This weekend in London I attended the second meeting of the British Animal Studies Network, which is funded by a grant from the Arts & Humanities Research Council. The focus of the meeting was on “Humans, Animals and Posthumanism” and … Continue reading
My colleague at the Animals and Society Institute, Ken Shapiro, is the editor of an excellent series of books published by the academic press, Brill, called Human-Animal Studies. Each of the five titles published so far focuses on how we … Continue reading
New York’s Long Islanders have been following the story of Moo, the steer who dodged death in the slaughterhouse and found salvation in an animal sanctuary. Usually such stories are treated with puzzled amusement by the media. It’s not sure … Continue reading
Human-Animal Studies is the emerging academic field of study on how animals figure in our lives and we in theirs. My Animals and Society Institute colleague, Ken Shapiro, is, the Grumpy Vegan is proud to say, a leading HAS proponent. … Continue reading
