The Animals & Society Institute is inviting applications for its first annual summer fellowship program for scholars pursuing research in Human-Animal Studies. In the summer of 2007, this interdisciplinary program will enable 6-8 fellows to pursue research in residence at … Continue reading
Violence & Animal Abuse: Advances in research & policy In 1997 Society & Animals published a special issue which presented research examining aspects of the proposed link between deliberate animal abuse and human-directed violence. In the intervening years this field … Continue reading
The Animals & Society Institute invites applications for its first annual summer fellowship program for scholars pursuing research in Human-Animal Studies. In the summer of 2007, this interdisciplinary program will enable 6-8 fellows to pursue research in residence at North … Continue reading
Those of you with TV may be watching 24 and its fictional vision of a terrorist nuking of the US. And the response. There is an On Point program of WBUR (Boston Public Radio) that examines the resonance and cultural … Continue reading
The moral and legal status of animals in society is a profoundly important issue. “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated,” observed Mahatma Gandhi. But all too often … Continue reading
There is a new book out in the Human-Animal Studies series by Brill — Lisa Kemmerer (2006) In Search of Consistency: Ethics and Animals. The book description reads: ‘This volume introduces the most important ideas in animal ethics and builds … Continue reading
