An Excerpt From Fan Li’s “The Chinese Fish Culture Classic” Written in 5th Century China – University of Maryland

Artist Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145) wikidata:Q197342 Description English: part of the Qingming Scroll 中文（简体）： 清明上河图局部 中文（繁體）： 清明上河圖局部

Depiction of 10th century fish farming in China. From the scroll "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". Made was a Chinese painter Zhang Zeduanof the Song dynasty. Showing life in Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng Henan province) during the Northern Song period.

Students of #Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalStudies and related fields are invited to apply to present at Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP).
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CfP: "Burning, Biting, Blooming: Rethinking Politics Across the Range of More-Than-Human Struggles" at Charles University in Prague, 5-6 November. Deadline: 15 May.
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This might be of interest to those working in broader environmental / plant history in East Asia 🌿🪴🌳

Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163) | University of Stavanger Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2026

We're hiring! 🌿 The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger invites applications for a 3-year postdoc in Environmental History. See thread for more details. #envhist #envhum

The Extinction of the Huia: Birds, Museums and Global Commodification Welcome to a new Animal Highlights series, where we are exploring relationships between animals, collecting and museums. A lot of this series is based on my doctoral research, which explores bird and ...

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🚨Call for Papers!
3–4 September, Universität Augsburg: 2-day workshop on "theorising uncharismatic species in environmental history". Who are they? Where are their voices in the historical record? What insights do they offer to the field of environmental history? Be there! Abstracts due 15/05/2026!

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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! 🐎🌊🌿 #animalhistory #yearofthehorse

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Volume 2 Issue 1 | Animal History | University of California Press

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 🌿🐖🐂
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Open Cultural Studies Open Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that explores the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts. It interprets culture in an inclusive sense, in different theoretical, geo...

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 🌿🐾

There's still time to apply for a Ying-shih Yü 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! 🌿🏛️📚

Book Notes: Meir Shahar, "Kings of Oxen and Horses" Meir Shahar talks about the cult worship of the “Ox King” and the “Horse King” in China. Working at the intersection of scriptural studies and field research, Shahar connects the two animal gods back…

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

An exciting special issue on elephants from Humanimalia! 🐘🌿 #animalhistory

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.

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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 🪶🕊️🪺 Find out more at the link below! #animalhistory

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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 🌿🐎🐂

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! 🌿 #greenhousebooktalk @greenhouseuis.net

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A new article by Laura Boyer on animals in late-imperial shanshu 善書 is now available to read online in Études chinoises 🐈🐕🐿️ #animalhistory
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📢Call for Papers: Yuck?: Historical Approaches to Unwanted Nonhuman Life 🐀 @northernenvhistory.bsky.social

Deadline: 31 January 2026

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🚨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!🚨

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 🥳

📅1-3 July 2026
🗺️Zoological Society of London

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CFP 📢 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.

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The RSAA Travel Awards Support for research to advance knowledge including, but not limited to, post-graduate degrees, journalism and travel writing.

There's still time to apply for the Royal Society for Asian Affairs travel awards, which provide up to £2000 for essential research travel. Applications are due by the 31st January! 🌿

Cattle Commodification in Global History - International Workshop Call for Papers - CATTLEFRONTIERS International Workshop, 3-5 June, Ghent University

CfP for CATTLEFRONTIERS Workshop “Cattle Commodification in Global History: Capitalism, Science and Empire” (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! 🐄🐂🐃 #animalhistory

Free seminar next Wednesday, on horses and humans in the 18th century revolutionary American backcountry. All are welcome! 🐎🤠

CfP: Attuning to More-than-human Seas: Negotiating Multispecies Justice in the Anthropocene Ocean 🌊🦐🐳🪸🦈🐠🌊
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!

What better way to start the new year than reading about doggie film stars in China 🐶🎥⭐ #animalhistory

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!
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