Chinese Animal Studies Network
@casntweets.bsky.social
CASN is an academic network uniting scholars working across the chronological and geographic breadth of China who are interested in animal studies.
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An exciting special issue on elephants from Humanimalia! 🐘🌿 #animalhistory
📙🐘 Humanimalia special issue “Elephant (Research) Routes” edited by Marianna Szczygielska and Violette Pouillard.
It contributes to a rereading of scientific narratives about elephants, seeking to strengthen multidisciplinary dialogue and promote co-existence.
🔗 bit.ly/4Io8V
#SocSci #OpenAccess
It contributes to a rereading of scientific narratives about elephants, seeking to strengthen multidisciplinary dialogue and promote co-existence.
🔗 bit.ly/4Io8V
#SocSci #OpenAccess
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM
An exciting special issue on elephants from Humanimalia! 🐘🌿 #animalhistory
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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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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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February 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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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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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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.
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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.
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
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
chineseanimalstudiesnetwork.com/emerging-voi...
chineseanimalstudiesnetwork.com/emerging-voi...
February 2, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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
chineseanimalstudiesnetwork.com/emerging-voi...
chineseanimalstudiesnetwork.com/emerging-voi...
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 🌿🐎🐂
CFP - Transpositiones
Transpositiones Vol. 5, No. 2 (Deadline: 10.02.2026)
transpositiones.uw.edu.pl
January 29, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Online book talk: Muscolino, Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People – The Greenhouse Book Talks
newnatures.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
A new article by Laura Boyer on animals in late-imperial shanshu 善書 is now available to read online in Études chinoises 🐈🐕🐿️ #animalhistory
www.persee.fr/doc/etchi_07...
www.persee.fr/doc/etchi_07...
La question animale dans les barèmes de mérites et démérites de la Chine impériale tardive - Persée
www.persee.fr
January 29, 2026 at 10:12 AM
A new article by Laura Boyer on animals in late-imperial shanshu 善書 is now available to read online in Études chinoises 🐈🐕🐿️ #animalhistory
www.persee.fr/doc/etchi_07...
www.persee.fr/doc/etchi_07...
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📢Call for Papers: Yuck?: Historical Approaches to Unwanted Nonhuman Life 🐀 @northernenvhistory.bsky.social
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Further details: tinyurl.com/ynwua3em
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Further details: tinyurl.com/ynwua3em
January 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM
📢Call for Papers: Yuck?: Historical Approaches to Unwanted Nonhuman Life 🐀 @northernenvhistory.bsky.social
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Further details: tinyurl.com/ynwua3em
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Further details: tinyurl.com/ynwua3em
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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
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
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
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🚨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
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
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
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
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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.
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
January 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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.
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
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! 🌿
The RSAA Travel Awards
Support for research to advance knowledge including, but not limited to, post-graduate degrees, journalism and travel writing.
rsaa.org.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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! 🌿
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 [email protected] by Friday 23 January 2026! 🐄🐂🐃 #animalhistory
Cattle Commodification in Global History - International Workshop
Call for Papers - CATTLEFRONTIERS International Workshop, 3-5 June, Ghent University
cattlefrontiers.eu
January 22, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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 [email protected] by Friday 23 January 2026! 🐄🐂🐃 #animalhistory
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Free seminar next Wednesday, on horses and humans in the 18th century revolutionary American backcountry. All are welcome! 🐎🤠
On the 28th of January 2026 @ 8pm (GMT/UTC +0) Catriona M Paul will be giving a talk on 'The Horse Ground: Equine-Human Relationships in early Kentucky, 1760-1790' 🏇🇺🇸
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahg-semina...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahg-semina...
AHG Seminar - 28 January: The Horse Ground
Join us for our monthly seminar series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Free seminar next Wednesday, on horses and humans in the 18th century revolutionary American backcountry. All are welcome! 🐎🤠
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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
Please share! @rgsibg.bsky.social @rgs-agwg.bsky.social @marsocsci.bsky.social @marineconservation.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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
Please share! @rgsibg.bsky.social @rgs-agwg.bsky.social @marsocsci.bsky.social @marineconservation.bsky.social
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Issue no. 4 is out! It features a 'Tracks in the Field' essay, four research articles, plus book reviews!
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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
New article on dog stars just dropped! Not my main field, but a really fun topic to explore 🐕🐾
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Pet Pride: The Reception of Hollywood Dog Stars in Republican-Era China
“People are lesser than dogs!” This refrain, often repeated in Republican-era publications with a mix of humor and bitterness, encapsulates the ambivalence at the heart of reactions to American “dog s...
www.degruyterbrill.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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!
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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!
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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Rounding out 2025 with an essay for T'oung Pao discussing recent publications on Chinese animals, including books on talking parrots, sacred oxen, marital camels, and bathing elephants! It's definitely been an exciting year in an exciting field of research 🐉🐘🐫🐃🦜
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rounding out 2025 with an essay for T'oung Pao discussing recent publications on Chinese animals, including books on talking parrots, sacred oxen, marital camels, and bathing elephants! It's definitely been an exciting year in an exciting field of research 🐉🐘🐫🐃🦜
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com/view/journal...
