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Job Announcements

Faculty Position: American Humane Endowed Chair
Graduate School of Social Work
University of Denver

Conference Announcements

2008

ISAZ 2008
Human Animal Bond:
Theory, Research & Practice
August 13-15, 2008
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Partner Conference:
The Minds of Animals
August 12-13, 2008
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Session at 6th World Archaeological Congress
Session Title: Studies of Human-Animal Relationships: New Theoretical Approaches
June 29-July 4, 2008
Dublin, Ireland
Contact: Kristin Oma, University of Oslo

UFAW Animal Welfare Science Conference 2008: Recent Advances in Animal Welfare Science
July 3, 2008
Council House, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Canine Science Forum 2008
July 5-9, 2008
Budapest, Hungary

Sessions at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems
Session Title 1: The Human Animal Bond: New Directions in Research
Session Title 2: Legal Issues and the Environment
July 31-August 2, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Contact: Lisa Anne Zilney, Montclair State University

ISES - 4th International Equitation Science Conference
August 2-4, 2008
Dublin, Ireland

42nd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology
August 5-9, 2008
Dublin, Ireland

45th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society
August 16-20, 2008
Snowbird, Utah, USA

2009

43rd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology
July 6-10, 2009
Cairns, Australia

Minding Animals
July 13-19, 2009
Newcastle, Australia

Calls for Papers

Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping
Special Issue on Human-Companion Animal Relationships
Deadline: June 30, 2008

Funding Opportunities

AKC Humane Fund
American Kennel Club

Animal Welfare Trust

Book Announcements

Heritage of Care: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Authors: Marion S. Lane & Stephen L. Zawistowski
Publication Date: December 2007

Afternoons with Puppy: Inspirations from a Therapist and His Animals
Authors: Aubrey H. Fine & Cynthia Elsen
Publication Date: October 2007

Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton, and Emily Brontė
Author: Maureen Adams
Publication Date: July 2007

The Animals Reader
Authors: Linda Kalof & Amy Fitzgerald
Publication Date: February 2007
ISAZ members receive a 20% discount on books published by Berg Publishers.

Assessing the Human-Animal Bond: A Compendium of Actual Measures
Author: David C. Anderson
Publication Date: November 2006

Miscellaneous Opportunities

Shin Pond Summer Retreat Program
Available: June 1 - September 30, 2008
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Shin Pond, Maine, USA

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