AASA Australasian Animal Studies Association
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The Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) is the preeminent association for animal studies in the region. www.animalstudies.org.au https://www.youtube.com/@AASA_Animals
We concluded AASA 2025 with the fresh insights of ECR members, who make up a large part of AASA. Andraya Stapp, Darren Chang, Natalia Ciecierska-Holmes and Agata Kowalewska discuss the future of animal studies. Listen back here and get inspired for the weekend! youtu.be/lK2ijfIOKrc
ECR Keynote AASA 2025: Future Directions in Animal Studies
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You can now access the recording of Danielle Celermajer's keynote 'Researching our way through the Eremocene: how a few other animals taught me about relational, embodied ways of knowing'. Settle in for this keynote that captivated so many delegates last year! youtu.be/g6EqNTEUI0I
Central Keynote AASA 2025: Danielle Celermajer on 'Researching Our Way through the Eremocene'
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Grab a cuppa and sit down on the couch with Dinesh Wadiwel and Yvette Watt, as they who looked back on 20 years of AASA: youtu.be/M9GLS_smiZs
Opening Keynote AASA 2025: Yvette Watt and Dinesh Wadiwel on 20 years of AASA
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Coming out of our (summer) hibernation, we will kick off by making the keynotes from our 2025 conference publicly available. Keep your eyes peeled on this page as we release them over the next week!
Great news from Naarm / Melbourne! Australia's first Animal Liberation Film Festival, co-founded by one of our members will have its first edition on 5-6 December. Head to our website to read more about this, and how to use an exclusive AASA discount to attend 😻 animalstudies.org.au/alff-2025/
Animal Liberation Film Festival – AASA discount! | Australasian Animal Studies Association
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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 ❤️
Sue Hall Pyke@suzimez.bsky.social · 12mo agoBeautiful time learning from the confer kaleidoscope that is animal studies with @animalstudies.bsky.social. Especially special to have @laurajeanmckay.bsky.social virtually present through the astute readings of @cbayes.bsky.social et al.
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...
Mother Cow, Mother India | Stanford University Press
India imposes stringent criminal penalties, including life imprisonment in some states, for cow slaughter, based on a Hindu ethic of revering the cow as sacred. And yet India is among the world's lead...
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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!
Dr Chantelle Bayes@cbayes.bsky.social · 12mo agoBeautiful first day of AASA ending with cat island cat videos for cats! @animalstudies.bsky.social
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
Third Keynote Session Announced for AASA Conference 2025! | Australasian Animal Studies Association
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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
Looking Ahead to AASA 2025 | Australasian Animal Studies Association
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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
AASA Australasian Animal Studies Association@animalstudies.bsky.social · last yr.🦈 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.” 🌊
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
Membership | Australasian Animal Studies Association
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AASA Australasian Animal Studies Association@animalstudies.bsky.social · last yr.🦈 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.” 🌊
🦈 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
Membership | Australasian Animal Studies Association
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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
Second Announcement of Keynote Session for AASA Conference 2025! | Australasian Animal Studies Association
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@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
First Keynote Speaker Announced for AASA Conference 2025! | Australasian Animal Studies Association
Our First Keynote Speaker The organising committee for AASA 2025 is overjoyed to announce Danielle Celermajer as our first keynote speaker. Read Dany's abstract for her talk here: Researching our way ...
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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.
Faunalytics@faunalytics.bsky.social · last yr.Our fourth annual remote symposium for animal advocates, Fauna Connections, will take place on September 18, 2025! Register now for this FREE event: lu.ma/ut1z9msp (1)
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...
KINSHIP - September Webinar - Exploring Multi-Species Justice
Get tickets on Humanitix - KINSHIP - September Webinar - Exploring Multi-Species Justice hosted by Australian Earth Laws Alliance. Online. Tuesday 16th September 2025. Find event information.
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🌟 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...
Planetary Futures: Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene
Conference, 18-19 September 2025, at the University of Manchester. Call for Papers
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