Animal History
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The scholarly journal of historical animals and human-animal relationships.
Issue no. 4 is out! It features a 'Tracks in the Field' essay, four research articles, plus book reviews!
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Issue no. 4 is out! It features a 'Tracks in the Field' essay, four research articles, plus book reviews!
Folks, when your library subscribes to Animal History, you get access to all our articles & reviews! The journal is published by Univ. of CA Press (a nonprofit) that relies on library subscriptions to get research to you! Our library recommendation form: online.ucpress.edu/DocumentLibr...
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Folks, when your library subscribes to Animal History, you get access to all our articles & reviews! The journal is published by Univ. of CA Press (a nonprofit) that relies on library subscriptions to get research to you! Our library recommendation form: online.ucpress.edu/DocumentLibr...
"The Anonymous Animal: (Not) Naming and (Not) Knowing in the Anthropocene" by Whitney Barlow Robles, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
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October 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"The Anonymous Animal: (Not) Naming and (Not) Knowing in the Anthropocene" by Whitney Barlow Robles, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
"The Mediterranean Fruit Fly in the Global Arena" by Jessica Wang, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
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online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The Mediterranean Fruit Fly in the Global Arena" by Jessica Wang, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
"Talking to Lions: Human-Animal Cultures and the Power of Stories" by Sandra Swart, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
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online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
September 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Talking to Lions: Human-Animal Cultures and the Power of Stories" by Sandra Swart, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
"Coyotes, Cougars, Californians: Views on Changing Animal Relations at the Natural History Museum of LA County" by Alison Laurence, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
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online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
September 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Coyotes, Cougars, Californians: Views on Changing Animal Relations at the Natural History Museum of LA County" by Alison Laurence, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
"Charles Darwin and Cats" by Janet Browne, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
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online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Charles Darwin and Cats" by Janet Browne, in our Special Issue: 'Animals and the History of Natural History'
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
Special Issue out now! 'Animals and the History of Natural History' - Guest Editors: Rebecca Woods (Univ. of Toronto) & Anya Zilberstein (Concordia Univ., Montréal)
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online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
September 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Special Issue out now! 'Animals and the History of Natural History' - Guest Editors: Rebecca Woods (Univ. of Toronto) & Anya Zilberstein (Concordia Univ., Montréal)
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/3
new article! Anna Lisa Taylor "Dogs, Lions, and Saints: Real and Imaginary Animals in Early Christianity" online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/2
July 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
new article! Anna Lisa Taylor "Dogs, Lions, and Saints: Real and Imaginary Animals in Early Christianity" online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/2
FREE! new article - Holly Marriott Webb "On the Uses of Fieldwork in Animal History: Deer Stalking and the Ephemeral Archive" online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/2
July 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
FREE! new article - Holly Marriott Webb "On the Uses of Fieldwork in Animal History: Deer Stalking and the Ephemeral Archive" online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/2
FREE! article from Issue 2:
Sam Dolbee - Street Dogs of Kurtuluş and Paths to Animal History of the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa
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Sam Dolbee - Street Dogs of Kurtuluş and Paths to Animal History of the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa
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July 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
FREE! article from Issue 2:
Sam Dolbee - Street Dogs of Kurtuluş and Paths to Animal History of the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa
online.ucpress.edu/ah/article/1...
Sam Dolbee - Street Dogs of Kurtuluş and Paths to Animal History of the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa
online.ucpress.edu/ah/article/1...
FREE from Issue 1, no. 1: Hess, "The Animal-Human Relationship in War: Cavalry Horses and Their Riders in the American Civil War" [image: Edwin Forbes, US Cavalry Horse, 1863, Library of Congress] online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/1
May 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
FREE from Issue 1, no. 1: Hess, "The Animal-Human Relationship in War: Cavalry Horses and Their Riders in the American Civil War" [image: Edwin Forbes, US Cavalry Horse, 1863, Library of Congress] online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/1
FREE from Issue 1, no. 1: Nikkilä, "Building a Nest in Human-Built Spaces: Tracing the Experiences of Finnish Sows, c. 1900–1930s" online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/1
April 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
FREE from Issue 1, no. 1: Nikkilä, "Building a Nest in Human-Built Spaces: Tracing the Experiences of Finnish Sows, c. 1900–1930s" online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/1
FREE article: Blakley "Historicizing the 'Beast-Man': On Slavery and Human-Animal Studies" Issue 1, no. 1
April 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
FREE article: Blakley "Historicizing the 'Beast-Man': On Slavery and Human-Animal Studies" Issue 1, no. 1
From Issue 1, no. 1 - "What is Animal Prehistory?" by Shumon T. Hussain: FREE article, online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/1
April 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
From Issue 1, no. 1 - "What is Animal Prehistory?" by Shumon T. Hussain: FREE article, online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/1
Our inaugural issue Volume 1, Number 1 is FREE! online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/1
March 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Our inaugural issue Volume 1, Number 1 is FREE! online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/1/1
An amazing 35 people showed up at 7:15 am for the Animal History Breakfast at the ASEH conference in Denver on Friday. Thanks to everyone who appeared to share their research and interest!
(photo: Stephanie Wolf / CPR News)
(photo: Stephanie Wolf / CPR News)
April 8, 2024 at 8:05 PM
An amazing 35 people showed up at 7:15 am for the Animal History Breakfast at the ASEH conference in Denver on Friday. Thanks to everyone who appeared to share their research and interest!
(photo: Stephanie Wolf / CPR News)
(photo: Stephanie Wolf / CPR News)
The Animal History Breakfast at ASEH in Denver is Friday, April 5 at 7:15am. There will be coffee and editors from the journal ready to hear about your animal history research. See you there!
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March 15, 2024 at 1:35 AM
The Animal History Breakfast at ASEH in Denver is Friday, April 5 at 7:15am. There will be coffee and editors from the journal ready to hear about your animal history research. See you there!
aseh.org/aseh-2024-sc...
aseh.org/aseh-2024-sc...
Meet the Editors of Animal History – ASEH Connects Virtual Series, November 20 1:30pm est - zoom: brown.zoom.us/j/93883122463
Please join us!
Please join us!
November 8, 2023 at 8:43 PM
Meet the Editors of Animal History – ASEH Connects Virtual Series, November 20 1:30pm est - zoom: brown.zoom.us/j/93883122463
Please join us!
Please join us!
inaugural volume - Call for Papers
any geographic region, era, or species; we are especially interested in studies re: peoples of color, rural and working-class populations, marginalized communities, and less familiar species.
Submissions (6500-9100 words) via animalhistory.scholasticahq.com
any geographic region, era, or species; we are especially interested in studies re: peoples of color, rural and working-class populations, marginalized communities, and less familiar species.
Submissions (6500-9100 words) via animalhistory.scholasticahq.com
November 6, 2023 at 7:07 PM
inaugural volume - Call for Papers
any geographic region, era, or species; we are especially interested in studies re: peoples of color, rural and working-class populations, marginalized communities, and less familiar species.
Submissions (6500-9100 words) via animalhistory.scholasticahq.com
any geographic region, era, or species; we are especially interested in studies re: peoples of color, rural and working-class populations, marginalized communities, and less familiar species.
Submissions (6500-9100 words) via animalhistory.scholasticahq.com
November 6, 2023 at 7:04 PM