The planned issue will address human–animal relations as a dynamic and historically evolving process of interspecies coexistence in the period from the 16th to the 19th century. Particular emphasis will be placed on their variability and their grounding in social practices, cultural discourses, and systems of knowledge characteristic of earlier periods.

The issue will focus on both material forms of human–animal co-presence in everyday life and their representations in language, literature, art, and science. Special attention will be given to questions of animal agency and the ways in which animals co-shaped social space.

Interdisciplinary approaches within the humanities (especially history, cultural anthropology, and art history) engaging with interspecies relations from a historical perspective will be particularly welcome.

Submissions are expected by 30 November 2026.

Nasza redakcja otrzymała smutną wiadomość. W wypadku samochodowym w okolicach Kijowa zginął ukraiński ekolog, obrońca przyrody, publicysta – Wołodymyr Borejko (ur. 1958), który na naszych łamach opublikował krytyczny esej o polowaniu Деградация охоты и охотников („Zoophilologica” 2018/4).

We are pleased to announce that Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies has been ranked in the first quartile (Q1) of the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) for 2024.

The Editorial Office of the journal Zoophilologica announces a competition for the title of the thematic issue 2/2027. The theme will be selected from the submitted proposals, and the author of the winning concept will become the editor of this issue.

Dear All,

You are invited to submit texts consistent with the profile of our journal for issue 1/2027. This issue will not be monographic in nature, so we welcome a wide variety of articles and reviews devoted to Animal Studies. Submissions can be uploaded until the end of April 2026.

Editorial Team of Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies