May 24-25, 2021

CFP: Postgraduate Animal Studies Symposium

The Postgraduate Animal Studies Symposium (PASS) is a two-day training and conference event that will bring together postgraduate research students working in the field of animal studies, organised by the University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde. The event will be held online, via Zoom, on the 24th and 25th May 2021.

PASS responds to a need for an animal studies knowledge exchange event which is specifically tailored to PGRs, as existing events have tended to showcase established researchers. We aim to forge new partnerships with animal studies communities across HEIs, providing researchers with the opportunity to build interdisciplinary connections, and to benefit from knowledge exchange and networking. It will be the first event of its kind, offering a programme designed specifically for the needs of PGRs. Over the two days there will be speaker panels, five-minute thesis presentations, PGR/ECR-led workshop session(s) and a plenary address by ECR Dr Briony Wickes, Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow. Panels of papers will provide an opportunity for speakers to present longer papers about their research, while five-minute thesis sessions will offer the chance for other attendees to give bitesize insights into their work, while gaining feedback. Providing opportunities to engage with and progress current and future work in the field of animal studies.

We encourage applications from all PGRs, or recently graduated ECRs, who are engaged in work that has an animal studies focus, regardless of subject or discipline. We welcome papers that, focus on a specific topic/area of your own research and/or provide an overview of your doctoral research project and methodology, situating your research within the field of animal studies.

More information can be found here.