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CASN is an academic network uniting scholars working across the chronological and geographic breadth of China who are interested in animal studies. https://chineseanimalstudiesnetwork.com/
We welcomed in the Year of the Horse by interviewing Roderich Ptak in our latest Talking Animals feature - did you know horses were one of the most frequent maritime imports to Ming China? Find out more below! πππΏ #animalhistory #yearofthehorse
chineseanimalstudiesnetwork.com/talking-anim...
Another fantastic issue of Animal History #animalhistory is now available! Issue 2.1 includes articles on 1930s Chinese Buddhist magazines, Japanese wildlife conservation, and Transylvanian pigs πΏππ
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/2/1
Open Cultural Studies invites article submissions for a special issue "Cultural Studies in the Anthropocene: Encounters with the Nonhuman." Full manuscripts will be due by 28 February 2026. See the link for more info πΏπΎ
22.02.2026 11:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There's still time to apply for a Ying-shih YΓΌ Visiting Fellowship for 2-4 months research at NTU Taiwan! Applicants must be an assistant prof. or above based at an academic institution outside Taiwan. Applications due by 28 Feb, find out more at the link below! πΏποΈπ
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Watch an interview with Meir Shahar, author of KINGS OF OXEN AND HORSES, on The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford podcast. buff.ly/CT4IYDa #buddhiststudies
10.02.2026 01:39 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0An exciting special issue on elephants from Humanimalia! ππΏ #animalhistory
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Daniel Allen and I are organising an @rgsibg.bsky.social conference (hybrid) session on legal animal geographies.
We invite papers that not only highlight current multispecies injustice, but seek to challenge, resist, and contest these systems to create more just multispecies worlds and futures.
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Photograph of an American bison standing beside a fence at the London Zoo in 1906.
The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories.
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
We interviewed Jisoo Lee in our latest Emerging Voices feature to learn more about her doctoral research on the art and science of pigeon-keeping in late-imperial and Republican China πͺΆποΈπͺΊ Find out more at the link below! #animalhistory
chineseanimalstudiesnetwork.com/emerging-voi...
TRANSPOSITIONES: Journal for Transdisciplinary and Intermedial Culture Studies, an English- and German-language journal, invites submissions for a special issue "Animals, Ethics, and Cultural Difference: Conflict, Coexistence, and Representation." Abstracts due 10 February, more at link below πΏππ
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Recent Greenhouse Book Talk with @mmuscolino.bsky.social on Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People: The Burden of Conservation in Modern China (2025) is now available to watch online here! πΏ #greenhousebooktalk @greenhouseuis.net
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
A new article by Laura Boyer on animals in late-imperial shanshu εζΈ is now available to read online in Γtudes chinoises πππΏοΈ #animalhistory
www.persee.fr/doc/etchi_07...
π’Call for Papers: Yuck?: Historical Approaches to Unwanted Nonhuman Life π @northernenvhistory.bsky.social
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Further details: tinyurl.com/ynwua3em
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π¨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!π¨
Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World π₯³
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1-3 July 2026
πΊοΈZoological Society of London
Find out how to submit ππ»
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
CFP π’ Join us for a panel on conservation histories for the European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden @eccb26leiden.bsky.social If you're interested, email @georgeholmes.bsky.social or me with an abstract by Feb 9.
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
There's still time to apply for the Royal Society for Asian Affairs travel awards, which provide up to Β£2000 for essential research travel. Applications are due by the 31st January! πΏ
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CfP for CATTLEFRONTIERS Workshop βCattle Commodification in Global History: Capitalism, Science and Empireβ (3-5 June 2026, Ghent University). Send in an abstract of 200-300 words accompanied by a short bio to cattlefrontiers@ugent.be by Friday 23 January 2026! πππ #animalhistory
22.01.2026 11:49 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Free seminar next Wednesday, on horses and humans in the 18th century revolutionary American backcountry. All are welcome! ππ€
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CfP: Attuning to More-than-human Seas: Negotiating Multispecies Justice in the Anthropocene Ocean ππ¦π³πͺΈπ¦π π
Please share! @rgsibg.bsky.social @rgs-agwg.bsky.social @marsocsci.bsky.social @marineconservation.bsky.social
Issue no. 4 is out! It features a 'Tracks in the Field' essay, four research articles, plus book reviews!
24.11.2025 20:57 β π 14 π 7 π¬ 0 π 2What better way to start the new year than reading about doggie film stars in China πΆπ₯β #animalhistory
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CfP for hybrid conference "Environmental and Economic Challenges in Global Asia" (3-4 April 2026, University of Kansas). If interested, 250-word abstracts are due by 15 January. Find out more below!
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Rounding out 2025 with an essay for T'oung Pao discussing recent publications on Chinese animals, including books on talking parrots, sacred oxen, marital camels, and bathing elephants! It's definitely been an exciting year in an exciting field of research πππ«ππ¦
brill.com/view/journal...
And finally, the upcoming conference "Nature - Animals - War" will be taking place in Dortmund University on 16-18 September. Abstracts for presentations are due by 31 January, see more below πππ #animalhistory
us.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/en/details/c...
The new journal Anthropocene History will be launching in October 2026, find out more below πββ¬ππ #animalhistory
www.dukeupress.edu/anthropocene...
And the Journal of Historical Geography is also looking for submissions for its special issue on historical animal geographies - send in abstracts by January 15! π¦π¬πΏοΈ #animalhistory
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
2026 already looks like it will be a great year for #animalhistory and #CASNπ²! January highlights include a CfP for a special issue of Γtudes Chinoises on humans and animals in China (pre-modern and contemporary), abstracts due 15 January! πππ
afec.hypotheses.org/11622
ASEH Launching New Research Grants for Early Career Scholars
ASEH will award up to six $500 grants in 2026 to support early career scholars doing research in environmental history. Apply today by following this link: forms.gle/AQXjPeMw5DBa...
Photograph of a tree with snow with text stating the winter deadline to submit to Germinate is December 31st.
Don't miss the chance to submit to Germinate!
The winter deadline for our peer reviewed section is December 31st. Submissions are welcome between 1,200 and 2,000 words that connect the environmental present to its past.
We're excited to read your work!
g-ehr.com/submit/
A reminder that there's still time to apply for the Agricultural History Society prizes πΏππ Submissions are due by 31 December 2025, find out more at the link below!
www.aghistorysociety.org/awards