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”
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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”
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’?”
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”
The CHORD workshop on: Retailing, Distribution and the Natural World: Historical Perspectives
The workshop on ‘Retailing, Distribution and the Natural World: Historical Perspectives’, which was due to take place at the University of Wolverhampton on 12 May 2020, has been rescheduled as two on-line seminars (with warm thanks to the speakers!), which will take place via Zoom on 16 and 23 June 2020. Further information, including theContinue reading “The CHORD workshop on: Retailing, Distribution and the Natural World: Historical Perspectives”
CFP Winged Geographies: Birds in Space and Imagination
CFP – Winged Geographies: Birds in Space and Imagination University of Cambridge / 16-17 April 2020 This workshop will address the question of our evolving spatial relationships with bird life. The presence of birds and their song have long shaped human experience and conceptualisation of the skies, the countryside as well as urban and domesticContinue reading “CFP Winged Geographies: Birds in Space and Imagination”
CFP: ANIMAL GAZE CONSTRUCTED – ART & ARCHITECTURE
ANIMAL GAZE CONSTRUCTED – ART & ARCHITECTURE Call for Papers Venue: The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design Symposium Dates: March 6-7th, 2020 Abstracts: Submission: Oct 14th, 2019 – Selection: Dec 14th, 2019 Website: www.animalgaze.org Email:Your Abstract or Full Paper to: animalgaze@londonmet.ac.uk Description: Shrinking horizons, slim pickings, poverty of scope. What new politics of nature are needed here for animals? WhatContinue reading “CFP: ANIMAL GAZE CONSTRUCTED – ART & ARCHITECTURE”
SOAS ELEPHANT CONFERENCE 22nd June 2019
School of Oriental and African Studies, London [Room B 104] Saturday 22 June 2019 – 10.00am to 6.00pm Open to the general public You are invited to attend the second SOAS Elephant Conference, which will be held at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London on Saturday 22 June 2019. The conference willContinue reading “SOAS ELEPHANT CONFERENCE 22nd June 2019”
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