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Upcoming Webinars on Animal Abuse and Children
ASI's Lisa Lunghofer will be giving three webinars, beginning April 20, on animal abuse and children, in conjunction with Humane Society Academy. Background. All forms of violence exposure—especially in combination and over time—can be detrimental to children. Notably...
This Week in Defining Human-Animal Studies: Defining Biopolitics with Dinesh Wadiwel
This week’s Defining HAS video series video is by Dinesh Wadiwel, who has discussed the term biopolitics. Find it...
New Book from HAS Book Series: Geneology of Obedience
Our latest book in the HAS Book Series has just arrived! Genealogy of Obedience: Reading North American Dog Training Literature, 1850s-2000s by Justyna Wlodarczyk In Genealogy of Obedience Justyna Włodarczyk provides a long overdue look at the history of companion dog...
New HAS Articles September 2018
Ascione, F. R., McDonald, S. E., Tedeschi, P., & Williams, J. H. (2018). The relations among animal abuse, psychological disorders, and crime: implications for forensic assessment. Behavioral sciences & the law. Aspling, F., Juhlin, O., & Väätäjä, H. (2018,...
New HAS Books September 2018
Bezan, S. and J.Tink, eds. (2018). Seeing Animals After Derrida. Lexington Books. This volume charts a new course in animal studies that re-examines Jacques Derrida's enduring thought on the visualization of the animal in his seminal Cerisy Conference from 1997, The...
Call for Submissions: ASI-WAS Undergraduate Paper Prize in Human-Animal Studies: Deadline November 1, 2018
The Animals & Society Institute (ASI) and Wesleyan Animal Studies (WAS) invite applications for the sixth annual Undergraduate Prize Competition for Undergraduate Students Pursuing Research in Human-Animal Studies. ASI and WAS will award a prize to an outstanding,...
This Week in Defining Human-Animal Studies: Actor-Network Theory with Richie Nimmo
This week’s Defining HAS video series video is by Richie Nimmo, who has discussed the term actor-network theory. Find it...
