The post-conference blues have set in among the delegates, as we have all travelled back to our homes in Australasia and beyond. It doesn't match our lunch in the Japanese Garden at UniSQ, but members can join us during our AGM on December 8! Register here: animalstudies.org.au/annual-gener...

A wonderful conference dinner on Thursday night, a fabulous ECR keynote panel this morning, and our last lunch together this afternoon! That’s a wrap on 3 days of AASA 2025. Thanks to everyone who made this conference so special, and to our amazing host Rebecca Scollen from UniSQ in particular! 🎉

Wonderful seeing delegates’ updates of our conference, keep ‘m coming ❤️

AASA is very excited to announce that the winner of the inaugural round of the Siobhan O' Book Prize is Yamini Narayanan for the incredible book Mother Cow Mother India (Stanford UP, 2023)! url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/GCu8CL7EwM...

Our first day was truly action packed, with the first keynote by Dinesh Wadiwel and Yvette Watt, three sessions, fabulous vegan catering for lunch and the opening of the Centring Animals exhibit. We’re ready for more tomorrow! Thanks everyone for a wonderful first day.

We’ve had amazing sessions on our first day of the conference! Time to rest and recover so we can continue with more tomorrow!

Our conference starts on Wednesday! 🎉 And we have a special announcement about our final keynote session. Read more about our Early Career Researchers Keynote session here: animalstudies.org.au/archives/13746

Only two weeks until our conference! Read more about what our delegates can expect in our latest blogpost, and how the creative arts are embedded in the cross disciplinary conference: animalstudies.org.au/archives/13341

Thanks, Australia - research has shown we know the realities of shark nets, and that it's time to replace them with new, safer and non-lethal methods ❤️ #shark #wildlife #care #Summer

This news was featured in our latest AASA Update, one of the many perks for our members! *Final reminder* that your annual membership renewal fee is due by 20 October 2025 (tomorrow!). Renew via this link, or sign up as a new member! We'd love to welcome you! 🌿 animalstudies.org.au/membership

🦈 AASA Member Chris Peppin-Neff was involved in a YouGov survey of 1,500 Australians that found that 85 percent said governments cannot make beaches “100% safe” from shark attacks. "Australians understand that the ocean is the ocean. You cannot shark-proof Australia.” 🌊

⚠️ Deadline for membership renewals! ⚠️ This is a reminder that your annual membership renewal fee is due on 20 October 2025. As a valued member of the Australasian Animal Studies Association, we hope you’ll continue with us for another year. 💚Renew via this link: animalstudies.org.au/membership

The AASA 2025 conference will be our 20th anniversary! 🎊That's why we are excited to announce the opening session of our conference: a conversation between founder Yvette Watt and past chairperson Dinesh Wadiwel. Read more about it in our blog: animalstudies.org.au/archives/13306

@animalstudies.bsky.social 's own Ondine Sherman delivers a fascinating talk on the transformational potential of eye contact between human and nonhuman animals - perhaps eye contact is the key to recognising others as subjects of a life? #AASA2025

We are excited to announce Danielle Celermajer as our first keynote speaker! Read more about Dany's talk in our blog here. And stay tuned for our second and third keynote announcements! 🎊🙈 animalstudies.org.au/archives/13223

The International Association of Vegan Sociologists host a conference on Senses & Emotions this weekend! More information here: www.vegansociology.com/conference/ It features talks by established and rising academic rock stars. Make sure to sign up!

The HAS-Hub has this excellent seminar coming up in October! This was featured in our latest AASA Update. Want to receive updates like these (and others like CfP's, conferences and many more!) direct to your inbox? Sign up as an AASA member via our website. animalstudies.org.au/membership

This symposium by @faunalytics.bsky.social looks very useful! Register for free and join them on Thursday 18 September.

Have a look at this fantastic webinar on kinship and multi-species justice! Find free tickets via the link, so you can join on September 17 🌿 events.humanitix.com/kinship-17se...

🌟 We're excited to have our water science director Dr Glenn Watts as a keynote speaker at next month's Hydro-JULES conference, Land and water in a changing climate, at the Royal Society. 🖱️ Book your place! enterprise.mitingu.com/ceh-events/l... 🧪

We’re excited to announce the ‘Beavers across Britain - science, practice and policy’ conference on 20–21 May 2026! From inspirational keynote speakers to breakout sessions on: 🔹 Best management practices 🔹 Community engagement 🔹 Ecology, policy & practical insights

With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!

If you're in the UK, come check out the Planetary Futures conference at the University of Manchester next month! There's a fantastic line-up of speakers and a limited number of bursaries available for early career researchers #extinction #climate #ecology blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

Keynote Speakers for #Gfoe2025! We're thrilled to announce our seven exceptional keynote speakers who will be sharing their groundbreaking research and insights at this year's conference. Get ready to be inspired by experts who are shaping the future of #Ecology and environmental science.

📑The volume brings together papers from the 2024 conference as well as selected contributions from Vectors 2023. The section, titled “(Critical) Animal Studies”, which shares its name with a panel from Vectors 2024, is dedicated to challenging anthropocentrism in social research

We are delighted to share the 2-day programme for #AIP2025 Register here: anthrozoologyconference.com #anthrozoology AIP is an ONLINE conference for students (+ prospective students/research students) interested in the study of human encounters with other animals.

my Keynote at conference Vektors, Critical Animal Studies Section: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWD...

