Knowing Animals

This episode of Knowing Animals features Dr. Andrew Knight, Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, & Director, Centre for Animal Welfare, University of Winchester. We discuss Andrew's latest publication 'Was Jack the Ripper a Slaughterman? Human-Animal Violence and the World's Most Infamous Serial Killer' which appeared in journal 'Animals' in 2017. The article was co-authored by Katherine D. Watson. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the membership body for Animal Studies scholars in Australia and around the world. Join AASA today for just $50: http://animalstudies.org.au/membership.

This episode of Knowing Animals features Associate Professor Philip Armstrong. Philip is based on the Department of English, at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Philip is also a co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies. In this episode we discuss Philips latest book 'Sheep'. It is part of the 'Animal' series edited by Jonathan Bart. It was published by Reaktion Books in 2016. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA). Join AAS today. Find out more at their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/.

This episode of Knowing Animals features Associate Professor Tania Signal from the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University. We discuss her paper 'Double Jeopardy: Insurance, animal harm & domestic violence' which appeared in the journal Violence Against Women in 2017. That paper was co-authored by Nik Taylor, Karena Burke and Luke Branlow. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. To learn more about AASA go to their website: http://animalstudies.org.au.

This episode of Knowing Animals features Prof. Rachel Ankeny from the Department of History at the University of Adelaide. It is focused on her journal article co-authored with Heather Bray. The article is titled 'Happy Chickens Lay Tastier Eggs: Motivations for Buying Free-range Eggs in Australia'. It was published in the journal Anthrozoos in May 2017. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the wonderful Australasian Animal Studies Association. Find them online here: http://animalstudies.org.au.

This episode of Knowing Animals features Associate Professor Nik Taylor. Nik is from the School of Social and Policy Studies at Flinders University. Nik is a prolific Animal Studies scholar. In this episode we discuss Nik's new book 'Ethnography after Humanism' which she has co-authored with Lindsay Hamilton and which is published by Palgrave Macmillan. This episode of knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Animal Studies association for scholars, artists and animal advocates in Australia and around the world. Membership is just $50. Join today!

This episode of Knowing Animals features Prof. James Serpell. James is Marie A. Moore Professor of Ethics & Animal Welfare, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He is also Director, Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society. We discuss his recently updated and re-issued book 'The Domestic Dog'. It is an edited collection, published by Cambridge University Press. This episode is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Find them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/.

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by a very special guest, Dr. Hayley Singer from the University of Melbourne. Hayley has a PhD in creative writing and is interested in ecological and feminist theories of flesh, fiction, avant-garde writing practices and philosophy. Today we will consider Hayley's piece 'Writing the Fleischgeist' which appears in the Animal Studies Journal in 2016. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by our good friends at AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Are you following them on Facebook? You should be. Find them here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/.

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by a very special guest, Dr. Susan Pyke from the University of Melbourne. Sue has a PhD from the School of Culture and Communications. Her interests are centred around literature and the nonhuman. Today we will consider Sue's piece 'Divine Wings: Literary Flights between the Cyclic Avian in Emily Brontë's Poems and Oblivia's Swan Song in Alexis Wright's The Swan Book' which appeared in the journal 'Otherness' in 2016. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you AASA. AASA is the membership group for Animal Studies Scholars and artists. It is just $50 to join. Join today and support the group that supports you.

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to David Simon. Dave is a US based lawyer, animal advocate and author. He is author of the book Meatonomics and in this episode of Knowing Animals he explains the economics of animal subsidies in the US and Australia. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. They conference is coming up in Adelaide very soon. Learn more via the AASA Facebook page.

In this special episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Prof. Barbara Creed. Until recently, Barb was Professor of Film Studies at the University of Melbourne. Barb is well know as the author of the classic film studies text 'The Monstrous-Feminie'. More recently Barb has turned her attention to Animal Studies and in this episode we discuss her brand new book 'Stray: Human-Animal Ethics in the Anthropocene'. Stray is published by Power Polemics. Don't forget that you can follow Dr. Siobhan O'Sullivan on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Siobhan-OSullivan-1437453473192433/ or on Twitter @so_s. You can also following Knowing Animals on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Siobhan.OSullivan.UNSW/ or on Twitter @knowing_animals. Don't forget to take a minute to review us on iTunes. iTunes reviews and subscriptions help us appear higher on the feed, making it easier for people to find us. Leave your review here: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/knowing-animals/id997543452?mt=2. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. They do fantastic work and their conference is coming up in July. Learn more about AASA, and their conference, here: http://animalstudies.org.au/conferences.