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Summer Institute Call For Applications Announced!
The Animals & Society Institute and the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invite applications for the third annual Human-Animal Studies Summer Institute program for advanced graduate students and early career scholars...
Call for Applications Human-Animal Studies International Development Project
The Animals and Society Institute is excited to announce the call for proposals for the sixth annual Human-Animal Studies International Development Project (HASIDP). The purpose of this competitive program is to provide one non-American university per year the...
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...
Our December HAS Newsletter is Out!
Click the link below to the current issue of the Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies (HAS) e- newsletter There's a lot going on as we wrap up the year! Happy Holidays! E-Newsletter Link- https://conta.cc/38S40v5 To subscribe to our HAS monthly...
ASI Welcomes Gala Argent as New Human-Animal Studies Program Director
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Gala Argent has joined ASI as our new Director of the Human-Animal Studies program, where she will be responsible for communications, and managing existing and developing new ASI programs. Dr. Argent comes to ASI as a lifelong...
New Research in Human-Animal Studies November 2019
The following list represents just some of the new research in the field of human-animal studies in the last month! Aji, A. P. (2019). The role of social media in shaping the animal protection movement in indonesia. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi, 3(3), 389-401. Alleyne, E.,...
November 2019 Human-Animal Studies Books
Following are some of the books coming out this month that we are excited about! Benz-Schwarzburg, J. (2019). Cognitive Kin, Moral Strangers? Linking Animal Cognition, Animal Ethics & Animal Welfare. Brill. In Cognitive Kin, Moral Strangers?, Judith...
This Week in Defining Human-Animal Studies: Defining Animal-Assisted Therapy with Cynthia Chandler
This week, we are excited to share our latest Defining HAS video series installment with a video by Cynthia Chandler, Program Director, The Consortium for Animal Assisted Therapy at the University of North Texas, who has discussed the term Animal-Assisted Therapy....
New Human-Animal Studies Book!
ASI is excited to announce the publication of the 23rd title in the Brill Human-Animal Studies book series: Cognitive Kin, Moral Strangers? Linking Animal Cognition, Animal Ethics & Animal Welfare. In Cognitive Kin, Moral Strangers?, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg...
