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September 6th, 2010 - 6:01 pm § in Centers/Working-Groups

Letter: Going vegan is the best way to become energy-efficient

Letters to the editor are one of the best ways to alert your campus of animal issues and events. Just thirty minutes of thoughtful writing can reach tens of thousands of students: more than you could reach leafleting for an entire day![...]

July 16th, 2010 - 3:18 pm § in Academics, Lectures/Debates

Tom Regan to speak at PSU

Philosopher Tom Regan, Emeritus Professor, North Carolina State University, and author of many books on animal rights and on the ethicist G. E. Moore, will give two talks at Pennsylvania State University.[...]

April 13th, 2010 - 8:03 am § in Academics, Books, Media Releases

CFP: Critical Animal Studies Book Series

Call for Book Proposals We are pleased to invite proposals for a new book series, Critical Animal Studies, to be published by Rodopi Press, one of Europe’s premiere academic presses. The main goals of the series, which differentiates it from the pre-existing series in the field of animal stu[...]

March 25th, 2010 - 9:20 am § in Centers/Working-Groups

Intern or Volunteer with ICAS!

ICAS now offers unpaid internships and volunteer positions for anyone interested in learning how to run a program or project, delegate tasks, edit articles, public relations, write policy reports, and conduct research and analysis. This is a great experience for college students and activists to gai[...]

March 8th, 2010 - 10:47 am § in Campus Events, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference

Discount Lodging and Message Board Active

Lodging and Travel 9th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies Unveiling Anarchist Studies Initiative & Farm Sanctuary Tour April 9, 10, and 11, 2010 SUNY, Cortland, NY http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/conference-for-critical-animal-studies/north-american-conference-for-[...]

March 5th, 2010 - 3:12 pm § in Academics, Books, Campus Events, Lectures/Debates

Stop Academic Repression – Book Talk with Anthony Nocella

On Saturday March 7th, join us at Wooden Shoe Books for an evening of discussion with Anthony J. Nocella II, co-editor of the exciting new volume Academic Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial Complex, out now from AK Press. Since 9/11, the Bush administration has pressured universit[...]

March 2nd, 2010 - 11:38 am § in Centers/Working-Groups, Media Releases, Peace/Social Justice, Veganism

ICAS Now Partners with Vegan Police Radio!

In January 2010, The Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) and The Vegan Police Radio, located in St. Catharines, Canada developed a partnership rooted in the tradition of Paulo Freire’s philosophy of dialoguing for liberation and freedom. “[T]he more radical the person is, the more fully[...]

February 22nd, 2010 - 10:26 pm § in Campus Events, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference, Film Showings, Media Releases

Conference Schedule, Registration Form, and Flyer are Up!

9th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies April 10, 2010 SUNY Cortland, NY Moffett Center 9AM to 7PM Theme: Abolition, Liberation, and the Intersections within Social Justice ______________________ $15.00 Registration Fee. **Free for SUNY Cortland students **People tabling nee[...]

February 11th, 2010 - 6:55 am § in Call for Presentations, Campus Events, Conference, Environmentalism, Programs/Degrees

Call for Presentations @ SSSP 2010 – Animals and the Environment

Call for Presentations at SSSP 2010: I would like to invite papers/presentations for the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) www.sssp1.org for the panel “Animals and the Environment: Inequalities and Social Justice Theory” that I am the session organizer of. The theme of the SSSP Con[...]

February 9th, 2010 - 8:54 pm § in Books, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference, Courses/Workshops, Journals

Call for Nominations for Annual 2010 Critical Animal Studies Awards

**Call for Nominations for Annual 2010 Critical Animal Studies Awards. Deadline Feb 25, 2010. Please send nominations to Sarat Colling: editor@politicalmediareview.org **There are four awards see below for descriptions. ______________________________________________________________ 1. Critical Anima[...]

February 1st, 2010 - 8:01 am § in Academics, Books, Call for Presentations, Journals, Peace/Social Justice, Veganism

Call for Papers: Women of Color in Critical Animal Studies

The Journal for Critical Animal Studies (JCAS) seeks essays from women of color scholars and activists across a variety of disciplines and social justice initiatives to develop understandings on the issues of race, gender, and animality in critical animal studies.  Since the term “critical animal[...]

January 18th, 2010 - 4:47 pm § in Academics, Books, Centers/Working-Groups, Journals

Now Accepting Commentary and Summaries for JCAS

Most recently to build a bigger and better bridge between academics and activists the Journal for Critical Animal Studies (JCAS) is now accepting for the first time commentary and summaries of events, forums, lectures. etc. See below for submission guidelines. Please read these guidelines below and [...]