CFP
Resurrecting Species: Speculative Engagements with De-Extinction
Editors:
Hannah Stark, Avey Nelson and Kate ORiordan
Book Description:
De-extinction - the resurrection of extinct species by back breeding, gene
editing or synthetic biology - is a rapidly advancing area which aims to
create proxies of previously extinct species. This collection examines
de-extinction as a cultural and political phenomenon that intersects,
communicates, and speaks to the limits of scientific discourses. It offers an
intervention into debates about de-extinction from the rich and innovative
perspectives of the humanities, social sciences, and creative arts. In
foregrounding non-traditional and interdisciplinary scholarship - from
critical heritage studies, to bioethics, to science and technology studies
(STS) and to animal studies - this collection examines, speculates, and
narrates species resurrections and what that might mean at a critical juncture
where the technology to de-extinct sits just on the horizon of possibility.
This timely collection addresses de-extinction at a moment when biotechnology,
private capital, and ecological crises are converging in powerful and
politically divisive ways.
Chapters that consider the following topics are particularly welcome:
- Ancient DNA, megafauna de-extinction and untimely resurrection
- Biopolitical analyses of de-extinction
- De-extinction of lesser-known species including plants
- Alternative and speculative forms of de-extinction and resurrection
- Cultural representations of de-extinction including in fiction, film,
poetry and art
- Feminist and queer approaches to biotechnology and de-extinction
- Ethnographic approaches including lab observations and field work with
conservation scientists
- Post-colonial and neo-colonial aspects of de-extinction research
- Biobanks, frozen zoos, genetics arks and the securitisation of genetic
material
- Data circulation, sovereignty and governance
- Reflections on the relationships between major multi-national
biotechnology companies, universities, museums, and zoos
- Popular science and media engagements with de-extinction
- New understandings of repatriation and rewilding
This collection will be published with a major international press, with
priority given to open access options.
500-word abstracts accompanied by a 200-word bio are invited by December 1,
2025, with decisions communicated by the 20th of December 2025.
Full chapters of 6-8000 words will be due by the end of September 2026.
Please contact hannah.stark@utas.edu.au with
questions, comments and submissions.
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