And finally, the upcoming conference "Nature - Animals - War" will be taking place in Dortmund University on 16-18 September. Abstracts for presentations are due by 31 January, see more below 🐎🐜🐕 #animalhistory
us.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/en/details/c...
us.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/en/details/c...
CfP Conference "Nature – Animals – War. Relations and Interactions from Antiquity to the Present Day"
Call for Papers for the Conference "Nature – Animals – War. Relations and Interactions from Antiquity to the Present Day"
us.sowi.tu-dortmund.de
December 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
And finally, the upcoming conference "Nature - Animals - War" will be taking place in Dortmund University on 16-18 September. Abstracts for presentations are due by 31 January, see more below 🐎🐜🐕 #animalhistory
us.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/en/details/c...
us.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/en/details/c...
The new journal Anthropocene History will be launching in October 2026, find out more below 🐈⬛🐀🐃 #animalhistory
www.dukeupress.edu/anthropocene...
www.dukeupress.edu/anthropocene...
Anthropocene History
www.dukeupress.edu
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The new journal Anthropocene History will be launching in October 2026, find out more below 🐈⬛🐀🐃 #animalhistory
www.dukeupress.edu/anthropocene...
www.dukeupress.edu/anthropocene...
And the Journal of Historical Geography is also looking for submissions for its special issue on historical animal geographies - send in abstracts by January 15! 🦎🐬🐿️ #animalhistory
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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Read the latest articles of Journal of Historical Geography at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And the Journal of Historical Geography is also looking for submissions for its special issue on historical animal geographies - send in abstracts by January 15! 🦎🐬🐿️ #animalhistory
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
2026 already looks like it will be a great year for #animalhistory and #CASN🐲! January highlights include a CfP for a special issue of Études Chinoises on humans and animals in China (pre-modern and contemporary), abstracts due 15 January! 🐎🐒🐈
afec.hypotheses.org/11622
afec.hypotheses.org/11622
[CFP] Special Issue – Humans and nonhuman animals in China (ancient to contemporary times)
Humans and nonhuman animals in China (ancient to contemporary times) Special issueGuest editors : Joachim Boittout (Université Paris Cité) and Christopher K. Tong (University of Maryland, Baltimore Co...
afec.hypotheses.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
2026 already looks like it will be a great year for #animalhistory and #CASN🐲! January highlights include a CfP for a special issue of Études Chinoises on humans and animals in China (pre-modern and contemporary), abstracts due 15 January! 🐎🐒🐈
afec.hypotheses.org/11622
afec.hypotheses.org/11622
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ASEH Launching New Research Grants for Early Career Scholars
ASEH will award up to six $500 grants in 2026 to support early career scholars doing research in environmental history. Apply today by following this link: forms.gle/AQXjPeMw5DBa...
ASEH will award up to six $500 grants in 2026 to support early career scholars doing research in environmental history. Apply today by following this link: forms.gle/AQXjPeMw5DBa...
December 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ASEH Launching New Research Grants for Early Career Scholars
ASEH will award up to six $500 grants in 2026 to support early career scholars doing research in environmental history. Apply today by following this link: forms.gle/AQXjPeMw5DBa...
ASEH will award up to six $500 grants in 2026 to support early career scholars doing research in environmental history. Apply today by following this link: forms.gle/AQXjPeMw5DBa...
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Don't miss the chance to submit to Germinate!
The winter deadline for our peer reviewed section is December 31st. Submissions are welcome between 1,200 and 2,000 words that connect the environmental present to its past.
We're excited to read your work!
g-ehr.com/submit/
The winter deadline for our peer reviewed section is December 31st. Submissions are welcome between 1,200 and 2,000 words that connect the environmental present to its past.
We're excited to read your work!
g-ehr.com/submit/
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Don't miss the chance to submit to Germinate!
The winter deadline for our peer reviewed section is December 31st. Submissions are welcome between 1,200 and 2,000 words that connect the environmental present to its past.
We're excited to read your work!
g-ehr.com/submit/
The winter deadline for our peer reviewed section is December 31st. Submissions are welcome between 1,200 and 2,000 words that connect the environmental present to its past.
We're excited to read your work!
g-ehr.com/submit/
A reminder that there's still time to apply for the Agricultural History Society prizes 🌿🐎🐂 Submissions are due by 31 December 2025, find out more at the link below!
www.aghistorysociety.org/awards
www.aghistorysociety.org/awards
Awards — Agricultural History Society
www.aghistorysociety.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
A reminder that there's still time to apply for the Agricultural History Society prizes 🌿🐎🐂 Submissions are due by 31 December 2025, find out more at the link below!
www.aghistorysociety.org/awards
www.aghistorysociety.org/awards