Animals & Society Institute News
Sloth Is Out!
We are very pleased to announce that the current issue of Sloth, our online journal for undergraduate and early graduate students in Human-Animal Studies, is out! This issue features the following articles: "Editor's Introduction" by Joel MacClellan "Animals as Social...
Speakers Announced for 2019 ASI-UIUC Summer Institute in Human-Animal Studies
We are excited to announce the speakers for the upcoming 2019 ASI-UIUC Summer Institute cohosted by the Animals & Society Institute and the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign! This interdisciplinary program, inaugurated in...
Call for Applications for European Summer School in Human-Animal Studies
We are inviting applications for the European Summer School “Interspecies Relationality” (ESSIR) that will take place at the University of Kassel from 28 July to 4 August 2019. The deadline for applications will be 31 March 2019. “Relationality” has been a central...
Winner Announced for the 2019-2020 International Development Award
We are extremely pleased to announce that the Universidade de Lisboa has been awarded the 2019-2020 International Development Project Award from the Animals & Society Institute, for the creation of a Human-Animal Studies Hub at the University. From the project...
February 2019 Human-Animal Studies Books
Following are some of the books coming out this month that we are excited about! Taylor, N. and H. Fraser. (2019). Companion Animals and Domestic Violence: Rescuing Me, Rescuing You. Palgrave Macmillan. In this book, Nik Taylor and Heather Fraser consider how we might...
February 2019 Human-Animal Studies Articles
Following are articles that came out in February 2019 in the field of human-animal studies: Alam, A. N., Siddiqua, M., Siddiqua, A., Akther, N., Sarker, M., Biswas, S. N., & Bose, C. S. (2019). Epidemiological Aspect of Dog Bite and Response of The Dog Bite...
$50,000 Maddie’s Fund® Grant to ASI Will Help Open Shelter Doors for Homeless People and Their Pets
We are thrilled to announce receipt of a $50,000 grant from Maddie's Fund®, a national family foundation established by Dave and Cheryl Duffield to revolutionize the status and well-being of companion animals. ASI will partner with My Dog is My Home to evaluate and...
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