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Call for Presentations – Sex, Gender, and Species Conference
Call for Papers Sex, Gender, Species Deadline for Abstract Submissions: October 1, 2010 The growing field of animal studies has turned critical attention to the real conditions and stakes of human-animal relations. It has also become a new and important focus for debates over identity and difference[...]
July 12th, 2010 - 7:57 pm § in Books, Media Releases
New Book – Animals as Biotechnology: Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies by ICAS Europe Director, Richard Twine
In Animals as Biotechnology sociologist Richard Twine places the question of human/animal relations at the heart of sustainability and climate change debates. The book is shaped by the emergence of two contradictory trends within our approach to nonhuman animals: the biotechnological turn in animal [...]
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[...]
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[...]
April 11 Farm Sanctuary – Critical Animal Studies Group Tour
On April 11th, the second day of the 9th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies at SUNY Cortland, ICAS will head off for an hour long guided tour of the Watkins Glen Farm Sanctuary. The purpose of the tour is to listen to nonhuman animals on their diverse experiences. On April [...]
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 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[...]
