Publications by APPLE fellows, research and policy partners and advocacy groups, and recent publications in animals & politics.
Law, politics and governance are conceived as uniquely human activities in the western tradition — yet we live, and have always lived, in interspecies societies and polities.
About A.P.P.L.E.
Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics
In the burgeoning field of critical animal studies, Queen’s Philosophy is establishing a home for scholars focused on the ethical, legal and political dimensions of human-animal relationships.
We live in an unprecedented era of animal exploitation, habitat destruction, and species loss, prompting many to reconsider the ethics and sustainability of our treatment of non-human animals.
Our goal is to help bring ‘the animal question’ into the mainstream of academic research and public debate in Canada, focusing in particular on the moral, legal and political dimensions of how human-animal relations are governed.
Convenors
Will Kymlicka
Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen’s
Queen’s is situated on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples, and of the animal nations with whom they have shared the land.
The Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies. The 2024-26 fellowship will start on July 1, 2024. Applicants must have submitted their doctoral dissertation by that date, and must be within five years of having received their doctorate. The salary for the postdoctoral fellowship will be -> Continue reading Call for Applications: Postdoc Fellowship in Animal Studies 2024-26
Season 6 of the Animal Turn Podcast launched today. This Season will focus on “Animals and Politics” and the first interview is with A.P.P.L.E co-founder Will Kymlicka. Will talks to Claudia Hirtenfelder, the host of the podcast, about how animals remain largely sidelined in political philosophical thought, as compared to other areas of ethics and -> Continue reading Animals and Politics: Launching Season 6 of The Animal Turn Podcast
On June 28th 2023, 10 am–1 pm (EDT) you are invited to join an online celebration of the publication of The Ethics of Animals Shelters (2023, OUP), edited by Valéry Giroux (Centre for Research in Ethics), Angie Pepper (University of Roehampton), and Kristin Voigt (McGill University), and including contributions from many current and former A.P.P.L.E. fellows. This edited -> Continue reading Online Book Launch: The Ethics of Animal Shelters (2023, OUP)
APPLE is thrilled to announce the launch of the ‘Animal Histories’ tour on the Stones Kingston history website. Created by Claudia Hirtenfelder, the tour is a significant contribution to reimagining social history in multispecies terms, not to mention a wonderful compendium of animal facts and stories. You can check out the tour here: https://www.stoneskingston.ca/animal-histories-of-kingston/
Just Fodder: The Ethics of Feeding AnimalsBy Josh Milburn Former Postdoctoral Fellow in Animal Studies in the Queen’s University Department of Philosophy, Josh Milburn published a new book on a radical approach to animal rights that brings into question when – and what – we should feed animals. About the book: Animal lovers who feed -> Continue reading New book by Josh Milburn: Just Fodder – The Ethics of Feeding Animals
APPLE is thrilled to announce the appointment of two new postdoctoral fellows. Pablo Perez Castelló (PhD Philosophy) joins us from Royal Holloway University of London, and his 2022-24 fellowship commences in July 2022. Pablo’s recent publications appear in Hypatia and the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy. Birte Wrage joins us from the Ethics -> Continue reading APPLE Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies
APPLE would like to announce an upcoming conference open to sanctuary practitioners and researchers. Reimagining Sanctuary: A free virtual conference for staff, volunteers, and board members at farmed animal sanctuaries February 28 – March 26, 2022 Convened by VINE Sanctuary and Indraloka Animal Sanctuary in cooperation with the Global Coalition of Farm Sanctuaries Program and -> Continue reading Reimagining Sanctuary
Anat Pick will be giving a zoom talk entitled “Film Farm: Kelly Reichardt’s Gastro-aesthetics” on Friday February 18, 2022 from 1:00-2:30 pm (ET). This will be a 45 minute talk followed by Q&A/discussion. Dr. Pick is a Research Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, and Reader in Film at Queen Mary University of London. -> Continue reading Animal Studies Speaker Series: Anat Pick
We are thrilled to announce that APPLE fellow Claudia Hirtenfelder has been awarded the Australian Animal Studies Association inaugural prize for “Popular Communication of Animal Studies”, alongside Dr. Brodie Evans, who won the “Early Career Researcher Prize”. Both prizes have been made possible by a generous donation from Dr. Siobhan O’Sullivan (University of New South Wales), animal -> Continue reading Congrats to Claudia Hirtenfelder!
The Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies. The 2022-24 fellowship will start on July 1, 2022. Applicants must have submitted their doctoral dissertation by that date, and must be within five years of having received their doctorate. The salary for the postdoctoral fellowship will be $45,000 -> Continue reading Call for Application: Postdoc Fellowship in Animal Studies 2022-24