The Chronicle of Higher Education recently featured articles on animal studies. Below I link a helpful note from Brett Mizelle, a professor of history and scholar of human-animal studies, with links to relevant content. Enjoy.

Cheers!

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The October 18, 2009 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education featured several articles about the growing field of animal studies that you may have missed.

Jennifer Howard’s “Creature Consciousness” addressed how animal studies tests the boundaries between human and animal and between academic and advocate:

http://chronicle.com/article/Creature-Consciousness/48804/

Howard also penned an essay “Presses, Journals, and Meetings Buzz with Animal Studies”:

http://chronicle.com/article/Presses-Journals-and/48805/

Eric Banks’ “Animals Reconsidered” discusses the Reaktion Books “Animal” Series:

http://chronicle.com/article/Animals-Reconsidered/48803/

Other articles in the Chronicle Review included Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff’s “Moral in Tooth and Claw,” which surveys the research into animal morality, and Jeffrey J. Williams’ essay and interview entitled “Donna Haraway’s Creatures.”

http://chronicle.com/article/Moral-in-ToothClaw/48800/
http://chronicle.com/article/A-Theory-of-Critters-/48802/

Please note that while I have attached links to all of these, some Chronicle content is only available on-line to subscribers, so you may not be able to access all of the essays. The only one I was unable to read was the one on animal studies in presses, journals, and meetings. Enjoy!

Brett Mizelle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of History
Director, American Studies Program
California State University, Long Beach

Editor, H-Animal
http://www.h-net.org/~animal/