<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear List Members,</div><div><br></div><div>Below is a call for abstracts for the inaugural Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) Oceania conference.</div><div><br></div><div>Please forward to interested colleagues, students and any activists in your networks who may be interested.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Colin</div><div><br></div><div>-----</div><div><font size="4"><b>Animal Liberation and Social Justice: An Intersectional Approach to Social Change</b></font></div><div><br></div><div><b>When and where</b>: July 6th (Saturday) at the University of Canberra, Australia</div><div><b>Hosted by</b>: Oceania Critical Animal Studies</div><div><br></div><div>The conference aims to raise consciousness and dialogue among the academic, activist and student community about the oppression of non-human animals, which is intrinsically connected to a larger social justice framework and movement for total liberation.</div><div><br></div><div>CAS exists to expose and work towards the end of both human and nonhuman exploitation, oppression and domination based on an intersectional analysis of power relationships, domination and oppression. The explicit linkage of scholarly research and activism provides for and promotes an empowering and transformative agenda rooted in process of social transformation inside and outside the academy. CAS aims to have an assessable platform to promote further learning in order to support and improve conditions for social change.</div><div><br></div><div>The inaugural ICAS Oceania conference aims to increase awareness of CAS in the Australia-Pacific region aims to further development of an interdisciplinary approach to social change. Held at the University of Canberra, this day-long conference will contribute to the solidification of CAS theory and praxis in Australia, interdisciplinary scholarship and linkages with other progressive movements.</div><div><br></div><div>Open to diverse topics and areas, suggestions for areas of engagement and reflection include</div><div><br></div><div>• Intersectionality in theory and praxis</div><div>• Gender, sexuality and veganism</div><div>• Race, class and Critical Animal Studies</div><div>• The interdisciplinary turn</div><div>• The rise of nonhuman animal activism in Australia</div><div>• Effective approaches to social change</div><div><br></div><div>Abstracts should be no more than 300 words due by the 5th of April 2013. Please send them, along with a short bio, to <a href="mailto:icasoceania@criticalanimalstudies.org">icasoceania@criticalanimalstudies.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>For further information, or to register, please see our website: <a href="http://icasoceania.wordpress.com">icasoceania.wordpress.com</a></div><div>Please find us on Facebook for regular updates</div></body></html>