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
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
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
Amazing work by one of our dear members.
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/
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...
Keep an eye out for keynote recordings and reflection posts in the coming weeks!
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 ❤️
More about the Siobhan O’Sullivan book prize here! And photos of Dinesh and Yvette paying tribute to Siobhan before announcing the prize. url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Ad5zCJyBrG...
The judging panel felt that this book was a high quality contribution to the field of animal studies, and demonstrated excellence in the way in which it foregrounded the interests and perspectives of nonhuman animals. Huge congratulations Yamini! url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/GF5MCK1DvK...
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...
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!
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
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
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
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
🦈 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
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
@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
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.
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...
Image of Dr Glenn Watts beside text Keynote speaker Dr Glenn Watts UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Climate change and water resources: seeking certainty in an uncertain world 24 Sep 2025 Royal Society, London
🌟 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... 🧪
Promotional graphic for the "Beavers Across Britain" conference on science, practice, and policy. Dates: 20th and 21st May 2026, Newcastle. Text invites over 400 delegates, experts, and practitioners to explore the latest science, policy, and on-the-ground practice to support beavers’ return to Britain’s rivers. Red background with silhouettes of beavers and fish.
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