New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies
Welcome to the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies
Nau mai, haere mai ki te Puna Akorangi o Aotearoa mo te Tangata me te Kararehe
NZCHAS brings together scholars from the humanities and social sciences whose research is concerned with the conceptual and material treatment of nonhuman animals in culture, society and history.
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News and Features
NZCHAS Associate examines ethics of broiler chicken farming in New Zealand
Dr Michael Morris has just published an article called “The Ethics and Politics of Animal Welfare in New Zealand: Broiler Chicken Production as a Case Study’. Read more >>
Publication of book on animal law in New Zealand and Australia
Animal Law in Australasia, co-edited by NZCHAS associate Peter Sankoff, has just been published by Federation press. Read more >>
NZCHAS course wins 2008 international Course Award
Dr Annie Potts, Co-Director of NZCHAS, has won the 2008 Humane Society award for best established course in the field of animals and society. Read more >>
NZ Centre for Human-Animal Studies Summer Scholarship
Jovian Parry, the successful applicant, worked on a project entitled "Animal abuse as an indicator of domestic violence: Studying ‘the link’ in the context of New Zealand." Read more >>
Contact
Email: annie.potts@canterbury.ac.nz
NZ Centre for Human-Animal Studies
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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