Animals & Society Institute News
Bear Poaching Elimination (BEA) Act, MINKS Are Superspreaders (MINKS) Act, Pigs in Gestation Stalls (PIGS) Act
This quarter, I wanted to outline a few animal-related bills that have been recently introduced. They are all concerned with the exploitation and farming of animals, both wild and domesticated. The response to each of these bills will likely be reflective of the way that domesticated farmed animals are perceived,...
Your September 2022 Human-Animal Studies Report is Here
Welcome to the Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies Report. This month, the HAS field is active and busy with a wealth of funding and job opportunities, and new publications. And speaking of publications, take note in the ASI News section of the Brill 50% off sale. As this applies to all texts in...
Book Release—The Relational Horse: How Frameworks of Communication, Care, Politics, and Power Reveal and Conceal Equine Selves
We are excited to share the latest release in the ASI-managed Brill Human-Animal Studies Book Series, The Relational Horse: How Frameworks of Communication, Care, Politics and Power Reveal and Conceal Equine Selves. In this anthology edited by Gala Argent and Jeannette Vaught, human-horse relationships take the...
Book Release: The Oxford Handbook of Animal Organization Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Animal Organization Studies, edited by Linda Tallberg, Managing Editor of the ASI-managed journal, Society & Animals, and Lindsay Hamilton, has recently been published by Oxford University Press. Just as climate change and environmental sustainability have become growing concerns in public...
Defining Human-Animal Studies: An ASI Video Project
As university classes are preparing for the new academic year, we want to take the opportunity to share our Defining Human-Animal Studies Video Project with students, scholars, and faculty. Because Human-Animal Studies scholars come from such diverse fields, they often have a difficult time reading the work of...
Your August 2022 Human-Animal Studies Report is Here
Welcome to the Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies Report. This month, the HAS field is active and busy with an extraordinary wealth of funding and job opportunities, and conferences and courses. We are also pleased to announce the publication of a new volume within the Brill Human-Animal Studies...
National Book Lovers Day: ASI’s Recommended Reading List
Today is National Book Lovers Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a good read! We've put together a reading list that we are sure you’ll enjoy, and will have you diving head first into the world of Human-Animal Studies. ASI is happy to see fellows from our ASI Summer Institutes contributing to the...
ASI Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Society & Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies
The Animals & Society Institute is excited to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Society & Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies with all of our supporters. In honor of this milestone, ASI will be celebrating the 30th anniversary throughout the rest of the year by sharing Open Access articles each month,...
Your July 2022 Human-Animal Studies Report is Here
Welcome to the Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies (HAS) Report. The Report is back on track for monthly distribution after a hiatus, during which time we at ASI have completed several exciting research projects which we’ll be sharing with you over the next few months. Our July HAS Report is filled...
Open Access Special Issue of JAAWS Highlights “Human-Animal Relationships and Welfare in the Anthropocene”
ASI is excited to make open access all seven articles in the just-published Special Issue of its managed Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, themed “Human-Animal Relationships and Welfare in the Anthropocene: Pandemics, Climate Change, and other Disasters.” The Special Issue brings animal others into broader...