approaches”
Call for applications, Ph.D. course: ‘The Political Ecology of Pandemics’
Call for applications, Ph.D. course: ‘The Political Ecology of Pandemics’ Date: 9 – 11 August, 2021 Venue: Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, Norway Organised by: Centre for Development and the Environment, The Norwegian Political Ecology Network (POLLEN-Norway) and the Norwegian Researcher School in Environmental Humanities (NoRS-EH), Application deadline: 15 March, 2021 (Application form). The objective of this interdisciplinary PhD course is to critically approach the relationship between food production andContinue reading “Call for applications, Ph.D. course: ‘The Political Ecology of Pandemics’”
CFP: Postgraduate Animal Studies Symposium
Registration for this event is now live. See: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/postgraduate-animal-studies-symposium-pass-tickets-151604419901?aff=ebdsoporgprofile The Postgraduate Animal Studies Symposium (PASS) is a two-day training and conference event that will bring together postgraduate research students working in the field of animal studies, organised by the University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde. The event will be held online, via Zoom, onContinue reading “CFP: Postgraduate Animal Studies Symposium”
Special Issue: Call for Contributors – Theorizing Literary Animals
Theorizing Literary Animals Special Issue 2/2022 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philologia studia.philologia@lett.ubbcluj.ro Guest editor: Dr. Ema Vyroubalova, Trinity College Dublin Animal studies as an academic field of inquiry’s starting point is often identified with the publication of Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation in 1975. The foundations nevertheless began to be laid down long before recent scientific insights intoContinue reading “Special Issue: Call for Contributors – Theorizing Literary Animals”
Upcoming Event: When Pets Pass On
When Pets Pass On Weds, 20 January 2021, 10-1pm (GMT) The Pet Loss Network Pets are members of approximately half all UK households, a trend common throughout much of the western world. But pets’ relatively short life spans mean that families inevitably face the heartbreak of pet bereavement, from making agonising decisions about the endContinue reading “Upcoming Event: When Pets Pass On”
New Book: Privileged Horses: The Italian Renaissance Court Stable
Privileged Horses: The Italian Renaissance Court Stable Sarah G Duncan ‘A pioneering study of equine culture from c.1450-1600’ Published November 2020 – Stephen Morris Publishing EQUINE CULTURE AND SCIENCE, RENAISSANCE SOCIETY, POWER + POLITICS, ARCHITECTURE + ART, Borso d’Este’s retinue, when he travelled to Rome in 1471 for his investiture as Duke of Ferrara comprised 700 lavishlyContinue reading “New Book: Privileged Horses: The Italian Renaissance Court Stable”
PhD studentships with ‘Feed The Birds’ to ‘Do Not Feed the Animals’?
Four PhD studentships available on on the anthropology, governance and history of bird feeding, feed industries and zoo feeding, as part of a new Wellcome Trust funded project, From ‘Feed The Birds’ to ‘Do Not Feed the Animals’? (DNFTA). DNFTA is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Departments of Archaeology and Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology atContinue reading “PhD studentships with ‘Feed The Birds’ to ‘Do Not Feed the Animals’?”
Book Launch: Loving Animals: Reflections on Bestiality, Zoophilia, and Post-Human Love
You are invited to Joanna Bourke’s launch of her new book “Loving Animals: Reflections on Bestiality, Zoophilia, and Post-Human Love” (Reaktion Books). It explores one of the last taboos, drawing on queer theory, post-human philosophy, and the history of the senses. Monday 9th November between 6pm and 7pm. Join here https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/loving-animals and, on the 9th, get 20%Continue reading “Book Launch: Loving Animals: Reflections on Bestiality, Zoophilia, and Post-Human Love”
CFP: THE GLOBAL LIFE OF OYSTERS: SOCIAL, CULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SOAS, University of London – Saturday 17 October 2020
Call for Papers Please circulate to interested parties _______________ THE GLOBAL LIFE OF OYSTERS: SOCIAL, CULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SOAS, University of London – Saturday 17 October 2020 As part of the ongoing programme of the Interdisciplinary Animal Studies Initiative (IASI) based at SOAS University of London, in October 2020, we are organising a smallContinue reading “CFP: THE GLOBAL LIFE OF OYSTERS: SOCIAL, CULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SOAS, University of London – Saturday 17 October 2020”
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