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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...
Call for Applications: 2020 ASI-UIUC Summer Institute in Human-Animal Studies
ASI-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Fourth Annual Human-Animal Studies Institute Co-Directors: Jane Desmond (Resident Director), Kim Marra, and Kenneth Shapiro Call for Applications The Animals & Society Institute and the Center for Advanced Study at the...
This Week in Defining Human-Animal Studies: Defining Ecofeminism with Greta Gaard
This week, we are excited to share our latest Defining HAS video series installment with a video by Greta Gaard, Professor of English and Coordinator, Sustainability Faculty Fellows and The Sustainable Justice Minor, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, who has...
ASI & Endangered Species Coalition Partnership
ASI is excited to announce that we are now a member of the Endangered Species Coalition (ESC). ASI along with ESC and its other coalition members will work in concert to protect endangered species and strengthen the Endangered Species Act. Now more than ever, due to...
New Books in Human-Animal Studies October 2019
Following are the Human-Animal Studies books we are excited about this month! Binfet, J. T., & Hartwig, E. K. (2019). Canine-Assisted Interventions: A Comprehensive Guide to Credentialing Therapy Dog Teams. Routledge. Covering principles of therapy dog team...
New Research in Human-Animal Studies October 2019
Please take a look at the exciting new research in the field of Human-Animal Studies from this month! Adams, M. (2019). The kingdom of dogs: Understanding Pavlov’s experiments as human-animal relationships. Theory and Psychology, 1-21. Akbarsha, M. A. A society...
This Week in Defining Human-Animal Studies: Defining Critical Animal Studies with Vasile Stanescu
This week, we are excited to share our latest Defining HAS video series installment with a video by Vasile Stanescu, Assistant Professor & Director, Program in Speech and Debate, Department of Communication Studies & Theatre, Mercer University, who has...
