New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies

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The latest issue of ASJ: https://www.uowoajournals.org/asj/issue/149/info/

Special edition, focusing on the Dairy Industry, to honour the work of our animal studies colleague Deidre Wicks, whose research and advocacy throughout her lifetime continue to be inspirational.

CFP: Northeast Popular Culture Association, Animals & Culture area

The 2025 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as a virtual conference from Thursday, October 9th, to Saturday, October 11th, 2025. Virtual sessions will take place via Zoom throughout the day on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Registration will open in mid-July.

NEPCA prides itself on holding conferences that emphasize sharing ideas in a non-competitive and supportive environment. We welcome proposals from graduate students, independent scholars, disciplinary professionals, junior faculty, and senior scholars. NEPCA conferences offer intimate and nurturing sessions in which new ideas and works-in-progress can be aired, as well as completed projects.

If you would like to submit paper for the “Animals & Culture” area, please see the relevant info below. Thank you!



The call will be open until July 15 by 5 pm. (EST).

You can submit your proposal here (and with the info below the link): https://cfp.sched.com/speaker/9sjP2prXj3/event

Proposal Type (Single Presentation or Panel)
Modality (in person or virtual)
Subject Area (This will be “animals and culture”)
Working Title
Academic Affiliation (if any)
Abstract (250 words)
Short bio (50-200 words)
Accommodations
Preferences for when to present
Please direct questions about this call or any aspect of the "Animals and Culture" area of NEPCA's conference to the Area chair for Animals and Culture, Kimberly Poppiti at [email protected]

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Heartfelt and enormous congratulations to Eilish Espiner (left) and Kathy Jackson (right), who have just submitted their Critical Animal Studies doctoral theses! Eilish's PhD project in Human-Animal Studies focuses on CAS, feminist and q***r critiques of meat, dairy and back country cultures in Aotearoa, while Kathy's PhD research in English involves intersectional animalist and ecocritical analyses of the works of three US women novelists of the southern gothic genre. We are so proud of and full of admiration for Kathy's and Eilish's activist scholarship on behalf of all beings and the planet. Celebrate bigtime you two stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Abstract deadline coming up! June 30th.

Who is planning on being there?

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