Animals & Society Institute News
25th Anniversary of the Publication of JAAWS: Part 3 – Farmed Animals
As part of the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the publication of JAAWS, the editors and the publisher, Taylor & Francis, are providing access links to the full texts of selected articles that have been published over the years. Below is the third batch of articles the full texts of which are now...
Celebrating 30 Years of Society & Animals: Second Round
The Animals & Society Institute is excited to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Society & Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies with all of our supporters. As announced in the last issue, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the publication of Society & Animals, in partnership with Brill...
An Interview with the Author: ‘Absent Interests: On the Abstraction of Human and Animal Milks’
We are excited to share the latest release in the ASI-managed Brill Human-Animal Studies Book Series, Absent Interests: On the Abstraction of Human and Animal Milks, by Sarah Czerny. By asking the question of, “How does milk become cow milk, donkey milk, or human milk?” Czerny takes readers through an ethnographic...
25th Anniversary of the Publication of JAAWS: Part 2 – Companion Animals
Below is the second batch of articles the full texts of which are now available for a four-month period. As noted in the last issue, as part of the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the publication of JAAWS the editors and the publisher, Taylor & Francis, are providing access links to the full texts of...
Read more about HAS news, upcoming Colloquium Series, Living With Horses Conference call, and more
Welcome to the Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies Report. Again this month, the Human-Animal Studies (HAS) field is active and busy, this time with an extraordinary wealth of podcasts and recorded seminars, publications, and conferences and courses. ASI has been very active too. In the ASI News...
HARA Week 2022 | World Kindness Day
It is no coincidence that the launch of the annual Human-Animal Relationship Awareness Week falls on World Kindness Day, a day when people are encouraged to show more kindness to both those around us — human and nonhuman — as well as to the planet. But how can we turn the ethos behind this celebratory day into...
Announcing the 25th Anniversary of the Publication of JAAWS
As indicated in the statement of the journal’s aims and scopes, "The Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (JAAWS) publishes articles on methods of experimentation, husbandry, and care that demonstrably enhance the welfare of nonhuman animals in various settings.” To this end, “JAAWS publishes papers that present...
Your October 2022 Human-Animal Studies Report is here
Welcome to the Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies Report. Again this month, the Human-Animal Studies (HAS) field is active and busy with an extraordinary wealth of funding and job opportunities, new publications, and conferences and courses. Under HAS news, check out the latest in the ongoing...
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...