In five lectures, VGT Chairman Dr. Martin Balluch will discuss the philosophical basis of the animal rights movement, a topic that was hotly debated in the 1980s and 2000s, but is currently less prominent. That these issues are far from being fully discussed will be evident at our ANIMAL RIGHTS LECTURES – after each one-hour lecture, there will be a short break to refresh oneself before the subsequent discussion. Find more details on the VGT website: https://vgt.at/de/aktuell

In June, Dr. Neha Vora, Professor of Anthropology in the Department of International Studies at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, gave the last talk of VAS’s summer lecture series 2026. In her fascinating talk, she explored the interconnections between multispecies communities, migration, and homemaking using an unusual and inspiring methodology: observing and analysing “cat walks". The starting point for her work was the idea that states in gene

Monthly Newsletter Read about our news and latest updates. Hi there, It is hard to believe that we are at the end of August and the Summer season is coming to a close. But here we are! It has been a hot, relatively quiet few months in Vienna and we hope you managed to have some calm wherever you are. As always VAS will be hosting a Winter Lecture Series. We have some exciting guests in store and look forward to sharing more details with you on that next month. For now, w

Several members of VAS made their way to Utrecht from 14–17 April for the 11th Biennial EASLCE Conference – an event whose title, Join the Orca Uprising! – Nonhuman Resistance and Multispecies (In)Justice, managed to be at once tongue-in-cheek and quietly radical. Beneath the splashy aquatic imagery, the gathering offered a genuinely serious and intellectually rich exploration of how humans relate to, think about, and live alongside other species. The result was a program ful