Knowing Animals

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Laura Jean McKay. Laura Jean McKay is a writer and literary animal studies researcher. Laura is about to take up a position as Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University in New Zealand. We discuss Laura's story 'King' which appeared in Volume 21 of journal Antithesis in 2011.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Susan Pyke. Sue is a Lecturer in the School of Culture and Communications at the University of Melbourne. We discuss Sue's new book 'Animal Visions: Posthumanist Dream Writing' which was published in 2019 by Palgrave Macmillan as part of their Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature series.     This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to y...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Professor Elizabeth Leane. Elle is professor of English and ARC Future Fellow at the University of Tasmania. Today we discuss Elle's article 'American Cows in Antarctica: Richard Byrd's polar diary as symbolic settler colonialism' which was published in 'Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History' in 2017. The piece was co-authored by Hanne Nielsen.  ...

In this exciting episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Helen Tiffin. Helen is an adjunct professor at the University of Wollongong. We discuss her upcoming book chapter 'Australian Conservation Policies and the Owls of Lord Howe Island' which will soon appear which will be published by Brill and edited by Beate Neumier from the University of Colon, coming out in 2019.   This episode of Knowing...

This episode of Knowing Animals comes from Thailand where I visited the Samui Elephant Sanctuary:  https://www.samuielephantsanctuary.org . I speak to one of the guides  about how they care for their elephants. I am also joined 6 participants at the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival:  https://littledumdumclub.com/kohsamui/  I ask them about their experience at the sanctuary and the difficul...

This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by John Simons. John is an Emeritus Professor in history, specialising in the history of animals. John is now retired, but most recently was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at Macquarie University in Sydney. We discuss John's new book 'Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London' which has just been published by Sydney University Press. This episode of Kn...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Yvette Watt. Yvette is a lecturer in painting and drawing at the University of Tasmania. We talk about her art project 'Duck Lake'. You can watch a short video about Duck Lake here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDIlURup9Ok   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You c...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Joshua Lobb. Joshua is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, in the School of the Arts, English and Media, at the University of Wollongong. We discuss Joshua's recently released book 'The Flight of Birds' which is published by Sydney University Press as part of the Animal Publics Series.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AAS...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Dinesh Wadiwel. Dinesh is a senior lecturer in human rights and socio-legal studies at the University of Sydney. We discuss Dinesh's monograph 'The War Against Animals' which was published by Brill in 2015. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook h...

This episode of Knowing Animals features Dr. John Hadley. John is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Western Sydney. We discuss John's paper 'From Welfare to Rights without Changing the Subject' which appear in the journal Ethical Theory and Moral Practice in 2017. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You ca...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Pattrice Jones from VINE Sanctuary. Pattrice is writer, educator and activists. She co-founded VINE Sanctuary in the US and will be well known to many listeners.  This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australas...

This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Nekeisha Alayna Alexis. Nekeisha is an independent scholar. We discuss her upcoming book chapter 'Beyond Compare: Intersectionality and Interspecieism for Co-Liberation with Other Animals' which will appear in the Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics . That Handbook will be available in 2019 and is edited by Bob Fischer. This episode of Knowing Animals is...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined once again by Professor Lori Gruen. Lori is William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan in the USA. We discuss her new book 'Critical Terms for Animal Studies' which was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2018. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can f...

This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Glenys Oogjes. Glenys is CEO of Animals Australia. We talk about her 3 + decades working for animals.  This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/ . Join AASA today!

This week we are joined by Darren Chang. Darren has a Masters in political philosophy from Queen's University. In this episode we discuss Darren's upcoming book chapter titled 'Examining Contemporary Indigenous Struggles and Animal Advocacy through the Commercial Seal Hunt'. It will appear in the book Decolonizing Critical Animal Studies, which is edited by Chloe Taylor and Kelly Struthers Montfor...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Nichola Kriek. Nichola is the Head of Education at SAFE New Zealand. SAFE is one of New Zealand's leading animal protection organisations. Nichola tells us about her work for animals.    This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.faceboo...

This week I am joined by Professor Clive Phillips. Clive is Chair of Animal Welfare and Director of the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, in the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Queensland. We discuss Clive's book 'The Animal Trade' which was published in 2015 by CABI International. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Stud...

This week we are joined by Michael Dello-Iacovo. Michael is a PhD student and also the Animal Justice Party (AJP) for Heffron in the upcoming NSW state election. We talk about the AJP and Michael's political work for animals.    This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.co...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Peter Adkins. Peter is an Assistant Lecturer and Ph. D. Candidate in the School of English at the University of Kent in the UK. We discuss his article 'The Eyes of That Cow: Eating Animals and Theorizing Vegetarianism in James Joyce's Ulysses', which appeared in the journal Humanities in 2017.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr Kristof Dhont. Kristof is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Kent. We discuss his journal article 'Common Ideological Roots of Speciesism and Generalized Ethnic Prejudice: The Social Dominance Human–Animal Relations Model (SD-HARM)' which appeared in the European Journal of Personality . We should give a quick shout out to his co-aut...

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Prof. Donna Landry. Donna is in the School of English, Rutherford College, at the University of Kent, UK. We discuss her book chapter 'Horses at Waterloo, 1815' which will appear in the forthcoming book Equine Cultures: Horses, Human Society and the Discourse of Modernity, 1700-present , which is edited by Kristen Guest and Monica Mattfeld and wh...

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Matthew Whittle. Matt is Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature at the University of Kent. We his journal article 'Lost trophies: Hunting animals and the imperial souvenir in Walton Ford's Pancha Tantra'  which appeared in the Journal of Commonwealth Literature in 2016. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Austr...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Sarah Bezan. Sarah is a Newton International Fellow with The University of Sheffield Animal Studies Research Centre (ShARC). We discuss her paper 'Endling Taxidermy: Lonesome George, Global Genomics, and the Iconographies of Extinction' which will soon appear in the journal Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology .   This e...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Francis Massé. Francis is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. He is also part of the Biosec team. We discuss his paper 'Anti-poaching's politics of (in)visibility:Representing nature and conservation amidst a poaching crisis' which appeared in the journal Geoforum in 2018.   This episode...

This episode of Knowing Animals is recorded before a live studio audience at the 2018 Sheffield Animal Studies event: ShARC Tails! I speak to Dr. Joe Wills. Joe is Lecturer in Law at the University of Leicester. We discuss his article "A Nation of Animal Lovers? the case for a general animal killing offence in UK law', which will soon appear in King's Law Review . This episode of Knowing Animals i...