The early bird registration for our 2025 conference closes 10 September. 🦆 This year's conference will be extra special as we celebrate AASA's 20th anniversary year. Come join us for this fabulous milestone! 🎊 Register here: animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

We are pleased to share an upcoming workshop at the University of Canberra exploring the intersection of creative practice and human animal studies. 13th September, 10 am- 1 pm www.canberra.edu.au/discover-fad...

Early bird registration is now open for the AASA 2025 conference: Centring Animals Across The Disciplines! The conference asks us to pause, reorientate, and engage our imagination, intellect, and practice to place non-human animals at the centre. Register here! animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

The AASA Activity Fund round is open and welcomes submissions! The fund stimulates activities that improve, enhance, or facilitate AASA members in undertaking activities that could not otherwise proceed without this financial support. Closes 20 September 2025 animalstudies.org.au/activity-fun...

Early bird registration is now open for the AASA 2025 conference: Centring Animals Across The Disciplines! The conference asks us to pause, reorientate, and engage our imagination, intellect, and practice to place non-human animals at the centre. Register here! animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

Abstract submissions for our conference 'AASA 2025: Centring Animals Across The Disciplines' close on 4 August! We're particularly seeking non-traditional research abstracts in art and literature, and warmly encourage First Nations perspectives. #academicsky animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

Abstract submissions for our conference 'AASA 2025: Centring Animals Across The Disciplines' close on 4 August! We're particularly seeking non-traditional research abstracts in art and literature, and warmly encourage First Nations perspectives. #academicsky animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

Thrilling conference news from AASA: abstract submissions for the AASA 2025 conference Centring Animals Across The Disciplines have been extended until 4th August! Find out more about submissions, registration and the beautiful location here animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

A fantastic new edition of Animal Studies Journal - 'Dairy issue to honour Deidre Wicks' - is out now! www.uowoajournals.org/asj/issue/14...

Thrilling conference news from AASA: abstract submissions for the AASA 2025 conference Centring Animals Across The Disciplines have been extended until 4th August! Find out more about submissions, registration and the beautiful location here animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

Animal Studies folks!! You can still sneak in an abstract (I hear we’ll still take them on the 30th of June). Come join us in beautiful Toowoomba, it is our 20th anniversary after all 😻

Swamphen Vol. 11: Recentring The Region is now available. Read the wonderful critical-creative works here: openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/Swamphen/iss... #environmentalhumanities @animalstudies.bsky.social @easlce.bsky.social @asle-us.bsky.social

One week left to submit your abstract to the Australasian Animal Studies Conference 2025: Centring Animals Across the Disciplines. This year's conference is held in beautiful Toowoomba, featuring #academic #artist #writer #activist #animalstudies #HAS scholars. animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

Congrats to Doris Schneeberger, one of the shortlisted authors in the 2025 AASA Siobhan O’Sullivan Book Prize, for 'Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals'. Book Prize: animalstudies.org.au/book-prize About Doris: www.wu.ac.at/en/cmmd/staf... Book Info: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Congratulations to Josh Milburn, one of the shortlisted authors in the 2025 AASA Siobhan O’Sullivan Book Prize! Check out the book Food, Justice and Animals. Book Prize: animalstudies.org.au/book-prize About Josh: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/pol... More about the book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Congratulations to Yamini Narayanan, one of the shortlisted authors in the 2025 AASA Siobhan O’Sullivan Book Prize! Check out Yamini's book Mother Cow, Mother India (Stanford UP, 2023). animalstudies.org.au/book-prize

It's June! Just one month left to submit an abstract to The 2025 Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) Conference, Centring Animals Across the Disciplines, held in beautiful Toowoomba, Australia - Jagera, Giabal and Jarowair Country. Abstracts: 30 June animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...

Huge congratulations to the shortlisted authors for the 2025 AASA Siobhan O'Sullivan Book Prize: Yamini Narayanan, Mother Cow Mother India, Josh Milburn, Food, Justice and Animals and Doris Schneeberger, Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals! animalstudies.org.au/book-prize

I'm thrilled to share that I've been shortlisted for the inaugural AASA Siobhan O'Sullivan Book Prize for my 2023 book Food, Justice, and Animals. The other people on the shortlist are Yamini Narayanan and Doris Schneeberger. The winner will be announced in November.

Huge congratulations to the shortlisted authors for the 2025 AASA Siobhan O'Sullivan Book Prize: Yamini Narayanan, Mother Cow Mother India, Josh Milburn, Food, Justice and Animals and Doris Schneeberger, Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals! animalstudies.org.au/book-prize

Event alert! 'The final fabulous event of the series Critical Perspectives on Animals and Colonialism is approaching! The 23rd of May Claire Jean-Kim will talk about Fighting for Animals in an Anti-Black World.' www.unive.it/data/agenda/...

I've just submitted an abstract for the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA)'s 2025 conference, 'Centring Animals Across The Disciplines'! animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen... @animalstudies.bsky.social

We're so excited to see proposals coming in for the next AASA Conference, "Centring Animals Across the Disciplines"! Join us in beautiful regional Australia for this anniversary year of AASA. #academicsky #animals